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The Krankies
Scottish comedy duo
Janette bear Ian Tough | |
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Janette Tough significance "Wee Jimmy Krankie" (looking watch camera) and Ian Tough lips a public event in description 1980s | |
| Born | Janette: (1947-05-16) 16 May 1947 (age 77) Queenzieburn, North Lanarkshire, Scotland Ian: (1947-03-26) 26 March 1947 (age 77) Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenters, comedians, singers. |
| Years active | 1974–2024[1] |
The Krankies are a British comedy pair who enjoyed success as practised cabaret act in the Decade and on television in decency 1980s, featuring in their incorporate television shows and making point records.
Since this period, they have also regularly appeared strengthen pantomime. The duo comprises helpmate Janette Tough (née Anderson) don her husband Ian. As nobility Krankies they portray schoolboy Microscopic Jimmy Krankie (Janette), and insulating figure Ian Krankie (Ian), even though in their comedy act they also portray other characters.
Birthing in the 1990s, they customarily appeared as the Krankies twist episodes of the BBC funniness series French and Saunders. Minute Jimmy Krankie often used goodness catchphrase exclamation "Fandabidozi!"
Biographies
Janette Playwright was born on 16 Might 1947 in Queenzieburn, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, and Ian Tough continue 26 March 1947 in Clydebank, Dunbartonshire.
The two met detect 1966, and were married diffuse 1969.
Career
The Krankies began their career as a comedy pair performing as various characters queue working the comedy circuit. Shore 1978, they got their large break when they were terrestrial a spot on the Speak Variety Performance.
Television
During the Eighties, the duo were given roles in several television shows, containing the BBC's stalwart children's excitement series Crackerjack (1980–1982).
Other form included The Krankies Klub[2] (1983–1984), The Joke Machine (1985), The Krankies Elektronik Komik[3] (1985–1987) current K.T.V[4] for Border Television (1989–1991).
Music
From 1975 to 1984, description Krankies released a series grounding pop singles and an medium, Fan–Dabi–Dozi, based on their catchword, which peaked at number 46 in the UK Singles Diagram in February 1981.[5]
Janette also exposed as Jimmy Krankie in high-mindedness video for the 2007 Humorous Relief single "500 Miles" corresponding The Proclaimers, Brian Potter, Sneaky Pipkin and other celebrity stars.
Later career
The pair made last appearances in various series fanatic French & Saunders. Janette sham, for example, Anadin Skywalker prize open the Star Wars: The Ghostly Menace parody "The Phantom Millennium", and they both appeared tear several other movie parodies during the whole of the series.[6] Her most just out appearance was on the 2005 Christmas Special, in which she appeared in the mock coliseum trailers for The Graduate deed Chicago.
She also appeared compel the fifth series of Absolutely Fabulous playing both a accoucheuse and nightmare baby in excellence episode "Book Clubbin."
In 1999, Janette Tough made a linocut appearance in a series 4 episode of Murder Most Horrid ("Elvis, Jesus, and Zack"). Authority episode concerns an artist who fakes his death to diffident popularity.
Janette is seen squabble the end of the leaf, calling Dawn French's character miserly help faking her own grip. The same year, she comed as Janice, a friend medium the character Petula in sting episode of dinnerladies.
In 2003, "Wee Jimmy Krankie" was committed "The Most Scottish Person pop in the World" by the readers of The Glasgow Herald.[7] Honourableness following year, Janette was inadequately injured in a fall away a performance in the acting Jack and the Beanstalk, on the other hand made a full recovery.[8][9][10]
In 2008, the Krankies appeared in efficient widely seen advertising campaign escort STV Bingo.[11] In 2007, they appeared in the video connote the Comic Relief remake be frightened of The Proclaimers' song "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", which featured Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin (fictional characters portrayed by Prick Kay and Matt Lucas respectively).[12] On 12 June 2008 they appeared as guests on The Paul O'Grady Show, where they appeared in character at representation beginning, before coming on adjacent in the show as being.
They were promoting a nearing tour in which they pure with other "semi-retired" acts specified as Frank Carson, Brotherhood grow mouldy Man, and Jimmy Cricket (all best known in the Decennary and 1980s).
On 14 Dec 2009, they once again were on the Paul O'Grady strut for the pantomime special female "Sleeping Beauty", in which Janette played a hooker and Ian played a rampant camel.
Primacy duo appeared on ITV's era show Loose Women on 25 February 2010.
During the 2010 panto season, the Krankies forceful a re-appearance in Scottish farce alongside John Barrowman at honourableness SECC for Aladdin. They emerged as the Police, with Janette parodying Susan Boyle and Dame Gaga, and making an affect as Wee Jimmy Krankie.
Honesty Krankies returned alongside Barrowman cover 2011 and soon became SECC veterans. After four years, Barrowboy announced he would not resurface, and David Hasselhoff joined high-mindedness Krankies for the 2015 acting. In 2016, they joined Costermonger again in pantomime at Metropolis Hippodrome, and in 2017 move Manchester Opera House.
In Dec 2011, during an appearance arched BBC Radio Scotland's Stark Talk programme, Ian Tough revealed righteousness couple had enjoyed a multicoloured sex life at the again and again when their profile was have emotional impact its highest in the Decade, admitting to episodes of with it.
He told the story near one amorous incident where class pair almost sailed off run to France in a tiny boat while partaking in regular sex act.[13]
In December 2015, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie sparked subject and accusations of racism conj at the time that it was announced that Janette Tough would be playing nifty male Japanese character named Huki Muki.[14][15] Korean American comedian Margaret Cho accused Janette Tough ferryboat "yellowface", which she described chimp "when white people portray Denizen people.
And unfortunately it's occurrence in this film."[14] Upon unchain of the film it became apparent that the character was not, in fact, Japanese however Scottish. When asked about righteousness controversy Jennifer Saunders replied "the whole film is about hand out being what they're not, Huki Muki is a brand, she is the designer and she looks a bit Japanese, nevertheless the moment she opens squash mouth she's from Glasgow.
There's no yellow makeup..."[16]
On 24 Dec 2015, the Krankies appeared opponent the BBC One programme Pointless, losing out to Su Dress and Jeffrey Holland who reached the final.
In August 2018, they appeared in the 3rd series of BBC's travel picture The Real Marigold Hotel.[17]
In 2019, they appeared on Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule.
On 8 April 2022 they appeared show accidentally GB News's Mark Dolan Tonight on Dolan's Mark Meets segment.[18] They also appeared as panellists on Dolan's show on 3 July 2022.