History Radio / HelloCheeky

** In a stranger example, the gang would sometimes refer to each other casually, using names or nicknames that weren't theirs -- for example "Vera", "Babs", "darling" and "[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers George]]".

* IncrediblyLamePun: In one episode, John is ''shot'' for making a terrible pun, which leads into a lengthy parody of a dying scene.

** The different categories of jokes (see SharePhrase) -- a home hint for the handyman would always be an IncrediblyLamePun, a meanwhile would always be a quick sketch, a newsflash would always be either of the above or satire.

* {{Corpsing}}: Happened occasionally, and was always coupled with ThrowItIn. There's one notable instance in the first episode of the TV series -- the sketch stops dead for fifteen seconds while the audience go into hysterics and the cast try to compose themselves.
* TheDanza: Everyone.

* SelfDeprecation: All the time. ''Hello Cheeky's Postbag'' was an occassional section of the show in which the cast read 'letters from the fans'. Everyone who listened to the show were either out of their minds or hated it.

* StudioAudience: In both the radio show and the TV series. Denis occassionally tried to coach them into applause.

** In a stranger example, the gang would sometimes refer to each other casually, using names or nicknames that weren't theirs -- for example "Vera", "Babs", "darling" and "George".

-->'''Barry:''' There is a spiritual love, a pure ethereal love that exists between two human beings, enabling them to share each other totally. Each joy, each sorrow...each tiny emotion. They are as one. ...On the other hand, there's ''WHOAHOHOH!''

-->'''David:''' I'm one of the most talented producers of our time! Good heavens...I produced ''Hello Cheeky''! ...But a man's allowed one mistake, isn't he?

* WordSaladTitle: The episode titles for the TV series, which weren't exactly word salad, just [[MindScrew intentionally confusing]]. Episode 2 was called "Episode 124", episode 3 was called "Quarter-Final Second Leg", episode 4 was called "Unabridged Version", episode 5 was called "Part 14"...the radio episodes just had NoTitle.
* YourCheatingHeart: Tim's wife was pretty obviously cheating on him. He was totally oblivious.
-->'''Tim:''' She said "that's alright, I'll call you back, [[WrongNameOutburst Harold]]". ...I don't know why she called me "Harold". I think she must have been overworking.
** Barry's wife was also sometimes mentioned to cheat on him, but he was aware of it -- and he cheated on ''her'', so there's some possibility that they both knew and accepted it.
-->'''Barry:''' I've got a crystal ball. Looked in it the other night -- saw the wife kissing the milkman.
-->'''John:''' Was it a glimpse of the future?
-->'''Barry:''' ...No, it was a reflection of [[CheatingWithTheMilkman the wife kissing the milkman.]]

!!Meanwhile, in a trope list, not a thousand miles from Crue Junction...

* {{Corpsing}}: Happened occassionally, and was always coupled with ThrowItIn. There's one notable instance in the first episode of the TV series -- the sketch stops dead for fifteen seconds while the audience go into hysterics and the cast try to compose themselves.

* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Occassionally.

* CelebrityResemblance: Parodied -- in one episode, Tim, Barry and Denis all confuse John for Doris Day. Especially surreal as John is middle-aged, male, and ''bald''.

In 1976, the show was adapted for television by the Yorkshire branch of {{ITV}}. More or less everyone agrees that no great steps were taken to make the material more visual. This version lasted for 13 episodes before fading away.

** A similar joke had appeared in ''RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''.

* BrickJoke: In one episode, Tim explains that they'll be broadcasting ''{{Rigoletto}}'' in two parts. This is immediately followed by a cry of "Rigo--". Fifteen minutes later, we hear a cry of "--letto!"

''Hello Cheeky'' was a SketchShow that ran on TheBBC between 1973 and 1979. The main cast and scriptwriters were Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and John Junkin, with supporting roles and piano accompaniment provided by Denis "[[SmallNameBigEgo Charmer]]" King.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain''. Both shows featured a cast who played themselves as characters and knew they were in a show, and -- in the first seasons -- shared a producer in David Hatch. As the first season of ''Hello Cheeky'' and the last season of ''I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again'' ran shortly after each other, the former was actually mentioned in the latter...

* SpecialGuest: A rather self-aware variation. There were a few episodes with guest stars, and a great deal of jokes in those episodes revolved around exaggerations of the guest's personality and the guest being baffled by or adapting to the show. ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Bakewell Joan Bakewell]] discovered she enjoyed making jokes and turned into an amateur comedienne -- Sir TerryWogan kept his distance and made snarky comments about the "three aging funsters".)

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: John casually referred to Barry as "Fatty", and Barry usually responded with "Baldy". In one episode, Barry calls him out on it, explaining that he's gone on a diet and is no longer fat -- John complies, and calls him "Skinny" for the rest of the episode.
** In a stranger example, the gang would sometimes refer to each other casually, using names or nicknames that weren't theirs -- for example "Vera", "Babs", "darling" and "George".

* ProducePelting: Invoked and played to an extreme in one episode of the TV series. Barry performs another parody SillyLoveSong, about being struck by various forms of food (''"How'd ya like to squirt me with a soda siphon, baby? / How'd ya like to hit me with a pie?"''). He performs it twice -- the first time, it's just sung. The second time, John and Tim attack him with what he's singing about ''while he sings.'' (This includes being pelted with tomatoes, struck down with pies, hosed down with seltzer and smashed over the head with eggs.)

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''ImSorryIllReadThatAgain''. Both shows featured a cast who played themselves as characters and knew they were in a show, and -- in the first seasons -- shared a producer in David Hatch. As the first season of ''HelloCheeky'' and the last season of ''ImSorryIllReadThatAgain'' ran shortly after each other, the former was actually mentioned in the latter...

* AWorldWidePunomenon: A staple of the show's humor.

In 1976, the show was adapted for television by the Yorkshire branch of {{ITV}}. YourMileageMayVary on the quality of this, but more or less everyone agrees that no great steps were taken to make the material more visual. This version lasted for 13 episodes before fading away.

* FoodSlap: Played to an extreme in one episode of the TV series. Barry performs another parody SillyLoveSong, about being struck by various forms of food (''"How'd ya like to squirt me with a soda siphon, baby? / How'd ya like to hit me with a pie?"''). He performs it twice -- the first time, it's just sung. The second time, John and Tim attack him with what he's singing about ''while he sings.'' (This includes being pelted with tomatoes, struck down with pies, hosed down with seltzer and smashed over the head with eggs.)
** When this was performed on the radio series, it obviously lost the visual.

-->'''Tim:''' She said "that's alright, I'll call you back, Harold". ...I don't know why she called me "Harold". I think she must have been overworking.