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
The Sketch Show special. It was produced by TFG Lt. for ANT1. An Israeli version called Ktsarim (, literally "shorts") aired from 2004 to 2009. An Indonesian version called "Sketsa" is also currently on the air. Trans TV is airing the sketch comedy show. Most sketches in this version are translations or adaptations of British sketches with little original material. The humour style remains faithful to the original. They only change the names and locations to Indonesian version. An Italian version called "Sketch Show" has been on air since October 2010. The cast was principally made of Ale e Franz, two Italian famous