Peter Cook & Dudley Moore - the "One-Legged Tarzan" sketch - '89
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2010
- A reprise of their classic Sixties routine (I'm surprised the audience didn't shout out as one - "...neither have you!" - at the requisite point) from one of the Secret Policeman's Balls.
- Komedie
my favorite part of this sketch is "i have nothing against your right leg.....
the trouble is.... neither have you."
Single best line from any sketch!
brilliant
An earlier version of this routine when they were with another comedy troupe ended with Moore leaving and a standard, two-legged actor arriving, Cook consulting his notes, and saying "So, I understand you're here to audition for the role of Long John Silver."
Now that is classic.
That goofy, gormless expression on Dudley's face just KILLS me....
"Tarzan, a role normally associated with a two-legged artiste" ... golden!
“A role for which two legs would seem to be the minimum requirement.”
So simple yet so funny, bless them both.
That is pure discrimination of all the one legged people out there, crashing their hope of ever become tarzan 😂😂😂
Excellent upload, we should be proud of these British comedy greats.
What a polite way to say you don't have the qualities we need.
Every HR department needs to see this.
“I have nothing against your right leg. The trouble is neither have you”. That’s comedic royalty if there is such a term.
YES IT IS F 3@CKING PRICELESS , OH PRICELESS , I MEET HIM ONCE BACKSTAGE AFTER A PERFORMANCE ,,WHAT A JOY THAT WAS , DUDLEY WAS VERY DONW TO EARTH & HUMBLE DISPITE HIS IMENCENCE TALENT
How fabulous they were together, sadly missed 🇬🇧
"So; there is hope." I almost died.
Brilliantly played out, a comedy sketch never to forget. 😄👍
Wot a loss to the world, these two brilliant comedians.
Extremely rare to see Peter Cook corpsing.
You can’t buy chemistry like this.
Great sketch. I must commit some of these classic lines to memory, for use with clearly deficient interview candidates in the future
I'm always Bedazzled when I watch these two :))
hehe, I see what you did there!
@@MrKapeji I'll blow you a Raspberry LOL 😂
“The ravens” is my favorite skit of theirs and has become synonyms in my family with any exercise in futility.
Peter Cook's wordplay was pure genius.
Minimum requirement………absolutely brilliant!
Who didn't like Pete and Dud? Classic humour!
Me. 🥱
I was more of a Derek and Clive fan myself.
@@richardmillward3898 Edgy.
@@richardmillward3898 ha ha..Jane Mansfield crabs 😂
The absurdity and clever dialogue that Python would inherit.
This is one of my favorite sketches!
the epitome of english silliness and politeness
I had the great privilege of performing this routine on stage in 1990 for a local production of "Beyond the Fringe". I was the one legged chap and the audience appreciated the humor just as much as in this video.
I have nothing against your right leg…….. but neither have you. Wonderful!
I saw them on Broadway. I still quote the "I always wanted to be a judge."
I was half waiting for him to have his right arm missing too, lol.
Great sketch and both are missed but not forgotten!
John, Australia.
PS: My first view of this Sketch. They are also great in Derick and Clive.
Hi John I just read your description. Talking about your father and his wisdom. There is so much in that. The skit was brilliant but not nearly as brilliant as your father‘s wisdom, sincerely
@@EvanGrambas Thank you, however my Mother is also responsible for who I am today. Cheers Evan from John.
Me too! Would have been even funnier!
@@joandar1 Neat... Enjoy teaching yourself all those "myths of slavery" you've got at the top of your saved playlist, there. We truly owe your parents a debt. 🙄
@@BryceLK Thank you for your opinion about my Parents and my playlist as you say it. I do not hide my likes and dislikes like you do as I don't have anything to hide!
I looked at your channel and found nothing, makes me wonder what you are hiding. Have a nice day, Cheers from John.
Two Comedy Legends, God Bless Pete & Dud, XXXX
It goes over a lot of heads 👏👏🥂😁
Dudley Moore's Arthur is still my second favorite romantic comedy of all time. RIP
A masterclass in breaking bad news with a positive spin. Peter could fire me anytime.
A totally brilliant sketch - Peter Cook is so funny!
Absolutely hilarious!
Its Saturday night snd i am up for a laugh . This does nicely
Their best sketch
Dudley could've easily played a two legged person, had he only had one leg! Miss him terribly!
Well done indeed. " A uni-dexter." hahah
Funny how this has come to the real world , for some people who can’t see the irony
Love the rare corpse from Peter (onwards from 02:50). Usually Dud (as we all should know).
"Spiggot by name, Spiggot by nature!"
Saw them perform this in Chicago on tour with “Good Evening” in the 70s, and met them after whereupon they signed my program. It’s a prized possession as I don’t see much signed by them out there.
it was usually Dudley Moore who suffered "corpsing" made a change to see Peter Cook trying to suppres a laugh sorely missed those two 😀
Absolute genius
Great sketch
Pete & Dud (for the hard of hearing was also called Derek & Clive..were matters of the four letter word kind and of wicked teenage minds). They did have some clean fun and humour..this sketch was just one of them.
"What was the worst job you ever had....?" "Well, it was to do with lobsters"
And Jayne Mansfield as I recall.
When I began watching these two guys in 2002 I suddenly realized where Monty Python had some of their crazy humour from ....
check out "the goons" 🙂
John Cleese and Peter Cook were good friends in real life, there was as huge boom in satirical comedy in the 1950s and 1960s.
Indeed....all modern English comedy..Python...Peter Cook...Not the nine o'clock news etc...is descended from the wonderful "Goon show" ..Spike Milligan..Peter Sellers...Harry Secombe (and Michael Bentine in the beginnjng). Have a listen to those radio shows...magic.
Yip and they were funnier or perhaps fresher as apart from the goons humour was differant before them
@@davidevans3227 most definitely.....and not the ones at No10 might I add 👍🏼😜
The sketch was originally written in 1960 for the Kenneth Williams revue 'One over the Eight', Kenneth played the agent. & Lance Percival was Mr Spigot.
jrgboy didn’t know that...thank you!
i wonder if its available??
@@davidevans3227 A CD of One Over The Eight is available ..
@@jrgboy hi! gosh, thankyou 🙂
..and i just had a look on Amazon and there is one left!
"Nothing wrong with a one-legged Tarzan." !!
Well hopfully!
Pull the other one.....
Great comedy team.
You could tell that in these later appearances Peter loved doing these sketches with Dudley Moore.
Comedy at its best
If the BBC were to cast Tarzan now there's every chance he would be a "unidexter"
"HE"?
A transexual unidexter of colour no doubt.
When's the next Dr Who due to manifest.......?
Genius
I have nothing against.... probably one of the best comic lines of all time?
I am fortunate in having ( wait for it ) the 12"L.P of Dudley Moores piano performance , yes still have a turntable !
This seems very reminiscent of Douglas Adams' Kamikaze sketch, which I have only heard on a CD, as well as (with a different punchline) read in Neil Gaiman's Don't Panic.
Spigott was the name they used for Pete in Bedazzled
With Raquel Welch as Lilian Lust, the babe with the bust!
Definitely up there with ‘ four candles’
Haha I agree with you If I was there I would recite the entire sketch!
Great quality!
Absolute Perfection
@JayGOS117 They may have had their ups and downs (all partnerships do) but they were never ACRIMONIOUS. Dud just fell in love with L.A. and Pete didn't. He gave it a TRY (as a butler in a sitcom - loosely, the U.S. version of "Two's Company" - and as Joan Rivers' side-kick on the Tonight Show) but he never warmed to it. Thus their paths in life diverged. But they were often reunited socially - just not so often, professionally.
O what a beautiful English he speaks!
Bob Odenkirk and Howard Stern mentioned this during Bob's interview on Howard. 02/28/2022
CLASSIC...LMAO❤❤
UNIDEXTER wow love it
These days he would get the role straight away !
With a little boot polish on his face perhaps. Oops ;)
CLASS
Bloody Gretta Garbo...
How many silly ways can you say the same thing?
One of the British classics.
No grounds for denying him the job today!
I'm not sure why a one-legged man could not play Tarzan. After all Tarzan swings through the trees using his arms. It would be easy to write a script where he never needs to come down to the ground, or if necessary, he could walk on his hands. I could also see Tarzan with a prosthetic leg, but with a hand on the end, so he could swing through the trees three-handed.
I auditioned for the US Navy with one ear and got in, so hey why not?
I remember seeing the *original show* in an Off-Broadway theater in the early 60s. I was about 15 and my brother about 13. The name of the show was “Good Evening” and my brother and I - to this day - act out this sketch. The scene depicted in this clip has been edited to leave out what I think is the funniest line. I cannot quote it word for word, but Peter Cook *says* to Dudley Moore, “You seem to be perfect for the role of Tarzan, except you have one leg too few!”
If indeed you did see this sketch being performed in the early 1960's you would have seen it in "Beyond The Fringe" and not "Good Evening" . That was about a decade later.
Ps. Nothing has been edited out . Pete and Dud were known for doing various variations of the same sketches.
There are very very very very few good comedy sketches that are considered the best of all time and this happens to be one of them along side
Monty Python - Parrot Shop
Victoria Wood - Two Soups
Goodness Gracious Me - Going for an English
At Last the1948 show - Four Yorkshiremen
Two Ronnies - Fork Candles
Abbot and Costello - Who’s on First
Bob Newhart - The Driving Instructor
Billy Connolly - The Crucifixion
Rowan Atkinson - Toby The Devil
Morecambe and Wise - The Stripper
I used to have their vinyl record, it was hilarious! Save the whale... whales? what have they done for us?
In todays mad world....he'd probably get the job!!
Many a true word...........
"I've nothing against your leg.."
whether it be Pete n Dud or Derek and Clive they were the best.
I love that line "You get to know these things ALMOST instinctively" . It 's like
Galton and Simpsons bit in Hancock "A pint? Why that's very nearly an arm ful".
Sad that Moore's health deteriorated so quickly just a few years after this, to where he could barely walk, among other things...
Apparently he used to beg Peter Cook not to include this sketch in their shows because of the strain it put on his knee, but Cook always insisted on performing it. It's one of the reasons they fell out so badly.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 It was his clubbed left foot that stopped him using anything but the right leg. It was reported as being a serious health problem, with persistent "water on the knee" syndrome that lasted for years.
@@dnomyarnostaw Ah, that's right. It's quite a while since I saw the programme that discussed this. I remember he had a club foot, but forgot that had caused the knee problem in the first place. Cook knew all that but still insisted that Moore did the hopping.
I actually saw him walking around about two months before his untimely death. He is interred in our local Hillside cemetery in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Pete.
The sketch cut off before he starts looking for someone to play Long John Silver.
So. Brilliant
What would Chesterton think of this‽
'a legless män' hahaha
wot a crack-up, gone 2 early
So simple slapstick but so so funny
"almost immediately"
derek and clive records i will treasure
In 2022 they would be arrested for discrimination ,brilliant comedy ,didn’t think the world could get madder
Clearly you do not know their history. Their Derrick and Clive tapes were made illegal in many countries including the United Kingdom. They also were both wanted for public indecency. That was the 1970s.
@@troystaunton254 Yeah I feel like posting the link to Soul Time or Guinness Book of Records LOL.
That should 'edify' him.
How does one get arrested for discrimination, exactly? This doesn't seem like hate speech, if you're relating it to specific UK laws, maybe. If you're reaching for a, "oh, people are so sensitive these days!" kind of thing, you just sound dumb.
The sad thing is that in todays world refusing to employ a unidexter due to his missing leg would be illegal.
Nowadays, people would be offended by this and raise all kinds of fuss about it. As an amputee, I find this sketch hilarious!
Ah well nowadays he can identify as a two legged person
it's called One leg too few.....not One legged tarzan sketch
@JayGOS117 No, that's okay. (If you do, my reply will make no sense - and others may also have thought their split was acrimonious - thus retaining my reply will hopefully allay their fears). Cheers, Jay.
You know what... it's 2022 and there would be a mob of screaming SWJs if this were performed today.
In the original sketch Dud said …nowhere in the book did it say Tarzan had two legs.
I was waiting for that line?
a unidexter
:3
i believe he wrote this when he was 17.wasnt he voted by comedians as worlds greatest comedian?
Still hope ....lol haha 😄