I WASN'T sure what to expect when I took my two boys to see the Chuckle Brothers, but I certainly wasn't expecting to laugh as much as the children.

However, with only five entertainers on the stage playing so many parts, they kept us all engrossed throughout their Star Wars spoof, Star Doors - a mixture of slapstick comedy and hilarious banter.

It was scripted perfectly for children to understand.

They say the old jokes are the best and that can be said of the Chuckle Brothers. An old favourite of trying to hang wallpaper was brilliantly executed: everyone knew what was going to happen next but this didn't seem to matter.

As things went wrong, you still weren't sure whether it was part of the act or not!

At one point the two South Yorkshire brothers from the Chuckle Television shows ventured out into the audience and, much to the delight of the excited children, started to smear mums' and dads' faces with white slush - and then began to fling paper plates full of this wet stuff across the audience's heads to each other.

You guessed it: "To me, to you," they said.

OK, it sounds dreadful but it was far from it. No one seemed to mind getting wet and, let's face it, kids love this kind of entertainment.

At the end of the show they got three dads and a mum to participate in a story.

Not me I might add; what a pity, I just wasn't quick enough.

Anyway, the story of Goldilocks And The Three Bears was told with the mums and dads running around chairs when certain words were said.

Of course, the wet slushy stuff came out again and each got a chance to smear each other.

This really finished the show off on a high note and made sure the children were laughing right to the end.

The Chuckle Brothers not only provided great entertainment with two shows during the day, but also came out afterwards to meet the children and sign autographs.

When chuckling Barry and Paul return to York, I highly recommend you see them.

You will be laughing buckets, no kidding.

Updated: 09:36 Friday, April 18, 2003