Hello everyone,
I will be very thankful for any thought concerning the following-
I am looking for names of comedians(past and present) who perform/ed solo, and in
a sketch-based style of comedy(which is a bit different than usual stand-up)
Two that I was able to find-
Rowan Atkinson and Bob Newhart.
Can you mention any others?
Thank you.
I.
Jim Davidson, Tim Vine, Lee Mack..........there's plenty of others but I'm too tired to think of them. 
Quote: CreativeComedy @ 28th October 2015, 10:34 PM GMTHello everyone,
I will be very thankful for any thought concerning the following-
I am looking for names of comedians(past and present) who perform/ed solo, and in
a sketch-based style of comedy(which is a bit different than usual stand-up)Two that I was able to find-
Rowan Atkinson and Bob Newhart.Can you mention any others?
Thank you.
I.
Jasper Carrott, Dave Allen?
Thanks for the kind replies.
I apologise for not been specific enough-
I am looking for comedians who, compared to stand-up, perform sketches in their "purest" form, without the "teller"(stand-up comedian) giving a personal opinion/remarks about the subject.
Any other comedians names are thankfully welcome.
I.
Quote: CreativeComedy @ 28th October 2015, 10:54 PM GMTThanks for the kind replies.
I apologise for not been specific enough-
I am looking for comedians who, compared to stand-up, perform sketches in their "purest" form, without the "teller"(stand-up comedian) giving a personal opinion/remarks about the subject.Any other comedians names are thankfully welcome.
I.
Er? Ben Elton?
Spike Milligan?
Quote: lofthouse @ 29th October 2015, 3:08 PM GMTSpike Milligan?
He liked to break the fourth wall.
Thanks again for the kind replies.
All mentioned are wonderful comedians, yet I was not able to find a solo, stage performance of them, where "pure" sketches are performed (not in a "stand-up" comedy style which includes remarks and opinions of the performer, but rather just acting a funny sketch, one after the other, similar to Rowan Atkinson's live show)
TheBlueNun- ER? (Can you please elaborate. I am not familiar with the initials)
Yes, I know, finding such performers is not an easy task as it seems. 
Thanks.
I'm guessing you mean soliloquies if it's just the one performer ? So Bob Newhart is the best example of that. Or Joyce Greenfield (see "George don't do that") Tommy Coopers' act was scripted. Erik Sykes also. That type of thing was more vandundervil, more recent examples tend to focus on character acting, such as Harry Enfield or Steve Coogan. Or of course Hancock (but he's not a stand up).
However America's Saturday night live show often had stand up's performing sketches, such as Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a the Blues brothers. Chevy Chase on the same show. In fact that show probably collected the best of the more resent examples. Hope that helps.
Quote: CreativeComedy @ 29th October 2015, 4:29 PM GMTTheBlueNun- ER? (Can you please elaborate. I am not familiar with the initials)
It's Er, as in Ummm, a hesitation, not initials of anything.
Quote: Nick Nockerty @ 29th October 2015, 5:07 PM GMTOr of course Hancock (but he's not a stand up).
TH started out as a stand up comedian, although not very good at it leading to his disastrous (some would say) attempt to revive it at the Festival Hall in 1966.
That's when things started to go pear shaped for him. 
If we're talking character comedians here then look no further than retro act Garry Morris and His Elderly Auntie Doris - Garry's actually my great uncle, but prefers to live in his son's (my uncle Dante's) shed these days. Not much is known about their act now, because they were very exclusive, but Garry used to perform a monologue whilst suspended by his underpants over a tank of terrapins. Doris, for her part, ambled onstage and poked Garry with her walking stick at regular intervals.
Disaster struck in 1985 when Garry's perished underpant elastic broke and he hurtled towards the tiny turtles' tank. Luckily, no soul was injured, but Garry's reputation was ruined and he ended up working in the Catford branch of Woolworths.
Not really:
Has anybody said Alan Bennett's Talking Heads yet?
Rikki Fulton
Thank you all for the efforts.
We are getting close with Joyce Greenfield. 
Any others, who are resemble(more or less) Rowan Atkinson's kind of sketches?(sketches that are based on funny premises, that the audience can recognize clearly from the start; Think "The Sketch Show" or "Big Train" kind of sketches, performed by a single performer, live on stage.)
Again, many thanks for the efforts and any additional examples are thankfully welcome.
I.
Quote: CreativeComedy @ 29th October 2015, 7:10 PM GMTThank you all for the efforts.
We are getting close with Joyce Greenfield.
Any others, who are resemble(more or less) Rowan Atkinson's kind of sketches?(sketches that are based on funny premises, that the audience can recognize clearly from the start; Think "The Sketch Show" or "Big Train" kind of sketches, performed by a single performer, live on stage.)
Again, many thanks for the efforts and any additional examples are thankfully welcome.
I.
If we're talking live stage-bound comedy instead of studio sketch material then how about live shows of popular series such as The League of Gentlemen or Little Britain.
After all, most comedy only works if the audience recognises an element of truth it it, surely?
Quote: TheBlueNun @ 29th October 2015, 7:14 PM GMTIf we're talking live stage-bound comedy instead of studio sketch material then how about live shows of popular series such as The League of Gentlemen or Little Britain.
After all, most comedy only works if the audience recognises an element of truth it it, surely?
True true, yet I am very curious about solo performances, where such sketches are usually not so long and are based on strong premises right from the start (compared to sketches where the premise is not so funny in itself)
Finding such examples interest me a lot.
Thank you.
I.