I pottered over to The Garvanian earlier today (good news – Garvan’s taking his meds and has been admitted to hospital for treatment, so he’s finally getting some much needed help) when I spotted this picture in the sidebar:
Now I remember the Chuckle Brothers from when I was a kid (they’ve been around since about 1874), but for a second they looked familiar for a different reason. Then it hit me – earlier today I’d noticed this picture elsewhere:

Who would have thought there were three of them? Mind you, funny as Paul and Barry’s antics are, their younger brother Ray Chuckle takes the comedy cake for such gems as the Argument From Bananas, the Argument From Redefining Terms (“an atheist is someone who believes nothing made everything!”), the Argument From There Being No Crocoducks, the Argument From Just Outright Lying Through My Teeth and the Argument From Darrin Raspberry (not heard that one? Darrin is the unknown (and likely ficticious) “atheist” who wrote the forward to Ray’s latest book – and subsequently gave his soul to Jebus because he saw the light…). Ray, we love you – you’ve brought joy to the hearts of thousands. Now all we need is for you to be hit in the face with a ladder and our pleasure will be complete.
“To me – to you – to me – an atheist is someone who believes that nothing made everything – to you…”


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March 9, 2009 at 10:10 am
FrodoSaves
That’s kind of incredible. Good find!
Haloumi be with you.
March 9, 2009 at 2:17 pm
PhillyChief
I have no idea who the Chuckles are, but I’d like them to claim their brother and take him home.
March 9, 2009 at 2:33 pm
yunshui
For the edification of Philly and any other American visitors who haven’t had opportunity to experience the glories of Chucklevision:
The official Chuckle Brothers website
Wikipedia entry
Their BBC page
Downloadable episodes
Google vids
Enjoy!
March 9, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Lorena
Wow! Are (were?) those two guys Britons? They look so Mexican to me!
Now all we need is for you to be hit in the face with a ladder and our pleasure will be complete.
My first thought was that perhaps under the hate crime law you would be in trouble, but you are not threatening, you’re just wishing.
My second thought was that in order for an actual threat to be punishable under that law, anti-atheism would have to be a religion, or some sort of organized group.
March 9, 2009 at 7:49 pm
null
Hahaha! I knew it!
March 9, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Eshu
So is he, like, the straight man or the funny man?
Lorena, I think they may be from Liverpool. Certainly their voices have a hint of the scouser’s whine which is Britain’s answer to Dallas’ claim that they have the most annoying accent in the world.