It gave rise to a spin-off series, and made the names of regular contributors Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
It was a slapstick comedy in which the characters were silent except for the narrator, similar in style to Mr. Bean or The Benny Hill Show.
[1] Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis subsequently joined the cast of The Mary Whitehouse Experience, and later got their own sketch show, called The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show, which ran for two series.
In 2011, Canned Carrott received a DVD release comprising all the episodes from the first series.
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