Papa Lazarou
Papa Lazarou is a fictional character in the BBC TV comedy programme The League of Gentlemen. He appeared in three episodes – the first episode in the second series, the Christmas special, and the final episode of the third series – and in the film The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse. The character is part-written by and played by Reece Shearsmith.
Papa Lazarou has been listed as both the 8th and 14th most popular sketch of all time with British audiences, according to The Radio Times and Channel 4 respectively.
Character
Papa Lazarou is a demonic circus master and collector of wives. He has a rasping voice, an indefinable accent, and blackface minstrel's make up. In his first appearance he runs the Pandemonium Carnival, and has three diminutive helpers called Simba, Pebbil and Tiktik. He is seen to collect wives by forcing his way into women's homes posing as a humble peg-seller, then talking gibberish at them until they hand over their wedding ring. Once they do this he exclaims, "You're my wife now!"