The Chuckle Brothers
| The Chuckle Brothers | |
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Paul (left) and Barry (right) in 2008
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| Born |
Barry David Elliott 24 December 1944 Paul Harman Elliott 18 October 1947 Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Medium | Television and stage |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Genres | Slapstick and parody |
| Notable works and roles |
ChuckleHounds (1985–86) ChuckleVision (1987–2009) To Me... To You... (1996–98) ChuckleMaths (2009) |
Barry David Elliott (born 24 December 1944) and Paul Harman Elliott (born 18 October 1947) are English family entertainers, better known as Barry Chuckle and Paul Chuckle as the double-act the Chuckle Brothers. They are known for their work on their BBC show ChuckleVision, which celebrated its 21st series in 2010 with a stage tour titled An Audience with the Chuckle Brothers. The comedy of the Chuckle Brothers usually derives from slapstick and other visual gags, and their catchphrases include "To me, to you" and "Oh dear, oh dear".
The brothers were born in Rotherham to Amy and James Patton Elliott, in 1944 and 1947. Their father was a well-known Gang Show performer whose stage name was Gene Patton; he worked with the 18-year-old Peter Sellers in 1943 in The No. 10 Gang and gave performances in London, Orkney and the Hebrides, Iceland, the Far East, India, and Burma. They have two older brothers called Jimmy and Brian, who are known professionally as the Patton Brothers and who have appeared in Chucklevision, Jimmy as the nameless character known colloquially as "No Slacking", and Brian as another unnamed character known as "Getoutofit".
Prior to becoming an entertainer, Paul's first job was working in a Sheffield steelworks.
The Chuckle Brothers won the television talent show Opportunity Knocks in 1967, followed by success on New Faces in 1974. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the four brothers appeared as a quartet on TV. In April 1979, they appeared on the BBC comedy series Lennie and Jerry hosted by Lennie Bennett and Jerry Stevens. They made two appearances on the game show 3-2-1, hosted by Ted Rogers, in January 1980 and April 1982. In June 1980 they appeared on the long-running BBC programme, The Good Old Days. On Christmas Day in 1980, they took part in a televised children's show, A Merry Morning, which saw the brothers entertaining around 250 children from the Leeds area in Yeadon Town Hall. In August 1983, the Brothers appeared on The Freddie Starr Showcase alongside the comedian Freddie Starr.
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