Andre Previn - The Morecambe and Wise Show Grieg's Piano Concerto Best Sketch Ever? 1971

[@peterhoughton3770]

The timing of Morecambes "rubbish" at the end.... perfect. He waits, finds the small hole in the laughter and slides it into the gap. Glorious.

[@firsteerr]

when you STILL laugh at this 48 years after it was first broadcast you KNOW it is genuinely brilliant comedy !!!!

[@doonsbury9656]

@Firsteerr Lastmwwew You nailed it mate! Half a century later and this is still making people laugh! I know I can't watch this sketch without enjoying every moment of it and I have seen it dozens of times. Andre Previn just seemed to fit in so seamlessly with Eric & Ernie that it was pure comedy magic! British comedy, at it's very best.

[@Bruce-1956]

I don't only laugh, I cry as well.

[@MM-id8tl]

I've watched this sketch 3 times and I'm still laughing! Andre Previn did an amazing job and doesn't skip a beat with the brilliant comedic timing of 2 of our greatest! I don't think we'll ever see shows like this anymore. Class as my Dad used to say..... God Bless them all in heaven.

[@mitreswell]

Andre is magnificent! What a good sport.

[@Bruce-1956]

Even after 48 years still brings tears to my eyes. How they kept it together ..........RIP Eric, Ernie & Andre

[@davidhardiman9603]

Yes. May 2020 and I cried with laughter too.

[@adrianmlridgewayarcmlramll1965]

Totally and utterly brilliant, just the best of the best. God bless than all, André died just a few weeks ago, flown to heaven by a chorus of angels....... Adrian in Bermuda

[@Michael-yl2iq]

This is pure comedy, nothing like what we have today.

[@MrDiggityaus]

“I’m playing all the right notes, just not necessarily in the right order”. I love that line!

[@MrBooojangles]

Ah the lovely Mr. Preview. I respect him a lot for doing that sketch and I think it made him more famous as a conducter for doing that too.

[@Gambit771]

Bus conductor?

[@MrBooojangles]

@@Gambit771 LOL an orchestra conductor.

[@ianmayes8642]

No smut, no swearing, just perfectly timed superb comedy, still so funny today as it was when it first aired. Thank you Andre Previn. Who could have ever thought that such a straight laced, serious, internationally renowned conductor/composer could have such a brilliant sense of humour. You played the part to perfection, no corpsing, brilliant facial expression, and a complete foil to Eric and Ernies remarkable comedic talents, despite the members of the orchestra creasing up at the antics. Absolutely wonderful. Without a doubt the best performance of any celebrity who appeared on the Morecambe and Wise show. Look at Eric when Andre says he has to go to Chicago to collect his baton. The timing is spot on perfect, and Eric realises straight away that Andre has that comic timing, and that this performance is going to be beyond exceptional, as it was. All three in Heaven now, what wonderful music and happiness they brought us, and now to God and the angels too. Timeless.

[@someoneelse.2252]

Well said.

[@stevelee4952]

I am 70 and remember when M and W first made their name on TV. This has to be the greatest sketch of all time. Previn is a comedy genius!

[@timdunn2344]

Preview!

[@daveroche6522]

3:16 Andres expression shows why this is absolutely one of the best written and performed sketches ever. NEVER gets stale.

[@MollieHunt-yi4bp]

What a sport Andre Previn was in this scene.

[@pauldelcour]

It is as good as it gets and as they got it! Eternal laughter.

[@Bruce-1956]

Sitting here with tears streaming down my face. Absolute brilliance.

[@londonroulette]

UNBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELIEVABLY GOOD! Watched it so many times

[@howardcroft3748]

I grew up absolutely loving Eric and Ernie! Forty years later i still miss their Christmas special .. it was Christmas

[@edwardtait4285]

Brilliant. Impecable.

[@edwardtait4285]

My spelling isn´t "impeccable" but the sketch is an absolute joy. Thank you Paul.

[@tonyhaynes9080]

This had me howling with laughter when it was replayed in 2000. I was stuck in hospital in Darwin and just couldn't believe how brilliant and hilarious it was.

[@lcoconstruction2660]

Comedy for the ages, executed to perfection! Modern comics please study and learn!

[@kyotocoversjimanderson782]

Still love this sketch all these years later. And the orchestra members were also loving it, from their reactions.

[@johnburns6422]

Brilliant

[@RARPoodlefaker]

Brilliant and incredibly funny. Just look at guys in the orchestra - they're cracking up with laughter. When Eric says "Rubbish" they just fall about in hysterical laughter.

[@seanbonella]

Best sketch ever

[@DieFlabbergast]

A great man. Will be sorely missed!

[@firsteerr]

all three

[@davidhardiman9603]

Exactly. Brilliant humour to engage with that. A fantastic example of timeless good nature.

[@AchDuLieberMeinVater]

Great work! André Previn must have been a hack of a guy!

[@inpitlane]

A comedy masterclass.

[@damianbyrne1664]

Perfection

[@865nov]

I'm playing all the RIGHT notes... not necessarily in the right order!

[@groundadmission]

Tears of laughter every time, a priceless masterpiece. Rubbish!

[@brianlee5702]

I can't remember where I saw it but Mr Preview made a comment somewhere, much later on, that he could neither play nor conduct Grieg's piano concerto without first thinking, "A one, a two, a one two three four".

[@RHP9898]

Eddie Braben, pure, pure comic genius. Eddie's parents were natural comics, his father told his mother in their house living room "Come away from the window, people'll think it's a pet shop!"

[@catweasle5737]

The look @3:15 Priceless.

[@IanMadBrit]

That look of horror on Andre's face! :D

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

If you're going to have a crack at a comedy sketch you might as well do it with the best at the time. Famous people were lining up for the Eric and Ern treatment.

[@trevorelliston1]

And they did….

[@madiantin]

How was this not the funniest Morecambe and Wise sketch? Anyone know which one won?

[@ianmayes8642]

The breakfast preparation to the stripper song is probably the best sketch Morecambe and Wise did. That took exceptional timing to get things right. This is a very close second.

[@naly202]

I wonder what was chosen as the funniest moment in M&W. Do you have the next clip? My guess: Cleopatra or when Des O'Connor turns up at their show.

[@scotttracy9333]

I think It was the breakfast sketch to the stripper music.

[@lawrencetendler7747]

5:16 A Bus Conductor ??

[@DMEB]

Rip

[@pauldockree9915]

Lord Olivier told Dame Eileen it - never mind. Far too late but it is. All Make believe. Hamlet takes a curtain call. Always. My bat on too is Chicago.

[@andytomhall6006]

What!????!

[@lewisgreen2957]

Something wrong with the violins?😂

[@rush7777me7777]

What was number 1? I thought Elton was hilarious

[@johnmifsud2698]

I wish they would show the Rudolph Nureyev or Rudolph Nearenough as they mocked him.. The British love making fun of foreign names..

[@lewisgreen1633]

Rubbish...😂😂

[@RockinAtheist]

Shame this excerpt omitted the "banjos are out of tune" joke

[@DieFlabbergast]

No such line: you're thinking of "... not too heavy on the banjos! Vulgar, vulgar!"

[@londonroulette]

ABSOLUTELYYYYYYYYY!!!!AMAZING!!!!

[@paulmoloney4160]

Bring back morcome and wise on t.v. again cause the BBC is rubbish on a Saturday night and all the great comedies that we luv