"For personal reasons"...that's possibly one of the best delivery of a line I've seen for a long time!

‘He committed suicide.....apparently for personal reasons.’ What a gem of a line!

@bodsnvimto

Жыл бұрын

It was very funny indeed but he got the age wrong by a very wide margin.

@Divocwax

29 күн бұрын

@@bodsnvimto yes I noticed that, and wondered if he intended it to have a meaning other. Coincidentally, Cook's great grandfather also "suicided" around the age he gave Freud.

"Drove off in a chauffer driven huff" brilliant!

@PetroicaRodinogaster264

2 жыл бұрын

wonder what model huff it was,

@luckyswine

2 жыл бұрын

Indirectly quoting Groucho. "You can leave in a taxi or you can leave in a huff."

@cedricliggins7528

29 күн бұрын

?

@chezzachezza7325

22 күн бұрын

​@cedricliggins7528 you dont know what a Huff means??? It means cranky 😠

Such a shame Peter died in 1995 and Dudley had to die in 2002 from that horrible condition. Legends!

"she drove off in a chaffeur-driven huff"

“Biggest non event of the 20th century” brilliant!

What an amazing few minutes. Actual real, sincere, talented, unrehearsed and unvarnished human interaction on a live talk show. Incredible and wonderful to watch.

@NJTDover

Жыл бұрын

No swearing or profanities at all. Comedy of the highest class. Unlike Eddie Murphy and his F bombs.

@likeasonntagmorgen

Жыл бұрын

@@NJTDover don’t look up Derek and Clive…

@andrewmackey2019

9 ай бұрын

Oh thank you! So damn true.

@Roadrunner_1000

17 күн бұрын

@@likeasonntagmorgenextreme caution is advised

Good to see these two young and well. I miss them both

This is fabulous interviewing and hosting,no rude interuptions, fabulous

This was made before I was born and discovering these shows for the first time really brings home how much television sucks these days.

@robbie_

3 жыл бұрын

Chat shows these days have no class. A guy on a base plays a note whenever there's a wisecrack, as if the audience wouldn't know it. Stupid little desks with the "personality" lower than the interviewer, nonsense 30 second sound bites followed by adverts. You're right, compared to this they're all terrible.

@nelixsulu6201

3 жыл бұрын

I know. I’m young and it’s something about old Hollywood that fascinates me

@carolkotcheck6065

3 жыл бұрын

American TV always sucked! Seriously,, Petticoat Junction was about what we had when this was broadcast in the States. So, when you’d like to go back in time, remember to land in Britain, not Hollywood!!!

@ThePaulv12

3 жыл бұрын

@@carolkotcheck6065 I've been watching Petticoat Junction on KZread actually. I must say I've been thoroughly enjoying it.

@MothGirl007

2 жыл бұрын

@@carolkotcheck6065 I don't agree - both had some great shows.

Zsa Zsa Gabor was the best housekeeper in Hollywood - every time she got divorced she kept the house!

@silverkitty2503

3 жыл бұрын

she also never gave people free publicity..smart lady she dropped his name out of it

@playitstrange129

2 жыл бұрын

😅😂🤣😂😅

@amandajones6481

2 жыл бұрын

😅😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣 I've never heard that before!!! LOL! Do you remember when she slapped that policeman across the face??? OMG 😲!!!

@baabaabaa2293

2 жыл бұрын

Bob Hope line isn't it?

@zapkvr

2 жыл бұрын

My word thats original

Get a copy of Peter Cook’s biography ‘I was an only twin” - it’s great!

@marcusclark5330

3 жыл бұрын

read it proper genius...complicated and difficult man tho

@rnw2739

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic book, I soiled my undergarments on several occasions whilst reading ..

Another great Dick Cavett clip. Kirk is always impressive. The improvised sketch which Pete and Dud did would now take a team of writers 6 weeks to write. In that sense we are watching a bit of magic here.

@alm4655

3 жыл бұрын

It wasn't improvised, still great though.

@1972brianmcneill

3 жыл бұрын

@@alm4655 its basically mrs woolleys curse innit?

@thekitowl

2 жыл бұрын

@@alm4655 it was an improvisation around the Pete & Dud sketch “Dud Dreams “ .

@shirleypena4133

2 жыл бұрын

@Mj Steel To his dying day, Kirk Douglas remained a class act...which is more than I can say for 99% of his peers in Hollywood.

@AnyoneCanSee

2 жыл бұрын

@@shirleypena4133 - 99% of his peers? That seems a little extreme. There were a lot of incredibly talented actors that were also decent people in Hollywood's 'golden age.' Paul Newman, Burt Lancaster, Sophie Loren, Jimmy Stewart Henry Fonda and many others.

" Have you had a dream recently? " And away they go! Now, THAT"S improvisation! Thank goodness they both left a bit of their comic talents on film and TV for us to appreciate.

@thekitowl

2 жыл бұрын

It was loosely based around the Pete & Dud sketch “ Dud dreams “ obviously Dick hasn’t heard it.

@rabbieburns2501

2 жыл бұрын

@@thekitowl Yep, 3 years prior to this date

@chriswatson7965

2 жыл бұрын

@@thekitowl Thank goodness. I didn't think it was humanly possible to improvise at this standard. They certainly made it look like they were improvising.

@thekitowl

2 жыл бұрын

@@chriswatson7965 as the sketches were improvised into a tape recorder in the first place, probably not hard for them expand on the initial idea.

@randycox3522

2 жыл бұрын

there would be a lot more if the BBC hadn't been such short-sighted pence-pinching MOrons.

There's a sketch they did about Religion, the first time I heard it I nearly choked. Peter says that he wrote to the Head of the Church of England, "You know, straight to the point, Dear C*nts in charge of Religion"

@tomhamilton5261

3 жыл бұрын

It’s from Derek and Clive Ad Nauseum and you’re so right , it’s so funny. They were just two funny guys bouncing off each other. Very talented and greatly missed.

ZZ Gabor was the cause of the phrase: "Famous for being famous."

@bodijisattva9333

2 жыл бұрын

Very true. The Gabor sisters Perhaps one of our first "reality" stars. Kardashian's Hilton's Etc

@Twirlyhead

2 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness that kind of thing doesn't happen today.

@michaelcelani8325

24 күн бұрын

...Note. : the Gabor sisters were Jewish , as was Freud so some hidden stuff here.

I've always loved these gentlemen....happy I found this

I remember a cringe-worthy appearance by Zsa Zsa Gabor on a chat show on British TV in the 1980s. I think the host was Russell Harty. Also on the show was a woman who had suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder. I think she may have written a book about her struggle to overcome her excessive cleaning. Zsa Zsa turned to her and said "But, dahling, how wonderful to have your house so clean." And she went on in similar vein, belittling this poor woman, and you could sense the audience hating her for it.

nice to see Peter standing up to animal abuse

She went off in a chauffeur-driven huff. Haha. I don't think Pete even realised what a great line that was!

@gmf121266

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful motor, the 12 cylinder huff. Lovely lines and such a smooth ride.

Absolutely brilliant. How lovely to see Kirk appreciating their wonderful humour.

Peter and Dudley genuinely seem to delight in each other's humor here and it fills me with awe and wonder and joy and all the good feelings. Shame the title of the video is about Zsa Zsa and not that amazing bit of comic genius

Discovering British comedy was something of a revelation. Growing up in the 70's it was a wasteland of sitcoms and variety shows. When the PBS station out of New York started airing Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Butterflies, and other shows they were vastly better than what was available in America. It was dry, witty, silly, but also very smart. I remember seeing the British version of Three's Company called Man About the House and enjoying it much better. Pete and Dudley are hysterical. I believe that I first saw their version of Hounds of the Baskerville, but it was when I got to see Bedazzled that I became a fan.

@Jamie-js3qw

10 ай бұрын

to be fair The Office by the Brits is way different, and....I like it

Kirk was gallant. Pete was honest. Two great characters. Dudley was self conscious but equally talented. Dick was a great host. Very enjoyable.

@JamesMolyneux62

3 жыл бұрын

spot on. very well articulated David

@cynicalcely6015

2 жыл бұрын

And you are quite correct on all counts.....

@hejla4524

2 жыл бұрын

Dudley looks really nervous.

@outsidethepyramid

2 жыл бұрын

Yes well done David, you were great.

@kierancoughlan1378

2 жыл бұрын

dad?

So glad to hear Peter Cook's ZsaZsa story....I worked for her shortly and she was a horror

@sgu02nsc66

2 жыл бұрын

Good on him for the honesty. A rare commodity in fame world

@carlodave9

2 жыл бұрын

ZsaZsa was a precursor to "reality" stardom: a one-note character famous for being famous. I find Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian insufferable in the same way. It has nothing to do with who they really are, just the air of hyper-privileged superficiality they present to the public.

@MartintheTinman

2 жыл бұрын

Good people don't lie to put others down, so I believe you not Kirk

@gaysy1st

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely 👍

When i was a lad , Pete and Dud were the first people that really caught my fascination. I was too young to get the implications for years ; but grew up and matured with a similarly bored idea of convention. I owe much of the way I see the world to those two nutcases. To this day , I only have to see a photo of either ; and I instantly smile , because of the outrage they caused , and the fact they relentlessly kept it up for decades. Anyone reading this who ,-is prob under 40-, and not seen them at their worst best ; type : "Derick and Clive ~ You C*nt" ' into any decent search engine. Remember what year it was. I could ruin my Grandmother's day by simply reminding her they existed back in the 70's. P.S. Thanks a million for putting this up*

@VAPIDISM

3 жыл бұрын

I used to listen to Derek and Clive when I was a young teenage school kid, my brother got me into them. Pure hilarious unadulterated puerile filth. Im now near 60 and they still make me laugh.

Love Pete and dud..kirk Douglas..what a gent..RIP all

Eva wrote a book early in her career (ORCHIDS and SALAMI) did stage work, had a TV show before G.A. and was the first Gabor to be in films in 1941. She was the prettiest and nicest of the sisters in my opinion.

Pete and Dud at their finest in impro! I really miss the Cavett show...used to watch it religiously when in my 20s...There is nothing like it in quality these days!

@bigtwit799

2 жыл бұрын

they did impro and they could also make it up on the spot

I remember listening to Peter Cooke when he used to phone the Clive Bull show on LBC radio in London and pretend to be a Norwegian fisherman called Sven from Swiss Cottage. Clive Bull always knew who it really was but never said, thus letting Peter Cooke do his funny ad libs and tricking some of the audience into believing he was just a crank caller. The recordings from 1988-1992 are worth looking up and listening to.

What everyone forgets now, is that The Gabor sisters were trained as high class courtesans - by their Mother. That is what they were originally famous for.

@mirror1675

2 жыл бұрын

There is nothing "high class" about "courtesans".

@roccotirotta2737

2 жыл бұрын

They sound like the original kardashians.

@shelbynamels973

2 жыл бұрын

Their mother was a piece of work, and the daughters were her fines achievement.

@anonUK

2 жыл бұрын

@@mirror1675 There's less risk the "high class courtesans" will give you VD.

Peter and Dudley were such class. I love them both, madly.

Unique talents that had brilliant minds, we are lucky they met and gave us so much fun

Absolutely brilliant!

Thank you to Paul for sharing this 👍

Watch Bedazzled, if you’re new to these two!

@xemnas9098

3 жыл бұрын

And disregard the 2000 version, starring Elizabeth Hurley

@terr777

2 жыл бұрын

@@xemnas9098 absolutely!

@daniramc

18 күн бұрын

JULIE ANDREWS!!!

Aw, Peter was concerned for the dog more than its owner, that's very sweet. "Biggest non-event of the 20th century" is an amazing way to describe a talentless celebrity. She made it worse by not laughing it off and acting offended.

@nonenoneonenonenone

3 жыл бұрын

Stupid. She is a very talented actress and performer, which he would have known if he'd seen her work. And so is her sister Eva, who is perhaps the better actress of the two. He displayed sheer ignorance and intolerance.

@picklesthewise

3 жыл бұрын

@@nonenoneonenonenone Interesting how you chose to reply to my comment, i.e to me, rather than making your own separately for this video. Is there some deeper meaning to that, or was this simply the first comment you saw that you didn't agree with?

@EmilyHartley25989

2 жыл бұрын

@none Nonsense. Zsa Zsa’s acting performances (movie wise, at least) did not showcase talent. She was famous for being famous. I don’t say that as an insult, she was clearly very intelligent and knew how to use illusion and media better than anyone. That was her talent though and she clearly knew that too. To pretend otherwise is stupid.

@dosmundos3830

2 жыл бұрын

Eva was the talented and nice one, we all loved her in Green Acres. Zsa Zsa was more like a Kardashian, all fluff.

@alexflowers97

Жыл бұрын

@@dosmundos3830her name was Zsa Zsa for Pete’s sake lol

And Eva was lovely, but Zsa Zsa was arrogance personified. Remember when a cop tried to book her in LA ? She was driving an unregistered Rolls Royce without a valid driver's license and with an open container of alcohol. She said she was in a hurry and drove off. He chased and caught her and she slapped him when he tried to get her out of the car. She ended up on her ass on the sidewalk in cuffs. The courtroom was a circus too - can't remember the details, but she remained defiant and aloof. I think she was eventually threatened with jail or a contempt charge or something ?

@Kevin-zz9nc

15 күн бұрын

Clive interviewed her on his show and got her to describe her daily beauty regimen....massage body scrub bath in milk etc. He let her go on and on and asked her "How did you do all that in prison???" Legend!!

Love this so much. ❤️❤️❤️

Basically, ''Derek & Clive'' were fucking GENIUSES!!!

@paulmk2290

2 жыл бұрын

You calling me a c***? You c****.

These people were comic geniuses - there are no other people who could do this.

@antennawilde

2 жыл бұрын

Robin Williams could do both characters at the same time and be twice as funny.

@JohnSmith-su3ze

2 жыл бұрын

@@antennawilde No, he couldn't be twice as funny Robin Williams was a genius though in his own right

@gaskellr44

2 жыл бұрын

@@antennawilde Not a chance, I liked R W a lot, he was great with different voices and extending out humour to an exaggerated effect but would not have the intellect to arrive at the variety of humour PC could come up with. They both played to their own strengths.

@bigtwit799

2 жыл бұрын

James Corden?

@shaunkelly9860

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigtwit799 Not in the same league.

The Gabor sisters were the prototypes for the Kardashians.

@c.d.macaulay66

3 жыл бұрын

Pat McBride: Brilliant observation! Beautiful the Gabor sisters were. As are the Kardashians. Unfortunately, they’re not too much in the way of cerebral excitement. NABS! Not a brain surgeon!

@AZOffRoadster

3 жыл бұрын

Or Paris Hilton. Famous for being famous. 'Leaked' sex vids.

@knowmusicman157

3 жыл бұрын

@@AZOffRoadster Paris Hilton's great grandpa Conrad was married to Zsa Zsa.

@lorraineforte9175

3 жыл бұрын

Eva Gabor did Green Acres so she actually worked,and had a company , wigs I believe,but her sister famous for being famous and lots of husbands

@knowmusicman157

3 жыл бұрын

@@lorraineforte9175 Conrad Hilton for one founder of the Hilton hotels it was short-lived she ran through quite a bit of his money. And he didn’t like that of course. I’m related to the Hiltons sorry to say Paris too

Fabulous!

I loved watching the DI K CAVETT SHOW. THOSE TWO ENGLISH BLOKES WERE REALLY FUNNY...... It was a shame the world lost DUDLEY MOORE at such a young age. R.I.P MR Moore

Awesome. Legends.

Cavett makes the gaffe of saying Dud'n'Pete, which Peter pointedly corrects to Pete'n'Dud (as all Brits always call them) in the first few seconds of this show - then he continues to say Dud'n'Pete several times thereafter. Kudos to Peter for biting his lip and not correcting him again and again - which he deserved. Or shall we say Hardy & Laurel from now on if we like...? PS: Pete'n'Dud's ad libbed sketch after that is nothing short of genius!!!

The 'dream' sketch they improvise is in their album. Word for word. So it was either rehearsed (in which case they and Dick blatantly lied), or it was so brilliantly improvised that they just used it from then on. It doesn't matter though - its a great sketch and they were geniuses. :)

@jld593

3 жыл бұрын

My guess would be that they finally had something on tape they could go back to.

@JohnSmith-su3ze

2 жыл бұрын

Either way, they wrote it. Total genius

@ianbauer4703

2 жыл бұрын

Used the Dick Cavett tapes.

@ebbhead20

Жыл бұрын

considdering Moore cracks Peter up like that im guessing that this is the start of what becomes Dreams. Because Pete never broke up like that in anything ive ever seen.

I have no idea what the Gabors actually accomplished in or contributed to show business beyond embodying parasitical narcissism.

@AZOffRoadster

3 жыл бұрын

Eva in Green Acres is all I can remember. The family is a punchline.

@johnsanders6695

3 жыл бұрын

🤪just like kardashians

@BackSeatHump

3 жыл бұрын

Oh well, haven't you heard? Their greatest achievement was affecting Kirk Douglas' admiration and "off-stage" defence.

@terrythekittieful

3 жыл бұрын

Eva in 'Green Acres' was actually pretty good.

That was very nice of Kirk Douglas to stand up for his friends and in an educated and empathetic way. Those were the days!

Loved these two .

This is comedy gold!

Peter was gifted but his public school education was a great asset too. wish we had better schools here in the states

@spinynormanbest6410

2 жыл бұрын

Wish we had better schools here in the UK

Masters of improvisation.

skip to 9:30 for the Zsa Zsa Gabor story

@watcherdave23

3 жыл бұрын

Don't skip anything!

@kornaxon3522

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Brilliant

My best friend from years ago was the manager of El Morocco in NY and he said the woman who came there with the most class was Grace Kelly, and the woman with the least....you guessed it Zsa Zsa. He used a very demeaning word for Zsa Zsa/

This is good

Wonderful.

This was Tremendeous!

one of the great comedy duos ever, and what a treat watching them improv a routine on live t.v. not being put off but just going with it, peter turning to dudley with a premise, dudley spinning the yearn and pete turning it into the gem it became, and then to have a seasoned actor like kirk douglas think it had been staged. what a compliment that was.

One time Zsa Zsa was on the tonight show. She came out right after Professor Irwin Cory appeared and was quasi-bragging about her jewelry. Irwin Cory pipes in: “she got them on the layaway method.” They immediately cut for a break and when they returned Cory was sitting at the very end of the dais.

lol@ "Well, we have a surprise for you Peter." Brought the house down!

Kirk Douglas was such a gentleman in this show.

@praisejoy3

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that generation has a lot more control over their mouths-more proper and kind.

@PS987654321PS

3 жыл бұрын

He was a slime.

@jadezee6316

3 жыл бұрын

yea..the fact that he cheated on his wife every chance he got..has nothing to do with his being a gentleman

@jadezee6316

3 жыл бұрын

@@praisejoy3 to bad he had no control over sleeping with women that were not his wife

@liamreidy1175

3 жыл бұрын

What.... No mention of the comedy genius of Pete and Dud....

Really awesome from Pete and Dud

good to see that Kirk Douglas is enjoying it

What about the fourth Gabor sister; Zeppo.

thanks

Oh my god this is the funniest thing in the world 🤣

Genius! Give them an idea and off they run!

1:46 Have you had a dream recently? The full Color HD version would be scrubbed lol

Peter was a genius...

@alfching2499

3 жыл бұрын

I agreed with you Peter,she wasn’t all that pleasant and was annoyingly over exposed on the 60s and 70s chat shows.

Classy Kirk Douglas❤️

Too funny!

Can you imagine Peter being on the same chat show as Kardashian? Hahahahha

I'm sure she was a warm person to Hollywood royalty, like Kirk Douglas. I think Peter's problem was she didn't seem to be a very warm person to small dogs.

@paacer

2 жыл бұрын

Pete was also classing her with all those usually female celebs that carry around a small dog with them more like an accessory .

They were BRILLIANT...

We've also forgotten to include Mama Gabor, Jolie. She was reportedly the "Toast of Palm Springs." LOL

I enjoy the entire adlib rather more than the little part about Zsa Zsa. Fantastic stuff. The title got the click tho :-)

The ‘improvised’ sketch is essentially one they first did a few years earlier.

@Isleofskye

3 жыл бұрын

As soon as Pete started I thought "Oedipus/Wardrobe" etc :)

@sanskarmaratha5155

3 жыл бұрын

Which one is it? I don’t think I’ve come across it.

@dralfredcarroll9567

3 жыл бұрын

Sanskar Maratha kzread.info/dash/bejne/hYOIsaevmNjZYqQ.html

@sanskarmaratha5155

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@thekitowl

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, loosely based on Dud Dreams , Dick obviously had no idea of it.

Very gracious of Kirk.

Eva Gabor was great on Green Acres.

@Isleofskye

3 жыл бұрын

It was one of those programmes that you watched to "Make The World Go Away"...

@MC_AU

3 жыл бұрын

It suited her Kardashian personality. Eddie Albert carried most of the show.

@PMS1950

3 жыл бұрын

She used her complete repertoire of acting skills in every episode, which considering she only had one (remembering her line) ) must have been a real challenge!

Peter rocking Double Denim, cool . Seriously folks a great Comedy Duo and deserve Classic status 😊

I remember watching this when it first aired. I knew it when Moore made the remark about reading Freud in a precis verion on a matchbook cover. Also Douglas defending the Gabors.

Can you imagine if this happened in the age of the internet??? 'Cancelled!!!! Next?'.

Dudley's Arthur was one of the finest movies ever made.

That improvisation is....................well, there just are no words for it, really.

Although this looks like it is utterly ad libbed, and to an extent, some of it is, it is actually a sketch they both did many years before as I have it on cassette, called, 'Dud Dreams' and is pretty much the same thing. But its a rare and obscure sketch, so its nice to hear it again here.

_Chauffeur driven huff._ LOL.

They are nearly doing their Derek & Clive routine.

@MillwallOlly

3 жыл бұрын

The Dick Cavett show really gives me the horn.

@pressureworks

3 жыл бұрын

@@MillwallOlly Zsa Zsa used to give me the Horn.

Pete did an appearance late in his career on a chat show with Clive Anderson, worth watching if you can…I remember him saying he had been in the Henry Ford clinic, a very tough regime, you have to build a car before you are let out…..

Dudley Moore reminds me here of Christopher Guest in Spinal Tap.

“In Hungary, Zsa means Sirhan” Dennis Miller

@hensonlaura

Жыл бұрын

That's very funny!

Great stuff. Kirk defends... oh laugh!

Dudley Moore was the best 007

Hmmmm 🤔 Didn't Zsa Zsa slap a cop? Your a very brave man Peter.😜

In the days where chat shows were chat shows and focused on the guests and not self aggrandisement like Graham Norton

Bravo, Kirk Douglas.

I know what it is to be rude unintentionally. When I worked for Monsanto in Brussels, I had a telephone call all the way from the USA, where the HQ was located. I made some flippant opening remark, which my interlocutor took to be an insult. It wasn't. But I couldn't think how to correct the situation without making myself sound like an imbecile. So I toughed it out. I never got another telephone call from him.

"I think two people will fill the Plymouth".

"Two knobs and brown creaky drawers" (drawers means underpants in uk English) that was clever!