Dudley Moore

[henry1234532]

I know you guys probably won't believe this... But Dudly was my 3rd cousin - R.I.P <3

[90Einstein]

Can anybody pls give me the text, i don´t understand it here. Thanks

[BlueCougar]

Someone was chanelling Fischer-Dieskau here...

[TAfan2]

Hahaha, I'm dying here!! xDDD

[19tc85]

HA, I love how the audience laughed when the guy said, "And now, Dudley Moore continues to play with himself".

[tusculum30]

Wow! That is all i can say. What a creative and brilliant man.

[alexninko]

he also had a great voice too

[canzo0378]

This is like Erlkonig fast forward x 4....

[WoodedOwl]

You are really missed you short bastard. You were supposed to entertain us at least another 10+ years rather then six feet under.

[Blouchenob]

I'll explain a bit for everyone. The piece is actually a duet. He is singing the parts for the tenor and the soprano. It is excellently done.

Information read in the Complete Beyond the fringe.

[cujagu]

This is seriously the most annoying shit I have ever heard.

[freqeist]

@cujagu you honestly have no idea.

[cujagu]

@freqeist I completely agree. I don't think this is remotely funny or entertaining. I recognize that he has talent, but this just sounds horrible to me.  I guess I am just some ignorant slob cretin redneck hillbilly with no taste for high culture such as this.

[freqeist]

@cujagu ok, fair answer.

[BlueCougar]

@cujagu I think you are right with your self-assessment.

[otherjoe1234]

it's like a musical spaz attack!

[tomtknox]

Genius.................

[Catherinearmant]

WOAH ! It takes great

Talent and Dexterity to pull that one out !

[rorschach18]

lmao this takes me back to studying schubert for music a levels.

[Maestrojosh87]

My favorite part: 0:44

"Mein is a veine, mein is a gut..." - how does he do that?

No need to respond, that was rhetorical.

[dcspc]

how the hell did you hear that? i can't make out half of what he was singing...could you type out the lyrics please?

[Maestrojosh87]

Ich meine Hunste far die Flabbergast, Und Swein-Hunds divein hein Heinst. Mein is eine veine, is meine, Mein is eine veine, is meine, Mein is eine-- AAAAH!! Ich meine swein, ach is mein is mein is mein is mein is mein-- ACH!! Ich meine Hunste, &c. Mein is a veine, mein is a gut Mein is a veine, mein is a gut Ich mein ich vein, mein is a veine, mein is a gut Mein is a veine, mein is a gut Ich mein ich vein ich mein ich mit ein mit ein mit ein mit ein mit--Ah--Arrr!!! (Growl)

[TasmiaMallor]

So...that's where Andy Kaufman got his bongo-playing-arguing-foreigne­rs bit from!!! Loved Dudley Moore...a true original!

[waerfwe]

what a great talent!!!!!wow!!!!!incredible!

[shortyu251]

He had such incredible talent. God rest you Dudley.

[dedpoets]

Wow Dudley looked like Mr.Bean

[scottyschumann18]

check out benjamin britten, he REALLY does look like mr bean!

[flightinstructori]

Yes!

[ragnarkisten]

continues to play with himself! Oh my god thats funny!

[SparrowisSexy]

An insane talent.

[maggiepacific]

What a joy! He was the greatest ever - greatly missed Dud.....

[LetItBe920]

"And now, Dudley Moore continues to play with himself..."

Absolutely brilliant.

[delicateblu]

God rest you, Dudley. Jeez, you were an incredible talent!

[1189wanado]

so genius-so missed,loved the man loving his legacy.

[54spiritedwill54]

hahaa thanks so much for all this!

[hilarioph]

Now he is in heavens he be love

to his fans including to his piano.

Good bye Dudley Moore :(

[WelshSaddler]

After several viewings of this clip, I've only just noticed that he manages to play the whole thing without once actually looking at the keyboard. It's not an easy piece to play, but he does it while looking at the audience the whole time. A wonderful, wonderful man, greatly missed.

[dudleysjmoore]

I just now noticed that, too! I glanced at the comments after watching again and saw yours. Then I watched it again, lol!

[oldeworlde]

@WelshSaddler Are you sure this is 'a piece' ? To me, it sounds a lot more like an excellent parody of "Erlkönig" (D.328), the actual piece by the actual Schubert... ;-)

[WelshSaddler]

@oldeworlde Hi... you are correct, in that it is a parody of Schubert's "Erlkonig". When I refer to it as "a piece" I meant it in the sense of "a piece written by Dudley Moore" (I can not explain adequately in French - sorry!!). Similarly, I would describe his parody of the "Colonel Bogey" march in the style of Beethoven as a "piece" - a piece of music written by Dudley Moore. Take care ;-) and (.)(.) !!!

[TenStoryLoveSong]

@WelshSaddler But nothing compared to Peter Cook

[CloudCucku]

hugely underrated - my favourite pianist of all time

[jimlagos]

Very talented and accomplished performer, in everything he did.

[queeniefox]

Does anyone have 'Little Miss Britain' from the same revue? It used to be up but no more alas!

[BritHumour]

Yep, I've uploaded it.

[ipmoic]

More important than practice was his wonderful sense of the ridiculous. Serious classical musicians rolled in the aisles at "On The Fringe". A wonderful, sweet man.

[das81]

quite impresive!

many hours of practise surely :)

[SageDerby24]

Superb musician - saw him live in Beyond the Fringe - never forgotten this amazing man!

Sadly missed.

[Pianoman1770]

lol!!!! he is sooo funny!!

[FactsMachine]

To think this man had such immense amounts of talent and yet such a small frame... and there were people in his life who judged him for his stature, but I think clips like this show everyone out there there is not, was not and never will be anyone like Dudley. Pure genious... R.I.P

[Rickdownunder28]

You are not funny! You suck! Go hpme! nitwit!

[KyotoMelody]

I adore! Thanks for sharing.

[chaseef]

Hilarious!! i had never heard of dudley moore before this. i would also love to buy a DVD of this performance

[hanneloremuyllaert]

hilarious! :-)) ... is there a dvd with his sketches available on the "market"?

[ElliotYamile]

Wooooooooooooooooooooow I love him, Live good in other live. Bravo. Thanks for the momento,.

[Pimblit]

I would've loved to have met him. Poor man, not being able to play the piano near the end of his life must have contributed to his sorrow and pain. Rest in peace, Mr. Dudley Moore. I hope there's an immense crowd watching you play.

[TenStoryLoveSong]

@Pimblit More likely that worms are waiting for him! You crazy crazy person! lol

[griglager]

Ich meine Hunste far die Flabbergast Und Swein-Hunds divein hein Heinst Mein is eine veine, is meine, Mein is eine veine, is meine, Mein is eine-Ah! (screech) Ich meine swein, ach is mein is mein is mein is mein is mein- Ach! Mein is a veine, mein is a vein, Mein is a veine, mein is a vein, Ich mein ich vein, mein is a vein, Ich mein ich mit ein mit ein, Mit ein mit ein mit ein mit ein Mit ein mit ein mit- Ah- Aaar (Growl.)!

[Pianoplayer002]

Translation to English, please, please :D

[griglager]

Actualy it's mostly gibberish...like Python's funniest joke in the world ;)

and he says "it's mine" over and over (is meine)

[harkerlana]

What happened?

Did he rape you when you were a child or something?

[alexkonow]

ahaha

[oOIchigoVodkaOo]

he's great o_o really awesome and funny^-^

well...

..

but i don't understand a word XDD

he could be the one who sing the weird little bird from "the three caballeros" XDD

[siamartists]

Thank you for sharing! Great clip. Moore is quite a genious in Musial comedy.

[keepthemusicplaying0]

ROFLOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[amico78]

where are the other sophisticated parodies of dudley moore? doing kurt weil or a french romance, i need them, please!!!

[KyotoMelody]

hahaa thanks so much for all this! Thanks

[tchebinai71]

what a .... voice !!???

[Joachim010]

Whahahhaahaha, very good!

[pcoldham]

hahahahahhahahaha. that's my comments. by the way, this is also very much a parody of schubert's song 'death and the maiden' where the actor/singer has to alternate between twiddly screeching and growly menacing.

[Bozpot]

Utterly brilliant. He is so cute too.

[ThunderAppeal]

Hillarious and sublime. Brilliant

[magicflute17]

interesting ...

[chriscrane91]

kind of, yes...

[Gonciustube]

Brilliant

[martingrebing]

wow, this is probably the most underappreciated snippet of Mr. Moore's career but one of the most brilliant. RIP, he was a completely incredible person.

[gbushimprov]

De flaberghast.. Wish Dud was still alive. ;(

[xpeson9]

what peter says about the name?, whats the title of the song, i cant undersatnd really good waht he says. somebody could tell me please

[BENNIEBONGO]

This is a joke about the wellknown Schubert song Erlkonig.

[ozruby]

BTW, that's Jonathan Moore doing the intro. He was another member of the Beyond the Fringe group, along with Dudley, Peter Cook and Alan Bennett. This is from their stage show performed, I think, on Broadway in New York in 1962.

[xistr]

Jonathan Miller, actually.

[ozruby]

oops... Right! I meant Johathan Miller.

[marredsun]

Brilliant.

[vickersman]

kidding aside(and that's a big aside lol) I actually think that with some training D.M. probably had a potentially pretty good voice.

[sadbaaa]

hahaahahaahhaha AMAZING!

[Weillfanatic]

Someone PLEASE put the Kurt Weill one back up!!

[northwest500]

Bravo cuddly dudley.

[jezza264]

You are SO right, Gruntol5. What is wrong with these people? It probably helps if a) you are English b) you understand and appreciate the source/inspiration for this musical parody c) you get your head out of your arse.

[Bidooshram]

Very funny, but is he really singing or is he just playbacking?

[Gruntol5]

Great piece of Dudley Moore comedy, but what a bunch of inane comments & discussion on the subject!

[langlois1]

It's a parody of Erlkönig - not only of the repeated octaves, but of the several dramatis personae portrayed by one singer in the song. Quite clever.

[monster0129]

But of course! Why didn't I see it before. Very ashamed, seeing that I have actually sung Erlkonig and attempted to play the Ernst version on the violin (unsuccessfully). IT IS very clever. Thank you for pointing it out.

[Hypocrite333]

well, I didn't really get the joke without explaning, so it doesn't matter, that you don't laugh after explanation. Anyway I don't think this joke is easy to understand, if English is not your mother tongue, or if you aren't that familiar with Classical Music. Kinda intellectual joke, but I like it, it's sort of contrast to that dull comedy today.

[weikko79]

The joke is, obviously, that there really isn't a joke at all - it's just a bunch of nonsense. If you're looking for a joke in the sense of "punch line - funny", you're lost from the very beginning. Obviously you gain a lot if you know about the peculiarities of Schubert's style and the meaning of the word "flabbergasted", but the bit is pretty funny even without that knowlodge. If you can't see it, too bad for you.

[Hypocrite333]

of course I laughed, due to the funny way he played it and to his mimic, but I didn't get the sense behind it. At least there's no sense in discussing this any longer, I got an explanation and it's over now, don't exaggerate.

[danielhewson]

I'm English, I've heard of schubert but not the poem, I don't understand a single word Dudley is singing but I find it hilarious.

[Hypocrite333]

well, I am German, but I actually do not recognise any connection between the title "die Flabbergast" and Schubert or Heine... where's the point? Is he making fun of the German language? or whats the point? the only thing I can find is the verb "to flabbergast"...

[brainjammers]

Und sie sieht mich Flabbergasten. Zitternd vor des Freunds Verlangen Springt sie auf, da flieg ich ferne. "Liebster, komm, ihn einzufangen! Komm! ich hätt es gar zu gerne, Gern das kleine bunte Ding.

Natürlich beseelte dieses Gedicht Schubert an. Aber lieder er stellte es nie auf Lied ein. Sie wurde Herrn Moore überlassen, um des Dichters durchzuführen überragender Anblick.

[bsartist]

You're seriously missing the point. The music is meant to be a parody of Schubert's style (ex. the manic right hand accompaniment like in Erlkönig or Ungeduld), and the word Flabbergasted, in English, has somewhat humorous connotations, meaning to be dumbfounded or befuddled. It also sounds somewhat "German," hence the joke.

[ulyssesjj]

bsartist explains it well, but I think you have to take into consideration too that if satire or parody needs explaining the joke is lost anyway

[amonnar]

Funny! "Play with himself"!

[auspete]

Die Flabbergast... just fantastic, I remember seeing this as a kid and it's just as funny all these decades later. Jonathan Miller there doing the introduction.

[alkanian]

just ridiculous, unbelieveable, out of this world! in other words... WOW

[debchik]

Absolutely amazing! Dudley Moore was a GREAT genius. That word is bandied about far too much these days but Moore truly deserves it, and a whole lot more!!!

[davidjohnpurcell]

i think i might actually just give up ever performing music in any way ever again after seeing this. ridiculously good.

[kayserben]

this is awesome, genius

[hedgewytche]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!!!! What more can one say about Dudley Moore. Thank you martusgroso for this fantastic video!

[kayserben]

HAHA this is great! so clever! thanks for posting. where did you get the video from?!

[ricaard]

rock-n-flabber'n-roll!!

[zongorista]

It's fantastic!

It's brilliant!

I can't found correct words!

[bintheretutu]

Flabberghasting!

[notyobs]

Brilliant, just brilliant, thanks.

[TheRealmsOfGold]

This guy rivals Victor Borge in musical brilliance. "Little Miss Britten" is a riot and so is this. Can't get enough of him -- thanks for posting!

[ellandelachapelle]

Yes but Borge didn´t do his OWN parodies. That´s why Moore is such a genius. I want to see MORE of MOORE! Greetings from Swedish music critic

[zloticzko]

Absolutely brilliant! And such virtuosity! Thanks for posting this.