Haven’t seen this interview before, little bit surprised at David Dimbleby’s persistence pushing the idea that Peter and Dudley had somehow fallen out and he was now a failure…!

One of the greatest comedians EVER!! Massive influence on the Pythons, who in turn influenced everyone else. His interview with Clive Anderson where he plays x4 different characters is genius. Shame he had such an alcohol problem. The Pete & Dud sketches from Not Only But Also are also superb.

My mate used to do electrical testing and one of his jobs was to certificate electrocution chairs, but he used to fail a lot saying they was death traps.

So Dim ble by gets to interview the funniest man of all time, chooses to ask hard line unimaginative questions and utterly wastes the most wonderful opportunity to record PC for posterity. Well done Dim.

@rjy8960

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Peter was an absolute genius. The Derek and Clive recordings have always made me laugh and named my cats after the characters.

@thedukeofnuts

Жыл бұрын

I prefer David DImbledonkey as an interviewer, to be honest: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ma2NqMeBf9mnppc.html&pp=ygUSZGF2aWQgZGltYmxlZG9ua2V5

@stephenreeds3632

2 ай бұрын

All of the Dimblebys got in because of their father.

This is a unnecessarily arrogant and aggressive interview which is well handled by Peter. Well done.

@onlyme219

11 ай бұрын

Totally agree, I'm glad to see I was not alone on this thinking

"This no time for false modesty, I agree completely..." Great retort to this inane tabloid style line of questioning. Basically, "were you a drunk, have you dried up and how can you possibly do it without Dud..."

'There must be a suspicious that you've run out of material', what b@llocks of a question!!

Yes, Why is Dimbleby constantly getting at Peter ? Voraciously in search of the negative.

@robertcooper5604

Жыл бұрын

bizarre isn't it. total opposite to the fawning questions of today. that's why Parkinson was the best to do it

@johnenglish929

Ай бұрын

Envy !

What a tedious bore Dimbleby is here. He gets absolutely nothing out of Peter. Utter rubbish.

I don't see the need to challenge or cross-examine Peter like this. I certainly wouldn't say that's a classic interview.

@simoncarswell3515

2 жыл бұрын

He was far more calm and considered than I would have been under such an aggressive line of questioning. Also, I really want a cigarette!

I think Why Bother is the best improv comedy I've ever heard. I do love Derek and Clive but Why Bother is just a masterclass in free association comedy. Peter didn't "need" Dudley but a lot of his comedy does need somebody for him to bounce it off. Maybe that's what Dimbelby was trying to get at.

A true genius.

"We were due to be doing a series this summer for the Beeb. Obviously, we're not going to do Derek & Clive for a 'Not Only But Also' series...." So, there was a planned fourth series? Never knew that.

do feel the intaview here was trying to get at peter cooks sore points at the start. glad to think him and dudly still got on afterwords.

Superb🤣🤣

David is on the attack on Peter from the start, not impressed with David, Peter took it on the chin politely and was simply honest

Is anything being gained by trying to rile Peter? Good on him for batting back all those deeply personal questions. I really like Dimbleby his tour of the UK’s waters telling stories as he went was really enjoyable. Here he seems caught between two stools. He wants to get the best out of Peter. Yet seems to be unsure if he can get the comedy gold. Instead he goes for making him confess to personal problems and the impact on his career.

That barnet was with it back then.

I don't see the need for a perm like that!!! ;-)

@wayinfront1

2 жыл бұрын

It was the '70s. The same decade that Clarkson acquired his perma-perm.

'The Keegan Perm'.

The tone of this interview was very odd got the feeling Dimbleby didn't like him.

8:15 "There's a very nice quote from John Cleese, I understand; and Bin Laden"😂

@deepfamiliar3416

4 ай бұрын

no. he says "in the Guardian", as in the newspaper

Dimbley coming across as a right killjoy tosser

Peter with Jeremy Clarkson hair? - 'WTF'?!

Funny that Peter should talk about an electric chair because his hairdo represents recent shock treatment doesn't it.........God bless 'em, such a wit and sadly missed.

@robertcooper5604

Жыл бұрын

he was just trying to fit in at white hart lane.....

Dimbleby is a typical old-school BBC stiff. ‘Derek and Clive’ was just an alternative ‘adult version’ that they did. Pete and Dud did ‘filth’ far better than Bernard Manning, Chubby Brown, Jim Davidson or Jimmy Carr.

@robertcooper5604

Жыл бұрын

spot on

@katesleuth1156

3 ай бұрын

Jimmy Carr’s filth isn’t funny. It’s repulsive. Peter was very funny.

Fkn 'ell ... lighten up Dimbleby

Love him, but he is drunk X

@Ridersonthestorm8899

2 жыл бұрын

I would be too if interviewed by buffoon Dimbleby

I think Dimbleby was appalled by Derek & Clive and takes his headmasterly disappoval out on Peter. For his part i think Peter was struggling psychologically and began drinking very hard from the '70's onwards. When asked why he said it was out of despair. I daresay there was quite a lot going on behind the facade which we didn't appreciate. Dying at 58 tells its own story.

Genius comedian meets second-rate, pompous, self-important, beneficiary of nepotism

Wow. The way he musters. If there's nothing going on down there, he could've fooled me.

Run out of material says David. Does he know how hard it is to be funny?

Out of your depth Dimbleby. All he and tossers like Alan Titchmarsh could throw at Peter was the 'you're all washed up', 'you didn't fulfill your potential' rubbish. Peter was a genius regardless. What are Dimbleby and Titchmarsh?

What the hell happened to his hair??? Just say no to alcohol, kids!

@onlyme219

11 ай бұрын

Let's see your hair

My word how thing's have changed. Thanks to Neo-Puritanism joking can be fatal.

@malpreece5008

27 күн бұрын

It really can! It’s all this so-called ‘hate speech’ nonsense, which has given certain groups sacrosanct status. It’s ridiculous.