Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller

[FarmerHeard]

@DevoteeTrance its gonna kill you too son and im young

[MrDarkbloom]

Cook was drunk here, right? Seems to be slurring his words somewhat.

[BelatedCommiseration]

Very interesting....also for the fact that, whilst time has obviously gone some way to mending old wounds, theres a palpable tension between all four men still present.

[WhalesUnite]

@BelatedCommiseration I adore PC but...I think the reason for the tension was that Peter was so drunk, the others saw him as a loose cannon (which he was). Not only was he slurring his words, but his thought and speech were slower. Very sad.

[jdig1984]

cooke looks a bit like liam gallagher lol

[Chell532007]

ah back in the days when smoking on tv was still allowed!

[TheChapaqua]

@Chell532007 Well don't just sit there man, bring it back!

[chopinesprit]

se veia tan bien peter cook en esa epoca

[SMcP93]

1.55 is it just me who thinks that that's what Noel Gallagher's going to look like when he's a bit older?

[watayapupuya]

@SMcP93

Older? Older?

[FilimboUK]

Peter's drunk

[FilimboUK]

Peter's drunk

[chopinesprit]

que pena que cook se cag** la vida con el alcohol, que desperdicio de talento y belleza... me da bronca.

[ThePythonfan]

Wow Dudley looks a bit like Michael Palin in this one!

[TroyOi]

@ThePythonfan It's rather amazing that there was never any crossover between these guys and the Monty Python crew... or am I speaking from ignorance? I mean, did any of these guys ever work with anyone from Python?

FYI I expect you to live up to your screen name and provide the definitive answer here!

[ThePythonfan]

@TroyOi Look from what I know no crossover has been between them whatsoever...I mean the 3 of them Peter Jonathan and Alan worked several times with the Pythons one of the best times is Secret policeman's Ball.And Peace In Our times with John Cleese and Peter or in pete Cook and Company again.There was always a sort of mutual admiration.Beyond the Fringe cast were heroes to the Pythons.But then when they worked together they thought the Pythons were great.Heard Peter in an interview saing that..

[TroyOi]

@ThePythonfan Now you've got me totally confused. By "crossover", I just meant, did any of the Python folks ever work with these guys. (And, by the way, why did you leave Dudley out of your list?) In any case, your answer is clearly yes, they did do some work together. Thanks!

[ThePythonfan]

@TroyOi Ooops...I am so sorry I thought you meant "arguement" haha! But yes and they have worked together indeed.I have left Dudley out of my list because while Peter and the rest worked with the Pythons he was in America.Only a few times before the 70s he was with them.After that he did one or two things with Peter and then went to America.Much later they reunited for Secret Policeman's Ball and other stuff.That's why I left him out!Otherwise I wouldn't think of it I love Dudley he's my fav!

[TroyOi]

@ThePythonfan Oh, so I gather "crossover" is one of those words that doesn't quite make it over the Atlantic intact. Maybe it was a poor choice of words even from the Yankee standpoint. Sorry.

[ThePythonfan]

@TroyOi Hahah no matter.Actualy it's probably my fault cause English isn't my native language.I'll look the word up though!

[teamcuba2000]

PETER COOK SEEMED COOL COS HE SOUNDED PISSED

[ThePythonfan]

@teamcuba2000 For what reason?

[chairmanmeow1973]

Cook is wrecked here. Shame as he looked so cool and fucked himself up right proper....

[ukboomerfl]

What was Peter Cook smoking?

[MegaTeacher25]

At 3:20 when Peter blows that huge puff of cigeratte smoke all over Alan Bennett while his talking to Parkson. You wouldn't get that now in a talk show.

[matthewthomas1234567]

love the way peter says great at 0:27

[10kingstreet]

like a pom?

[matthewthomas1234567]

huh?

[rulebrittaniaPTBB]

Peter looks well pissed

[evolegnartsrd]

I just love Cook, he was.. outstanding. (And wow, how gorgeous was he? :P)

They were all comedic geniuses, really.. but Peter will always be my favourite..

[monsieurhassan]

Peter is kinda drunk

[martybow1]

kinda very. must've smellllt of alcyhol in therrre.

[monsieurhassan]

hehe, u seem like u smelt of alcohol when u wrote this

[martybow1]

haha yeah. well I don't drink so MOST LIKELY NOPES.

Am probably just somewhat retarded, sir.

[monsieurhassan]

hahhaaa ... no worries, maybe that's where you'll find the answer . ..

[trufflesmell]

Peter's pissed. Hides it better than anyone tho.

[matthewthomas1234567]

at 1.42 does peter get annoyed with dudley for being silly

[simonpenum]

I see what you mean. I always got the impression that peter hated being upstaged by Dud. Even though it was a rarity

[54spiritedwill54]

Gotta love that hair! God, they are so young.

[greene64]

Peter drunk as usual. Genious though.

[louistotts]

Genius!

[xxCorinnaxx]

Hmm Dudley Moore was quite gorgeous when he was young!

[potstillbill]

I thought it very entertaining all the same. Aidan McArdle had a pretty good handle on Dud, while Rhys Ifans's portrayal of Cook was hilarious and tragic.

[BoweryBaby88]

Dudley is a total hunk! Hot Stuff and very talented.

[redteapot1]

i know smoking will kill you, and i know i am putting myself up for instant and justified ridicule, but Peter Cook does look cool when he smokes! I know, i know.....

[emilybot]

Peter somehow looks very cool wrapped in the cloud of smoke, not many people can carry that kind of "cool" off...

[26highstreet]

@redteapot1 Yea but it was the drink that killed him, not the fags

[trufflesmell]

@redteapot1 As right as you are, Cook may well have looked cool waving a plastic dog turd in front of his nose. Not only that, he's obvioulsy wildly wasted in this clip, and still probably more charismatic than your average Hollywood 'legend'.

[Wraithriel]

@redteapot1 Peter Cook is the reason I'm a smoker.

[birdapegang]

@redteapot1 as a smoker i find it makes me want to smoke more!

[tommarjuki]

@redteapot1 It's not really the fag though is it. You could have a tosser smoke one and look stupid. Peter was just at ease and confident with himself so it doesn't matter what he's doing he still looks it.

[TheKenfig]

@tommarjuki But he wasn't at ease or confident with himself at all and that's one reason he smoked so much and definitely the reason he drank himself to death at such a young age

[tommarjuki]

@TheKenfig Good correction, a big mistake.

[WhalesUnite]

@TheKenfig AMEN. I think you hit it spot on.

[FarmerHeard]

@redteapot1 Fucking idiot that shit will kill you.

[redteapot1]

bloody greta garbo!!

[inverterlee]

god imagine smoking like that on a todays show

[seanpennatgmail]

I've been wandering through the peter cook interviews on here and barely seen him without a cigarette in his hand in any of them. Hard work, having a 60-a-day habit..

[kenfig]

Miller & Bennett are so straight & square & Pete & Dud are fucking crazy - Brilliant

[MOTOPAC]

Peter Cook's apparently had a few before going on.

[MegaTeacher25]

Your he stayed in hospitality room too long bfore he come on.

[iloveericjeffjimmy]

Great video. And I'm glad I've been reading some of the other comments. I didn't know there were others out there who found Pete *extremely* attractive as well as funny!

[Tangoratsfan]

peter cook you sexy man lol, 4 of the funniest men ever to step foot on the earth, thanks for putting this up xx

[tobybenedetto]

how can parky already be so old?

[fernando5821]

Peter seems visibly angered by Dudley's remark that Peter is "...aggressive." Peter's face is a study in fury, and the stage director seems to have clued in too, as there is a quick pan to another guest, and the topic is quickly changed.

[weikko79]

At 1:50? He doesn't seem furious at all, rather perfectly calm.

[Gayunderweather]

Well he was pissed on that night wasn't he? Sadly this was the unpredictability with Peter when he was drunk. That was why they broke up in the end.

[26highstreet]

@Gayunderweather Must have been a nightmare working with an alcholic who hated being upstaged

[JGTMTE]

Aye Peter's so drunk... he delivers what he thinks is a funny line and get's no response. Poor Dud - I'd rccomend Not Only But Always - it's a biopic on Peter and Dudley.

[Gayunderweather]

That biopic was a hatchet job on Peter Cook. I'd rather remember him as one of the greats of comedy than a depressed alcoholic which that drama singly showed him to be.

[JGTMTE]

yeah me too, but you have to face the truth sometimes... he was an alcoholic.... not so much depressed all the time but he wasn't the happiest of people

[Gayunderweather]

Apparently that biopic was taken from manly one bio of him written of him in 1997, and is only one view of his life. Anyway how do you know that some of that drama wasn't dramatic license and not fact? Biopics are not complete documentaries they are dramas with highted reality to exaggerate certainly incidents in his life, to provide entertaiment.

[JGTMTE]

I know someone who was friends with Peter, he told me that he could be a happy drunk and depressed drunk... I don't want to get into a fight with you over this.

[Gayunderweather]

Who's fighting? I'm only

expressing an observation about the drama "Not Only But Always". I know that Peter was a chronic alcoholic and he suffered from depression throughout his adult life. Your haven't answered my question about the programme: can we rely on these drama to give us factual evidence about some body's life? Especially as complex as Peter's was? Surely we can have an intelligent adult discussion over this point?

[JGTMTE]

yeah i understand, I'm expressing my opinion. I know we cant rely on a biopic - take Sid and Nancy for instance - but I know someone who said it was pretty close to the truth

[dubzy81]

that biopic was so cheap and scattershot, good acting but not well made at all bro.

[JGTMTE]

A year later, I'll agree with you on this, I re-watched it and it wasn't made incredibly well at all. But apparently it *is* close to the truth according to someone who was friends with Peter Cook in his last few years...

[stevenalan]

peter cook what a drunk, he made everyone on that show feel uneasy, apparently after the show he went to the hotel bar and got wasted and ended up being pick up by the police and taken back to the hotel

[6GRUE]

I'm terribly fond of Alan Bennett; have listened to "Beyond The Fringe" on vynil and audio tapes so many times and never had the chance to see any video clip; so am very happy with the You Tube stuff!!! 6GRUE

[RENNAG]

have you heard of TALKING HEADS it's a BBC RADIO COLLECTION 100 % Alan Bennett.if not go to bbc audio tapes and order it on line. a chip in the sugar is my favorate

[charlesfrith]

Thanks really interesting stuff. Cook is so mullered it's a wonder he can still do characters. Maybe Youtube could do a context wiki for these types of footage if the team that made them are around to add notes and stuff. That would be brilliant. Like for example I have no idea what the American tour they refer to is about.

[shame69]

Miller's Shirley Temple syrup is peachy.

[sexfaceoneone]

fucking hell, how drunk is pete?!

[memnoch616]

I can remember this one airing. I was quite put out when after this everbody started calling Dud "Cuddly Dudley" I saw him first & named him same. Damned bougiose!!

[simonbath]

lovely, writ large; cook a beligerent alcoholic! on relection what a pain in the right royal rump that stringy chain smoking git was.

[publicanimal9]

What are you like, compared to Cook the others were nothing!

[Pippin76]

About a year ago, Simonbath apparently enjoyed trolling around youtube putting Cook down in the comments. How pathetic.

[potstillbill]

You noticed that too? Check out his channel - full of mindless toss. He obviously felt like sharing it, god help us.

[bigcherry99]

haha sorry dude, yr put downs aren't very good

[NoekieB]

He seems to be quite drunk in this. He also used to turn up for the 'Behind The Fridge' shows being almost unable to stand. Alcoholism is a bitch. (n)

I am quite surprised how well spoken he still is with all that booze down him...

[manwithnotrousers]

Were all like that. I can assure you! (Hic)

[ImagineBGP]

Gotta love that hair! God, they are so young.

[MoonBarrett]

Peter Cook, what a babe.

[superlast]

Great! Thanks.

[Lemmy15]

Please post more!

[joon9ho]

Peter is soooooooo drunk or stoned in this one. Thanks.

[mandiblesface]

Ah these are class, you're brilliant for putting these up.