Before their friendship turned into the only female double act on the live comedy circuit, Lynn Chambers was a cruise-ship singer and performer and writer of comedy revues while Sally Nettleton went from drama school into acting, began improvising characters and then moved into stand-up.

They have appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe three times, in 1999, 2001 and 2002 and hosted the Gay Pride rally in Trafalgar Square in 2005.