[1] Initially they were an amateur double act performing at various venues in London on the weekends due to Dennis' weekday job commitments.

While the other two stars of the series, Rob Newman and David Baddiel, became major celebrities — playing to sell-out audiences at Wembley Arena[2]—Punt and Dennis never attained the same level of prominence as a double act.

Their own TV series, The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show, did not meet the same success as The Mary Whitehouse Experience, but won larger audiences and was given a higher profile than the other pairing's spin-off project Newman and Baddiel in Pieces.

The duo continued to collaborate despite each having forged their own separate careers — Dennis as a panellist and presenter and Punt as a screenwriter.

The name of the show was inspired by a character called Mr Strange that Hugh Dennis played in The Mary Whitehouse Experience.