Sketch comedy Kevin and Perry from "Harry Enfield and Chums". The idea of running characters was taken a stage further with shows like "The Red Green Show" and "The League of Gentlemen", where sketches centered on the various inhabitants of the fictional towns of Possum Lake and Royston Vasey, respectively. In "Little Britain", sketches focused on a cast of recurring characters, including "Vicky Pollard", "Marjorie Dawes" and "Lou and Andy". In North America, contemporary sketch comedy is largely an outgrowth of the improvisational comedy scene that flourished during the 1970s, largely growing out of "The Second City" in Chicago and Toronto. Notable
Sketch comedy contemporary American stage sketch comedy groups include "The Second City", the "Upright Citizens Brigade", "The Groundlings" and the cast of Saturday Night Live. Such sketches made during the 1970s and 1980s were "If You Don't Stop It... You'll Go Blind" and the sequel "Can I Do It... 'Til I Need Glasses?", "The Groove Tube", "The Kentucky Fried Movie" and its sequel "Amazon Women on the Moon", Monty Python's "And Now for Something Completely Different" and "The Meaning of Life". Other sketch films in later years were "The Underground Comedy Movie" and its sequel "InAPPropriate Comedy" and "Movie 43". Many of