Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - reunited on Joan Rivers' show - UK - '86 - HQ

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  • Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
  • ...unlike Martin And Lewis, Pete and Dud never "split up" - their careers and lives just took different paths. But here, they worked together for the first time in many years - reviving a classic piece from The Good Old Days.
    The great Kenneth Williams was on the same show - he can be found on • Kenneth Williams on Jo...

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  • @Yak1986
    @Yak1986 5 лет назад +82

    My auntie went to school with Dudley, so we felt a connection. Years later she lived in New Zealand. She called a radio show he was on & Dud took her & family out for dinner!! Fabulous!

    • @maximXX
      @maximXX 2 года назад +3

      Wow He came all the way over from England to New Zealand to have dinner with your Auntie!
      Fabulous

    • @marioiacolucci
      @marioiacolucci 2 года назад +3

      Wow cool 😎

    • @michaelpowell6805
      @michaelpowell6805 2 года назад +4

      As a fellow homo sapien....erm....I felt a connection 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @hetrodoxly1203
      @hetrodoxly1203 2 года назад

      @@michaelpowell6805 That speaks more about you, having no connection to people you went to school with, they could have been really good friends.

    • @michaelpowell6805
      @michaelpowell6805 2 года назад

      @@hetrodoxly1203 My auntie went to school with him....so 'we' felt a connection.... desperate & sad I fear....wonder if her whites are whiter than that slut next door....she gets help with her rent you know....& I've seen her talking to men!....small mind....small pond....one day she dreams of joining the Rotary😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @stewartnicol3028
    @stewartnicol3028 5 лет назад +41

    Pete and Dud....never equalled.....comedy legends.... Love them forever.

  • @NoxiousRob
    @NoxiousRob 11 лет назад +78

    Cook was undeniably a comic genius, Moore was the perfect foil - he understood exactly how to play off against Cook, and Dud's influence should never be underestimated. Dud kept the structure of their sketches going, but intuitively knew how far to play along with Pete's improvisations before pulling things back onto script.

    • @profjohnston
      @profjohnston 2 года назад +5

      You're right, the mug of cocoa riff and the tidy way he played along with it up the stairs, and put it down to stop it interfering with the sketch any further, was a perfect example of this

  • @chrisefc3579
    @chrisefc3579 4 года назад +49

    Honestly brings a tear to the eye. Love them both.

  • @heatherrooken-smith6983
    @heatherrooken-smith6983 4 года назад +37

    ridiculously hilarious. Long Live British humour.

  • @mollyfilms
    @mollyfilms 2 года назад +13

    Both genius and a shout out to Joan who just let them go without interruption !

  • @keithphilo6255
    @keithphilo6255 2 года назад +5

    A few years ago I was listening to a radio program about David Bowie, Rick Wakeman was talking about the Hunky Dory sessions. He said that Life on Mars was the last track to be recorded, and for the piano part requested a different player from Wakeman. They did contact the guy Bowie wanted. However, if he was not free or dud not wa.t the hog we will never know. He wanted Dudley to play on the track. Wakeman did it finally. But it just shows how other musicians viewed Dudley. He was a master on the keyboard. Like Peter, so missed
    .

  • @scotty193
    @scotty193 2 года назад +9

    I love how Joan just allowed them to rant.

  • @rowkayzg
    @rowkayzg 12 лет назад +26

    I think I've watched this clip dozens of times--they play off each other so well here. I continue to be in love with Dudley--I would have given anything to have met him. I recently confirmed that one of my relatives was among the doctors who were finally able to diagnose his PSP. I can't think of a more cruel fate than this, except perhaps ALS. I think about Dudley a lot.

    • @virghammer1
      @virghammer1 Год назад +1

      So do I! So, so, SO painful, that cruel, slow, agonizing end …. A bitter sweet honor for your caring relative… I’m sure it tore up his doctors just as much … Well …. …. ❤❤❤❤❤❤. Thank you for ever, beyond magical Dudley Moore and Peter Cook! ❤❤❤❤ 🙏🏼

  • @kevinmost2719
    @kevinmost2719 5 лет назад +23

    The magic was still there in 1986

  • @paulsimpson4155
    @paulsimpson4155 9 лет назад +63

    Rest in peace all of them the best that there was !

  • @LJW55
    @LJW55 5 лет назад +5

    Ooooh Pete 'n Dud, miss them terribly... "this bloke came up to me and said "Hello" ..."

    • @IamRobotMonkey
      @IamRobotMonkey 5 лет назад +3

      What a provocative bastard. "HELLO"?!

  • @morningdove20
    @morningdove20 7 лет назад +14

    there will NEVER be Another Era like this again so I'm so Grateful they lived at the same time as myself!!! Cooper, Dudley, Rivers, Jonathan Winters, Robin Williams, Rickles, and the List goes on... Miss laughing So hard that I couldn't come up for air! Really miss that, Really Miss Them~ "TY" for the memories, and.. TY to RUclips that I can sit back whenever I want, enjoy a REAL show again, and as Many times as I want (or Need to!). 😥

  • @stevevfchnnngf7695
    @stevevfchnnngf7695 9 лет назад +32

    Haha the Derek and Clive skit about going up Joan Crawfords private part. "Fleets of ships in there." " Hamburger stands with no hamburgers." Legends. RIP.

  • @rael1999
    @rael1999 11 лет назад +20

    Pete and Dud had it in spade loads....so lovely to see them back here bouncing off of each other.....RIP lads !

  • @jamesdrynan
    @jamesdrynan 3 года назад +13

    The spontaneous improvisation of these two gentlemen is astounding. One of my favorites was the " Will this wind... ? " routine from Beyond the Fringe. Brilliant comedians!

  • @w0bbl3r
    @w0bbl3r 7 лет назад +11

    Amazing they remembered it so well. Even the "What cheek?", "Left upper" bit. Fantastic.
    No talent like that around these days. Even the Big Yin is on his way out now, old and poorly

  • @jeanmyers1787
    @jeanmyers1787 4 года назад +7

    Amazing just got Joan River’s DVD ‘APiece of Work. Loved all three of them ❤️❤️❤️

  • @YellowTissueBox
    @YellowTissueBox 7 лет назад +53

    flawlessly fall back into character. brilliant.

    • @michellebarton7610
      @michellebarton7610 5 лет назад +5

      God bless them all so entertaining in different way.never forgotten

  • @fuzzballzz36
    @fuzzballzz36 6 лет назад +37

    As late in the day as that, and Peter could STILL make Dudley corpse! No one will ever be funnier than those two.

  • @buddhastaxi666
    @buddhastaxi666 5 лет назад +9

    God bless both these men i watched them as a child in the 1960's

  • @digitalsketchguy
    @digitalsketchguy 5 лет назад +10

    Dud was a stunningly talented jazz pianist too.

  • @kaptainkanada4363
    @kaptainkanada4363 11 лет назад +15

    Absolutely right! And one other aspect of genius is this: it's bloody EASY for them. Peter Cook could improvise a hilarious skit from anything at all; mere comedians have to WORK at their craft.

  • @gregbeekeeper
    @gregbeekeeper 11 лет назад +13

    Notice how Pete gives the inspiration, then Dudley gives the form, then Pete tries to destroy and ridicule the form. But it is a vying partnership, where Pete sometimes wins and then another time Dudley does. In this apparently spontaneous act, though maybe some of it could have been briefly pre-prepared, Dudley won and you see at the end Peter congratulating Dudley on his win.

  • @flower2364
    @flower2364 7 лет назад +11

    Genius, these two were genius... I miss them both..

    • @swingmanic
      @swingmanic 7 лет назад +2

      Queen bores?..You've got to be bloody joking, right?

  • @IvoryGraphicsLtd
    @IvoryGraphicsLtd 6 лет назад +23

    Love these guys! Shame we will never see them again.

  • @HorizontalLifestyle
    @HorizontalLifestyle 4 года назад +5

    So so funny I mind we were working late stocking taking and my boss put a Dudley and Cook cd on to pass the time soon as Horse Racing came on we were all doubled up on the floor,tears running down our faces nothing but comic gold.

  • @Gez-C
    @Gez-C 13 лет назад +11

    pure genius!!! you can tell that they really bounce off each other

  • @albin2232
    @albin2232 3 года назад +10

    Comic geniuses. Nobody could just do it off the cuff like them.

  • @sunnysim3583
    @sunnysim3583 7 лет назад +34

    Love the bit where Peter said he had to poke Greta Garbo off with a stick. Their sketches are so funny. Absolute tragedy to lose them, and the way Dudley Moore ended up.

  • @Dai-Verse-IT
    @Dai-Verse-IT 2 года назад +1

    Great comedians are not afraid to give great comedians a round of applause for great comedy. 🤔🙂⭐️⭐️⭐️👍

  • @1953streeky
    @1953streeky 2 года назад +2

    Dudley was truly a fine and learned musician as well. Theirs a blue plaque on the council house he grew up in just up the road from where i live now. He achieved a lot for a half-pint sized Dagenham boy.

  • @aldershot5100
    @aldershot5100 3 года назад +3

    I gather they always spoke to each other in that way

  • @eahannan
    @eahannan 2 года назад +2

    So amazing. They can pull it off without the slighest of prep And it's never enough

  • @malahammer
    @malahammer 2 года назад +3

    The way they just slipped into character....wonderful :)

  • @10kingstreet
    @10kingstreet 14 лет назад +3

    thankyou
    hey peter still looks pretty good here
    9 years later gone

  • @SuperLawz
    @SuperLawz Год назад +1

    It's great to see Joan Rivers laughing at Pete and Dud and didn't interrupt once!

  • @ScreamqueenarmyBlogspot666
    @ScreamqueenarmyBlogspot666 7 лет назад +10

    Bloody brilliant, I watched The Peter Cook documentary on BBC4 the other night, it was brilliant

  • @stewartmcneill2262
    @stewartmcneill2262 2 года назад +2

    Very fond of dud and Peter two great people

  • @dougieladd
    @dougieladd 6 лет назад +9

    i really miss these two...

  • @golfsolved1559
    @golfsolved1559 2 года назад +3

    That's a perfect double act

  • @catflap76
    @catflap76 2 года назад +4

    Cook was a comedy genius.

  • @HugoHackenbush-jq7hl
    @HugoHackenbush-jq7hl 2 месяца назад

    I was fortunate enough to have seen Peter Cook live at the very 1st
    Secret Policeman's Ball back in 1979 at Her Majesty's Theater in the Haymarket just off Picadilly, towards the end of June. To be honest, I do not believe that I have enough superlatives which will do justice as to why and how good he really was.

  • @jeanferret9497
    @jeanferret9497 5 лет назад +2

    A quick blast of the priceless Alfie Noakes would have been well received on US Tv.....

  • @micheledoage8623
    @micheledoage8623 6 лет назад +5

    RIP, to all three.

  • @TheWhiteboyjohnny
    @TheWhiteboyjohnny 2 года назад +1

    Total respect for both these men . Brilliant.

  • @tonykichenside8443
    @tonykichenside8443 2 года назад +1

    These two are pure class.classic comedy

  • @marcc1667
    @marcc1667 8 лет назад +4

    how time changes people and things.

  • @scotty193
    @scotty193 6 лет назад +15

    How they could even pull that off and not launch into filth and a tirade of expletives is beyond me..............

    • @jakartaman3365
      @jakartaman3365 6 лет назад +6

      True. It's so close to one of their Derek and Clive sketches that I was thinking the same thing.

  • @Twirlyhead
    @Twirlyhead 2 года назад +4

    Rubber in English = Eraser in American BTW.

  • @alisongrace4334
    @alisongrace4334 5 лет назад +5

    God love them. 💕

  • @WinslowSly1
    @WinslowSly1 7 лет назад +9

    Peter Cook the father of satire. Two funny men.

  • @BackToTheBlues
    @BackToTheBlues 11 лет назад +13

    A perceptive post. Dudley's contribution was often overlooked, he did more than just crack up every now and then. When Peter asks "which cheek" his reply of "left upper" is brilliant.
    That said, I don't think Peter led the disappointed life of tragedy many seem to think, from everything I've read he liked to work to earn enough money to stop working and spend life relaxing and doing as little as possible.
    One of his friends said in an interview that he was the laziest person he had ever met.

    • @profjohnston
      @profjohnston 2 года назад +1

      the cheek line was in the original ; ) it's still a cute line

  • @simonwilson1211
    @simonwilson1211 2 года назад

    Wow! That was awesome... man I miss some people! You too Spike!

  • @sharlene7157
    @sharlene7157 8 лет назад +3

    Fantastic!

  • @jaads7910
    @jaads7910 6 лет назад +5

    Legends

  • @stechriswillgil3686
    @stechriswillgil3686 3 года назад +3

    Lovely boys. Cream of the crop but had the common touch.

  • @tausti
    @tausti 13 лет назад +4

    Real talent!

  • @bscepter
    @bscepter 2 года назад

    That's comedic improvisation born from complete trust.

  • @totallyskint5899
    @totallyskint5899 Год назад

    I also applied for the job of runner even though I appeared to have no legs or arms due to an encounter with a Pride of starving Kittens.
    Took me ages to get to the interview.

  • @stramayne
    @stramayne 11 лет назад +3

    They were really funny. No one like them today. Mores the pity.

  • @marioiacolucci
    @marioiacolucci 2 года назад +1

    Rip great actor’s

  • @zerolubin
    @zerolubin 8 лет назад +2

    Fabulous!

  • @SisterRayVU68
    @SisterRayVU68 10 лет назад +8

    Maybe what upset Johnny Carson was that Peter Cook, and Dudley Moore chose Joan Rivers over The Tonight Show. A modern comparison is Robin Williams with Craig Ferguson (many times), and not Jimmy Fallon.

  • @rufustoot
    @rufustoot 7 лет назад +3

    brilliant

  • @brianz7917
    @brianz7917 2 года назад +1

    I miss them.

  • @stewartnicol3028
    @stewartnicol3028 6 лет назад +21

    Peter and Dudley, before they were recognised by the American media, were parts of a huge comedy "seam" being exploited in the UK. This included John Cleese, David Frost, Jonathan Miller, The whole Monty Python crew, Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker and many others. They were led to this explosion of surreal humour by one man. This man was one Terence "Spike" Milligan. He took the humour of the Marx Bros, W.C.Fields, and his Dad. He added the experience and the psychosis inherited by his part in Hitler's Downfall - read the fucking books! - and created the future. #SPIKEMILLIGANHERO

    • @Si_Mondo
      @Si_Mondo 2 года назад

      "I told you I was ill!" - Spike Milligan's gravestone (it's written in old Irish though).
      A comedian even in death.

  • @DarrenBonJovi
    @DarrenBonJovi 10 лет назад +16

    RIP Joan Rivers

  • @davescopes249
    @davescopes249 5 лет назад +5

    OMG I can't stop Laughing. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @IamTomWaits
    @IamTomWaits 11 лет назад +7

    Oh, no doubt. Moore seems to get criminally underrated these days. I knew Cook's legend first and was expecting greatness from him, but Dudley was basically an afterthought at first. Boy, that changed quickly. Not a one-sided partnership at all. I actually think Moore's the superior comedic performer of the two. Now, Cook was the greater comedic mind and writer, but Dud was the more engaging performer I think. This all to say nothing of his musical talent.

    • @pigknickers
      @pigknickers 7 лет назад +1

      Finally someone that gets it! dud normally gets bigger laughs even though Peter is meant to be the king of comedy. Somehow this doesn't fit the narrative now.

  • @HaryMaverick
    @HaryMaverick 14 лет назад +3

    the whole reenactment is brilliant, especially when they are so comfortable they add in their own new bits. however the entire sketch is trumped by the last 3 seconds of this video.
    also disparatedan, your bit of info is also what i believe to be utterly true. videos like this prove it

  • @BEN14680
    @BEN14680 2 года назад

    what a shame all gone,,,, rip joan pete and dud thanks for the great comedy

  • @ValuedComment
    @ValuedComment 2 года назад +4

    Fantastic clip. We used to have Pete and Dud and now our comedians are people like Josh Widdicombe, Rob Beckett, Russell Howard and Romesh Ranganathan. Embarrassing.

  • @ianlewis6061
    @ianlewis6061 8 месяцев назад

    Fantastic

  • @funjuror
    @funjuror Год назад

    All three are sadly gone.

  • @thecasualfront7432
    @thecasualfront7432 8 лет назад +2

    Great

  • @anjalisharma461
    @anjalisharma461 3 года назад +1

    Why did they all have to leave us so soon.

  • @therookpiece
    @therookpiece 2 года назад +4

    Haven't dropped a beat.

  • @talesfromtinpanalley-thedo6198
    @talesfromtinpanalley-thedo6198 6 лет назад +2

    Brilliant

  • @seanbonella
    @seanbonella Год назад

    both straight into it, both legends

  • @plywoodcarjohnson5412
    @plywoodcarjohnson5412 2 месяца назад

    Magic in a sense. Must have inspired Monty P. Fun coming from timing. No setup or punchline. Just the moment, improvisation. Capturing a charachter, making fun of it.

  • @jessiejames7492
    @jessiejames7492 6 лет назад +3

    peter cook looked so thin and haggard here....still brilliant both of them

  • @KevinThomas-kxtphotography
    @KevinThomas-kxtphotography 2 года назад +1

    Doctor Otto Titsling invented the Bra :D

  • @perfectsense3240
    @perfectsense3240 6 лет назад +2

    Dudley and Peter

  • @user-gf8xf9jx3w
    @user-gf8xf9jx3w 28 дней назад

    Geniuses.

  • @jibjab351
    @jibjab351 3 года назад +3

    Derek and Clive were the best

  • @gregbeekeeper
    @gregbeekeeper 11 лет назад +2

    Look up where Dudley Moore is now, while Peter Cook died of course of a haemorrhage about 7 years ago from drinking.
    I hate the way the media uses people and then drops them and lets them to rot.

  • @marknestbox
    @marknestbox 5 лет назад +1

    We is was and may be Second Side up = Here on RUclips and on the BBC iPlayer. Ladies can watch it as well.

  • @bundle_of_penguins
    @bundle_of_penguins 13 лет назад +3

    "Suddenly he said 'EUREKA! The bra'." xD

  • @Bruce-1956
    @Bruce-1956 2 года назад +1

    Comic geniuses.

  • @rowkayzg
    @rowkayzg 12 лет назад +7

    Genius, perhaps. But without Dudley he was nothing, and he knew it.

  • @WobblyLance
    @WobblyLance 2 года назад

    I recommend you listen to the 'Barry From Watford and Angelos' podcast. It's like a less smooth yet equally funny version of this.

  • @richardhoyle3440
    @richardhoyle3440 3 года назад +3

    These guys were original comedians. They were satire!

  • @NewsYouCantBelieveIn
    @NewsYouCantBelieveIn 11 лет назад +4

    A bit strange seeing Dudley here. He's older but still has his old face before whatever it was that happened to his face.

  • @Lytton333
    @Lytton333 12 лет назад +3

    Yes.. Dud had .. well.. he had that litle bit extra class didn't he..

    • @HassanRadwan133
      @HassanRadwan133 6 лет назад

      Lytton333 Totally disagree. Peter was without doubt the classiest.

  • @philodonoghue3062
    @philodonoghue3062 2 года назад +1

    Joan Rivers - only Yank comedian who ‘got’ British humour - and could dish it out herself.

  • @markxist
    @markxist 12 лет назад +1

    @feckingbillgates Sadly true yeah, Cookie just drifted between jobs when Moore struck big in the US. I believe when Moore returned to the UK for this show he was a bit annoyed with Joan (who he didn't get on with any way) and the production team as it was hoisted on him and showed how far they'd separated. I think the seating thing, with Cookie on the sofa, was used so that as each new guest arrived, the chair would be vacated and the previous would move onto the sofa next to him

  • @IamTomWaits
    @IamTomWaits 11 лет назад +2

    No, genius. A genius is someone who exhibits rare and tremendous intellect or creativity which leads to great insight in their field. cook had a unique, original, and highly creative comedic mind which opened new doors in that field and influenced plenty of major figures to follow. da vinci was a genius. einstein was a genius. mozart was a genius. buster keaton was a genius. peter cook was a genius.

    • @ericacroft13
      @ericacroft13 2 года назад

      Dudley Moore genius musician and comedian, 2 in 1 and then combines both.

  • @justqurious7
    @justqurious7 12 лет назад +3

    maybe something other than gas... brilliant.

  • @MrMLD1972
    @MrMLD1972 2 года назад