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.
David S. Rosenthal David S. Rosenthal David Samuel Rosenthal is an American writer and TV producer, best known as the executive producer of season seven of the popular comedy-drama "Gilmore Girls" and co-creator of the original "Ellen" TV series. Shortly after moving to Hollywood, Rosenthal was hired as a writer's assistant on the ABC sitcom "Anything but Love". He began to write on his own and got a job on the show "Nurses". Rosenthal was later hired as a staff writer on "Anything but Love". When that ended, he wrote for "Laurie Hill", a show created by Neil Marlens and Carol Black, the