American Reacts to Morcambe and Wise Singing in the Rain Sketch

[@charlestaylor3027]

Gene Kelly said this was the best comedy take on it he had ever seen.

[@NRTSean]

I remember the Parkinson show he said that on....

[@milward78]

@@NRTSean I think I read somewhere he was there while they were preforming this sketch and it was said he was in stitches

[@grahamstagg9333]

The genius of these two comics will never be replaced

[@fredbailey2076]

they did most of there stuff in one take rehearsed a lot but just the once on cam and got it right evry time

[@Dogs-of-war]

The world was a better place when Morecambe & Wise were in it.

[@sarahholland2600]

My normally very, very unemotional Mom cried when Eric passed. He was very loved.

[@franl155]

They honed their skills in music halls and working men's clubs, few of which exist nowadays. Even seaside seasonal shows are fading; today's "talent" don't want to work that hard. Eric once remarked that it took them 20 years to become an overnight success.

[@beeble2003]

I don't know why, but there's something incredibly heart-warming about watching you enjoy old British comedy.

[@lizcollinson2692]

I think because we never get go see it a first time again. Its great to see that joyful surprise.

[@beeble2003]

@@lizcollinson2692 That might have a lot to do with it, yes.

[@johnstill1451]

@@lizcollinson2692 Terrific, Liz! I'm almost 83...I remember so many "Eric n Ernie shows..." "It's never over...until the fat lady sings..." MAGIC!!! God bless, Liz! X

[@ninavarnava6781]

Beeble2003 that’s so true 👍🥰

[@72mossy]

I'm Irish and we used to love all the British comedies, they were the best, Morecambe and wise, Tommy Cooper, Larry Graysons generation game, George and Mildred, Last of the summers wine, list goes on and on.

[@Forestfalcon1]

Bring me Sunshine was their signature tune.. They would end every show singing that song.. Enjoyed it every single time... Morcambe and Wise were a well loved institution in the UK..

[@gtaylor331]

I think you mean are and not were. :)

[@Forestfalcon1]

@@gtaylor331 Were is past.. Are is now.. They are both dead so I was speaking of the past...

[@theradgegadgie6352]

@@Forestfalcon1 I reckon they're still a posthumous institution.

[@Trev359]

For a long while they alternated it t with two other songs which they eventually dropped.

[@karl-70]

Were and still are. A tad padantic but most certainly gone but not forgotten. Their comedy was never crude or offensive and has never grown old. True british legends that are sorely missed.

[@jimduffy7199]

Two utter comic geniuses, plus also two very nice men. Nobody had a bad word to say about them. They'd get up to 30 million watching them. The entire country was mad on them. Their Christmas Day show was a national event. Everyone, including the royals, would gather at their TVs to watch it, and end up crying laughing. They were genuinely loved as two really lovely human beings. Sadly Eric, the tall one, had long time heart troubles and died in the 1980s. Ernie lived In think until 1999. Their shows still get watched. Gene Kelly particularly loved their Singing in the Rain. He roared laughing when it was shown to him, and said it was the best version he had ever seen. My generation were lucky to grow up watching Morecambe and Wise. It was an honour.

[@The_Oracle_of_time]

I remember sitting watching this pair every week with my parents. Happier innocent times.

[@j0hnf_uk]

Their Christmas specials were essential watching back in the 70's. Over 20 million would tune in to watch their shows. 'Bring Me Sunshine', was their unofficial theme tune that they'd sing at the end of every show.

[@karenward267]

Their Christmas show and the Queen’s Christmas speech were mandatory in our house.

[@Trev359]

Not every show. For a long while they alternated it with two other songs, eventually they dropped the other two.

[@trevordance5181]

20 million back then was like one third of the population of the whole of the UK.

[@andrewdrabble8939]

They also did one called 'Positive Thinking'

[@sarahholland2600]

@@Trev359 and their weekly show got 17million views for years. ( Recent UK documentary)

[@betti-boop8925]

There is a factual tv drama ‘ Eric and Ernie’ showing how they met as children and worked together. They truly were national treasures to us Brits

[@daveloboda1769]

Absolutely

[@jen6879]

Starring the late, great Victoria Wood who co-created & produced it :)

[@thisiszaphod]

Read the numerous biographies - great read.

[@flybobbie1449]

The guy that played Morecombe deserved a sort of Oscar for his part.

[@TheGreatPresenter]

@@jen6879 and Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves, as Eric's father

[@annedunne4526]

My father loved morecambe and wise and we would all watch it together on a saturday night. It was the 70s and there was only one TV and no recording facility and no streaming or KZbin. You either saw something or you missed it. This was family viewing. Clever funny and silly. We loved them.

[@ohembers8676]

Very true, back in the day when a Christmas tv special truly meant something, and when tv was a communal event. I remember the first time they showed Jaws on tv pre video rental stores, no home computers, as you say you saw it or you didn't ... and Jaws was all anyone could talk about the next day. Bit like that Steve Davis - Dennis Taylor unbelievable snooker final, how a game of snooker could create such drama, an entire tournament comes down to the last ball and two great players, nerves in shreds. Finished at half past midnight and we all stayed up watching it and again next day that's all anyone was talking about ... "Did you see it? Unbelievable!" .. those days will never come again .. until Elon Musk lands on Mars that is!

[@NorthWestOutlaws]

I remember laying on the sitting room floor in the 1980s, with my dad on a Sunday night, watching this and spitting image.

[@kimothy1701]

Ok hands up everyone who sang along to “bring me sunshine” 🖐🤚🤚🤚🤚🤚🤚🤚🤚🤚🤚🤚

[@andrewdrabble8939]

Guilty

[@lenarobinson]

I’m a Kiwi but we grew up watching M&W ✋✋ I still did haha 😆

[@lizg5574]

How could we fail to! It was who they were!

[@GeordieAmanda]

✋🏻

[@MopShrudel]

Certainly did 😃

[@adctvuk5035]

They always sang bring me sunshine at the end of every episode

[@davidhoward2487]

When Ernie was dying, he managed to sing a little bit of their theme tune, how about that?

[@Trev359]

They alternated it with two other songs in their early BBC days, then later on they dropped the other two and stuck with Bring Me Sunshine.

[@bridiesmith460]

@@Trev359 the other song was called positive thinking.

[@Deegee_1969]

There was also a running joke that often had one of them walking across the back of the stage after both having said farewell to each other in the episode.

[@bridiesmith460]

@@Deegee_1969 and arthur tolcher playing the harmonica and then being cut off. Miss the humour of these two. Made it look easy but they worked hard at it.

[@richardpoynton4026]

Sadly both are passed away, now. I’m glad you enjoyed them...

[@flybobbie1449]

One of my customers was friendly with Morecombe and also his heart surgeons understudy. Say no more. They both had fondness of driving Jaguar cars.

[@TheGarryq]

By the time this was made in 1976 they'd been an act for over 30 years. No wonder their sketches are timed to perfection

[@martynlester9869]

Agreed. Without M&W being smartarsed about it, in this particular skit they demonstrate a not always obvious connection between comedy and choreography. They can each only succeed if served by near-perfect timing from the artists. Miss the beat and the performance collapses. M&W rarely missed a beat.

[@annvirco7308]

I remember penelope Keith saying the stuff that looked accidental was very well rehearsed.

[@windsorSJ]

They crafted their trade in the hard and unforgiving tours of music halls. I remember my Dad telling me that they appeared in The Argyle Theatre in my home town of Birkenhead and I think I remember he said they were booed. They reference the place sometimes in their patter. But that was the circuit of many of our old British comedians.Thats why they were so good.

[@goldylocks3904]

Janet Webb is that lady that comes on and thanks you for watching 'her' show and saying ' I love you all'. It was a running gag for a couple of years. It happened one night at the end of the Bring me Sunshine song, and Janet pushed her way through and thanked everyone (It had been a joke set up by Eric) but the cameras had caught it, and it went down a storm. She appeared for a couple of years at the end, sometimes trying to start to sing her own song, but always cut off just before she started. Her appearances became fewer and fewer as she became ill, and she died at the very early age of 53. RIP to them all xxx

[@steevenfrost]

what about Arthur Tolcher and his mouth organ at the end of the show?

[@dibblethwaite]

@@steevenfrost Not usually at the end. More often randomly in the middle. He'd play a few notes then Eric would say "Not now Arthur".

[@steevenfrost]

@@dibblethwaite Funny how memory plays tricks. I think you're right.

[@andycraig2423]

@@steevenfrost Arthur was the man!

[@colinmurphy2127]

@@steevenfrost yes, he did play at the end...and the show would cut.

[@daveloboda1769]

The best comedy duo ever. You wouldn't believe the celebrities who appeared in their show over the years. British comedy at its absolute peak. If you haven't seen it, have a look at the sketch with Andre Previn.

[@chrisgibson5267]

"Not now Arthur". Arthur Tolcher was a harmonica player from their old variety days who became famous for not playing his harmonica on their show.

[@markrichardson3421]

Used to love these two. The Andre previn sketch is good too.

[@Guiltyhorse]

I loved the Mr Preview sketch too haha

[@patchthesinclair5896]

Mr Preview!

[@cideryeti7957]

I'm playing the right notes, just not in the right order.

[@johnboy2562]

For £5 more we could have had Edward Heath!!😂

[@nrellis666]

@@patchthesinclair5896 Privet!

[@Gixer750pilot]

They don’t make comedy like this anymore . It’s a sad thing

[@thewalrus6833]

You can sum Morecambe and Wise up with two words - The Best.

[@Greenwood4727]

Apparently Gene Kelly saw this and Eric and Ernie was Worried but he loved it. it he thought it was so funny

[@davidhoward2487]

I believe that Andrew Preview liked his part of their sketch, so much, that he would play that for his friends at parties....

[@Paul-repofirland]

@michael quirk absolutely no comparison to the amount of innocent people murdered worldwide by British colonialism the brutal have more blood on their hands and fuck all conscience about it

[@cld244]

@@rileyanoid8444 The idea that its ok to do horrible things because the other side has done horrible things is not a good way of looking at it. It's that type of attitude that has led fuel the Israel Palestine conflict

[@surfdigby]

@michael quirk Gene Kelly "allegedly" supported the IRA. His family have denied that this claim is true.

[@cld244]

@@rileyanoid8444 I think that goes for both sides.

[@countofdownable]

Really miss Morecambe and Wise and the Two Ronnies. Just great around entertainment shows. Fortunately we have KZbin and DVDs.

[@thisiszaphod]

... and as far as The Two Ronnies, the Yesterday Channel.

[@wyb80]

Plus Christmas wasn’t Christmas without all these lovely people and their Shows 👌🏽😊

[@8-bitsteve500]

Indeed. My wife and I pretty much ignore modern TV and we just watch our dvd collection, Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnies and stuff like Dad's Army, The Likely Lads, Porridge, You Rang M'lord, On the Buses, Steptoe and Son, The Good life, Two in Clover, are you being served? etc etc. We might have only had 3 channels in the 70's but my god the quality was so much better then the crap we have on 100's of channels now.

[@comedywriter8408]

Apart from all the laughter they brought us, the shows had such a feel good factor.

[@cheryl71000]

Arwww Mate, this brought back my childhood, Morecambe and Wise were two lovely funny blokes. They were huge in Britain, family entertainment. Nearly all family jokes are from these two. Every kid in the seventies, knew the dance going off at the end of the show, we used to do it going down the road, walking to school. Look up Eric and Ernie on Parkinson show where Eric tells us about his first heart attack , he makes a serious part of his life so funny. Thanks mate, I roared with laughter at that.

[@alanhappymanBTR]

The CHRISTMAS SHOWS were always the well-awaited tv fare EVERY YEAR IT it came on ! The football table routine & The XMAS TURKEYS (the 2-some dressed as turkeys) as well as BREAKFAST SKETCH & ANDRE PREVIN, Shirley Bassey, Angela Rippon (newscaster) breaking into a dance,Glenda Jackson,Diana Rigg; just SO MANY brill shows !

[@vloghogdj]

my grandad used to sing bring me sunshine when i was a child and we were out together and we played it at my nans funeral...love that song,

[@1autocadman]

A very special breed we will never see again, no one beats Morecambe & Wise

[@pauldg837]

No matter what your background, or where you lived, Morecombe and Wise were adored throughout the country. Their shows always left you with that 'feel good factor'. I can't think of a comic duo today that can be compared to Eric and Ernie. This wonderful talent made us laugh, and laugh, without having to use any foul language. Truly family entertainment at it's best. But that was at a time when families watched tv together. Sadly, that is no longer the case. They will always be remembered with great affection.

[@willknight83]

my dad love Morecambe & Wise we played bring me sunshine at his funeral last year so the song brings back happy and sad memories now

[@roballen5718]

these were the top comedy duo act, when i was young. they could make humour out of the simplest of things. they'd bring on serious performers and make them the centre of a funny sketch. the more serious the guest, the funnier it was. the ones with Andre Previn and Tom Jones are my favourites

[@Floydrush-zx9wz]

"they could make humour out of the simplest of things," ..correct !! Two quick examples, .. A brown paper bag, ... "Get out of that !!" The "older" one's among you will understand the references !!!

[@capcompass9298]

@@Floydrush-zx9wz "What do you think of it so far" became the cry of the Wizard of New Zealand (qv) after his rants in Cathedral Square.

[@stephennewton2777]

Apparently they’d go through rehearsals nail it down with whichever celebrity was starring that week (Glenda Jackson, Tom Jones, Peter Cushing, Elton John, Andre Preview, Diana Rigg, Shirley Bassey etc). They’d then do it live Eric and Ernie would just go off script just to “break” the guest stars. I remember Glenda Jackson being on shortly after winning her Oscar - she was a “serious” Royal Shakespeare Company actress - lasted a good 90 seconds before cracking. Happy days.

[@moirabaker458]

Anybody who was ANYBODY wanted to be on the Morecambe and Wise show. You can check out the one with Shirley Bassey is a good one..

[@tonygriffin_]

Les Dawson and Shirley Bassey performing together on Les's show is a beauty too.

[@moirabaker458]

@@tonygriffin_ Forgot about Les Dawson, especially when he plays the piano SO badly

[@tonygriffin_]

@@moirabaker458 Playing that badly is hard to do. His version of Feelings is hilarious too.

[@moirabaker458]

@@tonygriffin_ can’t remember that but will look it up. It is nice to watch an American who gets our humour. Watching that guy laughing just kills me.

[@moirabaker458]

@@tonygriffin_ thanks for that. I did watch it and was lulled into a false sense of security until I got to the chorus! Hilarious 🤣

[@scottythedawg]

scrolling through I am surprised not too see comments talking about 'iconic' skits from these two. The sketch with André Previn, the 2 with Glenda Jackson, The breakfast one... These are well loved. Anyway, glad you enjoyed this one and keep up your honest reactions.

[@angelanorris.692]

I grew up watching these guys, they are national treasures in the U.K. Loved them.

[@Add1ct666]

Check out the "Plays wot I wrote" by Ernie. The Julius Caesar sketch with Glenda Jackson is one of the best.

[@tonygriffin_]

A saturday night staple throughout the 70's...and there was always a Christmas special too. Class double act.

[@tomhaskett5161]

All the pubs and restaurants knew that they would have no customers while the M & W show was on.

[@petermizon4344]

Gene Kelly watched this in a London dinner for him and pissed himself

[@weedle30]

Awww that’s made me emotional! How many times have I watched it? Oooh about 100 😎but seeing it and watching Mr EB’s reaction to it has warmed the cockles of my beating organ! God Bless Eric n Ern... RIP to two comedians who never offended anyone even though they tried hard to 🤣Shirley Bassey and the boot .... Glenda Jackson “seriously acting a plan wot Ernie wrote” ....Mr Andrew Preview... 🥰🥰

[@24magiccarrot]

You should try watch some of their Christmas specials, they still get aired every Christmas in the UK and were as traditional to Christmas in the UK as Turkey and mistletoe.

[@davidcarrol110]

Ernie Wise's choreography is perfect!

[@januzzell8631]

As others have said, this was their signature end to a show and really epitomised their way of performing - they were so talented and fun (loved the small theatrical pieces that Ernie 'wrote' where they had famous actors come and play in them - hysterical, as the 'plays' were dreadful ^-^)

[@josefschiltz2192]

However, as Eric said - to a critic in one of the home set sequences, taking the offending person aside "You know that and I know that - that the plays aren't exactly top notch - but Ernie doesn't! - defending his little friend's sensibilities.

[@grizzlynad]

Correction, the plays wot he wrote. ☺️

[@francis2811]

The whole set and the Policeman's uniform look so authentic!

[@GrafindeKlevemark]

Hilarious - as Charlie Chaplin once said : a day without laughter is a day lost. How right he was.

[@dcanmore]

them singing with Tom Jones is a classic and to my mind the best sketch ever with Andre Previn / Preview

[@thisiszaphod]

You MUST react to Eric and Ernie with Tom Jones, and their sketch with Andre Previn!

[@moirabaker458]

I Love watching you! Your laugh just sets me off belly laughing myself! Can't wait to see what else you come up with.

[@steevenfrost]

When I think this was usual for us to watch, now we have crude and offensive comedians(sic) which I cannot bear to watch. Alan is just like our uncle he is so warm hearted. lockdown has some benefits, we get to watch more things like this.

[@dogstaraycliffe]

I've come back for a return visit (the 15th), your laugh reminds me of my Dad's when we used to watch M&W it's like Christmas all over again.

[@florrie2303]

Apparently Gene Kelly saw this sketch when he was in London and loved it.

[@steevenfrost]

Ever had a day where you get caught out in the rain, and just can't get any wetter?That end bit where Eric just gets in the bath of water . as if to say, can't get any more soaked.

[@Fcutdlady]

Morecambe and Wise were fantastic . Let's not forget the writting of Eddie Braben too

[@craigfs81]

As one of the people who recommended this I love that you chose to react to it. I knew the first drain pipe was going to soak Eric & I was just waiting for your reaction & you made me laugh. Needed that today. As others have mentioned the Andre Previn one is a great one to watch too.

[@lindyloo401963]

2 of the very best grew up watching these guys true British all the way

[@Sion67Productions]

They always brought sunshine, love em

[@markhutton6824]

I love your reaction to this... it brings back memories from watching it live when we as a family on Saturday night were crying with laughter... all these years later it is still hilarious and kind hearted comedy.

[@Chris_GY1]

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise had known each other since they were kids. They appeared on American tv in the 60s on the Edd Sullivan show. Eric Morecambe died from a heart attack on 28th May 1984 after coming off stage after appearing with another comedian, he was born on 14th May 1926. Ernie Wise died 21st March 1999, he was born on 27th November 1925. There was a programme on British satellite television presented by comedian Lenny Henry with Eric’s son Gary looking at The Morecambe and Wise Show with appearances from some of the people who appeared on the show including Angela Rippon. Jonathan Ross presented a programme looking at Morecambe and Wise appearances on American television.

[@josefschiltz2192]

It was a live appearance with Stan Stennett, basically should've been just a chat. But Eric couldn't resist a bit of a performance and he overdid it, collapsing offstage.

[@ianjacques-keen5945]

Gene Kelly loved this sketch so much he got a copy of & played it in the background when he had large parties at his home! 🤪😂😎😷🤓🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@joannetyndall3625]

Oh this makes me nostalgic

[@vickymavir3626]

I could watch Morecambe and wise all day they are just so funny 😄

[@capcompass9298]

...and all night. (Did once or twice).

[@chrismackett9044]

Must have been in the early 1980s when we saw Ernie Wise and his wife browsing in a pottery in Jersey. They were with Harry Worth, another comedian popular at the time.

[@Grahammon]

@@RussEdgar445y7tlfj yes his “the blood donor” sketch was a good one

[@capcompass9298]

Harry was good, but died 1975, I think.

[@chrismackett9044]

Just did a quick Google: Harry Worth died in 1989.

[@arwelp]

Harry Worth was a bit earlier - I can remember the title sequence of his tv show from the mid-60s, when I was in primary school, when he’d sidle up to a shop window and the mirror effect would make it look like neither of his feet were touching the ground! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGKbapuFm96Mibs

[@kathyharze4308]

Brilliant sketch by Morcambe and Wise they always ended their show with that song great uplifting song thank you safe 😀😷✌👍

[@Trev359]

If you love Singing in the Rain the Paddington Bear take on it is a must. It's TV gold. It was a childrens TV show based on novels about a bear from Peru who ends up in London and is found at Paddington Station. In this episode he goes to the movies for the first time and then comes out into the street and recreates the Singing in the Rain sequence. The Singing in the Rain sequence is recreated perfectly in stop motion animation. It's so funny seeing this teddy bear recreating this with all the dance steps.

[@josephweaving6458]

their comedy was nothing short of genious and nothing to upset anyone

[@cuillinguy]

Now that’s classic comedy. Wonderful stuff.

[@johnmcaleer7099]

Their Christmas shows made Christmas for a lot of people including me

[@andrewdrabble8939]

It wasn't Christmas without them

[@8-bitsteve500]

Yes, the Morecambe and Wise and The Ronnies Christmas specials made our christmas. Great times

[@lindawills5771]

Genius! They always sang at the end , and that little dance at the end. You definitely would love the andre previn one as soneone else said. There's so many you would like , ernie 's plays being just one. X

[@jennyjewell5635]

My late Mother requested Morecombe and Wise Bring Me Sunshine to be played at her funeral.

[@patchthesinclair5896]

Perfect, laughed till it hurt, I want your laughter as s ringtone

[@capcompass9298]

Brilliant idea.

[@terryswift1950]

Great british comedy duo who still make me laugh after all these years. A class act, who gave us so much. God bless them.

[@shellyandtimbell9574]

In some of their sketches they lived in the same Apartment or Flat and would get in the same bed in some sketches and no one thought anything about it.They might of got the idea from Laurel and Hardy.As this was seen several times.Brilliant Comedians.RIP To all.

[@wayneclark6745]

The Andre Previn sketch is most probably their most famous.

[@jimbob5b200]

" I'm Happy again " Thankyou !

[@brianbell2550]

I watch Eric and I see my Dad. He was practically his double, including glasses, and Eric was his favourite. Happy memories from the early 70s. R. I. P. to Eric and Joe.

[@trevordance5181]

Another suggestion... 'Harry and Paul Football Manager' Paul Whitehouse is brilliant as the football manager giving his team talk to his multinational squad. Very clever and skillfully done. Comic Gold!

[@deemdoubleu]

Eric Morecambe was actually born in Morecambe and Stan Laurel was from Ulverston across Morecambe Bay.

[@daveyjones6465]

The end tune was their signature tune

[@dcoughla681]

Before he met Eric, Ernie Wise was a song & dance man in his youth & he did fancy a career in Hollywood. Eric sends him up about this in their shows.

[@richardhebden5603]

This sketch is over 50 years old now and is embedded in the psyche of anyone in the UK who is over 60 years old along with many other of their comedy classics. Their Christmas shows used to attract viewing audiences in excess of 25 million at a time when the UK population was 55 million. I'm so glad you found it and loved it.

[@michaelwelsh776]

Any English man.of a certain age brings a tear to the eye seeing them singing their theme tune. love them Good clean laughter.

[@robertwright7937]

Eric Morecambe always reminds me of Phil Silvers. Love em both, and Ernie!👍

[@thisiszaphod]

Bring Me Sunshine was Eric and Ernie's song, their signature tune. Janet Ellis at the end, was a running gag. This is all you ever saw of her on the show. The idea came about following M&W's observation of English comedian, Ukulele player and film star George Formby - prolific in the 30's and 40's, and his stage act, whereby his wife would come on stage to take the curtain call, even though she had done nothing at all on stage! Ernie was quite a prolific dancer in his early years, and did at one time, seriously consider this as his career - not many mention his brilliant dancing skills in this piece.

[@Isleofskye]

Someone just explained THe Janet Ellis joke that "It's not over until the fat lady sings" and I never put 2 and 2 together:)

[@anthonyhaylock6655]

Morcombe and Wise were pure genius

[@BritishFreedom]

The "bring me sunshine" song at the end was their signature tune.

[@bluejhaygrl]

Thankyou so much for this. My Grandad was a massive Morcambe and Wise fan, and passed his love of comedy onto his grandchilden.............. it just bought back good feelings, happy days.

[@GWild2024]

British comedy at it's finest - will never be seen again on today's modern tv.

[@kaishowing]

By all accounts Eric (who wasn't in the best of health) was suffering from a nasty cold at the time of shooting this, and they had to do about 2 or 3 takes which he did without complaint even though the water was stone cold. Growing up, it wasn't a proper Christmas Day until you sat down and watched their TV show with the family. They still make me laugh. Thanks for doing this one.

[@Retrochild1979]

I think he'd just had one of his first heart attacks so they didn't want him doing anything too strenuous

[@harpersmythe658]

Bring Me Sunshine was their signature tune and I sang along with them every week. But it also made me a bit sad because it meant the show over and I had to wait a whole week to watch them again lol. There will never be anyone to rival their comic genius. RIP Eric and Ernie you are still loved and very much missed 😢

[@davemc4015]

Christmas has never been the same without these guys

[@ruadhagainagaidheal9398]

I met Ernie Wise a couple of times. He was absolutely the nicest of men , a real gentleman.

[@capcompass9298]

You lucky, lucky....... The coup of a lifetime.

[@shaunoconnor2549]

My favourite comedians of all time, and they just don’t make them like this anymore

[@helenbailey8419]

You give us happiness and laughter Alan..kindness and respect for English humour and the sweets

[@Jan-S-Simonsen]

You are such a happy, uplifting chap. I’m really enjoying your videos - they cheer us all up. I’m so happy you find the English sense of humour so funny. Your laugh is totally infectious. You have a new sub dude!

[@Dave68Goliath]

I always shed a tear watching Morecambe and Wise. That was my childhood. TV was worth watching back then.

[@jagjay8033]

bring me sunshine. I have not heard it in 35 years, i still no every word thats a catchy song

[@Deebemc]

Both Morecambe and Wise were superb dancers. Look at their feet, perfect. Class is permanent.

[@jonathanmeynell9895]

The song at the end they sang it at the end of every programme and had there star guest for that week join in somewhere .

[@michaelhurley7749]

You may also like their dance routine "Slaughter on Western Avenue". Towards the end, when Ernie is sliding down the bannister, he accidentally got a splinter; the camera catches his look of surprise, but he carried on with the routine regardless.

[@stephennewton2777]

I believe the lady at the end is called Janet Webb and she’d appear to claim the plaudits despite not having been in any of the show 😆

[@piersmettrick]

These guys were brilliant, sadly no longer with us, and when they were filming this Eric was very unwell

[@locarno24]

Absolutely perfect comedy. Also - recommendation for comedy to watch: Yes Minister.

[@capcompass9298]

WARNING: "Yes Minister" is very English, but even Maggie Thatcher said that it portrayed parliament perfectly.

[@locarno24]

@@capcompass9298 I think the sheer number of politicians from all countries who've claimed to be fans gives you an idea how accurate some of the jokes are....

[@happinesscounts]

Eric and Ernie, God Bless them both, Thank you so much for reacting to this!

[@willswomble7274]

So absolutely loved by folk of my generation and my parents in UK. It was the only show my dad adored and never, ever missed, with the possible exception of 'Parkinson'. RIP M & W.

[@jerry2357]

There is a fantastic monument to Eric Morecambe on the seafront in the seaside resort of Morecambe in the north-west of England. The sculpture of Eric is fantastic: it really captures his personality.

[@markm2814]

Your laugh is so infectious 😂👍🏻

[@capcompass9298]

Your laugh is so infectious 😂👍🏻 that my doctor caught it off me.

[@greygorthegoateedgeek5350]

You need to watch, and react to, Eric And Ernie, the BBC drama about their early life. You'll even see a bit of my home town, Morecambe, in it