@@lizcollinson2692 Terrific, Liz! I'm almost 83...I remember so many "Eric n Ernie shows..." "It's never over...until the fat lady sings..." MAGIC!!! God bless, Liz! X
I'm Irish and we used to love all the British comedies, they were the best, Morecambe and wise, Tommy Cooper, Larry Graysons generation game, George and Mildred, Last of the summers wine, list goes on and on.
They honed their skills in music halls and working men's clubs, few of which exist nowadays. Even seaside seasonal shows are fading; today's "talent" don't want to work that hard. Eric once remarked that it took them 20 years to become an overnight success.
Bring me Sunshine was their signature tune.. They would end every show singing that song.. Enjoyed it every single time... Morcambe and Wise were a well loved institution in the UK..
Were and still are. A tad padantic but most certainly gone but not forgotten. Their comedy was never crude or offensive and has never grown old. True british legends that are sorely missed.
My father loved morecambe and wise and we would all watch it together on a saturday night. It was the 70s and there was only one TV and no recording facility and no streaming or RU-vid. You either saw something or you missed it. This was family viewing. Clever funny and silly. We loved them.
Very true, back in the day when a Christmas tv special truly meant something, and when tv was a communal event. I remember the first time they showed Jaws on tv pre video rental stores, no home computers, as you say you saw it or you didn't ... and Jaws was all anyone could talk about the next day. Bit like that Steve Davis - Dennis Taylor unbelievable snooker final, how a game of snooker could create such drama, an entire tournament comes down to the last ball and two great players, nerves in shreds. Finished at half past midnight and we all stayed up watching it and again next day that's all anyone was talking about ... "Did you see it? Unbelievable!" .. those days will never come again .. until Elon Musk lands on Mars that is!
Their Christmas specials were essential watching back in the 70's. Over 20 million would tune in to watch their shows. 'Bring Me Sunshine', was their unofficial theme tune that they'd sing at the end of every show.
Two utter comic geniuses, plus also two very nice men. Nobody had a bad word to say about them. They'd get up to 30 million watching them. The entire country was mad on them. Their Christmas Day show was a national event. Everyone, including the royals, would gather at their TVs to watch it, and end up crying laughing. They were genuinely loved as two really lovely human beings. Sadly Eric, the tall one, had long time heart troubles and died in the 1980s. Ernie lived In think until 1999. Their shows still get watched. Gene Kelly particularly loved their Singing in the Rain. He roared laughing when it was shown to him, and said it was the best version he had ever seen. My generation were lucky to grow up watching Morecambe and Wise. It was an honour.
@michael quirk absolutely no comparison to the amount of innocent people murdered worldwide by British colonialism the brutal have more blood on their hands and fuck all conscience about it
@@rileyanoid8444 The idea that its ok to do horrible things because the other side has done horrible things is not a good way of looking at it. It's that type of attitude that has led fuel the Israel Palestine conflict
Agreed. Without M&W being smartarsed about it, in this particular skit they demonstrate a not always obvious connection between comedy and choreography. They can each only succeed if served by near-perfect timing from the artists. Miss the beat and the performance collapses. M&W rarely missed a beat.
They crafted their trade in the hard and unforgiving tours of music halls. I remember my Dad telling me that they appeared in The Argyle Theatre in my home town of Birkenhead and I think I remember he said they were booed. They reference the place sometimes in their patter. But that was the circuit of many of our old British comedians.Thats why they were so good.
Janet Webb is that lady that comes on and thanks you for watching 'her' show and saying ' I love you all'. It was a running gag for a couple of years. It happened one night at the end of the Bring me Sunshine song, and Janet pushed her way through and thanked everyone (It had been a joke set up by Eric) but the cameras had caught it, and it went down a storm. She appeared for a couple of years at the end, sometimes trying to start to sing her own song, but always cut off just before she started. Her appearances became fewer and fewer as she became ill, and she died at the very early age of 53. RIP to them all xxx
There was also a running joke that often had one of them walking across the back of the stage after both having said farewell to each other in the episode.
@@Deegee_1969 and arthur tolcher playing the harmonica and then being cut off. Miss the humour of these two. Made it look easy but they worked hard at it.
The best comedy duo ever. You wouldn't believe the celebrities who appeared in their show over the years. British comedy at its absolute peak. If you haven't seen it, have a look at the sketch with Andre Previn.
Indeed. My wife and I pretty much ignore modern TV and we just watch our dvd collection, Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnies and stuff like Dad's Army, The Likely Lads, Porridge, You Rang M'lord, On the Buses, Steptoe and Son, The Good life, Two in Clover, are you being served? etc etc. We might have only had 3 channels in the 70's but my god the quality was so much better then the crap we have on 100's of channels now.
Arwww Mate, this brought back my childhood, Morecambe and Wise were two lovely funny blokes. They were huge in Britain, family entertainment. Nearly all family jokes are from these two. Every kid in the seventies, knew the dance going off at the end of the show, we used to do it going down the road, walking to school. Look up Eric and Ernie on Parkinson show where Eric tells us about his first heart attack , he makes a serious part of his life so funny. Thanks mate, I roared with laughter at that.
these were the top comedy duo act, when i was young. they could make humour out of the simplest of things. they'd bring on serious performers and make them the centre of a funny sketch. the more serious the guest, the funnier it was. the ones with Andre Previn and Tom Jones are my favourites
"they could make humour out of the simplest of things," ..correct !! Two quick examples, .. A brown paper bag, ... "Get out of that !!" The "older" one's among you will understand the references !!!
Apparently they’d go through rehearsals nail it down with whichever celebrity was starring that week (Glenda Jackson, Tom Jones, Peter Cushing, Elton John, Andre Preview, Diana Rigg, Shirley Bassey etc). They’d then do it live Eric and Ernie would just go off script just to “break” the guest stars. I remember Glenda Jackson being on shortly after winning her Oscar - she was a “serious” Royal Shakespeare Company actress - lasted a good 90 seconds before cracking. Happy days.
The CHRISTMAS SHOWS were always the well-awaited tv fare EVERY YEAR IT it came on ! The football table routine & The XMAS TURKEYS (the 2-some dressed as turkeys) as well as BREAKFAST SKETCH & ANDRE PREVIN, Shirley Bassey, Angela Rippon (newscaster) breaking into a dance,Glenda Jackson,Diana Rigg; just SO MANY brill shows !
scrolling through I am surprised not too see comments talking about 'iconic' skits from these two. The sketch with André Previn, the 2 with Glenda Jackson, The breakfast one... These are well loved. Anyway, glad you enjoyed this one and keep up your honest reactions.
When I think this was usual for us to watch, now we have crude and offensive comedians(sic) which I cannot bear to watch. Alan is just like our uncle he is so warm hearted. lockdown has some benefits, we get to watch more things like this.
As others have said, this was their signature end to a show and really epitomised their way of performing - they were so talented and fun (loved the small theatrical pieces that Ernie 'wrote' where they had famous actors come and play in them - hysterical, as the 'plays' were dreadful ^-^)
However, as Eric said - to a critic in one of the home set sequences, taking the offending person aside "You know that and I know that - that the plays aren't exactly top notch - but Ernie doesn't! - defending his little friend's sensibilities.
You should try watch some of their Christmas specials, they still get aired every Christmas in the UK and were as traditional to Christmas in the UK as Turkey and mistletoe.
Awww that’s made me emotional! How many times have I watched it? Oooh about 100 😎but seeing it and watching Mr EB’s reaction to it has warmed the cockles of my beating organ! God Bless Eric n Ern... RIP to two comedians who never offended anyone even though they tried hard to 🤣Shirley Bassey and the boot .... Glenda Jackson “seriously acting a plan wot Ernie wrote” ....Mr Andrew Preview... 🥰🥰
As one of the people who recommended this I love that you chose to react to it. I knew the first drain pipe was going to soak Eric & I was just waiting for your reaction & you made me laugh. Needed that today. As others have mentioned the Andre Previn one is a great one to watch too.
I love your reaction to this... it brings back memories from watching it live when we as a family on Saturday night were crying with laughter... all these years later it is still hilarious and kind hearted comedy.
This sketch is over 50 years old now and is embedded in the psyche of anyone in the UK who is over 60 years old along with many other of their comedy classics. Their Christmas shows used to attract viewing audiences in excess of 25 million at a time when the UK population was 55 million. I'm so glad you found it and loved it.
Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise had known each other since they were kids. They appeared on American tv in the 60s on the Edd Sullivan show. Eric Morecambe died from a heart attack on 28th May 1984 after coming off stage after appearing with another comedian, he was born on 14th May 1926. Ernie Wise died 21st March 1999, he was born on 27th November 1925. There was a programme on British satellite television presented by comedian Lenny Henry with Eric’s son Gary looking at The Morecambe and Wise Show with appearances from some of the people who appeared on the show including Angela Rippon. Jonathan Ross presented a programme looking at Morecambe and Wise appearances on American television.
It was a live appearance with Stan Stennett, basically should've been just a chat. But Eric couldn't resist a bit of a performance and he overdid it, collapsing offstage.
Ever had a day where you get caught out in the rain, and just can't get any wetter?That end bit where Eric just gets in the bath of water . as if to say, can't get any more soaked.
Must have been in the early 1980s when we saw Ernie Wise and his wife browsing in a pottery in Jersey. They were with Harry Worth, another comedian popular at the time.
Harry Worth was a bit earlier - I can remember the title sequence of his tv show from the mid-60s, when I was in primary school, when he’d sidle up to a shop window and the mirror effect would make it look like neither of his feet were touching the ground! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f189hOfyYSY.html
I watch Eric and I see my Dad. He was practically his double, including glasses, and Eric was his favourite. Happy memories from the early 70s. R. I. P. to Eric and Joe.
If you love Singing in the Rain the Paddington Bear take on it is a must. It's TV gold. It was a childrens TV show based on novels about a bear from Peru who ends up in London and is found at Paddington Station. In this episode he goes to the movies for the first time and then comes out into the street and recreates the Singing in the Rain sequence. The Singing in the Rain sequence is recreated perfectly in stop motion animation. It's so funny seeing this teddy bear recreating this with all the dance steps.
Thankyou so much for this. My Grandad was a massive Morcambe and Wise fan, and passed his love of comedy onto his grandchilden.............. it just bought back good feelings, happy days.
Genius! They always sang at the end , and that little dance at the end. You definitely would love the andre previn one as soneone else said. There's so many you would like , ernie 's plays being just one. X
In some of their sketches they lived in the same Apartment or Flat and would get in the same bed in some sketches and no one thought anything about it.They might of got the idea from Laurel and Hardy.As this was seen several times.Brilliant Comedians.RIP To all.
Another suggestion... 'Harry and Paul Football Manager' Paul Whitehouse is brilliant as the football manager giving his team talk to his multinational squad. Very clever and skillfully done. Comic Gold!
Bring Me Sunshine was their signature tune and I sang along with them every week. But it also made me a bit sad because it meant the show over and I had to wait a whole week to watch them again lol. There will never be anyone to rival their comic genius. RIP Eric and Ernie you are still loved and very much missed 😢
You are such a happy, uplifting chap. I’m really enjoying your videos - they cheer us all up. I’m so happy you find the English sense of humour so funny. Your laugh is totally infectious. You have a new sub dude!
By all accounts Eric (who wasn't in the best of health) was suffering from a nasty cold at the time of shooting this, and they had to do about 2 or 3 takes which he did without complaint even though the water was stone cold. Growing up, it wasn't a proper Christmas Day until you sat down and watched their TV show with the family. They still make me laugh. Thanks for doing this one.
Eric Morcambe did that sketch not long after coming out of hospital from a heart attack which nearly killed him. There was real concern at the BBC that all the cold water could make him relapse
Bring Me Sunshine was Eric and Ernie's song, their signature tune. Janet Ellis at the end, was a running gag. This is all you ever saw of her on the show. The idea came about following M&W's observation of English comedian, Ukulele player and film star George Formby - prolific in the 30's and 40's, and his stage act, whereby his wife would come on stage to take the curtain call, even though she had done nothing at all on stage! Ernie was quite a prolific dancer in his early years, and did at one time, seriously consider this as his career - not many mention his brilliant dancing skills in this piece.
Watching this again I will always find this stuff hilarious I saw this when it first aired and canny believe it's 38 years since Eric passed away and 23 yrs since Ernie. These people will always be awesome
I only ever happened upon the original 'Singing in the Rain' on a Sunday evening a couple of years ago when they were showing classic films on one of the lesser known terrestrial TV channels.
Time doesn't date the talent and sheer fun possessed and promoted by these two great British comics of many skills. I could watch this over and over again.
So absolutely loved by folk of my generation and my parents in UK. It was the only show my dad adored and never, ever missed, with the possible exception of 'Parkinson'. RIP M & W.
