Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Peter Sellers "The Gourmets" Sketch from Not Only But Also

[@sunnysim3583]

So grateful that these classics are put up on You Tube.

[@paulwalker6297]

Sellers is biting his lip trying not to crack up laughing at Dudley ! Three geniuses of comedy and how to deliver it in a way not seen nowadays.

[@olsmokey]

True for many reasons. One being that they're dead.

[@paulafay8551]

These three were comedy geniuses. Utter joy watching this.

[@nathanwhite7831]

Shear brilliance! Three legends of supreme talent!

[@arthurrytis6010]

@nathanwhite. We have been extremely lucky to have had so much comedic talent in this country. Sadly I think we have seen the best. Not much to look forward to now.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Sheer. Shear brilliance is the excellent removal of wool from a sheep

[@nathanwhite7831]

@@stephfoxwell4620 . . and that's why I spelt it the correct way! 'Shear'.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

@@nathanwhite7831 Was Dudley Moore a good sheep shearer? I now Peter Cook came from Devon.

[@CeiliogWaspflake]

@@stephfoxwell4620 Dud was from the village of Sheap-Sheering so, no, he wasn't.

[@robertmccall379]

Adventurous and infectious humour. They created laughs with their chemistry and wit. I miss them so much.

[@Melzmum]

Pete and Dud were priceless. This brings back fond memories of the late sixties, when sitting at work, we'd all be in stitches recalling what had been on the latest episode of 'Not Only But Also'.

[@deborahgonzalezknight168]

Priceless. Dudley Moore's expressions are divine.😅

[@PaulBrown-il3wl]

Dudley Moore is the standout here. Peter Sellars was great but he didn’t have what Pete and Dud had.

[@mindrolling24]

Moore was brilliant. I have one of his records; wonderful jazz pianist. Really miss him.

[@adrianlang6550]

Get the biography about his life. One of the best books of that type, and written with much love and respect for Dudley.

[@lyrachle]

I think these people are(were) responsible for my turning out not quite normal...thank you...much love to you wherever you are now .

[@martinhampson8856]

Cook and Moore giving Peter Sellers a master class in comedy as if he needed it but he got it anyway.

[@manekdubash5022]

Sellers was a master mimic. He was not an improviser.

[@martinhampson8856]

@@manekdubash5022 You can see he struggled to start with but they pulled him back.

[@CornishOil]

Sellers was trying to get Moore to break character - he and Cook were a great pair of wind-ups and revelled in making Moore laugh during a sketch

[@Remnants100]

Such a wonderful clip with Peter at his educated, articulate best and Dudley emanating such endearingly whimsical charm. Also Mr Sellers adding to the mix, with his hilarious corpsing eccentricy. Splendid stuff, loved it.

[@viewdemonde]

Yes, that quip: “… to be avoided up and down the Country.” 🤣

[@philjamieson5572]

My parents used to let us stay up late to watch this programme. We all loved Pete and Dud. I miss them.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Peter Cook . Torquay's finest export since Agatha Christie.

[@wassum100]

Just loved the interaction between Peter Sellers and Dud, priceless!

[@wassum100]

It was classic!

[@suzesiviter6083]

First time I have ever seen Peter Sellers outclassed, 3 legends!

[@MrDaiseymay]

true, but it was like coming between a married couple, P & D understood every nuance. I doubt it was in any way, scripted.

[@terryhancockroc6560]

While he wasn't performing, sellers visiting the Beatles during the Let It Be sessions to see Ringo about the time Magic Christian was being filmed, Lennon, might have been because he was with his group and they were doing well, CLEARLY was sharper and quicker than Sellers who looked/acted his age and just seemed like he wanted to get out of there especially when he realized the cameras were rolling. Jackson caught this exchange and included it in his recent three part doc.

[@iancurtis1152]

Sellers is a completely different animal than Pete & Dud, it’s apples & oranges

[@AGalahcalledSammi]

I think he was just enjoying the show.😊

[@ChrisM541]

I was terribly excited.

[@peterlittle6665]

Absolute genious, proper comedy. Brilliant writing and acting.

[@Tinker1950]

Absolute what?

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@Tinker1950 An absolute misspelling of genius.

[@Argonaut121]

The looks that Sellers gives Moore throughout this are genius.

[@pipfox7834]

Sellers says "yes, indeed" and conveys so much in two words, while gazing pointedly at Moore- very funny

[@davidsuttie4192]

Have just been taken back to my teenage years.

[@colinglass1342]

A masterclass of comedy TV memories 👏 three legends of comedy when these three mighty icons of comedy meet. Peter Cook Dudly Moore and Peter Sellers a collision of different styles The result is pure comic genious🥰

[@realityboost4405]

#VerdiInTheSauce 🤣

[@thomaselliott573]

For me, unarguably the finest comedy sketch of all time.

[@offrampt]

I think you are a nutcase.

[@TTraveller3]

British comedy at its best! Three comedic geniuses!!!! RIP 🌺🌺🌺

[@rael1999]

It doesn't get better than Moore describing the eggs benedict ! I nearly wet myself !

[@clevertrevor7360]

Dud is absolutely brilliant here....

[@lobstermash]

But he cracks up ... and Peter makes him do it because he (Peter) is the greatest deadpan.

[@thomaselliott573]

I watch this again and again. It is certainly the finest comedy I have seen.

[@reemlsilkworm]

Only Peter Sellers could relay the story of a retinal fizz.. What a trio of genius.

[@FredPilcher]

Gods they were good! Sorely missed!

[@jeanmyers1787]

Lovely too see all three of then at their best ❤️

[@MrMenefrego1]

British humor has always made this old Yank laugh till he cried! I'm so grateful for our British cousins!

[@timelordvictorious]

Your welcome

[@stationofdreams8242]

What an amazing sketch this is. As has been said by others, they don't do this kind of thing anymore. They were just so funny together, the sound of their voices, the way they looked at each, just hysterical stuff.

[@MsMounen]

I think everything's been dumbed down.

[@sounakdas8969]

Did anybody notice the nurse standing behind Sellers? She managed to keep a straight face all through the skit. Simply remarkable. 😂😂😂😂 Three legends in one frame. Comedy of this quality will never be repeated. ❤❤

[@helenamcginty4920]

I wondered why she kept tapping his shoulder.

[@KevinMunday-oh6xq]

​@@helenamcginty4920 I think She was supposed to when Sellers kept looking at Dud , as if to say behave ?? 😅😅

[@sunlion9676]

Thank you for uploading this brilliant sketch! It was terribly!! Marvellous 😅

[@gonzvelaz3892]

This is amazing to watch together Peter Sellers and Dudley Moore, fifty-two years ago...

[@chriswatson7965]

Fifty-two years ago! Now I'm feeling old.

[@alabastermontague6841]

Even more remarkable to watch Cook with Sellars, because they had enough in common (though very different career trajectories) that they couldn't help but one-up each other.

[@goldpierce]

"I was terribly moved by the Moules!" I always love it when Dudley Moore nearly breaks out smirking out of character.. I'm certain that often Peter Cook and Peter Sellars targeted him 😆

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Peter Cook and Peter Sellers.

[@tracyanne8616]

I watched Dudley Moore playing piano on a little video just recently. Whenever they panned to him I expected to see that smirk but it never happened. Of course he was being very professional but just struck me as a complete rarity. It may have been Christoper Cross he was playing for but honest,y cannot recall. Beautiful grand piano and Dudley dressed in full tuxedo.

[@goldpierce]

@@tracyanne8616 He was a talented Jazz pianist.

[@tracycampanaro9004]

@@goldpierce Oh yes I was well aware. Just really pointing out that I always expect him to give that cheeky half smile and it just strange when he was playing and the camera panned to him. that it was same face and smirk. I fully understand why he didn't give the smirk, of course, but yet still waited for it 😊

[@RalphDratman]

This little skit is an acquired... taste. The first ten or twelve times I watched it, I didn't quite "get it." With a few dozen more viewings it suddenly began to explode with flavor. Now I can't get it off of my tongue.

[@DeadlyKiss000]

I just didn't get it at all. I have watched it 3 times now and just can't find anything to laugh at. Just putting on a posh accent doesn't really cut it for me.

[@realityboost4405]

@@DeadlyKiss000 It's about the pretentiousness of food critics…And the fact that magazines that had NOTHING to do with restaurants would still have restaurant reviewers. Also, Dudley's description of such a mundane dish in terms of a musical analysis is just wonderfully, err pretentious again…The audio isn't the best quality but try and. listen to the words…The accents are ancilliary.

[@MsMounen]

And the subtle but intense interaction between Dudleys character and Peter Sellers.

[@Rustyfin1958]

It's about the modules marineres

[@veecee3669]

Clever man, your "pretentious" comment is quite funny and totally apropos for this skit.

[@foleyoni]

"I ate my way to freedom". The mind boggles. I wish i could buy a copy to find out how!

[@routeman680]

Hysterical, and in 1965 I don't think we had seen this kind of thing before.

[@viewdemonde]

True. They were so good, they were working without a net.

[@kleinequietboykleinequietb7126]

This is of that rarity called "timeless humor."

[@petergreen3122]

Excellent . Sellers and Moore are particularly good with their parody of military voices...

[@AbelMcTalisker]

I think Sellers is channeling Major Bloodnock a bit, not that it's bad but its a part he played a lot.

[@rorycampbell7360]

Badly needed in this age of, pretentious Chefs and master chef gourmets. Wonderful stuff.

[@tross2399]

Oh my, what I would have given to have a few drinks with these three! Such comedic brilliance.

[@dickscratcher3040]

Utterly brilliant and just as valid today

[@TimothyDraper-i5q]

Peter Cook was brilliant. Peter Sellers covering his face trying to compose himself.

[@viewdemonde]

Yes, when Cook made that remark about the tongue. Sellers almost lost it. His years of being in The Goons stood him in good stead there!🤣

[@empinball4638]

Somebody needs to restore that soundtrack.

[@2eleven48]

Extremely witty and clever. I suspect much of the subtlety went over viewers' heads at the time. Dud's drawn out words are so blissfully a reflection of the pomposity of talking heads in programmes such as this in those days (and, regrettably, still today).

[@GudieveNing]

Indeed. A few glasses of Brandy and pomps away…

[@SuperMikado282]

The subtlety would be even more lost on people today. No one understands satire. They take everything so literally.

[@mrjamescurry]

So happy this exists

[@philipmariposa3067]

How on earth the nurse kept a straight face is beyond me !

[@wibblywobblyidiotvision]

Moore corpsing was always the best bit of any Cook / Moore sketch, but Sellers cracked a couple of times there too. Fabulous.

[@youspeak2]

Dudley was so adorable and talented...still can't believe he had to go through so much towards the end of his life.

[@halwasserman7905]

This is Dudley Moore's finest hour. He is the funniest person in the sketch. Sellers does not seem to be operating on the same level as Cook and Moore. I love how Moore says "terribly."

[@iancurtis1152]

I think Dudley’s finest hour was “The fire side chat” with Daddy😁

[@halwasserman7905]

@@iancurtis1152 I'm not sure I know that one. Was it with Cook? Was that where dirty Uncle Bertie was discussed?

[@iancurtis1152]

@@halwasserman7905 yes, poor Uncle Bertie.

[@halwasserman7905]

@@iancurtis1152 Yes that's a good one but I don't see how it's Moore's finest hour. Do you agree that Cook typically outshines Moore?

[@iancurtis1152]

@@halwasserman7905 yes, especially with such a dead pan delivery. He was magnificent playing Richard III in Blackadder also.

[@anonnemo2504]

Brilliant. I wouldn't have been allowed to watch it when first broadcast, nor any of the repeats, I suppose. Very glad I've seen it now.

[@JollyGraham]

Great stuff - never seen this before.

[@paulhayward4383]

very good! peter sellers is great here.

[@jondunmore4268]

My God, all 3 of these comedy geniuses are dead! What is the world coming to?... Moore was on fire here! Very firmly the best of the three characters and sauciest dialogue!

[@thomaselliott573]

Yes. he was so perfect for the part that the others had to counter him. I believe it is the best comedy I have ever seen. He is enjoying the part so much that he is actually winding the other two up, particularly by using that stupid grin at Sellers. Sellers at one point finds it difficult to control himself which, given his enormous experience, really says something about Moore's rendition of the utterly pretentious fool that he plays.

[@EasyTiger.01343]

Yes, I was just doing the ironing the other day and reflected on something quite similar. Similar but significantly less memorable.

[@adrianlang6550]

Wonderful. Made me have a good giggle.

[@philodonoghue3062]

Oh wow! What a bonus - Peter Sellers.

[@jamesbueker11]

Cook and Moore were golden. Sellers was a complete trip

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

The way peter is riveted on Dud. You can-see he-admires his talent. I laughed and laughed.

[@montaguehorseposture6203]

I was also tebbly excited by those eggs.

[@ysplse]

Many thanx 4 this. 1 of my all time fave TV shows and I can't remember this. Its rare to find anything from this show they were I think live and BBC didn't seem to record much of it great shame.

[@peternicholls6532]

I love the way Peter Sellers really tried his best to provoke Dudley Moore!. I think I would have cracked for sure :) but somehow he kept it together!. Classic!.

[@beagle7622]

If you listen to the “Goons”. Sellers spent the whole time trying to get the other 2 (Spike Milligan & Harry Secomb ) to laugh, once that happened to it got really crazy. . That show was just nuts, but it always made me laugh. Sellers was in his element here.

[@Thursdaym2]

Think those two were very much on the same wavelength.

[@thomaselliott573]

@@beagle7622 actually the consummate feigned pretentiousness of Dudley was what ended up overwhelming Sellers, which was when he had to cover his face to stop laughing. Dudley could be the perfect f......g idiot. A master of comedy in his element here. The whole sketch is a masterpiece.

[@beagle7622]

There was an over the top Chef on TV at the time . The Galloping Goumet . I think that and similar programs were the basis of this . I suspect it was largely unscripted. So funny , just Brilliant .

[@grahamwhibley9517]

Priceless

[@kaptainkanada4363]

Thanks for posting this classic! Those guys could make hilarity out of the most banal subjects.

[@ritawing1064]

What a winsome person Dudley Moore was...

[@verbalearache]

terribly!!

[@payres48]

Sellers putting on his Major Bloodnok voice.

[@Steven_Rowe]

Three national treasures. They all made us laugh, a great service to the country. We all need to laugh

[@carlosgomes2783]

"Eating Correspondent" - I love that. I can't read restaurant reviews anymore, even for the LOL's ("a chunky slab of cod marinated in the earthy tones of turmeric before being roasted in a thick lake of a butter emulsion, mined with sea vegetables"), when people are using food banks and critics pay £250 (on expenses) for one meal.

[@charlesmarsh9608]

You can't get any better than that.

[@meredith218461]

Moores characterisation is hilarious with Sellers simply becoming Dennis Bloodnok. Cook cleverly holds the comedic anarchy together.

[@martinobrien7110]

Peter Cook is just Ace .

[@frankmurphyburr3598]

Sellers is actually wearing Cooks Sir Arthur Streeb-Greeblings deerstalker and moustache 😅

[@joannegray5138]

Peter Sellers doing a subdued Bloodnok there - when he wasn't corpsing, lol! 3 comedy greats, all sadly missed.

[@Redrosewitch]

Yes! I thought it was like Bloodnok's ever so slightly more subtle brother. 😁

[@paulbacchus1015]

Cook, Moore and Sellers, 💝💝💝💝💝 pure class. Paul Bacchus esq

[@tortysoft]

I totally agree with ProjectFlashlight612. BBC Enterprises believed they could never sell anything from the archive because of legal reasons. I know this, I worked there - when I heard that, I left. Shaming. - 'deliberately destroying their own archive?' - well yes, but they were only following - blindly - bits of paper saying the recordings were not needed. There are often multiple copies and these are expensive to store. Staff never know why they are told to do things and far less can they know when a recording is the last one. A list of stuff that had been wiped was made at one point, but it was used as a check to see if it was OK for a another copy to also be wiped - NOT as evidence of something to be saved. Much of the stuff that's left got saved by staff who - at risk of their jobs - did not follow orders.

[@hugolindum7728]

Simon Anthony What I never understood too is why do the bbc block access to the iPlayer from abroad, instead of charging? I get the impression that a private company would exploit their archive much better than the bbc do - who are fat on license fees.

[@thoughtcriminal3843]

Not just the license fee, they also the millions they get every year in subsidies from the EU (while claiming to be unbiased) and the hundreds of millions in profit from BBC worldwide (which they openly admit to spending abroad to destabilize countries like Syria) Not that I care about the license fee as you couldn't pay me to watch those pederast propagandist lying filth at the Baby Buggering Corporation.

[@ronlipsius]

Thank you for some interesting info. I wonder about such things.

[@davidstankiewicz2049]

That's insanely funny!!! Amazing performers.

[@Debunker246]

Thank you for posting two of my favorite comics in the world.

[@quagapp]

Brilliant as always.

[@starjunkie2804]

The great days of early British Humour TV. These blokes are irreplaceable. Sad endings for all three of them.

[@DanielHewsonPianist]

This is eggcellent!

[@marcc1667]

I ate my way to freedom...

[@CuddlyGayBear]

+Marco C Yes! That is such classic Cook. A little throw-away line, which nobody else could have thought of.

[@lloydpenfold486]

@@CuddlyGayBear Conjures up thoughts of a play on the "soil drizzling down his trouser legs" in a tunnelling out of a PoW camp story!

[@rosemaryclarke2348]

What did he eat, the guards?😂

[@lpsp442]

Comedy so good, most today couldn't follow it!

[@barrycross2585]

"used to shoot them at Ilfracombe" hilarious

[@trevorbarre5616]

I still remember the 'corpse-ing' Pete and Dud used to do, utterly taken with their mutual hilariousness. All a bit dated now, sadly, but it was 55 years ago, after all. Much of it still makes great viewing.

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

Superb.

[@PartTimeSarah2]

Sean Kenny was the set designer for Beyond the Fringe and Peter's club The Establishment. He was also the first husband of Peter's second wife, Judy Huxtable.

[@oojimmyflip]

The bloody BBC and their copyright logo across the screen don't they realise that it was the public that funded this entertainment, it should be freely released to the public without their logo across the middle. otherwise very good .

[@tomkent4656]

The same BBC who wiped most of the tapes of this great comedy series!

[@arthurharrison1345]

My sentiment, exactly.

[@marmite400]

Dickie Fry The licence is only for live performances and live sport. Such a rip off.

[@984francis]

oojimmyflip. Oh go fuck yourself. Why not just enjoy it and stop bleating.

[@metafis2490]

no..fuck you...why dont YOU stop bleating !!!

[@jeanmyers1787]

Incredible, love Sellers reference to the Beatles, they must have just become famous in their early twenties.

[@kdee8166]

Superb, all comedy geniuses for me.

[@eahannan]

What a trio...

[@rosemarymortonjack9387]

The nurse standing at the back is Maggie Smith in a walk on part, no words an£ no credits. She was very young.

[@viewdemonde]

No selection here for “astonished” so this will have to do: 😲 Well spotted! I’ll have to go back now and take another look!

[@daviddaw999]

Three comedy geniuses.

[@Monkofmagnesia]

The two Peters!!!! And to think it was originally broadcast on my third birthday!

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

Happy Christmas Uncle.

[@lizzieatherfold2293]

These guys were just superb

[@markwilliams3174]

Dudley Moore just cracking up Peter Sellers

[@Argonaut121]

The nurse is the only one who could keep a straight face.

[@Retrostar619]

Devastatingly funny! Thanks for posting.

[@frankschlanker]

From 1.30 to 2.30 Peter Sellers trying to unsettle Dudley was hilarious

[@xyzllii]

Brilliant.

[@timc924]

Epic.

[@carmelitacarlos3515]

This is fricken hilarious

[@perkyporkpie]

Peter Cook was a genuis

[@kevinmunday5782]

They all were