Why Bother? - Christ

Five interviews as heard on BBC Radio 3.

[@danjacobs8545]

The lightning response of Honda was absolute perfection

[@benhowell4196]

Yep, and "Bishops".

[@gordonm.7387]

Pure improvisation. Cook made this up second to second. Genius comedy!

[@petermorningsnow]

Yes, his improvisation thrives the more on listening. Whereas Chris Morris writes his ideas out before and drives to the point. They're both impressive, but the one who scrambles in the moment, and comes up with something brilliant, is the more obviously impressive.

[@paddy_wax]

@@petermorningsnow why make it.a competition though? theyre all funnier than us. allegedly.

[@Elephantstonica]

Fantastic. "Not as if he just flapped his wings and said, hello boys!"

[@azapro911]

Peter Cook might be the most naturally gifted comic ever, 57 years old here and still the sharpest improv.

[@Retrostar619]

"I'm wondering If you'll be using him as a conduit for your own warped ideas. No, no, they'll be his warped ideas"

[@1emmajones]

Oh my word this really is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. I discovered it years ago and keep coming back.

[@NosyFella]

Same here

[@farleigh17]

'He'll be pretty lost without the batteries.' Amazing man.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

The passing of the comedy genius torch occurred here

[@iainrobb2076]

+Reb Brown It makes one wonder what Derek and Clive would have been like if Morris had been around.

[@gordonm.7387]

+Iain Robb I can't picture Chris as a freelance toilet attendant.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

I was about to say it's a shame he's done so little since Four Lions, but according to Wikipedia it was announced in November of last year that he'd shot his second film. THIS IS THE NEWS!

[@conornutt]

@Iain Robb or to be fair if Morris would be around/known to us were it not for the likes of Spike Milligan/Cook paving the way?(who probably would have not have reached mainstream success were it not for Dudley Moore diluting his comedy to the point it was palatable to them.)

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

Conor Nutt, pissing from the shoulders of giants!

[@mrjamescurry]

Probably the funniest thing ive ever heard. Pure genius.

[@stravinskyrocks]

Cook was a genius. You can feel him doing a quick WTF? when Morris ambushes him with with the petrified Christ, but then Peter bounces it back at him and extemporizes on it brilliantly.

[@simoncollett4524]

"Extemporizes". A perfectly cromulant word if ever I heard one.

[@KaitainCPS]

@@simoncollett4524 Err, it's a real word.

[@aidan.latham]

@@KaitainCPSreading comprehension moment

[@Wolshanze]

Two of my favourites !!!!!

[@AutPen38]

- It's quite an interesting anecdote. - It sounds REALLY DULL to me! Both comics are so quick at reacting to each other's curve-balls. This series was almost completely unscripted or rehearsed.

[@nanoshed]

I love how Chris Morris starts off dominating, but then, upon realising quite how incredible Peter Cook is going to be, takes a back seat and merely feeds him with encouraging little nudges. Chris Morris could be the sharpest comic mind of our time, but as this recording proves, perhaps not ALL time :-)

[@petermorningsnow]

That's a little bit shallow, as a reading of Chris Morris's technique. Bears aren't strictly vegetarian. He's going for the kill and only changing tactics as he grows confused as to what to do next, and this in hopes of confusing his desired prey, and so getting back on top. Old comic hack. He does carry it well, for all his not carrying the charming aspect.

[@EBGBeee]

He's playing the straight man. So that's what he has to do, by definition.

[@Man-From-Another-Place]

I think he knew Peter Cook was going to be very funny, but he thought the Christ topic was going to be more fruitful than the bee keeping thing that Cook wanted to talk about.

[@peterhowardlawson]

Aha! Now I understand the Two Lone Swordsmen song title "Cloned Christ on a Hover Donkey: Be Thankful".

[@adamlivett]

What a find, priceless.

[@msmith1845]

Thanks for uploading these.

[@annabintadiallo]

brilliant upload, I had not appreciated peter cooks brilliance up until hearing this. not laughed this much for ages

[@dave147]

HONDA!!!

[@philipchurch8772]

I've told you, it's out of my hands now. The Honda people are very hard to please.

[@nigel7345]

This is so very very funny. How do you define genius like this? Just sit back and enjoy.

[@unis2006]

Chris Morris I just wanted to write his name down because of my massive respect for him

[@TheNoyouyesme]

Amazing

[@AlephNeil]

The section from 1:17 to 1:30 is just beautiful. I like to refer to it to explain how I see the relation between the real world and set theory.

[@FlixMr]

brilliant

[@fasteddyuk]

"I think St Paul mentions it in passing!"

[@educateme8455]

Haha

[@thebresker]

"wave his hands like they do on channel 4" :) :)

[@KaitainCPS]

@annabintadiallo Probably the single best thing he did in the final ten years of his life. When he was on form, he was almost untouchable.

[@IHATETHENEWS]

The all spark of humour. Morris and Cook.

[@oliverpicton60]

Genius

[@petermills2061]

'Sounds dull to me' " Well it's very life like "

[@mrjamesmaxfield]

I used to be into bee-keeping, started with one, it attracted another, then we had a swarm.....

[@patphilosopher]

This is really funny XD

[@marythemoose155]

'Honda' :D

[@thebresker]

best thing on the internert, ever. Rip cOOK. and come back Morris!

[@walterevans2118]

'HOVER DONKEY' ?????????????.......Hahahaha....Miniature Christ ??...'He'll be pretty lost without the batteries.'..'Strole to the YMCA to have a swim'.......Peter Cooks surreal brain left even Chris Morris in the dust...lol

[@gordonm.7387]

John Hurt will provide the voice posthumously.

[@michaellavin6038]

Christopher Priest stole this idea for "The Prestige"!

[@diskochimp]

"Bishops."

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

"Bishops, yes."

[@EBGBeee]

I can't think of any other single word answer that makes me howl with laughter so much.

[@lampardo22]

Genius....0000 Rw

[@alanwakeish]

An audio video starring, Peter Morris and Chris Cook.

[@Oscar301]

sounds dull.... it's very lifelike

[@jarzhinio]

"Hello sir Arthur how are you?" "Fine, I had some bees in my youth and I put them to work making honey..." "Now in your address tomorrow..."

[@andrewleyden2752]

"Sony Corporation are interested in a sort of hover donkey"

[@Mintsauce27]

"...you were saying?.." (laughs)

[@hyuud0]

Honda.

[@letmegoletmego]

What are the implications? I think Peter's is the genuine tiny christ. He was a beautiful and brilliant man.

[@willjamesb]

"Honda"

[@noradosmith]

I really wish they'd dig deeper into the idea of Jesus having to slaughter 17 of his other selves. I thought that was fxking brilliant

[@petermills2061]

Who would provide the voice.....Martin Jarvis! lol

[@freethinking1611]

fossilised remains of the infant Christ lol

[@lalal278]

crawling across the desert in search of um... followers really

[@robertharriman7267]

Haven't listened to this for years, two heavyweights exchanging beautiful blows. Its difficult to see who's going to carry the mantle.

[@petermills2061]

Hover donkey ! lol

[@chilledtorsion]

i think saint paul mentions it in passing.

[@UKromany]

I actually think this is superior to most of the Derek and Clive stuff.......Morris is better at keeping it together,i.e.,not laughing,and is funnier than Dudley,in my opinion..........Fantastic!

[@petermorningsnow]

Tiny little worm form. I remember that stage, right before Freudian apathy, before teenage angst, before the disappointment of zen motorcycle riders. Everybody was just dogs back in the day. Today, some hear dogs and are envious. Others pretend never to hear them, and feed them at regular intervals. Some choose to beat dogs without mercy, the estimable assholes. I hear this radio program and imagine something I created once upon a time, but only if I were unfortunate enough to be immortal.

[@balist0]

Dude check out 'Derek and Clive: Live' for more Peter Cook hilarity

[@PolythenePam0451]

ITS GONNA HURT ME, ITS GONNA KILL WHEN YOU DESERT ME

[@projectcyclops]

Go down to the YMCA and have a swim. Fancy a stroll first?

[@peterd3215]

Hover donkey .....lmao

[@artorwar]

Perfect comment.

[@zarrow50]

chris morris is supposed to be out doing cook in these interviews.

[@stallionmcgraw]

Honda

[@petermorningsnow]

"You're rather pre-empting my address." The organs come in by the same way as the food, conventionally. Through a tiny little supplied tube.

[@petermorningsnow]

Is it really two years ago I wrote this? Grow some Zeibalds, Peter, some Rings of Saturn. Sit on the planet's orbit and earn yourself the love of the thing you love without needing the love of the thing.

[@paulcharlesworth9114]

Bishops

[@petermorningsnow]

"I put them to rest making honey." A good way to get rid of bees. I control these things and I don't know why. Why should the queen be as essentially empty as all the bees around me are?

[@petermorningsnow]

I disagree. Looking back at this comment I wrote eight months ago, I think: Who is that Peter? I wish I was that Peter. I'm envious. I might be eight months ago younger already. I might drain my bank accounts more truly. There's nothing and no one to pass them onto, which is unfortunate. The approximation doesn't make up for the giver, generally speaking, and sometimes, just sometimes, the giver's just too big. But it's a mistake to confuse oneself with whatever oneself is not - the self-sacrificing thing. This isn't wisdom. This is stereoscopic vanity.

[@chilledtorsion]

hover donkey

[@SUPERSTUD6000]

GAY JESUS

[@mikkip98]

chris morris is a pygmy in comparison to cook... he should stop interfering..

[@blatherskite3009]

I think you misunderstand the relationship in these "interviews"... Cook is Morris' comedy hero; there is nothing but respect for Cook here. This is the nearest you'll get to Chris Morris playing the "straight man" role, feeding material to Cook for him to riff on. The antagonistic "rude" interviewer persona is just the role Morris is playing here, while Cook is playing his time-honoured "Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling" character, which he had created in various similar "interviews" througout his long career. Check this out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJm2ZGicZZZoibM It's a vintage Streeb-Greebling interview, with Dudley Moore in the Chris Morris interviewer role. It will make it clearer what Chris Morris and Peter Cooke were doing here. If anything, Dudley Moore is a lot ruder - "Shut up, Sir Arthur" :)

[@housemaxwell]

Honda