Ben Elton Ben Elton Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, author, playwright, actor and director. He was a part of London's alternative comedy movement of the 1980s and became a writer on series such as "The Young Ones" and "Blackadder", as well as continuing as a stand-up comedian on stage and television. His style in the 1980s was left-wing political satire. Since then he has published 15 novels and written the musicals "We Will Rock You" (2002) and "Love Never Dies" (2010), the sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera". His novels cover the dystopian, comedy, and
Carl Reiner Carl Reiner Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922) is an American comedian, actor, director, and writer whose career spans seven decades. During the early years of television comedy from 1950 to 1957, he co-wrote and acted on "Caesar's Hour" and "Your Show of Shows", starring Sid Caesar. In the 1960s, Reiner was best known as the creator, producer, writer, and actor on "The Dick Van Dyke Show". He also had great success as a film director and writer, and in the 1970s and 1980s co-wrote and/or directed some of Steve Martin's most successful films, including the 1979's "The Jerk". Reiner