The result is a comic creation as unique as anyone you've ever watched. Earl favourite audience-comment came after a Comedy Club night in London. The main thing to remember here is that his style seems totally international. He's not performed in a country where the humour hasn't worked exactly as it does at home. In addition, to let you know what he is like with a live audience, there is available an audio-cassette of him live with a Comedy Club audience.
Every performer has influences.
The format and irony of Tom Lehrer. The silliness of The Goons. Here's a rare picture of Chaplin with, on the left, Max Linder, an early French silent comedian who influenced Chaplin at the beginning of his film-career. Douglas Fairbanks Sr. The moment when someone as 'straight' looking as Harold Lloyd starts doing things you'd never dream he would.