Simon Dunn

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Lee Cornes

There was a time when Lee Cornes was on every great show that I used to watch. From The Young Ones, through Filthy, Rich & Catflap, and onto Bottom, by way The Comic Strip, Saturday Live, Red Dwarf, French & Saunders, Lenny Henry, and so much more.

Then he just seemed to drop off my radar. I think because he did a long stint on Grange Hill for 12 years.

So it was fun when I found Lee’s YouTube channel this morning. It’s well worth wandering around.

This next one made me piss giggles.

And here he is doing some stand up improv.

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