Morcambe & Wise And the Syd Lawrence Orchesta

[TheBorzoilover]

These two just had a ball when they performed,you can see it in their faces,truly great stuff.

[ZXC5000]

Superb.....TV execs of today please take note of what you should be doing not two-bob "talent" shows.

[bennyfit1]

Great band...... shame about Syd .... he was a real c..t

[DavidChrisMartyn]

Cheered me up immensely! What a routine! They don't make them like this anymore.

Thanks for posting.

[jeaniebthe1]

Ah, too clever... And what a band! -3

[yomogiwitch]

Norman Brown soloing on tenor sax, altho you can´t hear much of it for the studio laughter :-)

[tapdance86]

Yay! I actually have this routine on DVD along with their other Christmas specials from Thames...

[StavrosIII]

@tapdance86 I wondered if this was from their ITV days. I thought they were funnier then, before they switched sides to BBC.

[tapdance86]

@StavrosIII Actually, this particular routine was when M&W left BBC and went over to Thames Television. This came from one of their Christmas specials :) I haven't watched many of their ITV series (as of yet), I have purchased almost all of their BBC series and I really enjoy anything they do XD

[tapdance86]

@StavrosIII Actually, this particular routine was when M&W left BBC and went over to Thames Television. This came from one of their Christmas specials :) I haven't watched many of their ITV series (as of yet), I have purchased almost all of their BBC series and I really enjoy anything they do XD

[bobilleg74]

Brilliant!  They don't do it like that anymore.

[shakeypitt]

@bobilleg74 They could play SillyBuggers like nobody else.

[MARKMANIATT]

Dont forget my dear friend Geoff Myers on drums.Wonderfull !!

[callmeBe]

I think you're wrong--good sense of humor here, and the orchestra sounds just great. Leave it at that.

[McGeachan]

Morecambe and Wise were as funny as a cat trapped in a house fire...The Syd Lawrence Orchestra are a world-class big band. Why spoil the musicianship with these moronic music hall rejects?

[redredreds100]

you are a fucking moron

[redredreds100]

and if you cannot see the great music and humour combined i this, then you are a bigger fucking moron than i first suggested

[Slide2Fah]

Is that a young Chris Dean on lead trombone? Andy Wadsworth, Ray Wordsworth and Roger Rae on Bass?

[bassbonist]

Trombones are, Left to Right:

Andy Smith, Chris Dean, Ray Wordsworth and Bernie Bean on bass trombone. I have it on good authority that Roger Rae was never in the section when Chris Dean was in it.

[katz4995]

And that's too tall and too hairy for the Laird...

Good to see the Scrange in his heyday too.

[McGeachan]

Couldn't we have heard the world-class musicianship without the childish 'comedy' of M and W?

[GarryPlatt]

It was the M&W show. Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Previn got into the swing of it, so did the SLO thank goodness. No po-faced muscianship - good for them.

[v11ckb]

haha..Theres my dad..Norman Brown on the sax!

[170672346]

Great band. Faultless timing / brilliant comedy / Ken Kiddier cracking up ! Love it, ranks up there with the Previn sketch

[saxdadypops]

Len Moakes nearest trumpet to drummer ,who get Karate chop off Eric

Len Moakes on trumpet, Nearest to the drummer , & gets a karate chop off Eric1

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[CCJazzmen]

Yes, youre right, and also Freddy Staff right next to him.