"The King stood on the burning deck, the men all shouted Monarchs!" Has me in stitches every time. God I wish they were around now, RIP to 2 of the funniest guys who ever lived.
I've only just noticed that Robin's costume involves about a dozen green biros. It's touches like that which really make the difference to the majesty of the Ernest Wise play.
That lovely woman who starred in so many of the plays wat Ernie wrote was brilliant. I bet the sketches never went totally as planned with all the fun and ad-libbing, but she always did her bit well.
The ad-lib near the start of the scene with Eric just after King Richard enters arose because Eric was standing on Anne's dress and she was unable to move.
+cogidubnus1953 He got on well with Eric and Ernie. Eric loved him, he thought he was the perfect actor to come on their show and have fun and not care about ego.
@JustAnotherNinja1 They're the best ever comedians! I was lucky enough to grow up with their shows, but I'm happy that young people can see them on DVD and enjoy them too :-).
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Again, I grew up watching Morecambe And Wise IMHO, They are singularly the funniest comedy duel in history! ★★★★★ Katalyzt
I love every minute of this sketch. Pure CLASS! The bit where they do the hokey cokey kills me! The achingly dishy Francis Matthews looks great in his King Richard costume - however, he's dressed as King Richard II and not King Richard I The Lionheart... I wonder if that was a deliberate mistake?
It's a play on the Limerick 'The Boy stood on the Burning Deck'...one verse is 'The boy stood on the burning deck His heart was all a quiver He gave a cough His leg fell off And floated down the river'
"The King stood on the burning deck, the men all shouted monarchs" - now the joke is, Eric and Ernie thing he is going to say something rude which rhymes with monarchs and stop him mid flow. That is the joke.
simeon136 . The doggerel that you quote , is amusing; but is not a limerick. A limerick is written with the first two lines , in iambic pentameter, as in : There was a young lady , from Leeds. Who swallowed a packet of seeds. And soon all her a@se , Was covered in grass: And her **** was covered on weeds.
The original poem is ‘ Casabianca’ by Felicia Dorothea Hemans. It’s based on a true story. The naughtier versions include, “ The boy stood on the burning deck, The flames - they drove him crackers. They burnt his shoes and singed his coat and played hell with his maracas”.
