Alternative comedy and sketch comedy, consisted of Manchester University and Royal Central School graduates Ade Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders, who began to aim their talents at television. As "The Comic Strip Presents", the group made over 40 television films for both Channel 4 and BBC. Ben Elton, who had by then become the Comedy Store's next MC, was invited by Rik Mayall to join him as co-writer of BBC2's TV hit sitcom "The Young Ones". However, it was as MC of Channel 4's new comedy show "Saturday Live" that Elton found fame in his own right.
Comedy Bang! Bang! Comedy Bang! Bang! Comedy Bang! Bang! (formerly Comedy Death-Ray Radio) is a weekly comedy audio podcast, which originally began airing as a radio show on May 1, 2009. It is hosted by writer and comedian Scott Aukerman, best known for his work on the 1990s HBO sketch comedy program "Mr. Show with Bob and David", creating and hosting the "Comedy Bang! Bang!" TV series, as well as for co-founding the weekly "Comedy Death-Ray" stage show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Hollywood. "Comedy Death-Ray Radio" was formerly broadcast from Southern California's Indie 103 studios, but since the summer of