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.
Ben Shapiro Ben Shapiro Benjamin Aaron Shapiro (; born January 15, 1984) is an American conservative political commentator, writer, and lawyer. He has written seven books, the first being 2004's "Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth"; Shapiro began writing this book at age 17. Also at age 17, Shapiro became the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the United States. Shapiro writes columns for Creators Syndicate and "Newsweek", serves as editor-in-chief for "The Daily Wire", which he founded, and hosts "The Ben Shapiro Show", a daily political podcast and radio show. He was an editor-at-large of Breitbart News between 2012 and 2016. Shapiro