Morecambe and Wise - Boom Oo Yata-Ta-Ta

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  • čas přidán 11. 09. 2009
  • A classic routine, broadcast on the 18th August 1962 on ATV in their TV series Two of a Kind. This is an old VHS rip, if you want it crisp and fabulous-looking, please buy the DVD!
    This first series is now released on DVD. Please buy it from Amazon or similar and maybe Network will put out the other few series(es) they did for ATV before they signed to the BBC. It would probably be worthwhile if you email Network DVD too. These should be available for purchase, dammit!
    (Thank you Network for doing the first series at least!)
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Komentáře • 282

  • @gaysy1st
    @gaysy1st Před 2 lety +45

    My Dad sang this often, usually to the Great Grandkids to make them laugh. I've even got a video of him, aged 93, dancing around the garden & singing it. He passed 2 weeks ago, aged 95 & we're thinking of including it somewhere at his funeral.

    • @Cyndithia68
      @Cyndithia68 Před rokem +2

      Hope you did. I’m guessing he would be love it.

    • @stephenguppy7882
      @stephenguppy7882 Před rokem

      Well when my partner died we had Bring Me Sunshine and it was very well received. I hope you were able to have this for your arrangements.

  • @johnfellows2867
    @johnfellows2867 Před 3 lety +46

    I'm 70 now and it still makes me cry with laughter ! What made it worse, my Uncle
    was the spitting image of Eric, fabulous entertainment !

  • @verkaforever
    @verkaforever Před 13 lety +25

    When I first saw this sketch, I tried adding "boom oo ya ta ta ta", in my head, to every song I heard on the radio!

  • @paulredhead8603
    @paulredhead8603 Před 4 lety +7

    Comedy genius. Pure faultless entertainment. In my humble opinion , never surpassed.

  • @barrykennedy7487
    @barrykennedy7487 Před 4 lety +23

    Found this clip by accident! Realised I remembered it, watching it with my Mum & Dad....strange feeling as I would only have been 5 years old, but I could even tell you what Mum was wearing and the green colour of dads cardigan with big brown leather buttons. A very stange sensation!

    • @gaysy1st
      @gaysy1st Před 2 lety +1

      Wow, this must have really had an effect of you.

  • @LesCroxford
    @LesCroxford Před rokem +8

    Absolute genius comedy. 50 years later It Is still funny.

  • @clouddog2393
    @clouddog2393 Před 2 lety +11

    Laurel and Hardy , Morecambe and Wise the two greatest comedy duos ever . Timeless .

  • @carlsnead665
    @carlsnead665 Před 5 lety +42

    Fantastic nobody has never got close to them. Sadly missed!

    • @animaltvi9515
      @animaltvi9515 Před 2 lety

      Well one duo has but different type of act.

  • @bobbeyderbrain
    @bobbeyderbrain Před 3 lety +17

    I've never forgotten this sketch. Genius. ❤

    • @skmcc9252
      @skmcc9252 Před 11 měsíci +2

      I haven't either. I live in Oz now and there is a bird call here that reminds me of this sketch every time I hear the bird's version of Boom Oo Yata-Ta-Ta.

  • @CarriadEagerHobden
    @CarriadEagerHobden Před 12 lety +39

    I'm only 18 and I love watching these! Proof that they are timeless!! :)

    • @gaysy1st
      @gaysy1st Před 2 lety +8

      From a 65 year old, it's great to hear that 😊👍

    • @Marlondurran
      @Marlondurran Před 11 měsíci +2

      You are 28 now lol 😅

    • @CarriadEagerHobden
      @CarriadEagerHobden Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@Marlondurran 29. Almost 30!

    • @Marlondurran
      @Marlondurran Před 11 měsíci +4

      And may you have another 100 years on top of that.. 😂

    • @CarriadEagerHobden
      @CarriadEagerHobden Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@Marlondurran Thanks. You too 😁

  • @reelrapid
    @reelrapid Před 9 lety +85

    I was nine at the time and the next day we all tried to sing it in the playground. 😊😊😊

  • @780special
    @780special Před 8 lety +119

    Absolutely brilliant humour... 'silly' but actually very clever co-ordination required.

    • @pharoahegypt
      @pharoahegypt Před 5 lety +10

      rehearsed to death, performed to perfection. that was their secret. came from the stage where they had to be on the ball live every night.

    • @normanbrogan997
      @normanbrogan997 Před 5 lety

      7

  • @sallyrik
    @sallyrik Před 13 lety +10

    Hadn't thought about this for years, but I remember it like it was yesterday.

  • @martinplatt5928
    @martinplatt5928 Před 3 lety +5

    Very clever and good timing, no swearing. Professional and funny too!

  • @DunncropperJunction
    @DunncropperJunction Před 11 lety +7

    I have waited 50 years to see this again and was not disappointed;simply great!

  • @peteiswriteingnow
    @peteiswriteingnow Před 4 lety +9

    I remember this from when i was a lad in the late 60s, who would think they would be come our finest comedy act, still brings a mile to my face, Eric you were a genius.

  • @valw53
    @valw53 Před 13 lety +9

    I cried with laughter the first time I saw this. Brilliant.

  • @ninarizzo7312
    @ninarizzo7312 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Fabulous sketch. They were brilliant and made everything look so natural!!! I loved them to bits❤❤💯👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

  • @theking-nz1ut
    @theking-nz1ut Před 4 lety +5

    The Great Eric & Ernie , I loved watching them as a kid along with my dad. The good old days

  • @paulwallace3593
    @paulwallace3593 Před 3 lety +4

    Can't beat Morecambe& Wise Brilliant

  • @prideofdurham4776
    @prideofdurham4776 Před 3 dny

    I am 73 and remember watching this.Strange how certain events stick in the old grey cells and others dont.

  • @keithhinton7658
    @keithhinton7658 Před 11 lety +44

    Nice to see Dick Hills and Sid Green get some credit as their writers

    • @stephenreeds3672
      @stephenreeds3672 Před 3 lety +4

      I remember their ATV series 2 of a kind written by those two. I thought it was hopeless. And they kept appearing in sketches. It was Eddie Braben who deserves all the credit. He made them what they became imho.

    • @dlamiss
      @dlamiss Před 2 lety +1

      @@stephenreeds3672 Spot on, Hills and Green whilst decent writers were no good in front of the camera

    • @ddempsey9642
      @ddempsey9642 Před 2 lety

      @@dlamiss I liked those two guys in this, not trying to outshine M&W. Also this sketch was our first brush with M&W -as played by our mother who came home from work saying she had seen these two guys on tv somewhere (our not having a tv) in which they try to outdo each other by interrupting with a "oom oo yatatata". As she proceeded to act it out.(pretty well too as she had been stage entertainer herself) we kids fell about laughing. Even after we had tv * M&W had moved on to other sketches (maybe even the 'better' ones by Eddie Braben the poster below yours said he preferrered, our favourite entertainment by them started off with our mother's own reprise of "boom ooh yatatata" .
      A never to be forgotten experience for years afterward.

  • @bobmarshall1066
    @bobmarshall1066 Před 2 lety +4

    "Do you know it" says Ern......and Eric quickly replies, "Naaaw, but you don't know it either" Absolutely brilliant!

  • @johndearden7931
    @johndearden7931 Před 8 lety +17

    "He's a happy little soul" Pure adlib

  • @timatkins5956
    @timatkins5956 Před rokem +2

    Just pure innocent comedy.

  • @davidroberts7425
    @davidroberts7425 Před 3 lety +3

    Hard to believe its 58 years old and its still so funny.

  • @ninjaboy1965
    @ninjaboy1965 Před 8 lety +32

    Genius. British humour at its best.

  • @luciatilyard2827
    @luciatilyard2827 Před 9 lety +44

    The thing about Eric Morecomb, was that he was so very human. All those James Bond films that came out then, with him being suave and sophisticated did nothing for me, but Eric and Ernie were at the other end of the spectrum, unashamedly childlike and silly. Absolutely fantastic!

    • @rondon9897
      @rondon9897 Před 9 lety +11

      In fairness they were different genres but I agree M&W had a charming innocence. Best comedy duo ever in my opinion.

    • @mauricehawkins2968
      @mauricehawkins2968 Před 7 lety +6

      Lucia Tilyard . I remember this sketch but using a different song
      it started with the line 'will you miss me tonight when I'm gone'. I was at uphill primary school at the time and there were only two channels on the telly. we all went circling around the playground singing boom oo ya ta ta ta. crazy orwhat?

    • @Zacharia503
      @Zacharia503 Před 6 lety +4

      You're right! I've searched and searched, but I can't find any recording with that song on it . They released a 45rpm single, but that was Are You Lonesome, etc. It was a nice catchy little tune, (and it fitted in the rhythm of the sketch better), but they were either not using the whole song, or it was just a couple of bars rustled up by a handy musician. I'm still looking!

    • @charlesentwistle2564
      @charlesentwistle2564 Před 6 lety

      czcams.com/video/3bdKLSF8QO0/video.html

    • @SueDunMc-
      @SueDunMc- Před 5 lety

      Maurice Hawkins I agree, I have that record somewhere, I must look for it. Thx

  • @deborahwatson5159
    @deborahwatson5159 Před 4 lety +7

    Comedy Genius Again, thanks Eric and Ernie, for making my day, Stay Safe Everyone, XX

  • @stuarttootell
    @stuarttootell Před 7 lety +11

    What a great memory of days and comedians sadly long since gone .Thanks

  • @Watermarkartwork
    @Watermarkartwork Před 5 lety +2

    I grew up with this and I love it. I'm 21 and yet I love the 60s

  • @janea57
    @janea57 Před 9 lety +3

    I woke up with this running through my head this morning! Not heard it for decades :-)

  • @marionshovlin2967
    @marionshovlin2967 Před 3 lety +3

    Simply brilliant comedy ,miss them on TV even to this day .

  • @theking-nz1ut
    @theking-nz1ut Před 6 lety +10

    Eric and Ernie best British double act. 👍👍👍

  • @dw69ful
    @dw69ful Před 9 lety +18

    Everybody remembers their unforgettable Christmas Specials in the 70s.
    However running in tandem with theses shows, they were also on the road.
    I was lucky enough to see them twice at the Winter Gardens Margate in the mid 70s.
    Unbelievably funny and very clever, timing honed to perfection.
    Whatever they did live or on TV was funny, but I think they were what they were most of there careers a, that is brilliant live performers.

  • @BradBrassman
    @BradBrassman Před 5 lety +23

    When you wonder where Reeves and Mortimer get their act from you need look no further.

  • @Zipper696969
    @Zipper696969 Před 10 lety +28

    Sid and Dick were their first and greatest scriptwriters...

    • @dlamiss
      @dlamiss Před 5 lety +5

      Braben was their greatest writer. Hill and Green stifled them by having to be semi present on the shows

    • @SueDunMc-
      @SueDunMc- Před 5 lety

      David R Coe I never knew that, thanks!

    • @SueDunMc-
      @SueDunMc- Před 5 lety +1

      dlamiss Oh, didn't know that either 🙏🏻. I've learned so much today and it's all been hilarious. Thank you.🙏🏻

  • @yamizer0
    @yamizer0 Před 9 lety +5

    lost in youtube and found this video... No regret..

  • @jrgboy
    @jrgboy Před 7 lety +14

    When this was released on record they couldn't use the song 'Are you Lonesome Tonight' for copyright reasons, so producer Wally Ridley came up with a similar tune 'Do you miss me tonight', clever stuff..

  • @stevemanby357
    @stevemanby357 Před 7 lety +38

    He wont sell many ice creams going at that speed ! Oh the thinks w remember from our youth !!!

    • @malcolmmarshall4371
      @malcolmmarshall4371 Před 5 lety +1

      That was Eric and ern in bed very fun

    • @valaudae1809
      @valaudae1809 Před 4 lety +3

      I still say that line every time an emergency vehicle goes past.👍🏻

    • @1972jonboy
      @1972jonboy Před 4 lety

      @@valaudae1809 me too 😊

  • @annalisefelix6154
    @annalisefelix6154 Před 4 lety

    I grew up LISTENING lol to this!(way back in the late 70's!) the tune never left.now I can actually SEE how it was made...hilarious.Showed my teenaged daughter what mum listened to lol.brings back childhood memories while getting dressed for school!

  • @robs639
    @robs639 Před 7 lety +3

    Absolute genius. Still hilarious after all these years.

  • @Classicalstephen
    @Classicalstephen Před 10 lety +71

    In years to come, if anyone asks the question, "Why were Morecambe and Wise the greatest double-act of their time", then please refer them to this clip!
    Classical Stephen

    • @WallChart
      @WallChart Před 6 lety +4

      Stephen Timms this or mr preview.

    • @rackinfrackin
      @rackinfrackin Před 6 lety +1

      Laurel and Hardy are the greatest double act of all time, and don't you forget it, mate.

    • @billbryant7194
      @billbryant7194 Před 6 lety +2

      Mr preview better known as Greig piano concerto.

    • @SueDunMc-
      @SueDunMc- Před 5 lety

      rackinfrackin I liked Abbott and Costello doing "Who's on first". 😂😂😂

    • @martm216
      @martm216 Před 5 lety +3

      @@rackinfrackin Laurel and Hardy were great. But they primarily made films. Morecambe and Wise did a live double-act to a studio or theatre audience, and sketches. L & H and M & W are not directly comparable. It's a bit like comparing Peter Sellers and Tommy Cooper.

  • @harpothehealer
    @harpothehealer Před 3 lety +2

    As a young kid of about 3 or 4 I think we actually had a record of them doing the 'Boom Oo Yata Ta' I would plat it over and over again. Never seen this before , great thanks for upload
    2 comic genius's I miss those Christmas shows they use to do even now.

  • @tonymartinchilcott2519
    @tonymartinchilcott2519 Před rokem +1

    Love it simply love it
    Grew up watching them .
    Never ever get tied of them and there skeches.
    And not just them .
    Benny hill
    Two ronnies
    Dick enery show
    All british clasics

  • @luciatilyard2827
    @luciatilyard2827 Před 9 lety +5

    I don't think we will ever see the like again.

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 Před 10 měsíci

    Remember seeing this classic sketch when it was first on tv, and it’s still a gem.

  • @devongeordie75
    @devongeordie75 Před 7 lety +13

    They were the epitome of family entertainment. Brilliant comedy.

  • @fulsack08
    @fulsack08 Před 14 lety +2

    An absolute classic.

  • @bryandale2318
    @bryandale2318 Před 5 lety +1

    Real brilliant British humour, never dirty, just perfect.

  • @brianw9242
    @brianw9242 Před 2 lety

    Bloody brilliant - such happy memories . One of their best. Brian

  • @lardyl
    @lardyl Před 10 lety +4

    Eric Morecambe, gone but not forgotten
    ATV ditto - gotta love the little box in top right corner of the screen (after 5:15) saying the adverts were coming :-)

  • @hoss1962
    @hoss1962 Před 10 lety +8

    My Dad had the single of Boom-oo-yatta-tata in his record collection...not seen the original clip before..

  • @xshortiixx6425
    @xshortiixx6425 Před 3 lety

    I grandad played this for me when I was about 5 and again when I was 8 still remember it from this day

  • @johnrobertson8263
    @johnrobertson8263 Před 7 lety +2

    superb , talent at its finest

  • @tapdance86
    @tapdance86 Před 14 lety +3

    I LOVE THESE TWO!! Eric has the cutest smile :)

  • @mauricehawkins2968
    @mauricehawkins2968 Před 6 lety +10

    its true. Eric Morecambe was a comedy genius as was Ernie wise. Ernie was always picking away at Eric and yet when you saw him pull that face and quiver his lips he was so like a child who has been told off. some of the replies he said were near the knuckle but certainly tame by today's standards
    a TRUE comedy genius and we loved him and boy do we miss him now! what's more; how did he do the bag trick? alas when he died he took the secret with him. the day he died was a sad day for comedy and no mistake.

    • @ukar69
      @ukar69 Před 5 lety

      Maurice Hawkins the bag trick is quite simple, you hold the bag between your thumb and middle finger and them move them like you’re snapping your fingers. Nobody could do it like Eric though.

  • @RIKU25able
    @RIKU25able Před 13 lety +1

    Love this, hilarious and not a foul word!! two of the all time best

  • @dorothykazer1371
    @dorothykazer1371 Před 7 lety +1

    Great. Brings back memories of Eric and Little Ern.

  • @williammacey3674
    @williammacey3674 Před 2 lety

    The tissues are inning out whilst I am wiping the tears away.

  • @97channel
    @97channel Před 4 lety +1

    The bit where Ernie fluffs the lyrics to 'Won't You Play A Simple Melody' is hilarious because of the way Eric deals with it. Ernie is obviously in some difficulty and Eric comes to his rescue in the most professional manner, which may have actually made the mistake go unnoticed by most of the audience. His friendship to Ernie is so obviously true, for him to have recognised that he was in desperate need of help and he came to his rescue without hesitation. Then, knowing he'd gotten Ernie back on his feet, he threw him under a bus by making it known that he'd messed up. That's a friendship, right there. Be there to help, be there to take the mickey. The fact that it makes Ernie laugh so hard, is a sweet moment of friends getting a laugh from one another without any bitterness. Fleeting moment, but one which says so much about why their partnership had that magic. No bad air when a joke is made at their expense, because the loyalty is already proven. Eric didn't get the laugh in the heat of Ernie's problem, he got it when he knew he'd rescued him and everything was fine. Like how you'd be serious if a friend injured themselves, then crack jokes about it when they recovered from it. Lovely stuff.

  • @sylviarankine6485
    @sylviarankine6485 Před 7 lety +4

    remember watching this a long way back... funny then ,,, even funnier now

  • @rosalindadesouches4277

    Love them, so many good memories and such wonderful laughs miss them xx

  • @alancooper9632
    @alancooper9632 Před 5 lety +1

    Absolutely magic.

  • @krombee
    @krombee Před 8 lety +5

    The "Won't you play that simple melody" and "Musical Dreamers" song is the same thing they used when they had Elton John on the show :P

  • @Cyndithia68
    @Cyndithia68 Před rokem

    2022 in Canada and I still love this. Only got the boom to go lol.

  • @metafis
    @metafis Před 11 lety

    I saw this when it was first transmitted ..I was 12 and laughed so much my face hurt for days afterwards.

  • @The_Capri_Kid
    @The_Capri_Kid Před 5 lety

    Love the bloke in the audience's raucous laughter at Ernie's 'he's an ooer' comment about Sid!

  • @user-td2qw4jl9i
    @user-td2qw4jl9i Před 9 měsíci

    I love the way they crack up sometimes

  • @Freimaco
    @Freimaco Před 11 lety

    I've been looking for this one for years! So glad to have finally found it.

  • @AVONBEAR
    @AVONBEAR Před 14 lety

    a sheer delight to see this again !! ...thank you !!

  • @clintstark7370
    @clintstark7370 Před 11 lety

    TV Is lost without them, they were fantastic

  • @Basman59
    @Basman59 Před 5 lety

    My dear old dad was 28 when this was on I was a wee lad of 3 but I remember throughout my life my dad impersonating Eric and singing this to me to make me laugh. They brought so many happy memories and can make you smile just about through anything. Bloody funny and so clever.

    • @Basman59
      @Basman59 Před 5 lety

      I just remembered we had this on 45 pretty much says it all

  • @fenech97
    @fenech97 Před 11 lety

    They were great comedians. Thanks for sharing.

  • @rickheaton757
    @rickheaton757 Před 6 lety +1

    These 2 guys have helped me pull girls for years.. the invisible ball in paper bag...god i love thses 2..

  • @MrJames19676
    @MrJames19676 Před 2 lety

    Best double act by a country mile...
    Brilliant!

  • @JulieJackson1
    @JulieJackson1 Před 6 lety +1

    Simply the best.

  • @slavebee
    @slavebee Před 10 lety +1

    so fantastic ...great show

  • @susanhiggs4082
    @susanhiggs4082 Před 6 dny

    They are best picker upper when you feel down

  • @Ailuj234
    @Ailuj234 Před 11 lety +4

    I really miss them :-(

  • @bigchick100
    @bigchick100 Před 3 lety

    We used to do this too forgotten all this

  • @barbarakirk3064
    @barbarakirk3064 Před 28 dny

    'Won't You Play A Simple Melody' was also used in the episode where Elton John was a guest.

  • @SnowSaska
    @SnowSaska Před rokem

    Priceless and brilliant

  • @hissingsid3907
    @hissingsid3907 Před 7 lety +69

    Good clean fun, not a hint of coarseness, swearing or double entendres and it's still funny today,

  • @BritishComedyUK69
    @BritishComedyUK69 Před 5 lety +4

    real comedy by real people

  • @JoMulhollandisOzcloggie
    @JoMulhollandisOzcloggie Před 13 lety

    Love it! I keep coming back...

  • @yo519ge
    @yo519ge Před 11 lety

    got this tune in my head the other day. God bless YT!!

  • @Bevc55
    @Bevc55 Před 10 lety +2

    Ohhhhhh these two were and still are my favourite comedians...they were the best...mind you Eric Morecambe or Eric Barthlomew as was...is from my old home town Mrecambe......but ya still cant beat Northern humour..... :)

  • @TheBoyFromNorfolk
    @TheBoyFromNorfolk Před 11 lety

    Wow they look young!
    Never seen this one before. Genius!

  • @neilwilson5785
    @neilwilson5785 Před 3 lety

    Amazing. I don't even know how they did it. Probably a mixture of talent and extreme hard work. And fun.

  • @davidhardiman9603
    @davidhardiman9603 Před 21 dnem

    Thank you

  • @neilfleming2787
    @neilfleming2787 Před rokem

    always loved this sketch

  • @22gozzie
    @22gozzie Před 10 lety +1

    love these xxx

  • @gt197
    @gt197 Před 2 lety

    Legendary..

  • @soppdrake
    @soppdrake Před 4 lety

    I met Eric Morcambe a long time ago. Funny sketch!!! Remember seeing it at the time -- their show was a weekly highlight.

  • @JintySteam1
    @JintySteam1 Před 11 lety

    YES I've wanted to see the actual sketch for ages :D

  • @ferraridinoman
    @ferraridinoman Před měsícem

    Miss old Eric xxx

  • @troughsnout9817
    @troughsnout9817 Před 3 lety

    Look at Eric's Trousers. Ironed in creases UP TO THE WAISTBAND. My Uncle Ernie used to have trousers like that.

  • @johnwhittle5910
    @johnwhittle5910 Před 7 lety +1

    John Great double act could always make you laugh

  • @kevedwards83
    @kevedwards83 Před rokem

    Just priceless