Peter Cook on Clive James

[gallaghim]

Cool. I pass the Melbourne Zoo every day by the train and been there a few times, pleasant to know i may have walked on the same steps as the great Peter Cook. :)

[TheJester1962]

Best anecdote about the human condition ever ... It would've made Andre Malraux wet his pantalon. CJ & BH are very witty men in their own right, but mere toddlers beside Peter Cook's towering genius. RIP, Last of the Great Jesters!

[flyya531]

A great comic,sad he drunk himself to death.

[markadamdavies]

Peter Cook didn't drink himself to death, he died whilst drinking.

Why is it sad anyway you sanctimonious tart? I can think of no more noble way to go, better to die funny and pissed than never to have been funny at all.

[tegmills]

what a line ,cheers mate!!

[Broomehall]

@markadamdavies Well said dear boy!

[baconsplace]

class act very funny

[ProjectFlashlight612]

Ya know the worst job I ever 'ad? Pulling lobsters out of Jayne Mansfield's arsehole.

[Johnzoil]

Is it Aussie broadcast?

[jerrymander]

No. It's UK. Almost certainly 'Saturday Night Clive.'

[nedoflanders2]

Actually this is from Clive's Channel 4 show 'The Late Clive James' - which ran from 1983 to 1987. Like James' next series 'Saturday Night Clive', Peter Cook made many legendary appearances.

[chelseabornboy]

all of you posters are pathetic idiots swearing like little children yearning attention

[scaresdale]

I Think there references to derek and clive, or was Peter cook & dud moor. "little children yearning attention?. " ...I Think he's probably a CUNT (another)

[chelseabornboy]

yes. you're probably right.

[hoopesk2]

troll

[AndrewJimScott]

@hoopesk2 ?

[MightyMiguel]

provocative fucker. what a fucking cunt!

[Breeslave]

Peter Cook was British Comedy from the 60's to the 90's. I miss the fucker very much he made me laugh.

[maddogsmuck]

I miss the cunt too, he made me feel alive

[stonedinsect]

Barry Humphries looks like a homosexual Adolf Hitler

[gazeff]

It's amazing how similar Humphries is to Dame Edna Everage. Does anyone think they're related. By birth even ?

[bluesboypete]

Barry is Edna's illegitamate son.

[nedoflanders2]

Barry Humphries is Dame Edna Everage! Was this sarcasm?

[ImYourLastResort]

FAIL!  :-P

[Rosinante1212]

Is anyone else frightened by 00.16?

Looks a lot like Nicholson in The Shining.

[unclepg]

I actually like Clive James's expression at 0.16 It's like he's trying (but failing) to assume a totally straight face for what's about to come from Cook

[shame69]

The fucking punchline's missing!

[jerrymander]

Well that's all that was broadcast. As you can see it moves onto the next clip. I have not edited the end of it.

[shame69]

I'm not blaming you - sorry to give that impression. The topic was what would be their dream jobs: BH said he'd like to be a guard in a rarely-attended art gallery. PC's platypus tale was a glorious lead-up to the zookeeper who poked the platypus with a stick & shouted 'GET OUT!" PC: 'His job looked a bit too strenuous for me, but I wouldn't mind being his supervisor.'

[jerrymander]

Ah, I see. in which case, the buggers had no rght (or good reason)to meddle with it.

[switzerlicious]

00:16-looks like he's ready to eat!

[channel537]

Peter Cook and Barry Humphries, possibly the two greatest improvisational geniuses of all time. Interviewed by a mediocre hack.

[iamanatullah]

That "mediocre hack" is one of the funniest writers alive. Real mediocrities like to snipe at the talented.

[grahamfrew]

Well that certainly put me in my place!

[channel537]

Damn!! lol, was using wrong name.

[bonnardo]

Be Completely Quiet!~ SHHHH!

Genius.

[SlugThumper]

Sorely missed. Hard to believe there was a day when most comedians weren't twats like today.

[unirover]

Anybody who has ever "seen" a platypys at a zoo can relate to this perfectly told account.

[ISB]

date? thanks.

[shame69]

1987.

[grantfan7]

At least three Lennon NOBA appearances are readily available here on You Tube!

[isherwood]

It continues with some footage of Sir Les Patterson - any chance you can upload that? Please!!

[djc1970]

Fantastic, thanks 4 posting :-)

[tsunami1909]

Cook is a legend =]

[jerrymander]

Yes. It's a pity legendary demands a dead status.

What would he make of the sorry state of now, I wonder?

[ashtonkfan]

Such a huge talent, what a shame he and Dudly died so young and didn't have as great a success as they deserved.

[jerrymander]

All we need now is for Yoko ono to give permission for the Lennon appearances in Not only But Also to be made available.

[MrsPraline]

Thank you for uploading - Peter Cook was brilliant.

[jerrymander]

My pleasure. The more Cook out there, the better.

[Stezzer]

I think it's Clive James. Sorry to be pedantic. Great clip, imagine smoking on TV in these politically correct days. Peter Cook is hilarious, thanks for this.