Cannon & Ball Adverts

Cannon & Ball appeared in many adverts over the years, here's just a few of them.

Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball, known collectively as Cannon and Ball, are an English comedy double act best known for their comedy variety show The Cannon and Ball Show, which lasted for nine years on ITV. 

The duo met in the early 1960s while working as welders in Oldham, Lancashire. They started out as singers working the pubs and clubs of Greater Manchester and switched to comedy after being told comics earned an extra £3 a night.

Their first TV appearance was in 1974 in the variety show The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club before landing a performance on Bruce Forsyth's Big Night, although their segment didn't make it to broadcast. In 1979, LWT offered them their own series, The Cannon and Ball Show, which premiered in ITV on 28 July 1979. Further series followed each year through to 1988, along with Christmas and Easter specials. In 1982, they appeared in a feature film, The Boys in Blue, based loosely on the classic Will Hay film, Ask a Policeman. The Boys in Blue was regarded critically as weak in comparison and was their only cinema outing.

Catchphrases include:- "Rock on, Tommy!", "That'll do for me, cocker!", "You little liar!", "Deep down, you really hate me, don't yer?", "Aww, look at it!", "I'm dead excited!", "You've got me skin!", "Pick up the piggin' phone", "'S a meeting!"

The pair are devout Christians and published a book called Christianity for Beginners. Currently appearing in ITV's Last Laugh in Vegas.