American Reacts to Morecambe and Wise Mastermind

American Reacts to Morecambe and Wise Mastermind
In this video I react to a Mastermind sketch by Morecambe and Wise.
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[@keith.morgan]

Great to see Magnus Magnusson (the actual presenter of Mastermind) taking part in this sketch too

[@marysmith1922]

Now I feel old! I actually remember this being broadcast.

[@vallee3140]

@@marysmith1922 me too and I am old

[@jlr108]

And the fact that he was such a serious host of the real Mastermind makes this all the funnier.

[@johnmcfadyen6341]

Met him. Bigheaded

[@echo1257]

Eric Morecambe was so quick with responding with a funny quip. Nobody could ever equal

[@MrRobertjohn15]

He was an absolute genius but together wow.

[@danielgardecki1046]

Lee Mack

[@CMDRRustyDog]

Robin Williams and Bob Monkhouse. Both extremely quick comedic minds. Not to take anything away from Eric though,. M&W were brilliant.

[@echo1257]

@@CMDRRustyDog RIP to them all. They were all great people

[@cosmic4795]

Ronnie Corbett did

[@esclad]

Comedic geniuses. When Eric Morecambe died suddenly in 1984, way before his time, it caused a shockwave amongst the public. We lost a great duo, Ernie lost his career partner and the laughing stopped. It ended the era of super-smart, cleverly thought out comedy sketches (The Two Ronnies is another example) and comedy just mainly turned into one-liner gags & innuendo. It's great to watch them back and I often wonder if Eric had lived another 20 years what would have been :)

[@NickHunter]

Ya know Benny Hill was running at the same time as these guys were. There's always been greats and bottom of the pile trash, just as there is now

[@elaineshakeshaft2830]

I love these two I can remember watching this with my mum and dad When I Was Little fantastic👌😂😂❤

[@pondermatic]

*cough* “Arsenal!” was a running gag on the show. :-)

[@lsmith9249]

Magnus Magnusson was the actual presenter of Mastermind, celebrities knew they had made it when they were asked to appear on Morecombe and Wise

[@ezza9578]

Eric can't help but be funny, a true natural 👍❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@skylarphoenix8267]

I love your laugh, your laugh is life sir😭😭🤣🤣🤣🙌

[@chrislofotos]

I had the great pleasure in meeting Ernie Wise when I was a serving Police Officer, Ernie lived on my patch, on Christmas Day he would purposely set off his burglar alarm, we were obliged to attend his premises whereupon he would wish us Merry Christmas and offer us a small “alcohol free tipple”😀😀

[@NRTSean]

They were great especially with the scripts of Edie Braeburn who was considered the third member of the team, as he created their sketches at this time😁🤣 and took their comedy into a new direction.... Glad you enjoy these .. We enjoy watching them with you.. Keep trucking bro....😁😂🙂

[@AncientHermit]

Thank you for another one full of outright belly laugh inducing nonsense! 👍 Be well😉

[@PassportToPimlico]

The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise made two very different takes on mastermind and it shows the differences between them. The Two Ronnies were comic actors and Morecambe and Wise were two comedians. Each pair was at the top of their game.

[@lornaanne9242]

Their breakfast sketch is hilarious and their ending song is pure gold Every word of it.

[@richardsiddon610]

Bring me sunshine in your smile. Shame we forget.

[@richardhargrave6082]

Another institution! Brilliantly written and performed and still funny after all these years

[@stevenlagoe7808]

I remember seeing Eric and Ernie on a talk show. The interviewer was talking to Ernie. There was Eric, pipe in mouth, cheeky smile on his face, staring at the floor; and the quips he was coming out with! One after another, like a mind in overdrive. He had everyone in stitches. Brilliant man. Always troubled by the thought that he wasn't good enough or he could do better. His wife said each year the days before the Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show was aired where a nightmare at home. Eric couldn't relax, worrying that the show wouldn't be good enough. They'd sit down to watch it and Eric would be like a cat on a hot tin roof. He'd keep asking 'Is that funny?' 'Will people laugh?' He only relaxed when he heard or read the reviews. He lived on his nerves and that's what killed him. Ernie was the opposite. He'd record the sketches and then go to the golf course or do something else. His attitude was 'What's done is done. We've given it our best. Can't change it. No point worrying about it.'

[@ppauline1515]

I’m so glad Morecombe & Wise were in my life throughout their lives! I loved seeing your reaction to my comedic heroes! Thank you so much for posting!

[@777petew]

Superb again. Magnus Magnusson was a very renown guy, a brilliant academic, journalist, presenter etc. He was great to take part in this. Very funny.

[@claytonskids6764]

Ahhh, Morcambe and Wise😄🥰 …Kept us in stitches for many blessed years and STILL entertaining folks 🤗 glad you are enjoying them too 👍✨

[@Naylte]

02:26 Hence the recurring concept of "Plays What I Wrote". 03:55 That gag came from a stand-up routine they did where Eric was meant to be Mr Memory.

[@thombt963]

Dear old Magnus, original presenter of master mind, an them pair, just genius 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@craigb4719]

That 🤝 at the end of you know you know 👍🏻

[@fld9266]

Love Eric and Ernie - you must watch their take offs of musicals like South Pacific and singin in the rain

[@MerryOlSoulGigglesmith]

two Ronnies & morcombe & wise wordplay is always good (what happened to rising damp)

[@TheEclecticBeard]

With kids at home that was hard to do and I wanted to start season 2 sooner but starting in the next week or two I'll be sprinkling it back in but just know I will also be going with a wider range of subjects I react to on the channel and types of content to finally be more "Eclectic".

[@LooneyPoliticsTunes]

I was distracted by Erik’s crazy socks the whole clip 🤣

[@wobber999]

I have never seen this, Morecambe and wise were brilliant and so very funny

[@Kerppu68]

Russ Abbot's Masterbrain sketch is also quite funny

[@spookybuz7803]

If you have time, check out the sketch with Morecambe & Wise and Andre Previn. Pure genius and you'll love it. Cheers.

[@CMDRRustyDog]

Imagine how it was in 1970's for us Brits having The Morecambe and Wise Show and also The Two Ronnies programmes on in the same week. 1hr each and they had Christmas specials too which always got the highest viewing figures then.

[@kingpininfo4506]

We didn't realise how lucky we were. Morecombe & Wise's popularity peaked with the 1977 Christmas Show, when a phenomenal 28 million viewers sat down to watch, the most watched comedy programme in British television history.

[@sentinal2337]

I remember watching this, i was 11 years old and it just took me back to a time when on a Saturday night, me and my brothers and sisters would roll around the floor laughing at Morecambe and Wise. Now we all have grandchildren in a very different world. As i sip a glass of Brandy this night, it made me smile..

[@petfan2948]

Same here. Beautiful memories

[@neilmustow368]

Legends of UK Comedy Morecambe and Wise great Mastermind sketch

[@maudeboggins9834]

the 60's 70's & 80's saw swarms of brilliant British comedy, far too numerous to mention. So many comedic geniuses now alas long dead. Dick Emery, Benny Hill, M&W, Les Dawson & more.

[@MaffeyZilog]

I would just like to say EB that your content is inherently enjoyable. Your laugh that's infectious and heart-warming. And the original take you have for the content you create, which I often agree with more often than not. However, I think it's because you have an amazing sense of decency and ethics that makes you come across as honest and those three words that mean so much to us Brits "down to Earth". Anyway, forgive my deviation from the standard comment. I just wanted to say what a stand-up and thoroughly decent fell I think you are. Peace!

[@brenmacneil1827]

as with your other reaction videos, it's an absolute joy to see your delight at these classic comedy sketches

[@zetectic7968]

It was a running joke in the series, someone would cough and Eric would shout out Arsenal! (the football team)

[@wallywombat164]

ALLO ALLO, British comedy is unbeatable EB. Always clever.

[@shanekneeshaw3483]

No hi de hi 👌

[@mojobag01]

Two in the morning and I am laughing along with you.

[@andrewlaw]

We were truly blessed to have both the Two Ronnie's & Morecombe & Wise to entertain us. Such clever wordplay and witicisms from them both.

[@anoldfogeysfun]

Well, I did tell you about this quite a while ago now, Alan - so at least you've finally got to it and seen why it was such a classic sketch back in the day (As with Greig's Piano Concerto & Singing In The Rain) - and just as funny even now! It's as funny as most of their guest singing ones, their Christmas special Musical ones, along with the many plays what Ernie "wrote" with high profile actors and actresses taking part . . .

[@The_Original_Geoff_B]

Ernie Wise is sadly overlooked in his role in this partnership - he was the perfect foil to Eric Morcambe's delivery. They worked so well as a team that neither would have succeded without the other.

[@BazzSelby]

Always enjoyed this. But, I have to say, you don't need to explain everything we've all just seen! Don't forget, the majority of your viewers are Brits, so, no explanation is needed, as we get it. Just saying. :o)

[@karenward267]

I loved Mastermind. It's always good to see Magnus Magnussen.

[@allandale1018]

I met Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise they came to where i live Morecambe in the UK we have his statue on the beach front here, I was born in the 60,s so i grew up watching these 2 and the 2 Ronnies

[@BigyetiTechnologies]

It cuts off a really underrated often missed gag. Ernie had been calling Magnus Magnusson "Mr McManus" all through it. At the end, he says he'll never watch his wrestling again. Mick McManus was a wrestler on TV during the 70s.

[@WillCamx]

Saturday at 4pm I would watch the wrestling with my granny. She loved to boo Mick McManus because he was a baddie.

[@martindunstan8043]

Well spotted 👍 after all these decades it now makes sense 😂😂 it's only clicked now you've said it so cheers✌️🍻

[@barriehull7076]

Mick McManus was a wrestler who I saw often back in his day as my dad was a second in his corner many times through the years. Les Kellet was always my favourite.

[@martindunstan8043]

@@WillCamx yeah I watched with my nan too, well fiesty the old girl was😂wish you could of heard her screaming at the TV when the masked one came on 😂 'rip it off his head' she would yell in-between offering me biscuits😲I swear she could have been a nightclub bouncer but with knitting and bingo she just didn't have time😂😂✌️

[@BigyetiTechnologies]

@@martindunstan8043 was that at Kendo Nagasaki?

[@naly202]

The two Ronnies had brilliant play on words in their sketches, but to me they sometimes seemed a little stiff. Morecambe and Wise were two comedians who could make you laugh by only staring at the camera or saying "Uuu-hu" or "Ready when you are, Polly!". It's the wonderful chemistry, the warmth, the lovingly - nasty treatment of each other and of the guest stars that made them so unique.

[@josefschiltz2192]

We knew that was coming! - Pass!

[@Paul-hl8yg]

We had back then the Two Ronnie's & Morecambe & Wise. Two funny double acts. My preference has always been for the Ronnie's, however that's not saying Morecambe & Wise were not very funny guys. They were as part of Britain's comedy circuit as the Ronnie's & just as big. 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@CZ350tuner]

You could check out the Mitchell & Webb SS Officer sketch.

[@howardchambers9679]

Have a look at some of the Christmas show plays wot Ernie wrote. Glenda Jackson is so funny. They always try to make the guests corpse. Tom Jones very nearly lost it.

[@lynnemacfadzean4855]

Eric and Ernie NEVER made it in the states has Americans at the time just did not get British humour

[@preferredimage]

Eric Morecombe. Absolute legend!

[@martindunstan8043]

EB✌️thank you so much for reacting to these legends it was brilliant laughing along with you Sir and we all could do with a good chuckle. Take care buddy 👍🍻

[@thefilmsett]

The two ronnies mastermind is funny too

[@aY227]

Clarke and Dawe - The Front Fell Off You will love it.

[@neilrendell5630]

They must be my kind of people, you know put the words laughter in slaughter, my specialist subject would be on masturbation, if the presenter says that they don't have any questions on that my response will be "I've started, so I'll finish!"

[@theotherside8258]

The arsenal answer is down to a regular joke on their show where a sneeze sound is disguised by the word arsenal being shouted

[@kevinpoulton4786]

I now realise how I was so blessed growing up with Morecambe and Wise and the Two Ronnies as the staples of the UK comedy. Christmas Day TV was armed marked by these four guys,that the whole family would watch together in our house.

[@sandramalone9977]

This is the funniest thing I've see in a long time, thanks for sharing, such a shame they are no longer with us - Eric Morcambe was just the best; Morcambe and Wise, brilliant. Why don't we have 'innocent' humour and comedy like this any more?

[@roserado8228]

THE YOUNG ONES and bottom or Kevin Turvey,in fact anything with Rick and Ade,the dangerous brothers is a good example.

[@catkin567]

I love when you laugh Mr Beardy, you cover your mouth with your hand like a little Japanese schoolgirl, cute!

[@EVERYDAYGames00]

Geniuses English finest

[@jessicapayne8622]

Have you watched the young ones University challenge?! Lmfao!

[@TheEclecticBeard]

Have not, but will put it on the list.

[@jessicapayne8622]

@@TheEclecticBeard it’s got motorhead in it!!! Lol!!! Every time I hear ace of spades I just want to go to temple meads train station (in Bristol, engerland) and stuff a cheese and pickle roll in my gob…. I live near Bristol!

[@alexrobert13]

If you haven’t already, all I am to say is Andre Previn!! But make sure you are not alone, you have oxygen on hand and paramedics in an ambulance on the way!!! Your welcome!

[@alexrobert13]

For a couple of little rocks in the North Atlantic, the UK and Ireland have produced some of the greatest comedy and comedians that have been! Especially the classic stuff where there was no foul language, but a lot of word play and physical comedy!! From Morecombe and Wise with the Beatles to Pythons Dead Parrot and Silly Walks, to Dave Allen just doing what he did best in his storytelling!

[@maudeboggins9834]

The sketch is very funny but truly only for those who either lived in the UK at the time or who know the people to whom they reference.

[@SpeccyMan]

Every time I see a Morecambe & Wise clip I find myself wondering if Peter Cushing ever did get paid for his appearance on their show. 😁

[@derder454]

If you like this one try the Russ Abbott mastermind sketch

[@thegoose126]

Proper comedy from actual legends of the game. So clever and the only duo to be mentioned with the two Ronnie's!

[@KickassUncle]

My goodness, you like Morcombe and Wise? Spike Milligan will give you a heart attack. kzbin.info/www/bejne/maWwkIWsnM-ZptE

[@daviddrew7852]

They were a regular feature on British television in the 70s and 80s, even appearing in a great episode of the Sweeney.

[@eldoofthe3rd]

Alan great to see you the other day, hope you had a great blakemas.... Have a great day buddy and most of all..... PEACE!!!!

[@jackclements2163]

Magnus Magnusson. Icelander working in the UK. Famous for this game as host.

[@BwizzleAqua]

Love it thanks good stuff

[@shaunrye7740]

Thanks. I needed a good laugh

[@davidking2768]

Just realized I started singing 'Bring Me Sunshine' after watching this. It's raining outside this Sunday morning

[@direnova6284]

The "cough...Arsenal" thing was a long standing joke on there show.

[@johnsuffill6520]

The 'cough' ARSENAL line was an ongoing joke with M&W. I can't remember how it started, but there you go.

[@highpath4776]

In real mastermind Magnus said contender, rather than contestant, and general knowledge is 1min 30sec

[@MrLocomitive]

Good to see you drop in to the Dockers' AFL game or Rob's channel!!

[@DJDonnelly]

Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of Still Game

[@petfan2948]

Rest in Peace, Eirc and Ernie. Keep laughing and joking in Heaven

[@tellyfanatic]

I've never seen this i'm highly surprised at that as I thought I had seen all there stuff, I was laughing as much as you brilliant.

[@Lumibear.]

The *cough* - “ARSENAL!” thing is a silly running joke, it relates to a previous sketch and it became a popular viral quote at the time. There’s really no point attempting to explain it out of context, with luck you’ll come across it as you explore.

[@karlpeart1752]

This is absolutely brilliant. The first time iv seen this absolutely genius

[@rerenaissance7487]

"Stupid game!" became a catchphrase in our house.

[@Danny-zw1yn]

Do the russ Abbott mastermind sketch it’s so funny

[@thegreygamer9975]

You are watching 2 comedy legends there

[@dogstaraycliffe]

Nearly 50 years on and I've never forgotten that Question 😁

[@Oddballkane]

Apparently people would sign up to the show. The fact people where usually not always but sometimes more recognised for a stint on Morecombe and wise then their profession.

[@jamesgorman7417]

Classic comedy. I remember watching these shows when they were first broadcast with Mum and Dad. The Two Ronnies and Morecombe and Wise were shown on Saturday nights. Both of these shows had high viewing figures especially around Christmas. Terrific family entertainment

[@robstoner8949]

In this world where we live there should be more happiness, so much joy we could give to each brand new bright tomorrow 😁

[@nataliescott2261]

If you like this watch 2 ronnies 4 candles

[@Carwyn.Morris]

do the trio Russ Abbot Mastermind

[@rerenaissance7487]

Magnus Magnusson there was the real presenter of Mastermind from its start and about 30 years.

[@markC199]

the cough and answer of arsenal is referencing a previous sketch where eric plays a useless memory man and ernie keeps trying to give him the answer of Arsenal by disguising it as a cough.

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Good to see you on Rob's channel last night for the AFL.

[@ggenie7489]

My comedy hero's, Eric died when I was 10 and I still mourn him i watch them all the time.

[@lulusbackintown1478]

'he won't sell much ice cream going at that speed' Eric hearing siren. More years ago than I care to remember.

[@kennethgarland4712]

If you've got an hour and a half to spare, you might like to watch this made-for-TV film about the early days of Morecambe and Wise: kzbin.info/www/bejne/anvQppSuq9iLla8. It's a very touching account of two young lads making their first steps into the world of showbiz in the 1930s and 40s and finding the beginnings of success in their friendship. It was conceived and produced by Victoria Wood, a comedian of a later generation, also much loved and, like Eric Morecambe, who died before her time: she plays Eric's mother. Incidentally, there is a scene in which Eric and Ernie play to a very hostile audience in a Scottish theatre, presumably the Glasgow Empire where it was said that "no turn went unstoned"!

[@nothingtoseeheremovealong]

My dad used to cry with laughter watching them

[@bonzo]

your laugh is feckin brilliant man haha 😅

[@jameshumphreys9715]

Russ Abbot, master brain of the universe.

[@sandrabutler8483]

A lot of people would compare the two double acts, but they were very different, Ronnie B would write some of the scripts under Gerald Wiley and send them in, and judged on their own merits, but he also appeared in other TV shows, likewise Ronnie C more clubs and theatres in the very early days with my late friend at Winstons and other clubs around London which is where he met his future wife Anne and Ronnie B and he also appeared in other TV shows, some of the drag these two did Ronnie C learned from Danny La Rue who knew me from 3 months old until he passed away in 09. Then with Morecambe and Wise they had script writers, the two acts would sometimes use the same ones at some point as again they all knew one another from The Frost Report which is where The Two Ronnies first appeared together but not as a double act, whereas Morecambe and Wise met during the war and Eric mum Sadie took over as a sort of manager /agent from the early days, I think Ernie had met Eric briefly around the circuit, but he didn't have a room to stay in one night and so the rest is history, they were teenage years by now, and the two of them plus Sadie in the room, she saw something in them together and formed the double act, but rarely did anything apart, until Eric passed away ironically after a theatre show with his friend Stan Stenett, he'd had another heart attack after the show in 1984, but went out leaving the audience happy, I think at the time Eric was supposed to be off after recovering from another heart attack, he had a few and heart operation, which bought him a few extra years, Ernie was lost without Eric, he carried on working, but never fully recovered, but within the TV series I think for both BBC and ITV you have " the plays what I wrote " much like the character Ernie plays in this Mastermind segment, Ernie was the one who thought he was a great writer and knew everything, pompous as we say in the UK, but had some great guests appearing in these plays, and guest artists poking fun at themselves via Eric, Des O'connor appeared a few times, Sir Cliff Richard, The Beatles did something with them when TV was still black and white, Sir Elton John, Sir Tom Jones, Dame Shirley Bassey, Dame Judi Dench and many many others, and Ernie was always known as a tightwad,the joke was a combination on his wallet, many of the great comics and actors would corpse and they'd keep it in the shows, even though they were sticklers for a couple of weeks rehearsals, the Xmas viewing was around 24 million likewise similar numbers for Two Ronnies