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Little and Large were a British comedy double act comprising straight man Syd Little (born Cyril John Mead; 19 December 1942) and comic Eddie Large (born Edward Hugh McGinnis; 25 June 1941 – 2 April 2020).[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 37 relations: Alternative comedy, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Barney Rubble, BBC One, Blackpool, Book, Bristol, British Comedy Guide, COVID-19, Cruise ship, Deputy Dawg, Double act, Eddie Large, Everyday life, Film, Fred Flintstone, Glasgow, ITV1, Marriage, Metro (British newspaper), Music, Musical theatre, News, Observational comedy, Opportunity Knocks (British TV series), Pantomime, Pointless, Popeye, Popular culture, Queen Elizabeth 2, Satire, Stand-up comedy, Susie Silvey, Syd Little, Television, The Little and Large Show, Woody Woodpecker.

  2. British comedy duos
  3. British stand-up comedians

Alternative comedy

Alternative comedy is a term coined in the 1980s for a style of comedy that makes a conscious break with the mainstream comedic style of an era.

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Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (referred to simply as Saturday Night Takeaway, Takeaway or SNT) is a British television variety show, presented by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec), which was broadcast on ITV from 8 June 2002 to 21 March 2009, and again after a 4-year hiatus from 23 February 2013 to 13 April 2024, after which the show went on another indefinite hiatus.

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Barney Rubble

Bernard Matthew "Barney" Rubble is a fictional character who appears in the television animated series The Flintstones.

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BBC One

BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.

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Blackpool

Blackpool is a seaside resort town in Lancashire, England.

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Book

A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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British Comedy Guide

British Comedy Guide or BCG (formerly the British Sitcom Guide or BSG) is a British website covering British comedies.

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COVID-19

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

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Cruise ship

Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing.

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Deputy Dawg

Deputy Dawg is a Terrytoons cartoon character, featured on the animated television series of the same name that aired from 1960 to 1964.

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Double act

A double act (also known as a comedy duo) is a form of comedy originating in the British music hall tradition, and American vaudeville, in which two comedians perform together as a single act, often highlighting differences in their characters' personalities.

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Eddie Large

Edward Hugh McGinnis (25 June 1941 – 2 April 2020), better known by the stage name Eddie Large, was a British comedian. Little and Large and Eddie Large are British television personalities.

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Everyday life

Everyday life, daily life or routine life comprises the ways in which people typically act, think, and feel on a daily basis.

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Film

A film (British English) also called a movie (American English), motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.

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Fred Flintstone

Frederick "Fred" Flintstone is the main character of the animated sitcom The Flintstones, which aired during prime-time on ABC during the original series' run from 1960 to 1966.

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.

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ITV1

ITV1 (formerly known as ITV) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the British media company ITV plc.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Metro (British newspaper)

Metro is the United Kingdom's highest-circulation freesheet tabloid newspaper.

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Music

Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content.

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Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.

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News

News is information about current events.

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Observational comedy

Observational comedy is a form of humor based on the commonplace aspects of everyday life.

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Opportunity Knocks (British TV series)

Opportunity Knocks is a British television and radio talent show originally hosted by Hughie Green, with a late-1980s revival hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and later by previous winner Les Dawson.

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Pantomime

Pantomime (informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment.

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Pointless

Pointless is a British television quiz show produced by Banijay subsidiary Remarkable Entertainment for the BBC hosted by Alexander Armstrong.

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Popeye

Popeye the Sailor is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.

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Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as popular art or mass art) and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time.

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Queen Elizabeth 2

Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is a retired British passenger ship converted into a floating hotel.

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Satire

Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.

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Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical acts.

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Susie Silvey

Susan "Susie" Silvey (born 17 September 1956), occasionally Suzie Silvey, is an English actress, dancer and model, active in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Syd Little

Syd Little (born Cyril John Mead; 19 December 1942) is an English comedian who was the straight man in the double act Little and Large, with Eddie Large. Little and Large and Syd Little are British television personalities.

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Television

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound.

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The Little and Large Show

The Little and Large Show was a sketch comedy series broadcast on BBC1 between 1 May 1978 and 20 April 1991.

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Woody Woodpecker

Woody Woodpecker is a cartoon character that appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz Studio and Universal Animation Studio and distributed by Universal Pictures since 1940.

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See also

British comedy duos

British stand-up comedians

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_and_Large

Also known as The Little and Large Party.