Earliest TV Comedies remembered

[meekan]

Anyone remember Peter Butterworth? He had a show of his own but I can't remember the name of it. He was another bubbling idiot who was married to another star but again my memory is letting me down I can't remember who.

[bonzo]

He was in the carry on films.

[Bruce]

He was married to Janet Brown.

[harrysteell]

I LOVED THE STEPTOE AND SON THEY WERE AWAY BEFORE THERE TIME AND STILL GOING STRONG OVER HERE AND THERES Dell BOY AND Rodney my total favourites and then there was Athur Haiynes can you think of anyone else of that era .
Harry .

[bonzo]

Still love steptoe to this day probably seen all of them on numerous occasions. When I was hitting my teenage years alternative comedy was bursting onto the scene. Adrian Edmondson, Rik mayall, Ben Elton, alexi sayle and Harry Enfield to name but a few.

[meekan]

Mr Pastry was another name from the past

[morag]

Not the earliest, but Dave Allen...he could be risque and my sis and I had to try really hard not to laugh with mum in the room. Me (wee brat trying to shift the attention to big sis) 'Elise, why are your shoulders shaking? Are you cold?

[bonzo]

Another brilliant performer his disregard of religion on all sides, poking fun at the state were before his time. Sitting there with a whisky and a cigarette. Goodnight and may your God go with you.

[morag]

Again, not the earliest but Tommy Cooper always had me laughing, and Frankie Howard's 'Up Pompeii'...the prologue...lol!

[5siamese7]

Bernard Manning was a very funny man though not politically correct to-day.

[5siamese7]

As far as earliest comedy tv show memories go I vaguely remember watching "The One O'clock Gang" in the early 60's on the black and white tv we had at the time. I was still just a nipper then so probably didn't "get" many of the jokes.
Don't think there were too many day-time shows on tv at that time so the only other tv alternative was watching the test card!
I think just before The One O'clock Gang came on screen the test card played background music like ... 'Charlie is My Darling' and 'Wi' a Hundred Piper's an aw an aw' etc.

Lunch break was from 12-40pm till 1-45pm and I could go home have lunch and watch the One O'clock Gang with Charlie Sim and his banana and then go back to school and face those monsters with their thick leather belts.

[John Donnelly]

When I worked in London, we had our company Christmas bash with Tommy Cooper as the cabaret.
If you think he was good on TV, you should have seen him at a private party.
The really great thing about him was that there was never any touch of 'blue' in his routine.
The funniest man ever.
JD.