''Freddy, as a younger man, I was a sculptor, a painter, and a musician. There was just one problem: I wasn't very good. As a matter of fact, I was dreadful. I finally came to the frustrating conclusion that I had taste and style, but not talent. I knew my limitations. We all have our limitations, Freddy. Fortunately, I discovered that taste and style were commodities that people desired. Freddy, what I am saying is: know your limitations. You are a moron.'' - Lawrence Jamieson 😁
So brilliant that he had to explain to people who he was imitating @00:43. After explanation, audience then laughs @00:45, but not before the explanation. It would have been very interesting to see what would have happened if Sellers had not "explained" to people who he was imitating. I get the feeling that people laughed only because Sellers gave them the prompt, as in "come on audience, this is where you are supposed to laugh".
There are MANY people who do an excellent Michael Caine VOCAL impersonation, it's easy. Sellers was an ass. If you have been conned into thinking he was clever them I feel you are VERY mistaken. You are probably American.
@@revjimbob - Me niether. Mind blown. I've heard 100 people say it from famous comics to some bloke in the pub when doing a Michael Caine impression and I always assumed it was from Caine. Crazy.
Sellers was an outstanding mimic. In one of his early films he is a Cockney masquerading as a high class Parisian fashion designer. His phone rings, and he answers 'Allo' in a phony French accent. But it's actually one of his dodgy Cockney pals calling him, so he instantly repeats his greeting, switching to impeccable Cockney. Absolutely brilliant!
Just great how he casually drops in the ‘this is my Michael Caine impression’ - usually a giveaway that the impression is going to be rubbish. Then skewers a fantastic caricature complete with mad tweed suit Big Ben joke.
Peter Sellers is one of my all-time favorite actors - so original and no one like him before or since. I know he was troubled and difficult in his personal life, but as an actor, he is a legend.
Peter Sellers played bumbling characters so flawlessly it difficult to see him in any other way. The man was brilliant. "Being There" though, was my favorite movie of his.
@@1965zimmy I recall a long ago wiki page (now properly edited) for the film _The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes_ incorrectly indicating that the portrayed action took place in the 18th century. I contacted the contributor for that obvious error and got "treated" to the firm declaration that events of the 1800's meant that they occurred in the 18th century.
Totally over-rated. Good at accents yes, but very little wit to accompany it. Superficial in the extreme and lucky to have lived at a time when audiences were less educated and therefore lacked sophisticated discernment.
@@hlcepeda Probably corrected by someone who majored in "Feel Good Studies" wearing their participation medals wondering what the term dial the phone number means.
The gentleman speaking first is Harry Secombe. He was in the musical Oliver!. He played Mr. Bumble. He sang the song "Boy for Sale". He had an incredible voice.
The youth is too busy watching youtube and tweeting to worry about learning how to act. And the movie industry is dead because you can't make movies the way they made them in the 50s on up till about 2005.
Feel fortunate to have become a fan of his a couple generations ago. Peter was so far ahead of his time, so talented, and always with a sense of humility and humor.
How we miss the likes of these masters of comedy - to be able to improvise so quickly and easily as they could...that kind and level of genius in the comedy world just doesn't exist anymore.
@@jeffreyweitzman6463 Now I will resist the temptation to say that you do not seem to be a Wise Man,Mr. Weitzman but , please, peruse my comment again,my friend a,particularly,the ending. I was laughing at the prospect of any comparison,on the lines of "NOW,we have etc"....:)
I love how his first attempt is kind of stalling, then he interrupts himself ("Mike's always quoting from the Guinness Book of Records") and he is actually able to recover from that.
The seventies series was superlative, he seemed to interview most of the Hollywood greats when they were in London and all the big stars of the day. I never had the impression that the interviewees were desperate to plug their wares, although I'm sure that was the ostensible reason for being on. I can't really say the same about the second series however, in the late nineties and noughties. The "stars" seemed diminished and it became a rather banal "plugfest".
At the 0:40 mark, Peter Sellers does a great MIchael Caine (Maurice Joseph Micklewhite born 1933) voice impression. Michael Caine is my all-time favorite actor and Sellers does a great impression.
Changed his name officially to Michael Caine a few years ago. He was constantly getting held back for an hour by airport security because he had Maurice Micklewhite on his passport.
They weren’t. It was the 1st time someone did it! He invented it, it was basically just a cockney impression which Sellers excelled at. That’s why they laughed when he said it was a Caine impression.
Harry Secombe ❤️ I haven’t seen, or heard, or thought, of you in decades. Happenchance brought me here. Loved this Welshman when I was a young girl. What a fabulous voice he had … he sang “My Son John” … I’m flooded with memories.
He was ever so good in Oliver! And now this has got me thinking of another one from that time, who I haven't thought of in ages. I can't remember his name, actor. I remember him being on Parkinson and Parkie said something about acting being "not a real job" and the actor, while not disagreeing, said "What is a real job though? What you do?" and BURST out laughing! It was a brilliant turn around. Ugh, I'm going to have google his name. (wow, that took a long time. Had to ask AI and ran through so many possible actors before we got to the right one!) Roy Kinnear
I have to wonder how far back in time you would have to go to start seeing the first Impressions of Micheal Caine? It seems these various impressions of him go back many decades at least.
Great clip. I only know Sellers from the Pink Panther movies and the EXCELLENT film Being There. Nice to see him joking about like this. Loved him and love Michael Caine. His, Caine's, stream-of-consciousness autobiography is excellent btw. With ninety or so years recounting there's a lot in it.
Caine wrote a couple books on fun trivia. And in interviews you can barely stop him from telling stories. Which is fine by me! He's captivating and hilarious.
The tweed suit part implies that he could give the times for someone in all different sorts of apparel here. I'm guessing a kilt would take longest as there would be a small updraft!
Michael Caine and Roger Moore were friends, and grew up in the same district, Caine kept his accent, but Moore worked tirelessly to suppress his. Moore's greatest fear when coming up the ladder to success was that his Cockney would slip out and ruin him.
Really good impressionists can do this well. A shit Jack Nicholson imitator will always do the same kind of thing etc etc, but the secret is in the subtlety; they're not just doing the voice they sort of "become" the character for a bit, it's a full physical thing. Andy Kaufman could turn into Elvis. Peter Serafinowicz's Micheal Caine acting masterclass he does the same thing, he's got all the mannerisms and movements. Kevin Spacey does a perfect De Niro.
Brilliant that said this must be a pretty ancient clip, the guy on the left is Harry Secombe a very brilliant comic of the Goon Show era, he looks pretty young, perhaps only in his 40s? (late 1950s early 60s?)
How many people noticed that seated there was 2/3 of the Goon Show? They just needed Spike Milligan to round out one of the funniest troupes in BBC radio comedy.
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And 50 years later, Michael Caine still talks like that.
Yep, his unique. 👍
Not many people know that he does still talk like that.
''Freddy, as a younger man, I was a sculptor, a painter, and a musician. There was just one problem: I wasn't very good. As a matter of fact, I was dreadful. I finally came to the frustrating conclusion that I had taste and style, but not talent. I knew my limitations. We all have our limitations, Freddy. Fortunately, I discovered that taste and style were commodities that people desired. Freddy, what I am saying is: know your limitations. You are a moron.''
- Lawrence Jamieson 😁
Rob Brydon really has the older Michael Caine down, but this impression by Sellers is so spot on and natural it's crazy.
@@fredklein3829 and not many people know that 😂
The tweed suit is the key to all of this.
Right but what's heavier?
A kilogram of steel? Or a kilogram of feathers?
@@homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971 A kilogram of tweed.
Isn’t it?!
@@homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971Steel obviously
@@gamerman7276you fell for it even when it’s written out😂
Best ever impression of Michael Caine by Sellers and his timing is flawless 😂 Sellers was a genius
So brilliant that he had to explain to people who he was imitating @00:43. After explanation, audience then laughs @00:45, but not before the explanation.
It would have been very interesting to see what would have happened if Sellers had not "explained" to people who he was imitating.
I get the feeling that people laughed only because Sellers gave them the prompt, as in "come on audience, this is where you are supposed to laugh".
There are MANY people who do an excellent Michael Caine VOCAL impersonation, it's easy. Sellers was an ass. If you have been conned into thinking he was clever them I feel you are VERY mistaken. You are probably American.
Timing and delivery to die for!
@interestedobserver2582 that's a long winded way to tell us you're not a fan.
@@Gerard_2024 yeah but that's famous nown but you couldn't hear stuff like that back in the 60s
The origin of the "Not many people know that" Michael Caine trope - of course it was a gift from the genius, Peter Sellers.
I always thought it sounded funnier with the accent when it was; “ Not a lot of people know that”
@@johnp515Someone just made it funnier, happens with ideas, jokes the World over.
Paul Whitehouse as 'Nosy neighbour' Michael Paine was hilarious! Also with that perticular quote off course. :-)
I never knew that! Till I saw this.
@@revjimbob - Me niether. Mind blown. I've heard 100 people say it from famous comics to some bloke in the pub when doing a Michael Caine impression and I always assumed it was from Caine. Crazy.
One of our finest comic actors ! Died much too young.
@@girard1633😂
So many men of that generation did, so sad.
That was the most pitch perfect Caine I’ve ever heard. Better than Michael Caine himself.
"Mr. Sellers, you do me better than I do me! Not many people know that!"
He didn't even need to say it was an impression of Caine, it was so spot on...
At least one octave to low for me
@@lancealex382 listen to Caine in the 60s
Sellers was an outstanding mimic. In one of his early films he is a Cockney masquerading as a high class Parisian fashion designer. His phone rings, and he answers 'Allo' in a phony French accent. But it's actually one of his dodgy Cockney pals calling him, so he instantly repeats his greeting, switching to impeccable Cockney. Absolutely brilliant!
The Wrong Arm of the Law! Brilliant film 👍
Just great how he casually drops in the ‘this is my Michael Caine impression’ - usually a giveaway that the impression is going to be rubbish. Then skewers a fantastic caricature complete with mad tweed suit Big Ben joke.
Peter Sellers is one of my all-time favorite actors - so original and no one like him before or since. I know he was troubled and difficult in his personal life, but as an actor, he is a legend.
Amen
He was a shitty human being who disinherited his children. Fuck 'im.
when he said "not many people know that", i knew he was doing caine
he didnt have to explain it
such a brilliant, complicated man
Apparently Michael Caine never actually said that, which makes it even funnier
it's the subtlety of his pronunciation that makes it so good!
I didn't understand a word until he got to the Michael Caine impression, which is perfect.
Lmao true, which is odd because normally I can't understand a word Caine says.
I never tire of listening and laughing at Peter Sellers' stories
The ONE and ONLY Peter Sellers ❤️
How I miss his genius 😢
Peter Sellers played bumbling characters so flawlessly it difficult to see him in any other way.
The man was brilliant. "Being There" though, was my favorite movie of his.
Still one of the funniest things I've ever seen/heard! Peter was one of the funniest human beings EVER.
Well, I will give you that he made me smile many times and an occasional chuckle, but the funniest ever?
Pink Panther Strikes Again was on.
That detail with the "tweed suit" was hilarious. Great impression. Sad he died so young.
With the death of Sir Michael Parkinson, all three of these legends have now left us. R.I.P.
Michael Caine can't walk anymore but he is still alive, so we sort of got that.
Peter Sellers was an abusive, egomaniacal bastard
The key is in the subtlety. Too many people go too broad and miss it but Peter never did
The pause before delivery was sublime.
Subtlety is important. That's why I beat people over the head with subtlety all the time.
@@protorhinocerator142 🥇
Peter Sellers impressions are the best I've ever seen. His Alec Guinness is spot on perfect.
He does it so effortlessly.
Sellers was one of the great talents of the 21st century, so glad I was able to see him in action and so sorry for those who missed him.
Talent in the 21st century is not quite so scarce that a guy who was dead twenty years before the century started is one of it's greats.
@@1965zimmy I recall a long ago wiki page (now properly edited) for the film _The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes_ incorrectly indicating that the portrayed action took place in the 18th century. I contacted the contributor for that obvious error and got "treated" to the firm declaration that events of the 1800's meant that they occurred in the 18th century.
Totally over-rated. Good at accents yes, but very little wit to accompany it. Superficial in the extreme and lucky to have lived at a time when audiences were less educated and therefore lacked sophisticated discernment.
@@1965zimmy He was also one of the great talents of the 14th century.
Not many people know that.
@@hlcepeda Probably corrected by someone who majored in "Feel Good Studies" wearing their participation medals wondering what the term dial the phone number means.
The gentleman speaking first is Harry Secombe. He was in the musical Oliver!. He played Mr. Bumble. He sang the song "Boy for Sale". He had an incredible voice.
He was also one of the Goons, as was Peter Sellers.
So brilliant! And perfect! I miss Peter Sellers so much.
And Harry Secombe’s laugh was the best.❤️
Where have they all gone? Britain had many talented actors and comedians in the 70s. Now there's maybe a handful.
The youth is too busy watching youtube and tweeting to worry about learning how to act. And the movie industry is dead because you can't make movies the way they made them in the 50s on up till about 2005.
"Now there's not many people know that." -- Killer Caine line.
You know an impression is spot on when he starts doing it and you immediately know it's on even with eyes closed.
Feel fortunate to have become a fan of his a couple generations ago. Peter was so far ahead of his time, so talented, and always with a sense of humility and humor.
Not in real life mate. He was a very difficult and troubled man. But a genius comedic actor for sure 😊
Sellers was one of those rare acting talents where he would completely transform and become someone else.
How we miss the likes of these masters of comedy - to be able to improvise so quickly and easily as they could...that kind and level of genius in the comedy world just doesn't exist anymore.
Now we have Bradley Walsh,Paddy McGuinness and Jo Brand:)
@@Isleofskye Oh come on - they may on their own be good stand up comedians but to compare to Peter Sellers...not a serious comparison.
@@jeffreyweitzman6463 Now I will resist the temptation to say that you do not seem to be a Wise Man,Mr. Weitzman but , please, peruse my comment again,my friend a,particularly,the ending.
I was laughing at the prospect of any comparison,on the lines of "NOW,we have etc"....:)
I love how his first attempt is kind of stalling, then he interrupts himself ("Mike's always quoting from the Guinness Book of Records") and he is actually able to recover from that.
I SO miss those Parkinson shows. He is the best interviewer of all time. He's 88 (in 2023), so I hope he is enjoying his retirement.
The seventies series was superlative, he seemed to interview most of the Hollywood greats when they were in London and all the big stars of the day. I never had the impression that the interviewees were desperate to plug their wares, although I'm sure that was the ostensible reason for being on.
I can't really say the same about the second series however, in the late nineties and noughties. The "stars" seemed diminished and it became a rather banal "plugfest".
Dead now.
At the 0:40 mark, Peter Sellers does a great MIchael Caine (Maurice Joseph Micklewhite born 1933) voice impression. Michael Caine is my all-time favorite actor and Sellers does a great impression.
Changed his name officially to Michael Caine a few years ago. He was constantly getting held back for an hour by airport security because he had Maurice Micklewhite on his passport.
Parkinson was very privileged to interview so many true superstars back in the day
Very true indeed, right timing. Many of the golden era of Hollywood appeared on the show plus the very best of the British
great caine impersonation!
Peter Sellers pure comedic genius. I can't explain it, but I have to watch this once a week.
Even back then Michael Caine impressions were a thing.
They weren’t. It was the 1st time someone did it! He invented it, it was basically just a cockney impression which Sellers excelled at. That’s why they laughed when he said it was a Caine impression.
@@johnmc3862Now there's not many people that know that.
Peter Sellers invented the Michael Caine impression!
Harry Secombe ❤️ I haven’t seen, or heard, or thought, of you in decades. Happenchance brought me here. Loved this Welshman when I was a young girl. What a fabulous voice he had … he sang “My Son John” … I’m flooded with memories.
He was ever so good in Oliver!
And now this has got me thinking of another one from that time, who I haven't thought of in ages. I can't remember his name, actor. I remember him being on Parkinson and Parkie said something about acting being "not a real job" and the actor, while not disagreeing, said "What is a real job though? What you do?" and BURST out laughing! It was a brilliant turn around. Ugh, I'm going to have google his name. (wow, that took a long time. Had to ask AI and ran through so many possible actors before we got to the right one!) Roy Kinnear
I have to wonder how far back in time you would have to go to start seeing the first Impressions of Micheal Caine? It seems these various impressions of him go back many decades at least.
1968 by Andy Bradbury is the first I remember.
Magnificent. Now I want to hear Caine do Sellers!
Parky had a charmed life. Getting paid lots of money to chat to some of the most famous legends on the planet
One of the all-time greats!
Great clip. I only know Sellers from the Pink Panther movies and the EXCELLENT film Being There. Nice to see him joking about like this. Loved him and love Michael Caine. His, Caine's, stream-of-consciousness autobiography is excellent btw. With ninety or so years recounting there's a lot in it.
"I like to watch." 😂
Must try and find and watch Being There again. I just remember it was one of those movies that really hit me ....for some reason 🤔
Dr. Strangelove. Plays three completely different characters. A classic by Kubrick.
& now..RIP Sir Michael 🌹
From 🇦🇺 ❤️
Peter Sellers was a real piece of work 😂
The addition of "in a tweed suit" makes it so much better. The absurd made even more absurd.
OMG! This is hilarious!!! He’s spot on!
This is where "The Fast Show" would have taken inspiration for their "Not Many People Know That" Michel Caine sketches from..
Now I want to go and watch an old Michael Caine movie.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
The Italian Job
The special surprise at the end was worth watching the full video without skipping the sponsor. Thank you pooderpe! And
legendary Peter Sellers 👏
The comic genius in this is the tweed suit yet I don't know why.
Sellers was an amazing mimic.
What I would give to see Peter exchange Michael Caine impressions with Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan!
What I would have given to see Peter exchange Caine expressions with Caine!
"In a tweed suit" nice touch. Also I need to keep my hat collection under my glass coffee table now.
Amazing. Sellers was unmatched in many attributes
These Dudes were icons! ❤️
Get Carter was on the TV yesterday so I watched it (again) and I'm pretty sure he's referencing this role, lol.
ABSOLUTE LEGEND PETER SELLERS
Birdie num num
Perfect impression
all those that were loved.. just looking at Harry and Peter will make you laugh. Lovely blokes
Peter Sellers and Michael Caine, legends each. This cut I couldn't get that but no problem, they are that still.
Caine wrote a couple books on fun trivia. And in interviews you can barely stop him from telling stories. Which is fine by me! He's captivating and hilarious.
"In a tweed suit"
The tweed suit part implies that he could give the times for someone in all different sorts of apparel here. I'm guessing a kilt would take longest as there would be a small updraft!
"Master Wayne, why do we fall from the top of Big Ben? So we can time our fall and learn to pick ourselves up again."
THIS IS HOW MICHAEL CAINE SPEAKS
Lol! I’ve still got Michael’s book of facts. Not a lot of people know that.
God bless them all. Wonderful stuff- we will never see their like again ………..
Michael Caine and Roger Moore were friends, and grew up in the same district, Caine kept his accent, but Moore worked tirelessly to suppress his.
Moore's greatest fear when coming up the ladder to success was that his Cockney would slip out and ruin him.
All three, absolute gems !!...but Sellers a true legend !!
I was loosely listening to that but when he said "Do you know", I thought he was indeed Michael Caine
He even looked like Micheal Cain, as he started. It was like a shape shifter.
I thought the same thing
Heard the voice, and saw the face under the beard
By the way I've seen a vid clip of David Foley doing the same when going into the Dave Nelson character
Some people are crazy
Really good impressionists can do this well. A shit Jack Nicholson imitator will always do the same kind of thing etc etc, but the secret is in the subtlety; they're not just doing the voice they sort of "become" the character for a bit, it's a full physical thing. Andy Kaufman could turn into Elvis. Peter Serafinowicz's Micheal Caine acting masterclass he does the same thing, he's got all the mannerisms and movements. Kevin Spacey does a perfect De Niro.
Immediately put me in mind of Paul Whitehouse in Harry Enfield & Chums
everything in that gag was faultless." tweedsuit","5 and half seconds" and "to the ground" tiny but perfect
So talented!
Brilliant that said this must be a pretty ancient clip, the guy on the left is Harry Secombe a very brilliant comic of the Goon Show era, he looks pretty young, perhaps only in his 40s? (late 1950s early 60s?)
Greatest entertainer of my generation - Mr Sellers.
How many people noticed that seated there was 2/3 of the Goon Show? They just needed Spike Milligan to round out one of the funniest troupes in BBC radio comedy.
You seem to be overlooking Michael Bentine.
@@andybunyan452Beat me to it. 😂
The master of masters, Peter Sellers.
Pe'er Sellers does 'eh best Michael Caine impression out deh. Now - deh's not many people know dat.
I love the way he just slides into it. Geneyyus
OMG, he is Michael Caine!😆🤣
Peter Sellers - comedy genius! "Excuse me monsieur but does your dog bite?......." 🤣🤣🤣
I asked this in a hotel but they didn't get it and I had to explain.
The greatest. What a treasure.
Peter Sellers genius
Brings me back. Harry Secombe on the left (a Welsh comedian, very funny), Michael Parkinson, the talk show host, and Sellers, of course, on the right.
Harry was,also,a very gifted Singer:)
That line has become a cultural icon.
We will never see his like again......but thank God for RUclips !!!
Les Griffiths
Thanks, Les.
Peter Sellers looks like an undercover boss wearing a prop beard, glasses and hair.
spot on
The way to imitate. Michael Caine. Is to only say. A few words. At a time.
Walken is the same. Even more so.
@@Cosmo-Kramer True story: when Walken gets a script, the first thing he does is rewrite it with his own personalized punctuation. Or, so I've read.
@@GeorgeSmiley77 Lol...that's very cool.
oh man I WANT MORE OF THAT!
That was one of these tv shows that Monty Python joked about. Interesting. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
So was Harry Secombe good to see them all:))
Well this made my day Thank you
Note the subtle tele prompter on the table.
"Choose an eye."
--Michael Caine
For some reason the detail of the "tweed suit" always makes me laugh...