Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - reunited on Joan Rivers' show - UK - '86 - HQ

[@jeanmyers1787]

These two were wonderful, my parents hated them but I adored Pete & Dud ❤️

[@Yak1986]

My auntie went to school with Dudley, so we felt a connection. Years later she lived in New Zealand. She called a radio show he was on & Dud took her & family out for dinner!! Fabulous!

[@maximXX]

Wow He came all the way over from England to New Zealand to have dinner with your Auntie! Fabulous

[@marioiacolucci]

Wow cool 😎

[@michaelpowell6805]

As a fellow homo sapien....erm....I felt a connection 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hetrodoxly1203]

@@michaelpowell6805 That speaks more about you, having no connection to people you went to school with, they could have been really good friends.

[@michaelpowell6805]

@@hetrodoxly1203 My auntie went to school with him....so 'we' felt a connection.... desperate & sad I fear....wonder if her whites are whiter than that slut next door....she gets help with her rent you know....& I've seen her talking to men!....small mind....small pond....one day she dreams of joining the Rotary😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chrisefc3579]

Honestly brings a tear to the eye. Love them both.

[@marioiacolucci]

Cool guys

[@NoxiousRob]

Cook was undeniably a comic genius, Moore was the perfect foil - he understood exactly how to play off against Cook, and Dud's influence should never be underestimated. Dud kept the structure of their sketches going, but intuitively knew how far to play along with Pete's improvisations before pulling things back onto script.

[@profjohnston]

You're right, the mug of cocoa riff and the tidy way he played along with it up the stairs, and put it down to stop it interfering with the sketch any further, was a perfect example of this

[@stewartnicol3028]

Pete and Dud....never equalled.....comedy legends.... Love them forever.

[@mollyfilms]

Both genius and a shout out to Joan who just let them go without interruption !

[@YellowTissueBox]

flawlessly fall back into character. brilliant.

[@michellebarton7610]

God bless them all so entertaining in different way.never forgotten

[@jeanmyers1787]

Amazing just got Joan River’s DVD ‘APiece of Work. Loved all three of them ❤️❤️❤️

[@heatherrooken-smith6983]

ridiculously hilarious. Long Live British humour.

[@jamesdrynan]

The spontaneous improvisation of these two gentlemen is astounding. One of my favorites was the " Will this wind... ? " routine from Beyond the Fringe. Brilliant comedians!

[@keithphilo6255]

A few years ago I was listening to a radio program about David Bowie, Rick Wakeman was talking about the Hunky Dory sessions. He said that Life on Mars was the last track to be recorded, and for the piano part requested a different player from Wakeman. They did contact the guy Bowie wanted. However, if he was not free or dud not wa.t the hog we will never know. He wanted Dudley to play on the track. Wakeman did it finally. But it just shows how other musicians viewed Dudley. He was a master on the keyboard. Like Peter, so missed .

[@buddhastaxi666]

God bless both these men i watched them as a child in the 1960's

[@morningdove20]

there will NEVER be Another Era like this again so I'm so Grateful they lived at the same time as myself!!! Cooper, Dudley, Rivers, Jonathan Winters, Robin Williams, Rickles, and the List goes on... Miss laughing So hard that I couldn't come up for air! Really miss that, Really Miss Them~ "TY" for the memories, and.. TY to KZbin that I can sit back whenever I want, enjoy a REAL show again, and as Many times as I want (or Need to!). 😥

[@rowkayzg]

I think I've watched this clip dozens of times--they play off each other so well here. I continue to be in love with Dudley--I would have given anything to have met him. I recently confirmed that one of my relatives was among the doctors who were finally able to diagnose his PSP. I can't think of a more cruel fate than this, except perhaps ALS. I think about Dudley a lot.

[@virghammer1]

So do I! So, so, SO painful, that cruel, slow, agonizing end …. A bitter sweet honor for your caring relative… I’m sure it tore up his doctors just as much … Well …. …. ❤❤❤❤❤❤. Thank you for ever, beyond magical Dudley Moore and Peter Cook! ❤❤❤❤ 🙏🏼

[@paulsimpson4155]

Rest in peace all of them the best that there was !

[@scotty193]

I love how Joan just allowed them to rant.

[@kevinmost2719]

The magic was still there in 1986

[@rael1999]

Pete and Dud had it in spade loads....so lovely to see them back here bouncing off of each other.....RIP lads !

[@stevevfchnnngf7695]

Haha the Derek and Clive skit about going up Joan Crawfords private part. "Fleets of ships in there." " Hamburger stands with no hamburgers." Legends. RIP.

[@LJW55]

Ooooh Pete 'n Dud, miss them terribly... "this bloke came up to me and said "Hello" ..."

[@IamRobotMonkey]

What a provocative bastard. "HELLO"?!

[@IvoryGraphicsLtd]

Love these guys! Shame we will never see them again.

[@Dai-Verse-IT]

Great comedians are not afraid to give great comedians a round of applause for great comedy. 🤔🙂⭐️⭐️⭐️👍

[@Gez-C]

pure genius!!! you can tell that they really bounce off each other

[@10kingstreet]

thankyou hey peter still looks pretty good here 9 years later gone

[@digitalsketchguy]

Dud was a stunningly talented jazz pianist too.

[@fuzzballzz36]

As late in the day as that, and Peter could STILL make Dudley corpse! No one will ever be funnier than those two.

[@1953streeky]

Dudley was truly a fine and learned musician as well. Theirs a blue plaque on the council house he grew up in just up the road from where i live now. He achieved a lot for a half-pint sized Dagenham boy.

[@flower2364]

Genius, these two were genius... I miss them both..

[@swingmanic]

Queen bores?..You've got to be bloody joking, right?

[@kaptainkanada4363]

Absolutely right! And one other aspect of genius is this: it's bloody EASY for them. Peter Cook could improvise a hilarious skit from anything at all; mere comedians have to WORK at their craft.

[@stewartmcneill2262]

Very fond of dud and Peter two great people

[@w0bbl3r]

Amazing they remembered it so well. Even the "What cheek?", "Left upper" bit. Fantastic. No talent like that around these days. Even the Big Yin is on his way out now, old and poorly

[@eahannan]

So amazing. They can pull it off without the slighest of prep And it's never enough

[@malahammer]

The way they just slipped into character....wonderful :)

[@simonwilson1211]

Wow! That was awesome... man I miss some people! You too Spike!

[@SuperLawz]

It's great to see Joan Rivers laughing at Pete and Dud and didn't interrupt once!

[@HorizontalLifestyle]

So so funny I mind we were working late stocking taking and my boss put a Dudley and Cook cd on to pass the time soon as Horse Racing came on we were all doubled up on the floor,tears running down our faces nothing but comic gold.

[@TheWhiteboyjohnny]

Total respect for both these men . Brilliant.

[@albin2232]

Comic geniuses. Nobody could just do it off the cuff like them.

[@aldershot5100]

I gather they always spoke to each other in that way

[@ScreamqueenarmyBlogspot666]

Bloody brilliant, I watched The Peter Cook documentary on BBC4 the other night, it was brilliant

[@gregbeekeeper]

Notice how Pete gives the inspiration, then Dudley gives the form, then Pete tries to destroy and ridicule the form. But it is a vying partnership, where Pete sometimes wins and then another time Dudley does. In this apparently spontaneous act, though maybe some of it could have been briefly pre-prepared, Dudley won and you see at the end Peter congratulating Dudley on his win.

[@sunnysim3583]

Love the bit where Peter said he had to poke Greta Garbo off with a stick. Their sketches are so funny. Absolute tragedy to lose them, and the way Dudley Moore ended up.

[@dougieladd]

i really miss these two...

[@paulnewcombe3373]

'Ad Nauseum' anyone ?!

[@marcc1667]

how time changes people and things.

[@micheledoage8623]

RIP, to all three.

[@alisongrace4334]

God love them. 💕

[@tonykichenside8443]

These two are pure class.classic comedy

[@catflap76]

Cook was a comedy genius.

[@sharlene7157]

Fantastic!

[@larrymclarnon-pd8xf]

Completely mad, and completely wonderful.

[@golfsolved1559]

That's a perfect double act

[@HugoHackenbush-jq7hl]

I was fortunate enough to have seen Peter Cook live at the very 1st Secret Policeman's Ball back in 1979 at Her Majesty's Theater in the Haymarket just off Picadilly, towards the end of June. To be honest, I do not believe that I have enough superlatives which will do justice as to why and how good he really was.

[@rufustoot]

brilliant

[@jeanferret9497]

A quick blast of the priceless Alfie Noakes would have been well received on US Tv.....

[@seanbonella]

both straight into it, both legends

[@zerolubin]

Fabulous!

[@tausti]

Real talent!

[@marioiacolucci]

Rip great actor’s

[@totallyskint5899]

I also applied for the job of runner even though I appeared to have no legs or arms due to an encounter with a Pride of starving Kittens. Took me ages to get to the interview.

[@WinslowSly1]

Peter Cook the father of satire. Two funny men.

[@HaryMaverick]

the whole reenactment is brilliant, especially when they are so comfortable they add in their own new bits. however the entire sketch is trumped by the last 3 seconds of this video. also disparatedan, your bit of info is also what i believe to be utterly true. videos like this prove it

[@brianz7917]

I miss them.

[@stramayne]

They were really funny. No one like them today. Mores the pity.

[@BEN14680]

what a shame all gone,,,, rip joan pete and dud thanks for the great comedy

[@BackToTheBlues]

A perceptive post. Dudley's contribution was often overlooked, he did more than just crack up every now and then. When Peter asks "which cheek" his reply of "left upper" is brilliant. That said, I don't think Peter led the disappointed life of tragedy many seem to think, from everything I've read he liked to work to earn enough money to stop working and spend life relaxing and doing as little as possible. One of his friends said in an interview that he was the laziest person he had ever met.

[@profjohnston]

the cheek line was in the original ; ) it's still a cute line

[@scotty193]

How they could even pull that off and not launch into filth and a tirade of expletives is beyond me..............

[@jakartaman3365]

True. It's so close to one of their Derek and Clive sketches that I was thinking the same thing.

[@flappospammo]

legends

[@bscepter]

That's comedic improvisation born from complete trust.

[@DarrenBonJovi]

RIP Joan Rivers

[@SisterRayVU68]

Maybe what upset Johnny Carson was that Peter Cook, and Dudley Moore chose Joan Rivers over The Tonight Show. A modern comparison is Robin Williams with Craig Ferguson (many times), and not Jimmy Fallon.

[@thecasualfront7432]

Great

[@talesfromtinpanalley-thedo6198]

Brilliant

[@stechriswillgil3686]

Lovely boys. Cream of the crop but had the common touch.

[@tonyb9735]

Wonderful

[@marknestbox]

We is was and may be Second Side up = Here on KZbin and on the BBC iPlayer. Ladies can watch it as well.

[@WobblyLance]

I recommend you listen to the 'Barry From Watford and Angelos' podcast. It's like a less smooth yet equally funny version of this.

[@Twirlyhead]

Rubber in English = Eraser in American BTW.

[@stewartnicol3028]

Peter and Dudley, before they were recognised by the American media, were parts of a huge comedy "seam" being exploited in the UK. This included John Cleese, David Frost, Jonathan Miller, The whole Monty Python crew, Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker and many others. They were led to this explosion of surreal humour by one man. This man was one Terence "Spike" Milligan. He took the humour of the Marx Bros, W.C.Fields, and his Dad. He added the experience and the psychosis inherited by his part in Hitler's Downfall - read the fucking books! - and created the future. #SPIKEMILLIGANHERO

[@Si_Mondo]

"I told you I was ill!" - Spike Milligan's gravestone (it's written in old Irish though). A comedian even in death.

[@davescopes249]

OMG I can't stop Laughing. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@IamTomWaits]

Oh, no doubt. Moore seems to get criminally underrated these days. I knew Cook's legend first and was expecting greatness from him, but Dudley was basically an afterthought at first. Boy, that changed quickly. Not a one-sided partnership at all. I actually think Moore's the superior comedic performer of the two. Now, Cook was the greater comedic mind and writer, but Dud was the more engaging performer I think. This all to say nothing of his musical talent.

[@pigknickers]

Finally someone that gets it! dud normally gets bigger laughs even though Peter is meant to be the king of comedy. Somehow this doesn't fit the narrative now.

[@anjalisharma461]

Why did they all have to leave us so soon.

[@funjuror]

All three are sadly gone.

[@simontaylor2319]

Pete's shoes (leather soled) appear unmarked, did he put them on in the studio?

[@plywoodcarjohnson5412]

Magic in a sense. Must have inspired Monty P. Fun coming from timing. No setup or punchline. Just the moment, improvisation. Capturing a charachter, making fun of it.

[@ValuedComment]

Fantastic clip. We used to have Pete and Dud and now our comedians are people like Josh Widdicombe, Rob Beckett, Russell Howard and Romesh Ranganathan. Embarrassing.

[@jessiejames7492]

peter cook looked so thin and haggard here....still brilliant both of them

[@therookpiece]

Haven't dropped a beat.

[@perfectsense3240]

Dudley and Peter

[@KevinThomas-kxtphotography]

Doctor Otto Titsling invented the Bra :D

[@bundle_of_penguins]

"Suddenly he said 'EUREKA! The bra'." xD

[@markxist]

@feckingbillgates Sadly true yeah, Cookie just drifted between jobs when Moore struck big in the US. I believe when Moore returned to the UK for this show he was a bit annoyed with Joan (who he didn't get on with any way) and the production team as it was hoisted on him and showed how far they'd separated. I think the seating thing, with Cookie on the sofa, was used so that as each new guest arrived, the chair would be vacated and the previous would move onto the sofa next to him

[@RichardNurcombe-u2d]

Geniuses.

[@gregbeekeeper]

Look up where Dudley Moore is now, while Peter Cook died of course of a haemorrhage about 7 years ago from drinking. I hate the way the media uses people and then drops them and lets them to rot.

[@Lytton333]

Yes.. Dud had .. well.. he had that litle bit extra class didn't he..

[@HassanRadwan133]

Lytton333 Totally disagree. Peter was without doubt the classiest.

[@richardhoyle3440]

These guys were original comedians. They were satire!

[@NewsYouCantBelieveIn]

A bit strange seeing Dudley here. He's older but still has his old face before whatever it was that happened to his face.

[@Bruce-1956]

Comic geniuses.

[@rowkayzg]

Genius, perhaps. But without Dudley he was nothing, and he knew it.

[@jibjab351]

Derek and Clive were the best

[@MrMLD1972]

❤