Morecambe and Wise - Tribute to Noel Coward: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ip_QXqiZitGees0
@muff-puff.4 жыл бұрын
Morecambe and Wise NEVER failed to lift the Spirits. Our Spirits ! Some gems of One-liners. NEVER to be Equalled, never to be replaced. RiP, gentlemen and thanks for the Happy memories and moments 🙏 ❤ ♥ 💜 💙 💕
@SammySpeedball4 жыл бұрын
I don't care whether people think they were at their best on the Beeb rather than on the "other side", in today's turbulent times, who else could lift your spirits and cheer you up, than the best double act this country has ever produced. Brilliant
@pauldg8374 жыл бұрын
I never get tired of watching Eric and Ernie. There is nobody comparable today.
@denoneil11344 жыл бұрын
Exactly. The dross they serve up now - especially on Christmas Day is abominable.
@franktroise43862 жыл бұрын
My father met Edward Woodward when he was filming an episode of The Equalizer. He told him that I was a big fan of the show (I still am) and Mr. Woodward signed a personal autograph to me which I still have to this day.
@gan9e5 жыл бұрын
I can't believe the amount of joy I feel when I watch Eric Morecambe...
@picoman17144 жыл бұрын
I know exactly what you mean. It's just an utter joy to see his (and Ernie's) genius.
@thetessellater91634 жыл бұрын
RIP great man
@comedywriter84084 жыл бұрын
Eric was an absolute comic genius.
@helenswan7054 жыл бұрын
never goes out of style. long live M & W
@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars4 жыл бұрын
Thoroughly fabulous!! Absolute classics and they had such huge names work with them too 💖
@rosemaryplimmer63284 жыл бұрын
Morecambe and Wise were just Brilliant
@colinp22384 жыл бұрын
Yes and I think it's an insult to them when they say that those two Geordie wankers are the latter day Morcambe and Wise, they are nowhere near them in any way. The only resemblance is that they are both double acts.
@peterudbjorg5 жыл бұрын
Saw these guys on Norwegian TV in the 80’s. Loved it! :D
@noonthumbs26444 жыл бұрын
"It's all right to say faculties isn't it.!" XD I'd forgotten just how handsome Edward Woodward was!
@elguapo15074 жыл бұрын
Absolute legends! Saturday nights at their best! 👍😁
@alanwitton59803 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Absolutely hilarious! Comedy at it's absolute best
@franl1555 жыл бұрын
sheer gold. not seen this since it first went out.
@laurenpayne38224 жыл бұрын
Legends. British finest ❤️✌️❤️
@Bodragon5 жыл бұрын
Eric Morecambe was truly a class act. I really can't understand those who don't find him funny. Or find him tedious and/or irritating. His style is actually quite intellectual, but many people miss that aspect and just think him "idiotic". Totally over their heads. It makes me smile reading comments such as "totally unfunny" or "M & W were just too idiotic" and even: "only now, do I realise, just how irritating eric morecambe is. ater 45 years" (sic). Oh, you poor people. You honestly don't know what you're missing (yes, I know you think you do). Or more accurately: You don't understand what you're missing. No matter.
@oo0Spyder0oo5 жыл бұрын
If you haven't seen this, it's really a great insight into how they came together and their style: kzbin.info/www/bejne/anvQppSuq9iLla8 Worth watching again even if you have seen it. Enjoy.
@GBR4ME5 жыл бұрын
Yes, you will usually find that people who do not find this funny are those of an intellect lower than that of an squashed apricot.
@noonthumbs26444 жыл бұрын
Spot on. Eric can get more out of an expression than most comics these days.
@Tannhauser624 жыл бұрын
The unintentional irony in your comment is funnier than anything in the clip. Eric Morecombe is 'quite intellectual'? Compared to whom? My god, you'd have to set the bar at Keith Lemon level for that to make any sense. Eric would be spinning in his grave at that idea that anything he did was intellectual; he would be the first to say that it was straightforward silly stuff, mainly sight gags and charmingly obvious puns, all straight out of music hall (never noted for its intellectual rigour). You still like his schtick - fair enough, good for you - but the argument that anyone who doesn't get it is too stupid is in itself incredibly dull-witted. There, I've pointed out the irony for you, because if you didn't find it funny, obviously you didn't get it.
@Tannhauser624 жыл бұрын
@@GBR4ME Huh, huh, huh, huh hurr-hurr squashed apricot, nurr hurr hurr. * *Pictures guy labouring over painfully unfunny simile for 10 minutes, brow furrowed, running through several iterations**
@janmcdonald38966 жыл бұрын
Love them! Thank u so much. A classic!
@garbostyle15 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for posting this. I have to really search to get to watch them.
@ianoliver38794 жыл бұрын
Wonderful stuff. Thank you.
@pennypeppers17603 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite comedy duos, still got some VHS tapes of them
@PumaLyn4 жыл бұрын
Forensic Files will love this episode just as I have! Thank you! Well done blokes and woman!😂
@martythemartian995 жыл бұрын
I nearly fell over when Peter Cushing walked out on stage :) Wished he'd said to Eric, "Charming... to the last."
@sharonjones873 Жыл бұрын
far too trusting!
@animaltvi95152 жыл бұрын
Mr Ewar Woowar, love the way he just stands there with the handbag. Poor ole Ann Hamilton always gets forgotten she was in alot of their shows. How she managed to keep a straight face beats me.
@danoshannon3405 жыл бұрын
i love them so much.
@davidpanton31924 жыл бұрын
-Could I have your name please? -Why, don't you like your own?
@RichardRubendra19634 ай бұрын
These guys were adored. To have Peter Cushing and Edward Woodward join them for a bit of fun and laughs among many other stars of the day demonstrated how respected they were.
@vincentharriman3283Ай бұрын
Although there was a long running gag about stars refusing to appear, in reality it was considered a great honour.
@ninarizzo731211 ай бұрын
Hilarious as always!!! They were the best❤❤❤❤🤗💯🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Love them to bits!
@johnking51745 жыл бұрын
Callan was a roaring success on ITV when it first aired in 1967. It made Edward Woodward a household name and a big celebrity. By September 1969 when this sketch aired, Callan had just finished its successful second series, with the dramatic ending, so Edward was in big demand on television shows in the UK in 1969.
@geetahaal38424 жыл бұрын
He basically plays the same part in Wicker Man a few years later :p
@colinp22384 жыл бұрын
Didn't it start off as a one off spy drama and was so well received that it became a full TV series? He was a great character actor.
@johnking51744 жыл бұрын
@@colinp2238 It started off as a special for Armchair Theatre and aired on 4th February 1967, it was filmed in the winter of 1966. The episode proved so popular that a full series was fast tracked into production, with series one commencing very quickly on 8th July 1967, five months was fast production back in 1967.
@colinp22384 жыл бұрын
@@johnking5174 Thanks I vaguely remember that it was something like that.
@johnking51744 жыл бұрын
@@colinp2238 Superb series. Originally made by ABC Weekend Television, however they were forced to merge with Rediffusion London and form a new company called Thames Television, who would operate the London weekday franchise of ITV from 1968. Thames management liked the show and decided to keep it. They steered it into colour in 1970.
@vincentharriman32837 ай бұрын
Although she didn't have many lines in this play, Ann Hamilton in her own way was an useful member of the regular support cast.
@davidorama66905 жыл бұрын
They were brilliant.
@michaelcampin14643 жыл бұрын
I still remember the kitchen sketch. Perfect timing .
@marquonuk10 ай бұрын
This is great stuff. Barely a chance to breathe before the next funny bit. I particularly love the "sideways through the door" running gag! :-)
@esmeephillips58882 жыл бұрын
The 'conductor' sight gag was reused for Mr Preview: 'I worked with Morecambe and Wise, and look what happened to me.'
@TheMonarchgroup2 ай бұрын
Fabulous humour without a single swear word!!
@fatbelly275 жыл бұрын
They thought Edward Woodward would, but Edward Woodward wouldn't.
@cotswoldcuckoo7755 жыл бұрын
This episode made Billy Furious, Marty Wilde, Curtis Strange and poor old Merle Haggard.
@angelique___56075 жыл бұрын
fatbelly27 I bet he wouldda.
@colinp22384 жыл бұрын
@@angelique___5607 In the end he did.
@Sjmby95 Жыл бұрын
Never to be replaced Comedy today is non existence
@MOOSEDOWNUNDER5 жыл бұрын
Just think, during these times we thought we had real issues, Cold War, 3 day working week on and on but at least we had each other and our pride. What happened.
@thetessellater91634 жыл бұрын
This aired in Sept 1969; the three day week - caused by the Arab oil producers putting the price of oil up from $3 a barrel to $12, in Oct 1973 - was Q1 1974. Maybe what happened, Moose, is that we now have a confused, constructed but rose-tinted memory of how it was then, and what we see now we don't recognise, though it aint so different.
@angelique___56075 жыл бұрын
Peter Cushion (well, that’s what my mum called him!)😂
@ajivins14 жыл бұрын
Shame he never married Whoopi...
@vincentharriman32837 ай бұрын
Peter allegedly not being paid was a running gag through several episodes I think.
@bennicholas6089 Жыл бұрын
Edward Woodward playing a policeman seems very familiar.
@hannahdraper7 ай бұрын
The way Eric laughed when giving Ernie the ticket 😂😂😂😂
@marquonuk10 ай бұрын
"I'm hot on the scent." -"There's no answer to that!" Brilliant. :-)
@400bhp23 жыл бұрын
The sound was at a poor level at the start of this sketch. Fortunately they had an Equalizer on set 🤣😂😀👍
@Rudy_Nuff Жыл бұрын
😂
@harrywongitbeso5 жыл бұрын
A GREAT COMEDIC DUO
@Autopsy63 жыл бұрын
If only Edward Woodward could have called on Peter Cushing to help against Christopher Lee in The Wicker Man!
@anthonywilliams19095 жыл бұрын
Can’t fault these two
@marquonuk10 ай бұрын
How they manage not to trip over the actor playing the body is a miracle! ;)
@joegroup1 Жыл бұрын
Genius writing , superb comedy.
@sporkfindus47772 жыл бұрын
Edward Woodward used that accent again in Hot Fuzz decades later
@shufflehop49254 жыл бұрын
Watch out for Peter Cushing still dressed as King Arthur starting at 15:20 “There’s a grandfather in the clock” 😂
@vincentharriman32837 ай бұрын
The grandfather reference is to his role as Doctor Who in the film (1964?) The Doctor's granddaughter Susan appeared in the film and would also appear in a number of TV episodes as Susan Foreman.
@peterfarkas21544 жыл бұрын
The world famous bus conductor
@colinp22384 жыл бұрын
It was quite obvious as soon as Ernie said conductor but still funny.
@rtt8065 жыл бұрын
That laugh at 9:27 😁
@pauloliver68133 жыл бұрын
Peter Cushing and Edward Woodward- anyone know the common link? Both Croydon lads.
@johnking51747 жыл бұрын
This was from their second series on the BBC and the first series to be written by Eddie Braben. It aired on Sunday 7th September 1969 on BBC Two. It wasn't until 1971 that the BBC moved the Morecambe and Wise Show to BBC One. However from 1969-1971 their new BBC Two shows were always shown a few weeks later on BBC One, for those who could not receive BBC Two.
@martm2165 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info. I was trying to place it myself. It seemed like part of the Braben inspired BBC era, but Eric still looked relatively young, as did Edward Woodward and Peter Cushing. I suppose Ernie did as well, but he was already going grey.
@moosburger15 жыл бұрын
Explains why Eric talks about 6d for a cup of tea. You always think colour telly is 70s
@martm2165 жыл бұрын
@@moosburger1 yes indeed. I believe that their return to the BBC with Eddie Braben as the new script-writer, first aired on BBC 2, which was the first station to have colour. And, as you rightly say, this was in the late 1960's, and decimal coinage did not come in until 1971. (15 February 1971 to be exact. I always remember that as it was the day I passed my driving test. Second attempt, but I was still seventeen, just. Which I was, I confess, rather chuffed about.)
@martm2165 жыл бұрын
Well, I still had a bit of time left before I was 18, but probably not enough to book another test. A lot of my mates were passing first time, but some of them were 18! 🙂
@majordendrocopos4 жыл бұрын
Q: What do you call a man with a plank of wood on his head? A: Edward. Q: What do you call a man with three planks of wood on his head? A: Edward Woodward.
@colinp22384 жыл бұрын
Finished?
@majordendrocopos4 жыл бұрын
@@colinp2238 No, rough sawn.
@colinp22384 жыл бұрын
@@majordendrocopos That's plane to see.
@davidowen30072 жыл бұрын
Q. What do you call a man with four planks of wood on his head? A. I don't know either! But Edward Woodward would.
@martm2165 жыл бұрын
Wonderful stuff.
@craighill58275 жыл бұрын
Love it, at 8:32 Eric nearly loses it. Comedy gold.
@herbrand474 жыл бұрын
Thumbs down must lack any sense of humour.
@williampeter32644 жыл бұрын
John Trott
@scotty1933 жыл бұрын
Sooty with no clothes on I spewed on my Computer screen laughing.
@lukacunningham3422 жыл бұрын
Before Cornley, *THIS* was the original “The Play That Goes Wrong”
@steinarbjerke7623 Жыл бұрын
Comedians live on stage laughing of their own jokes miss the last bit to be up there with the unforgettables...
@christopherjones60784 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. Who plays the maid? She's lovely!
@steves79944 жыл бұрын
Her name's Anne Hamilton
@vincentharriman32837 ай бұрын
Ann Hamilton, she appeared in most of their series, usually as a supporting character. For example in Robin Hood she played Maid Marian.
@andyjay93465 жыл бұрын
Peter Cushing didn't get much credit. He's in a few of Ern's plays.
@synthonaplinth59805 жыл бұрын
Did he ever get paid?
@Trev3595 жыл бұрын
@@synthonaplinth5980 lol Yes, but not until the early eighties when they were back on ITV, this time Thames TV. They kept that joke running for a very long time. link here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIuqh3uXequji7s
@synthonaplinth59805 жыл бұрын
@@Trev359 Thank you! For a long time, my only experience with Peter Cushing was like many other Americans, in the first Star Wars movie (there was the Biggles movie, but that's better left alone). While people say that the internet is bad for many things, it does give us a glimpse into the world.
@Trev3595 жыл бұрын
@@synthonaplinth5980 yeah, I remembered this sketch where he was paid but couldn't remember what happened. I have always been a fan of Peter Cushing from the Hammer Horror movies of the 1960s and 1970s. As well, of course, as Star Wars, and the Dr Who movies.
@synthonaplinth59805 жыл бұрын
@@Trev359 Judging by your screen name, you're also a fan of 'Only Fools and Horses', too....people have made the comment that American movies use English actors as villains a lot of the time. Cushing in Star Wars, Stamp and Douglas in Superman II, etc. etc.
@SAMUK14245 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL...LEGENDS..
@marquonuk10 ай бұрын
What famous bus conductors are there? Andre Previn..? ;)
@vincentharriman3283Ай бұрын
I think you mean Andre Preview
@franceleeparis373 жыл бұрын
Pure joy.....
@kevinedwards57617 жыл бұрын
Never seen this one before
@NephelaKnows4 жыл бұрын
16:20 classic
@saalemsadeque95165 жыл бұрын
The Equalizer!
@tomhaskett5161Ай бұрын
At first, I thought Eric would come on as a Bus Inspector, but the conductor joke was better
@TheScunneredMan4 жыл бұрын
Sorry. Big M&W fan, but the video seems faulty and jerky. Sound synch out too. Is it my PC? Don't think so.
@johnking51744 жыл бұрын
BBC archive quality varies for the series, indeed part of the 1974 series has really bad cuts in the original video tapes and faults too
@fluorosco3 жыл бұрын
The Breakfast one is the best. But singing in the rain is awesome
@sebastianwrites2 жыл бұрын
I don't think I've ever seen Edward Woodward as a young man on film.
@fatty_owls Жыл бұрын
You haven’t seen the wicker man?!? There is literally no excuse for that I’m sorry
@sebastianwrites Жыл бұрын
@@fatty_owls I have a good idea of the ending... so 'no' absolutely not!
@stephenguppy7882 Жыл бұрын
E-War- Woo-war-. Yey hey! Arsenal!!
@0IDaveCouch3 жыл бұрын
Peter Cushing 😊
@VCYT3 жыл бұрын
edward woodward?
@Sjmby95 Жыл бұрын
Who remembers clipies?
@scotty1933 жыл бұрын
After he slaps him in the face I will go get the Tea Erin.....................Funniest Comedy ever made.
@TheMonarchgroup2 ай бұрын
Very clever comedy!!
@sharonjones873 Жыл бұрын
three very attractive gentlemen indeed
@Sjmby95 Жыл бұрын
Who owned a grandfather's clock.
@pip393 Жыл бұрын
Eric was a hoot!
@margaretwallace49102 жыл бұрын
You can't replace genius can you? ha haha ha
@Sjmby95 Жыл бұрын
Who could make you laugh just by using curtains?
@fatty_owls Жыл бұрын
WHATS EWAR WOOWAR DOING HERE
@williamgreen956825 күн бұрын
They both was funny
@kcuhc843 жыл бұрын
It's a pity people don't appreciate the comments what I write.
@vaslav0305476 жыл бұрын
Then Ant and Dec came along?
@johnking51745 жыл бұрын
Never compared Morecambe and Wise to Alcoholic and Smiler.
@martm2165 жыл бұрын
Ah - yes. Ant and Dec have an almost uncanny physical resemblance to Morecambe and Wise. I suspect that this accounts for much of their popularity. You might think that there was too great a time-lapse between the two for this to appy, but of course Morecambe and Wise are so legendary that their faces have never left the public consciousness.
@thetessellater91634 жыл бұрын
Different Universe !
@colinp22384 жыл бұрын
@@martm216 Are you mad?
@ThornabyBloke6 жыл бұрын
Edward Woodward would!
@lordeden27325 жыл бұрын
No, he would not!
@callithowiseeit58065 жыл бұрын
Yes he would.. it's just a shame Brian Cant
@thetessellater91634 жыл бұрын
@@callithowiseeit5806 - perhaps Richard Mabey ?
@colinp22384 жыл бұрын
@@lordeden2732 Oh yes he did!
@Juvefan6811 ай бұрын
I'd abdicate if i were you 😅😅😅😅😅
@dreadnaught38944 жыл бұрын
E.M. - decent chap no doubt but . . . .
@johnking51744 жыл бұрын
but what?
@tedgrant22 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much he earns
@lmelnick1005 жыл бұрын
Morecombe and Wise the comedians with the hair and buckets of water on their head?
@mickanderton47637 ай бұрын
2nd only to the 2 ronnies
@vincentharriman3283Ай бұрын
True as Ronnie B wrote most of the Two Ronnies whereas M & W mostly had stuff written for them.
@tonycavanagh19295 жыл бұрын
Never got into them.
@michaelwildgust68133 жыл бұрын
:
@billy40726 жыл бұрын
only now, do I realise, just how irritating eric morecambe is. ater 45 years.
@regmunday83546 жыл бұрын
you miserable sod.
@SALTOWNPRODUCTIONS25 жыл бұрын
Not as irritating as people who try to wind people up by making stupid remarks like that
@bobburroughs62415 жыл бұрын
Twat
@borleyboo56135 жыл бұрын
He’s not funny either.
@synthonaplinth59805 жыл бұрын
Perhaps you'd prefer Benny Hill, then....
@borleyboo56135 жыл бұрын
I prefer The Two Ronnies myself. M & W were just too idiotic. Especially Morecambe.
@hcrun5 жыл бұрын
Yeah. They weren't very much liked. (Rolls eyes).
@johnking51745 жыл бұрын
Eric could become very tedious at times, but Morecambe and Wise were very good most of the time. For me, their career took a nose dive in 1978 when they moved to Thames. In fact from 1980-1983 my family stopped watching them when they were on Thames Television.
@capcompass92984 жыл бұрын
@@johnking5174 Ronnie Corbert was the tedious one (sorry)
@roberttelarket49345 жыл бұрын
Absolutely nothing funny with them. I don't see what you see in them! Are You Being Served is 10,000 times better!!!
@Bodragon5 жыл бұрын
There's no accounting for taste. (Especially with those who are missing half their brain). .
@stricktly2leftfeet5 жыл бұрын
I don’t see how you can compare a series like Are you being served with Morecambe and Wise, 2 totally different comedy formats. Morecambe and Wise is my childhood and growing up. It is difficult now to imagine now how anticipated their shows, particularly their Christmas specials were. 20 million viewers was not uncommon for those specials, and not all of those viewers could be wrong. Broadcasting companies would kill for the viewing figures they had. They have given me some of my fondest and funniest memories from TV, and I thank them for it.
@roberttelarket49347 ай бұрын
@@vincentharriman3283: It has nothing to do with two different types! No no no!
@roberttelarket49347 ай бұрын
@@Bodragon: Similarly for you who has only 1/4 of a brain!!!