Morecambe and Wise - Andre Previn (The full sketch)
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Uploaded by Kimota01 on Jan 22, 2011
From the 1971 Christmas Show, this is possibly the most popular Morecambe and Wise sketch of all. Included here as part of an educational article on writers and timing.
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i love this !!!!
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Thanks for sharing
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Andre Previn is actually a great comedian
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I think this is Timeless comedy.
Genius
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Certainly Morcambe's timing is spot on here. He's playing the audience like an instrument!
Part of the comedic genius of this is Previn himself. His public persona at the time wouldn't put him in this sketch, but clearly, he's a consummate professional. Apparently, there was no time for rehearsal, he learnt the script on a flight from New York and the entire thing was done in one take. Extraordinary.
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@Supervideodrome Thanks a bunch!
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@avatarnarutochuck Ernie: Well, ha ha (Ernie laughs nervously) what do you know - a telegram.
Privit: A telegram?
Ernie: Yes a telegram. Oh dearie me! Yes, yes. It's from Yehudi. He says he can't come. Oh isn't that a shame? "Dear boys, can't make it tonight on your show. Opening at the Argyle Theatre in Birkenhead in Old King Cole".
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@Supervideodrome that website would have been so useful if it hadn't "disappeared." My friend is constantly humming tunes asking if i know what it is because she can't remember.
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Can anyone tell me what's written on the telegram? I can't seem to catch the line after "opening of..."
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I've seen this so many times before, and never noticed that Eric keeps calling him 'Privet' and then Previn calls himself 'Privet'. Amazing the little things you notice. These boys are amazing, R.I.P. the one with the glasses and the one with the short fat hairy legs.
Rosee2807 2 months ago 12
@Rosee2807 I know! There are so many gags crammed into just a few minutes - small gags, big gags, in jokes, slap stick, wordplay, innuendo etc - that you have to watch closely or repeatedly to catch them all. Like finding easter eggs.
It's a master class in comedy writing and performance - and a lesson in why one without the other is only half finished. Why can't comedy writers today write with that same rate of gags per second?
Kimota01 2 months ago 11