You could be referring to the aforementioned Tommy Cooper and Norman Wisdom . . . . and Charlie Drake, Sidders (Sid James) and Steve McLaren
I think Frankie Boyle is hilarious. I was at Wembley the night he performed for comic relief and got banned by the BBC. It was class! When he started slating the queen and then said the only reason Kate Middleton was pregnant cos her tits weren't worth finishing on, that was me rolling about the isles. I love comedy that's close to the bone, the closer the better for me. Everybody is different when it comes to comedy, as one or two have already stated on here
Its all selective. I like Chubby, also Al Murray. Rick and Ade were supetb. M and W were ****e imo. Laurel and Hardy were the masters of it all.