Description Started in the early 1980s by a troupe of now-established comedy actors (most notably Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, and Jennifer Saunders), THE COMIC STRIP offered audiences an alternative to the ‘safe’ humour of its day. The show left no taboo unturned, with its shocking and often offensive portrayals of violence, sex, bestiality, and explicit drug use (not to mention all the swearing and puerile fart-gags). But despite the controversy--or perhaps because of it--THE COMIC STRIP drew a cult following for its anti-establishment views which resonated with the younger generations.
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