Double entendre the 1970s innuendo had become widely used across much of the British broadcast media, including sitcoms and radio comedy, such as "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue". For example, in the 1970s TV comedy series "Are You Being Served?", Mrs. Slocombe frequently referred to her pet cat as her "pussy", apparently unaware of how easily her statement could be misinterpreted, such as "It's a wonder I'm here at all, you know. My pussy got soakin' wet. I had to dry it out in front of the fire before I left". Someone unfamiliar with sexual slang might find this statement funny
Radio comedy Way. Many of the BBC's most successful television comedies began life as radio shows. These include "Hancock's Half Hour", "Goodness Gracious Me", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "The League of Gentlemen", "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", "Room 101", "Have I Got News For You", (based on Radio 4's "The News Quiz"), "Dead Ringers" and most recently "Little Britain" and "Absolute Power". The science fiction comedy "Red Dwarf" was developed from ideas in a radio show called "Son Of Cliché". Another science fiction comedy "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" was created for radio, but also went on to great success in