This is interesting as it's partly a look at how the 1980s viewed the 1960s, as Peter Cook, who had a rehabilition courtesy of UK Alternative Comedy, recreates one of his famous E.L. Wisty sketches for "Saturday Live", with John Fortune as his co-star. ( http://www.vivienneclore.com/articles/John_187807_28.html ) It's more or less as he would have done it in the 1960s, but putting in front of a younger 1980s audience (Some of whom would have regarded it as a classic in the same way as we might regard Python's Parrot sketch today) gives it an interesting energy.
Also, interesting to see that John Fortune's reading an edition of The Guardian from it's pre-"Helvetica" broadsheet days.
Flows so simply out of a mind of greatness!
cookmoore 1 year ago
Ohh, how I love Peter Cook..
evolegnartsrd 2 years ago
That was briliant. Comedy at its best. I hope he won an award for that ?
etrax2000 3 years ago
i LOVE SHELLEY WINTERS REFFERENCES PLEASE PICK SOME CLIPZ FROM FILMS,
outlook98 4 years ago
Its all written down in the great book of fate, in horrible pink squidgy writing!! ha ha wot a legend!
PHILIPB1199 4 years ago 2
Monkey5000 is right! I didnt look like Peter Cook! In fact, the way he looked there, with a shadow cast over the eyes, made the sketch seem quite sinister, until John Fortune started hitting him over the head with the newspaper. Still a classic sketch though and, seemingly, more realistic than others I have seen. Probably because Cookie went off at less of a tangent than usual.
BelatedCommiseration 5 years ago
thanks... ps: i was winstons bogey
feedmecoolshit 5 years ago
As a fan, i found that riveting. I thought that Wisty didn't look like Cookie at all, in some parts. I've seen him take that sketch much further, which makes me wonder his genius even more. Christ I miss him. Thanks
monkey5000 5 years ago