In 1987, he recorded a single with Kim Wilde for Comic Relief: a cover of the Christmas song " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree " with some extra comedy lines written by Smith and Jones.

Live-action footage of an actor portraying Zippy ( Ron Brannan ) and singing a song about the character was included in the 1988 documentary Comic Book Confidential.

The song, inspired by BBC's hit sitcom Gavin and Stacey, was released in aid of Comic Relief and reached No. 1 in March 2009.

In 1998, the band was credited with the song Overtura: Astroantiquity / Attacatastrophy on the CD Songs of the Witchblade: A Soundtrack to the Comic Book, which Bjelland co-produced.

As a fund-raising charity single for Comic Relief in 1989, Bananarama recorded a cover of the Beatles ' song " Help!

In addition, there was a growing " cast of characters " including an NBC electrician who played " Father Ed ," a priest who would get flustered when his cue cards were deliberately turned upside-down ; Canadian comedian Murray Langston, who as " The Unknown Comic " wore a paper bag over his head ( with cut-outs for his eyes, mouth, and even a box of Kleenex ), and " Gene Gene the Dancing Machine " ( Gene Patton ), arguably the most popular member of the " cast ", another NBC stagehand who would show up and dance whenever the band played the song " Jumpin ' at the Woodside ".

In 1991, " The Stonk " novelty song raised over £ 100, 000 for the Comic Relief charity.

Basil appeared on the 1993 Comic Relief song, " Stick It Out " alongside Right Said Fred and other celebrity friends.

Perhaps his most famous song is the title-piece for Comic Bakery, a sweeping 3-voice tune.

Nonetheless, Better Best Forgotten could do no wrong and entered the chart at number 2 despite surrendering a midweek lead over the official Comic Relief song by Boyzone.

Lennox performed the song on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 6 March 2009 and also on The Paul O ' Grady Show ( 9 March ), The One Show ( 10 March ), This Morning ( 11 March ) and was also part of Comic Relief on 13 March 2009.

" Another charitable media event, HBO's Comic Relief, featured Al in a duet with Natalie Cole singing the song " Mr. President ," written by Joe Sterling, Mike Loveless and Ray Reach.

" The Science Show " arranged for Geoff Sirmai and David Fisher of the Australian musical comedy team " Comic Roasts " to write the " Steve Song ", a parody of the Monty Python song about Spam, for Project Steve.

* Comic Stan Freberg created a parody of the show in a song called " Wun ' erful Wun ' erful ( Sides uh-one and uh-two )", which became a Top 30 hit in 1957.

Travis appeared in the video for the Comic Relief version of the The Proclaimers song " I'm Gonna Be ( 500 Miles )", performed by Peter Kay and Matt Lucas.

Also, as part of Comic Relief 2007, the BBC showed a short sketch based around The Proclaimers ' 1988 hit song " I'm Gonna be ( 500 Miles )".

In 2007, The Krankies appeared in the video for the Comic Relief remake of The Proclaimers ' song I'm Gonna Be ( 500 Miles ), which featured Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin ( fictional characters portrayed by Peter Kay and Matt Lucas respectively ).

" She appeared in the 2011 video for the song, along with several other Welsh celebrities, made for Comic Relief.

Boyzone topped the charts twice, first with a remake of a Billy Ocean song, " When the Going Gets Tough ", made for Comic Relief and then with a remake of Canadian singer Anne Murray's hit " You Needed Me ".

The theme song for Captain Comic was traditionally a rendition of the United States Marine Corps Hymn.

The song was re-released on 14 March 2005 to raise money for the Comic Relief charity, and reached # 1 in the UK Singles Chart ( outselling all the first release's chart run put together ).

Hines also appeared in Peter Kay's Comic Relief video of 2007, as one of the many guests dancing to Kay's Brian Potter and Matt Lucas ' Andy Pipkin to the song I'm Gonna Be ( 500 Miles ) by the Proclaimers.

The song was performed many times on television, including An Audience with ..., Live & Kicking, Top of the Pops, the 1997 Prince's Trust Gala, and the 1997 Comic Relief.

Kinks songwriter Ray Davies later used the term again in his song " Stand Up Comic ".

The song " Eat the Rich " was written for Peter Richardson's 1987 film Eat the Rich which starred the regular cast of The Comic Strip and Lemmy himself in a bit part as " Spider.

Category: Old Comic poets

In 1843 he published The Wassail-Bowl: A Comic Christmas Sketchbook, which included a short story on the same subject as his play of the year before, " Blanche Heriot: A Legend of Old Chertsey Church ".

A version by Sarah Catherine Martin ( 1768 – 1826 ) first recited while staying with her sister Judith Ann Martin, Mrs John Pollexfen Bastard at Kitley House Yealmpton in Devon was published as The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog by J. Harris of London, June 1, 1805.

* The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog Martin, Sarah Catherine ; London: J. Harris, 1805 ; 1st state of 1st edition

* The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and her Dog ( 1819 ) with engravings by Robert Branston (?

Category: Old Comic poets

Category: Old Comic poets

The most important Old Comic dramatist is Aristophanes, whose works, with their pungent political satire and abundance of sexual and scatological innuendo, effectively define the genre today.

The line between Old and Middle Comedy is not clearly marked chronologically, Aristophanes and others of the latest writers of the Old Comedy being sometimes regarded as the earliest Middle Comic poets.

Category: Old Comic poets

A similar strip appeared in the first Dandy Monster Comic entitled Old Beaver's Brainwaves and also featured a man with a large white beard and using it to save the day.

The most important Old Comic playwright is Aristophanes, whose works, with their pungent political satire and abundance of sexual and scatological innuendo, effectively define the genre today.

Category: Old Comic poets

Category: Old Comic poets

In 1989 the script was published in the charity fundraiser The Utterly, Utterly Amusing and Pretty Damn Definitive Comic Relief Revue Book under the title " The Good Old Days ", with the characters named as Joshua, Obadiah, Josiah and Ezekiel.

* Nina, The Comic Actor, and An Old Man's Sin, ( short novels ), Ardis Publishers, 1988.

* Introduction to Nina, The Comic Actor, and An Old Man's Sin, Maya Jenkins, Ardis Publishers, 1988.

Category: Old Comic poets