Eric's paper bag trick

[DeleteWhoIAm]

Now I know the trick, I can't look at it in the same way anymore ...

[MidgetBuddie]

LMAO! My cats laying on the bed next to me watching this! :)

[jpjpd]

will you stop playing with that bag?! what are you talking about thats a fella there...

brilliant

[tykelad72]

Funniest bloke that ever lived, RIP Eric, a true comedy genius

[MidgetBuddie]

I know how to do the paper bag trick :) My dad taught me when i was little.

[ThePaudybyrne]

@MidgetBuddie how do u do it.................

[MidgetBuddie]

@ThePaudybyrne well, i dont know if its the 'correct' way, but i hold the bag with my writing hand, and put my index and fourth finger inside the bag whilst the middle finger is behind the bag so i can then use my middle finger and thumb to flick the bag whilst holding it in the same hand so it makes the noise..... If that makes any sense :L

[Insanityzz19]

Everyone at 2.00 i cant stop laughing



[Insanityzz19]

Everyon at 2.00 i cant stop luaghing

[iimdudits07]

there are a few different ways to do this trick

[TVloverXx]

I had lost of fun with this last night.. see, i can do the paper bag trick quite well and i showed it to my brother and, honestly, for about half an hour is kept checking in the bag and in my hand and he kept saying: "i know you have a penny, theres no other way of you doing that!" My god i laughed so hard, bless him:')

[jack13298]

Its old but it is still hilarious!!! Watched it over and over again!!!

[CaptainAndyman]

"As designed by Adolf Hitler." XD

[bluejamie1975]

Masters of their trade at the top of their game. Genius, absolute genius!

[zaygezunt]

It may be very simple for Eric - as he says - but David Frost proves that it takes skill and comic timing to make this gag work when he fails at it. Ohhhh, Eric and Ernie, echoes of a simpler, funnier era when you were at the top, where you belong.

[FearlessRLC96]

Laughing at these two is going to kill me one day :L I laugh so much that i can't breathe

[DeepSnowBand]

did he really wear a wig??

[zaygezunt]

@DeepSnowBand - Nah! It was just a good long-running gag.

[dharmaseed]

"Im sorry! I didn't realize! I though ya had the best one on!" LOL

[1999paramorefan]

Ha ha sow funny!!!!

[RandyRedCactus]

What is the obsession with telling people your age when explaining that you like these videos? I'm not attemtpting to make a comical observation or trying to ridicule these people, I just don't get why they do it, seriously, someone explain the reason behind it.

[cyberman360]

@RandyRedCactus These people tend to post these comments to try and break that classic stereotype of young people always listening to Rap Music, Heavy Metal and just being generally Scary. By telling everyone that there are some teenagers who enjoy breaking away from what everyone expects them to be and laughing at what THEY find funny instead of whats popular.

[RandyRedCactus]

@cyberman360 Wow, how can anyone be so insecure about they're own feelings towards something function correctly, unless they are doing it for an ego-tistical purpose, "I'm not on the band-wagon" but ironically end up on the band-wagon of not trying to be on a band-wagon...I hate my generation -_-

[TVloverXx]

@RandyRedCactus basically to show that people still love eric and ernie no matter what their age is. I'm 16 and adore them and people, like myself, are proud of that and want people to know that. They want people to know that you dont have to have been born when morecambe and wise were around to love them. I kinda shows they live on and new people are still discovering them every day.

[lycanwichmark21]

I'm only 16 but I've known how to do the bag trick since I was about 10 or 11, me and my friends used to sit in the lunch hall and do it with peoples' crisp packets. By the way what concert is this from and is it up on YouTube anywhere if it int can someone please post it... XD

[Jonnyx2376]

damn it arthur has escaped again

[rufusizgr8]

On every video they usually have zero or one dislike :) everyone loves morecombe and wise :)

[zionravescene]

Ernie trying to sing his song while Eric does what comes naturally.... this is what comedy is all about.

[chunkyparkin]

i`m 40 and this never gets old,comedy gold at its best

[SuzyTurquoiseBlue]

are they impersonating laurel and hardy? theyre very good:D

[CMakaveli91]

You can see how he does it at 3:00 , he just simply snaps his fingers and the noise is created with the fact that its a paper bag.

[jnb432]

Eric's paper bag trick never gets old!

Just a brilliant demonstration of pure comedy

[Feisty1967]

Sheer brilliance, we will never see their like again.

[Purplefizzgirl]

How many people, after watching this, ran to find a paper bag?

[darius595]

English humor...some of it doesn't translate well to North American audiences.

[BluntAnim]

not now arthur! HAHAHAH

[trogdor94]

Will you stop playing with that bag!!!

What re you talkin about that's a fella!!!

XD omg these guys were the best!! I'm only 15 and even I love this humour!!! God I wish Eric was still alive I've been practicing the bag trick ever since I saw it about 7 months ago!!

[speedoy2k]

only eric morcombe could make a prop, not even worth a penny, such a classic gag. GENIUS

[blackpig24601]

wonder if ant and dec can do that

[polomintsaj]

Can't beat these two comedy genius

[parkyjjb]

ooohh my god,my dad made me watch this when i was a kid and i never got,,watching it now i nearly pissed myself laffing,,,by the way the trick is done by merely holding the paper bag by the thumb and forefinger and clicking your fingers

[topliff12345]

i don't want to know how its done !

As far as i'm concerned its an invisible ball and thats that !!

[happinesscounts]

Arthur Tolcher, classic man!

[fedokosmokrator]

It's good to know how to do it properly. So many people try and can't do it right.

[Richprincess307]

hehe I've loved this sketch since I first saw it when I was 5, and I'm 12 ;) x

[3whil]

brilliant :D

[RayyM2]

Wow, that's so simple I'm suprised I didn't just see it for what it was.

[dharmaseed]

You just don't get comedy like this anymore...

Ernie: "Will you stop playing with that bag?!?"

Eric: "It's a fella, whaddya talking about?!?"

This sketch explains where Dudley Moore got his laugh...

[TheBoggartsbreakfast]

i've got that concert on tape.."will you stop playing with that bag...lmao:))"

[dharmaseed]

God, that must be wonderful...Eric and Ernie were masters. The only one who comes close nowadays is Bruce Forsyth.

[away4]

how do you d that trick?

[timra]

what is arthurs second name

[pharbi1]

i do it to the younger generation in work and it cracks em up lol

[polomintsaj]

THATS SO BRILLIANT :D

[Seamus2410]

Thanks Canned!! I laughed and cried at the same time!!!!!! these are STILL the greatest of ALL time.

[nathdan08]

did he say sooty as sooty the yellow bear

[accebernosam]

wow thats so good!

[accebernosam]

aaw...poor arthur! :(

[Sonniku99]

how do you think eric did that? did he flick the bag or something?

[bigcookie1234]

he tells u at the end!!!

[themunster]

not now arthur!

[kikii1]

wow..have you got any more of Eric & Ernie?

[CannedCarrott]

yes, i've got 5 or so dvds of Eric & Ernie. I'd rather put up something that isn't already on youtube though. (Although I have found that a few of my clips had already been uploaded)

[randomist92]

@CannedCarrott if you have this dvd please put up the clip from this special of them on ATV dancing to "bring on the ritz"