Pete & Dud 1965 "Worst Bloody Thing That Could Happen to You" Sketch

[@royaltyrick]

From 1963 to 1965 I worked as a boom operator in the BBC's TV studios. 'Not Only But Also' was one of the shows I regularly worked on - these guys were hilarious, and a treat to see them in action.

[@bartcolen]

That's BRILLIANT. What an experience to have had!

[@boychildnew1]

you were lucky!

[@sarahjohnson4687]

My parents attended a recording and came home very late! They said that their sides hurt from laughing so much and that the recording took hours because Dudley (especially) kept fooling around and playing the piano. They said that each sketch had to be retaken several times due to outrageous improvisation and 'corpsing'. What a marvellous duo .... we'll not see the like ....

[@joserafaelzepeda-garza9971]

Superb....BRAVO

[@mikeford-branch7859]

Hi there Rick, yes a very good life then in TVCentre and Lime Grove , yes never regreted joining the BBC back then, it was a lifetime experience working at the Beeb; we were still working on getting Colour working well; and yes working on an audience show was particularly enjoyable, as the Audiences were encouraged to actually be part of the Show, by reacting to the Casts; yes Dud n Pete were really creative artists; yep very good times indeed

[@healgrowlovecommunity8397]

I enjoyed this so much. Their use of language was sublime. And of course Pete always tried to make Dud lose it! Wonderful and sorely missed.

[@peterwoodhouse4314]

I watch these partly hoping to see them 'corpsing' although Pete did his best early on with the cocoa slurping!

[@stationers]

It’s great to see more of this missing stuff emerging. The wiping of so many tapes by the BBC was a massive crime. Comedy does not reach this level nowadays and there are no similar talents of this stature.

[@sicks6six]

your right there, today's comedians are woefull, basically they are not funny, and have an obsession slagging off the working class, Michael McIntyre and Russell Howard in particular boil my piss, how the BBC gave Howard his own show is beyond belief,

[@garryferrington811]

These two were brilliant! What kind of maniac could possibly have destroyed their show?!

[@kevinturvey8213]

oh yes there are - listen to the angelos and barry podcast...

[@user-yr1bv4jd2k]

the hairs on me tooth brush stand on end ....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂 brilliant

[@stephenmiles8424]

all I can say is if your having a bad day put this on thanks for this

[@wendysimpson6395]

Am stuck in a hospital room and my roommate's got the telly on full volume. I can feel my brain cells scrambling. This is helping!

[@stevebrindle1724]

Comic genius, they bounce off each other so well!

[@mariang3946]

They were two of a kind........pure genius RIP Pete and Dud

[@alanhaywood2971]

This is so honestly weird that it never dates. They are unique.

[@KleenezeDon]

Brilliant every time, as fresh today as the time I saw the original series

[@petercopley1242]

Brilliant it's a shame they are not still here.

[@Flatlegs]

"I look down at my hands, and my socks have turned to ice" 🤣🤣🤣🥓

[@bigmagic96]

Hugely enjoyable. Britain's greatest comic pair by far.

[@DirtyBoySingToGod]

This is a thing of beauty :) Please let it stay on KZbin forever.

[@alanhaywood2971]

A great comment. It sums up their enduring genius.

[@floobious80866]

Where did utube dig this classik up from... Bloody awesome..... ❤💖🥴💤

[@Argonaut121]

"there's a strange non-bleeding quality to the eatin that goes on". LOL

[@alisongrace4334]

“Still alive until you’re only about a quarter of an inch.”

[@philfletcher3434]

This was really 'off the wall' for 1965; I've never seen it before.

[@rael1999]

Brilliant - These two were masters of comedy !

[@ZnenTitan]

"The hairs of my toothbrush stand on end" (Take two ordinary observations, put them together and hit the floor!)

[@N1611n]

I really miss these two.

[@LEESS1005]

Sublime simply sublime

[@xmillion1704]

These guys are the most absurd, ridiculous fellas. Shit slays me!

[@BluebirdFrank]

Oh how we need these two back - in these grim times we need the humour of these guys - today’s “comedians” are feeble

[@damiensuil2183]

exactly

[@banjopete]

They’re feeble because of the EXTREMELY limited subjects they can make fun of.

[@petermills542]

@@banjopete Let me guess you are a Bernard Manning fan? 😂

[@Monkofmagnesia]

Nothing like a cup of cocoa, Pete, eh? There's hot chocolate, quite like it - and that's just the beginning!!!! These two were terrific together. Thanks for posting this.

[@jamesstuart3346]

Now we know where the Pythons got their "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch

[@f5mando]

‘The Four Yorkshiremen’ predates Python.

[@polygonalmasonary]

In my great aunts house they would have thought, new mantle on the gas lamp 🤣🤣🤣🇬🇧🙏♥️

[@patricklee8466]

The Best of British Humour

[@HaryMaverick]

this reminds me off a cross between the "Greta Garbo" sketch and the "whats the worst job you've ever had?" sketch brilliant

[@stevenholton438]

The precursor or inspiration for the famous Monty Python sketch of the same theme no doubt.

[@fayedapiran5737]

@@stevenholton438 Yes Monty Python have always said they were influenced by Pete & Dud

[@martinhill2583]

That was Derek and Clive, brilliant as 😂

[@jh2264]

@stevenholton438 Do you mean The 4 Yorkshiremen sketch? That was originally on At Last the1948 Show in 1967. It was a forerunner of Monty Python featuring John Cleese and Graham Chapman + others. The other future Pythons did Do Not Adjust Your Set. I watched all these shows as a child with my big sister. I don't remember ever seeing this Pete & Dud sketch - so funny and clever. Most grateful to this KZbin account.

[@banjopete]

That’s a long time ago folks, and funny as hell!

[@barumman]

That slug frightened me , horrible. 😂

[@Jacquibim]

"It's a giant, man-eating slug, of a type rarely found"

[@evagrubb]

Those are always the worst kind!

[@Charlotte66666]

Pure class.

[@tomitstube]

eaten alive by ants seems particularly brutal. dud always gets me with, "funny". "i put the switch down for the light... no light... i think, funny... funny... new bulb this morning, no light... that's funny..."

[@nygelmiller5293]

To tomitstube from Nygel Miller. Very Clever!

[@dismith73]

Peter Edward Cook 17 November 1937 - 9 January 1995 Dudley Stuart John Moore 19 April 1935 - 27 March 2002

[@jonathangriffin1120]

These sketches were the predecessors of 'Derek and Clive'.

[@silverstrike6048]

Pete and Dud were a couple of strange blokes if you ask me. Definitely an original team.

[@farleigh17]

Thanks soo much :) Favourited and 5 stars

[@lugaretzia]

Naturally funny. This sounds off the cuff and all the better for it

[@AndNowLadiesandGents]

Doctor death?......nothing compared to the bloody killer ants, Dud.

[@herrfister1477]

Top notch!

[@dangerman8625]

Nuts, Nuts, Nuts, keep it up, take note.!

[@mandyjourneaux6552]

wonderful!

[@terryspurr1563]

How did they keep a straight face? 😂

[@alonzogarbanzo]

I'm not sure Dud manages to when Pete calls the hanged nun a stupid old bag at 7:47. Dud quickly hides his face behind his cup, and as seen from behind for a moment after he moves the cup away, his left cheekbone seems to suggest he might be suppressing a smile. I can't imagine keeping a straight face in the presence of these two in their full glory.

[@kaymuldoon3575]

@@alonzogarbanzo I’ve seen Dudley almost lose it more than once. John Cleese could barely hold it together in that Secret Policeman’s Ball sketch (the one where Peter Cook is talking about the intestines). 😂

[@evagrubb]

@MyMandaM At the time I put this up 10 minutes and 50 seconds was about the most I was allowed to put up at one time and I had to trim the ending a bit to get it up. If I were putting it up now I wouldn't have any problem because they allow you to go to 13 minutes or more.

[@smoath]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Wonderful!

[@eytan01]

I miss those two, just seeing them before they utter a word makes me laugh. They are two cockney characters, but their English is as rich as some upper class don from Cambridge.

[@philliphill7568]

Brilliant 😅

[@ianclarke5404]

Marvellous

[@DemonetisedZone]

groundbreakingly pants shittingly funny

[@f5mando]

“Funny, I thought. Funny..”

[@TheBeatles..]

Monty Python were influenced to write the Yorkshireman sketch from this I think!!!

[@jh2264]

@TheBeatles 4 Yorkshiremen sketch was pre-Python, first done 1967 on 'At Last the 1948 Show', featuring John Cleese and Graham Chapman, but, yes, Pete & Dud were a likely influence.

[@jackparsons7463]

touch of poe or lovecraft about this piece

[@dorothyjohnson6743]

Yes.

[@MrSmegfish]

Magic..

[@Yehudittx]

I think Pete was in his cups for this one. Something about the watery eyes....

[@ericburton5914]

I've been looking for all the daganham dialogues for ages particularly the one about reincarnation the wardrobe the bus etc.

[@alisongrace4334]

This is all ad lib too!

[@peterwoodhouse4314]

You can see they riffed on it, eg the "tap tap on the door" is later echoed by Greta Garbo and Derek & Clive stuff. How'd you get all this? I know some episodes have been found but I understood many are still lost. Cheers

[@justcomments1239]

Tap, Tap, Tap on the bloody door.

[@richarddexter9713]

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[@klausridder2608]

Would be great if you could upload the full sketch - or at least the missing bit. Thanks

[@jeanmyers1787]

Nazis trained ants to eat very slowly lol 😂

[@gordonm.7387]

No light... funny...

[@bloodyusernamedammit]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bartcolen]

Same guys, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. About ten years after this.

[@tombradford7035]

"...and there's a giant mutated covid19 virus sitting on my chaise longue, grinning at me..."

[@NeilWhite1962]

So that’s where the Derek and Clive sketch came from

[@richardeastland2674]

Comedy genious

[@tevya017]

They don't make em like this anymore.

[@musiconlyplease98]

That's nothing compared to the ants!

[@ilirllukaci5345]

The central organizing principle of the Universe is that there is no such thing as the worst bloody thing that could happen to you.

[@giles422]

@EljayUay are entire shows being recovered now, or just Pete and Dud segments? Recall that the original Not Only But Also had musical guests, a weekly spot by the Moore Trio, filmed bits, all kinds of things...

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

The BBC tried to erase this series from history

[@dorothyjohnson6743]

But why for crying out loud?!

[@stevewynne5145]

We are those people in it

[@briggsfartblender788]

Worse than ants? You'll be lucky...

[@bert-qu3iq]

Funny.....funny!

[@herfnold]

genius

[@tergre54]

Are they using Cockney accents?

[@maddog8621]

They are. Or generalised London accents

[@cautionTosser]

well start thinking

[@krisscanlon4051]

The set up kills me...Cook relishes the whole thing

[@rexterrocks]

The squatter and the ant.

[@glynbrain1083]

Low resolution gems like this have been replaced by high resolution garbage, probably just to sell new TV sets.

[@pnoplyr14]

Did these two guys create the "Derek & Clive" characters or are they entirely different people?

[@brianpoole4369]

they are one and the same!!!....Derek and Clive are Pete and dud...unshackled by the bbc....by the way this bloke came up to me and said you c..t!!!! ...I said who you calling a c..t!.....lol

[@petewood5097]

Yes they did.

[@martinhill2583]

Same brilliant 2

[@evagrubb]

No, it's not available.

[@rachell4417]

Bloody ants.

[@goodo5691]

goodbye goodbye we.re leaving you goodbye, goodbye goodbye goodbyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@jimmybob3756]

Wanna sandwich Pete?

[@kiwitrainguy]

"My feet are killing me"

[@marcc1667]

this follows the same pattern of 'four yorkshire men', in away. Climax exaggeration to beat one another's bigger story...

[@louiso.4325]

I was thinking the same thing man.

[@evagrubb]

+Barney Os. Most Pete and Dud sketches are variations on a theme.

[@leighcurrier5282]

Marc C And where do you suppose the Pythons and all other successive English comedians (Atkinson, Fry and Laurie etc.) got the bulk of their material?

[@homegrownpa]

I wonder if this is where the Monty python, cardboard box scene came from!

[@davidheywood9645]

The Monty Python cardboard box sketch is actually known as the 4 yorkshiremen sketch and pre dated the pythons by a couple of years although a couple of them had a hand in writing it. I think it first appeared in "the 1948 show" in 1967 and the Pythons just tweaked it a bit later on. An absolute classic that shares the gritty deadpan humour of Pete and Dud.

[@danielbaharier3771]

Monty python four yorkshire men was a copy from at last the 1948 show who probably got the idea from this

[@EljayUay]

@giles422 I honestly have no idea. The biography I got the info from was the Harry Thompson one, though.

[@williamtaylor5885]

Rolling Stones

[@CarolFremel-my4hs]

Dud - cum ere dud ive got sumfin for you

[@roberttohill627]

Pete talks like a ventriliquist. His upper lip does not move.

[@Jimmy-el2gh]

🤣

[@carladams8691]

Never trust a woman with a slit up to "here" with perfectly alabaster hips. Fatal.

[@badjemima]

"Funny..."

[@evagrubb]

That was a Dudley Moore catch phrase when he was with Peter Cook and was his first line in "The Wrong Box".

[@badjemima]

Cracks me up every time. Sheer brilliance.

[@grindupBaker]

Somebody down here suggests they should have made this sketch a bit shorter. I think it's because they didn't rehearse properly. If Peter had remembered at the beginning that the Nazis had trained the ants to eat extra slowly to make it more painful then he wouldn't have had to remember that at 4:45 and if Dud had thought to run around the kitchen screaming before the axe man cut his head off instead of afterwards then Pete wouldn't have needed to point that out. It's all just lack of proper rehearsing that messes it up.

[@evagrubb]

"Not Only, But Also" was like SNL, in that almost every sketch had to run 10 minutes.

[@grindupBaker]

Monty Python was different in that you could buy an extra 5 minutes of sketch for an additional 5 quid.

[@bwebsclips]

You've a very literal sense of humour? It's supposed to be as it is. It's not supposed to be logical or rehearsed. I don't think it's messed up at all. I've been listening to and watching these two since they began. This is probably my favourite.

[@grindupBaker]

I should add that it isn't all that badly messed up. If Dud had spit sandwich at Pete during his axe man recollection it would have been far more messed up.

[@ChrisWilliams-nf8kl]

You call that messed up? What if Dud had spit up some of his cocoa [or hot chocolate] and somehow the reflux had caused the liquid to have a more than normally corrosive action. What if that action had then eaten away at Pete's mandible musculature until he became so slack-jawed he gradually only became capable of articulating in a sort of flub, flub, flub, so that eventually everything he said became completely unintelligible. That would be really messed up.

[@user-us5ms4cv5g]

This makes comedy today look so lame, mind you I stopped laughing at comedian's in the late 70s early 80s, what passes for comedy now is so guarded it isnt remotely funny, I suppose thats what comes from living in a world where you have to be careful what you say.....

[@JimiHendrix998]

Gold Dust....

[@trevorrynhart654]

Z

[@yrlic]

maybe they shoulda made their sketches a bit shorter?

[@brendancronin3796]

The idea is for it to drag on and on ...it's a play on people that just sit about talking nonsense and trying to outdo each other .If it was shorter it wouldn't work and a lot of it is ad libbed...so they keep rolling