Morecombe and Wise, with Glenda Jackson - the COMPLETE "Antony & Cleopatra" sketch, '71

[nmlt5398]

I love the way they all almost corpse at around 10:11 when Ernie says 'sling him in the Nile'

[TheHumbleFellow]

"A gockle of geer if you hurry!"

[browneye1967]

'Would you like to rest your head on my lap?'

'If you can get it off, yes' and

The bit after she kisses Eric....

'Have you ever thought of being a plumber?'

Absolute Gold

[athull08]

I geg your gardon

[Shelley1413]

A fine Actor that Boy :)

[stevalianarbone]

Fabulous performance; Lots of very funny lines too.

[1madhammer]

Pure brilliance! Thank you for uploading this!

[Jiminypost]

What is the music called they do the funny dance to?

Wendy

[slaphead6000]

@Jiminypost It's one of those pieces one hears so often, but doesn't know the title of. It'll be something like "Sand Dance" or something. ANYONE???

[bluesx26]

The dance is lifted from the original Sand Dance by Wilson & Kepple - 1934!

Clip on YouTube.

[lomax343]

@slaphead6000 It's The Ballet Egyptien by Luigini. However, the joke is that they take off the routine of Wilson Keppel and Betty - popular music-hall entertainers of the twenties and thirties. Available of You-Tube.

BUT - what about the music they come on to. Eric - Match pf the Day; Ernie - Z-Cars; Glenda - Aaargh I can't bloody remember. Help!

[slaphead6000]

@lomax343 Ah, sadly I'm old enough to KNOW about Wilson, Kepple & Betty (but not quite old enough to have SEEN them, at least). Thanks for the info, regarding the Sand Dance music.

I can RETURN the favour - Glenda enters to the theme from "Dr Finlay's Casebook" - which IS here, on YouTube!

[DRAINPIPE57]

FUNNY COINCIDENCE WITH THIS CLASSIC AND THEIR BEST SKETCH EVER . I LIVE IN "JULIUS" GARDENS IN LUTON BEDS. ERIC AND ERN AT THEIR BEST. THE PEAK OF THEIR COMEDY GENIUS. 

[jlennon48]

Great stuff, funny men these two. Two of the worlds best ever comics.

[amy11162]

a goglet o gear sleeking kowder

[asseeujogon]

ALL MEN R FOOLS AND WAT MAKES THEM SO IS HAVING BEAUTY LIKE WHAT I HAVE GOT lol

[Nerpha]

@asseeujogon Its the way she winces as she says it.

[outinsider]

Because of this skit, Glenda Jackson scored the part of Vicki Allessio in A Touch Of Class, which garnered her her second Best Actress Oscar.

[gloveslime]

@outinsider They sent her an congratulatory telegram that said if she worked with them again they would win her another Oscar, so she did and she did win another!

[mmargaret28]

class

[BegCrimson]

"Don't forget the sleeking kowder!"

[nearypg]

thanks for putting this on! i've been looking for it for ages