The seedy truth of the brothers Chuckle
 May 19th, 2007
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Two men, one destiny and one married man. This is the legend of the Chuckle brothers, the men who inspired Laurel and Hardy and, to a lesser extent, Queen. Born in 1908 and 1912 respectively, Barry and Paul Chuckle are best known these days as TV's premier entertainers, having appeared in such time honoured epics as 'Chuckle Vision', 'The Matrix Reloaded' and, more famously, the global sensation 'The Male G-Spot'. We're here today, however, to celebrate just one of these achievements. Chuckle Vision, a national instituiton and the longest running TV show of all time. It's been translated into 48 languages and is said to be shown somewhere at any given time of day or night.
Chucklevision was the brainchild of Alfred Hitchcock and was originally written with Sydney Poitier in mind. After a successful 25 year run known as the 'golden streak', Sydney
left the top spot to persue other projects and allow fresh talent to saunter in. After a successful audition in which Alfred was brought to tears, Paul and Barry were given the job. 1948 never looked so pretty. The show went from strength to strength and included such daring storylines such as the 1958 Oscar winning episode where Barry Chuckle had explicit (some might say unnecessarily hardcore) sex with a black man. This 98 minute live extravaganza managed to pull in an impressive 74 million viewers world wide. Sadly the 1958 spectacular was the height of their success for now as their most controversial moment was a step too far. In 1968 the brothers went to Vietnam to entertain the troops. Unfortunately their career was stopped for the time when they not only entertained the wrong troops but they chose that moment to showcase their latest show 'The human toilet'. In theory this was comedy gold but in practise having a 57 stone morbidly obese man sit on the frail face of Paul backfired spectaularly. After three months of extensive facial reconstructive surgery (which achieved mixed results), the Chuckle Brothers were spectularly charged with crimes against humanity and sentenced to 74 years in prison. Chucklevision, as we knew it was dead.
In 1985 they were released and made a Lazarus like come back, appearing on Michael Parkinson's show. Unfortunately, the show was interrupted when Barry fell into an instant unexplainable coma. Allegations persisted of heroin and cocaine abuse and the Chucklevision project was haunted by repeated homosexual allegations. With Barry critically ill in hospital, Paul headed for Hollywood where he starred in the cult classic 'Son of deep throat'. Sadly, a stunt backfired and Paul's windpipe was cruelly crushed and he was unable to speak for two years.
In 1992, a Jesus like resurrection from Barry saw the Chucklevision project given the kiss of life. This new incarnation was helped along by some familiar faces such a young Ghandi, William Shatner and the pope. Finally back in the lime light the brothers took the time to write their famous autobiography 'A life in pictures'. It's still a best seller, having shifted in excess of 700 million volumes. Things were going well until, in 2001, allegations of Paul having an affair with a married man hit the newspapers. Cruel pictures and the nickname 'the golden shower' forced Paul to go into hiding for two years. Barry carried the torch, but Chucklevision felt the loss of the leading man during this period as audiences plummeted to all time lows of only 10 million. Something drastic had to be done.... and it was.
In 2004 a star studded cast, including Art Attack's Niel Buchanan and Nelson Mandela, welcomed the brothers back out of the darkness. The show was an instant global success. The brothers continue today to continue to wow audiences the world over and the upcoming movie about their lives featuring Hugh Jackman and John Candy is tipped for the top. We wish Paul and Barry all the luck and thank them for putting Britain on the map. Chucklevision has been with us since the beginning and we owe these men a huge debt of gratitude. Many years and many seasons have passed but the legend that is Chucklevision lives on. It is art, it is poetry, it is Chucklevision.
Little Known Facts:
Paul is a devout Muslim.
Most expensive episode cost £50,000 in 1961 which, in today's money, is about £13,000,000.
Barry famously filmed a season while afflicted with Malaria.
Paul was born without legs but has been in denial about it ever since.
Paul and Barry aren't actually brothers, they are father and son.
For one season, Mr. T filled in for Barry Chuckle and nobody realised, not even Paul Chuckle.
List of special cameos:
Keanu Reeves, who made his TV debut in 1959 on this show.
Elton John
Joseph Stalin, in rare TV appearance
Steven Spielberg
'Nasty' Nick Bateman from Big Brother 1
Famous storylines:
Paul in space (1958)
Barry and the law suit (1960)
Paul and the accident with the chocolate log (1967)
The jail special (1983)
Sex education video #1 (1988)
Paul and Barry vs. AIDS (1992)
Chuckle your way to a better body (1997)
The disadvantages of being gay (1998)
X-Men (2000)
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11.08.2007 10:38
Very imaginative! But, the biggest load of rubbish I have read in a long time! You must be very bored!
23.05.2007 22:07
As a piece of creative writing, this is pretty funny. As a review of Chucklevision, it's totally unhelpful.
21.05.2007 19:14
im afraid this review told me nothing about chucklevision the programme it was basically an attack on the brothers themselves which i found very unhelpful indeed