Editing Cannon and Ball (section)

{{short description|English comedy double act}}
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{{Infobox comedian
| name= Cannon and Ball
| image= File:Cannon and Ball.jpg
| caption= Cannon (left) and Ball (right)
| birth_date= '''[[Tommy Cannon|Thomas Derbyshire (Cannon)]]'''<br>{{birth date and age|df=yes|1938|6|27}}<br>[[Oldham]], Lancashire, England<br>'''[[Bobby Ball|Robert Harper (Ball)]]'''<br>{{birth date|df=yes|1944|1|28}}<br>Oldham, Lancashire, England
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| death_date='''Ball'''<br>{{death date and age|df=yes|2020|10|28|1944|1|28}}<br>[[Blackpool]], Lancashire, England
| medium=Film, television, stand-up, music, books
| nationality=
| active= 1974–2020
| genre= [[Observational comedy]], [[musical comedy]], satire, 
| subject= Marriage, everyday life, [[current events]], [[popular culture|pop culture]]
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}}

'''Cannon and Ball''' were an English [[double act]] comprising [[Tommy Cannon]] and [[Bobby Ball]], who met in the early 1960s while working as welders in [[Oldham]], Lancashire.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jim White |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-canonisation-of-cannon-and-ball-tommy-and-bobby-dont-do-blue-any-more-they-say-theyre-on-a-mission-from-god-whats-so-funny-about-that-ask-their-fans-1458265.html |title=The canonisation of Cannon and Ball: Tommy and Bobby don't do blue any more. They say they're on a mission from God. What's so funny about that? Ask their fans |work=[[The Independent]] |date=30 April 1993 |accessdate=22 April 2013}}</ref> They started as singers working the pubs and clubs of [[Greater Manchester]] and switched to comedy after being told comics earned an extra £3 a night. They continued to work as a comic duo on television and in theatre and pantomime.  Their variety show ''[[The Cannon and Ball Show]]'' lasted for nine years on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{cite web |date=20 August 1993 |title=Cannon & Ball's Humor Is The Old-fashioned Kind |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1993/08/20/cannon-balls-humor-is-the-old-fashioned-kind/ |access-date=22 April 2013 |work=Orlando Sentinel}}</ref> Ball died on 28 October, 2020, following a [[COVID-19]] diagnosis.