Undisputed Kings of British TV comedy - Writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson

[@persiaiskandar4268]

I was introduced to these geniuses by my late father when I was a child. Love them. 💕💕💕

[@Andrewjg_89]

They are proper legends. This is what comedy is all about. 👍😂

[@kcuhc84]

The funniest men to have lived. How on earth they produced the stuff they did, consistently for 25 years.

[@andycapp5581]

Giants of the 20th Century in terms of comedy writing, god bless them both.

[@terrymckenna1918]

Brilliant,Thank you for posting👍

[@TheRedDevil-1968]

THE GOATS OF COMEDY.

[@brianrichardcohn2159]

The Swedish version of "Steptoe and Son " "Abert och Herbert" withStern-Ake Cederhok and Tomas von Brömsen is abosoluly a comedy series classic here in Sweden. They even wrote a Tv-movie for thees actors and their characters.

[@dennismurphy9957]

I wish they'd been asked about their writing techniques.

[@piplee1439]

Wanna see genius? Here it is.

[@martinsmith8487]

Galton always struck me as though he felt it was all beneath him, the pompous side of Hancock and Simpson the humorous child like quality

[@clarewillison9379]

Paid per joke fee paid was five shillings=25p, not five quid (pounds, £s) or they’d have soon been millionaires! A bob=a shilling.

[@simontaylor2319]

Benny Hill did TV in 1950, I think

[@ovemunk]

No, sorry. They were good but "Undisputed Kings" i would dispute. That title belong to Jimmy Perry and David Croft.

[@ysgol3]

Hi, I don't dispute that it's disputed, it's certainly not undisputed, but Ray and Alan were just ahead I reckon, with Perry and Croft tied with Clement and La Frenais, Linehan and Matthews and Johnny Speight for second

[@johndean1465]

Curtis and Elton were the best and then Grant and Naylor

[@illaveyoubutler3588]

Perry and Croft, Clement and La Frenais, John Cleese and Connie Booth, Johnny Speight, John Sullivan...all geniuses, but for me, Galton and Simpson top the lot

[@johndean1465]

@@illaveyoubutler3588 so you’re not a blackadder fan?

[@illaveyoubutler3588]

Yes......also a fan of Reggie Perrin, One Foot In The Grave, Ever Decreasing Circles, The Good Life, I am Alan Patridge, The Young Ones.....the ones I highlighted are the gods.....for me personally