Ustinov’s explanation for this routine was brilliant. I remembering him saying at the time to Parky that he and Dudley were fooling around yes, but even though it was utterly improvised the key was they were both listening very carefuly to one another and taking their cues from how each responded to one another as they basically pratted about in a humorous way. Only two comic geniuses could do this.

@oueeza1

11 ай бұрын

and musical geniuses

Utter genius, both of them. They were having as much fun as the audience was.

Well, how do you like that ... nearly pissed myself. I'd completely forgotten what brilliant humour was like (I'm nearly 80) ... took me quite by surprise. Truly inspired.

Two great brilliant and improvisational actors. Dudley left us much too soon!

Comedians in those days not only had impeccable timing and highly humorous they also had class.

@helenamcginty4920

2 жыл бұрын

No. These are not run of the mill comedians but highly intelligent, well educated, Ustinov at least spoke several languages I believe and grew up in an environment where opera etc was the normal level of entertainment. Moore studied organ and music and at Oxford university and was one of a gifted group of students including Peter Cook. They were different from the normal run of comedians even then.

@raphaelklaussen1951

2 жыл бұрын

@@helenamcginty4920 You are right, Ustinov wasn't just a comedian, he was an artist of the highest caliber. It is true, however, that it is only now, for the first time in recorded history, that someone can became famous and rich as a "singer" without being able to sing at all (rap "music", they call it) - this would have been utterly inconceivable back then.

@helenamcginty4920

2 жыл бұрын

@@raphaelklaussen1951 its easy to sing in tune if you almost whisper. But apart from having no depth to their voices most modern popular singers can only sing 4 or 5 notes. So boring. Recall seeing the late Dame Kiri Te Kanawa singing a show song at some sort of concert. She had to stand way back from the microphone.

@raphaelklaussen1951

2 жыл бұрын

@@helenamcginty4920 I know what you mean. In fact, many of the popular singers today haven't even taken a basic class in music theory, which they don't need anyway. I had the fortune to see Montserrat Caballe in San Francisco when she was in her prime. No microphones, she almost peeled the paint off the walls in the theater. It remains as my most unforgettable experience.

@johnhall4146

2 жыл бұрын

Oh Gawd, here we go again: everything was better, smarter, etc in the Good Old Days. There was shit then and there’s shit now. Also the opposite. I’m in my seventies now and I can tell you it wasn’t all beer and skittles.

Quality television, a privilege to watch, long since disappeared

Ustinov ! A great actor and the greatest raconteur. Moore ! A fine musician and a talented, funny man.

The real high class actors and comedians I miss them, our time is missing them and today nobody can match their level. You happy and smiley watching them and hear them. Nothing what can make you sick, hurting your ears, no rudeness, no unmoral behavior, no stupidity just perfect acting and so funny.

Yes a bygone era of brilliance with many great comedian raconteurs such as these two, just too good. Thanks for this.

We shall never see TRUE COMEDIC GENIUS like this again. BRILLIANT

Their facial expressions alone bring tears to my eyes. Utter riot.

Two geniuses! I love them both!♥️♥️♥️

I haven't laughed like this for ages. These 2 brilliant people bowled me over!

That kind of spontaneity is rare today, as is the genuine craft behind it. Peter Ustinov of course blessed with all manner of gifts and Dudley a pianist who seemed never to truly show his keyboard mettle as he struck out into comedy and acting. I have two LP's from the 1960's which are unique to his style of playing and simply wonderful easy listening.

Dudley Moore's expressions are hilarious! You can't look without laughing! This is comedy gold. Thank you so much for posting!

I remember watching Peter Ustinov play Socrates when I was just a small child. It's one of my earliest memories. It was on black & white TV of course, but it made a tremendous impression on me and began a lifelong fascination with the Greek classical philosophers. Ustinov for me was the definitive Socrates. What a wonderful performer he was! A true artist.

@JimC

2 жыл бұрын

"Barefoot in Athens", 1966. With a very young Christopher Walken as Socrates' eldest son! Lousy video quality, unfortunately: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIV9psqAf7nJeMo.html

Now that’s entertainment

Both were brilliant in their own right. They each had such a rich resource to call upon so one could never be bored listening to them. I would've LOVED to see more of them together; there is nothing comparable today in my opinion. Thank you for posting.

The two of them were incredibly funny, and Dudley was a very good musician as well.

Brilliant absolutely brilliant!!! Comedy gold….

This reminds me of some of Victor Borges routines. I met Peter Ustinov in Belfast in about 1992. Was one of the scariest trips I ever took because of what was going on at the time.

Never saw this before right now, two favorites of mine teaming up so brilliantly, I exploded laughing, both great and talented ! Dudley, an excellent pianist and comedian, and Sir Peter, a poliglot artist who, among his multiple talent was also a composer, 1-derful combination !!!

That was brilliant, many thanks for posting. What a shame there’s no comedians like these two today.

They days of talent.

Peter was such a wonderful Poirot, divine to watch!!

There is also a wonderful Ustinov "singing lesson", where he guys all the silly stuff voice teachers used to come out with: "Breaeaeathe with your eyebrows". I wish I could find it. And what a loss to the world was the passing of Dudley Moore!

Comedians? Actors? People often miss just what a talented musician Dudley Moore was. His ability to adapt on the keyboard in that sketch was amazing

I cry every time I watch this…… yet I keep watching

I have a very rare audio recording (possibly the only one in existence) of the first time they met and did this....playing two made-up cockney characters discussing and coming up with a mock-opera of Lady Chatterley's Lover. My Dad recorded it live off the telly in the 1960s. Moore is at the piano suggesting musical styles, they vocalise a few ideas with lyrics on the spot in French, then dismiss each one as not good enough. It's amused me immensely since I was a boy. I have still have it and I believe the BBC haven't as it will have surely been wiped. If anyone at the BBC sees this, please reply. PS It's WAY better than what we see here. You can see by their smiles that they're doing it like a party piece whereas the original meeting and improvised 'sketch' was a new exciting thing for them.

@Casutama

10 ай бұрын

You should digitise and upload!

@LeopoldTalirz

3 ай бұрын

Indeed, please upload it!

Ustinov's italian singing is almost gibberish, so when Dudley Moore knocks and he replies with a perfect "avanti!" ("come forward") I wasn't expecting that and it really got me 🤣This is wonderful, I wish we had the full clip with better audio!

Two comical and musical geniuses! I would have adored to watch the whole thing!

In a class of their own.. Just Brilliant!

Oh my God!! What utter genius! So brilliantly clever, so quick - SO funny. Nothing could equal this - not then, and certainly not now.

I saw Peter Ustinov live in Sheffield. He was hilarious. At one point he stopped his anecdotes and started singing opera. I laughed so much people were giving me dirty looks until they realised he was actually being silly. Great evening out! X

@trilliarobinson7862

2 жыл бұрын

Simialr to a concert with Victor Borge. He could just walk on stage and people wept with laughter.

@1745ohbloodyhell

2 жыл бұрын

I saw him live in London decades ago, but can still remember the glorious evening of having him just ramble on for 2 1/2 hours while we all laughed so much our sides ached

@brucekilby9957

Жыл бұрын

What happens when funny men are together,this stuff happens. So brilliant and talented.RIP to them Both. Dud2002 and Pete2 2004. Bless them.🤩

Pure genius. Peter Ustinov also did a memorable impression of a lady 'cellist - maybe somewhere in the archives?

@suspendedTeacher

Жыл бұрын

Yes he did an air cello impression of a cellist playing Le Cygne by Saint-Saëns.

Pure, unadulterated talent. Miss them both

And there’s more my friends ! Eddy

Thanks so much for this, only just this moment stumbled on this, had no idea it had ever happened! Peter Ustinov's voice is a wonder and amazing how he listens and they follow each other, and Dudley Moore, well he has ALWAYS been my go to musical and comedy genius, the world is bereft without such as these! Dr M

Improvisation like a a thing of wonder! I was so dazzled when I saw this on the show, never forgot it.

Dud was a brilliant pianist, just another of his endless talents.

Truly brilliant and much missed

brilliant

My sister and l used to play play opera in the shower. We had such fun. Hysterical!!!

@rapido2963

4 күн бұрын

Wish I could have been there …….🤔

Crying with laughter!

Peter Ustinov was endlessly entertaining. Brilliant raconteur!

Miss them both!!!!! So civilized!!! What else???👍👍👍👍👍💐💐💐😎😎😎

You will never see the likes of these legends again God bless their soul thank you for making us laugh

Peter Ustinov was so great. Far and away the best thing in SPARTACUS. Without him it wouldn’t be worth watching. In fact he was the only actor in it who got an academy award for his part in it (best supporting actor).

Even better than this, in the late 1960s my father recorded the audio of Ustinov and Moore as two 'Pete And Dud'-style voiced characters improvising on the idea of coming up with an operatic version of Lady Chatterley's Lover. An UTTER classic of comedy. Incredible wit, incredible musical resource and MUCH funnier, I have to say, than what you see here where they are reminiscing and recapturing rather than being at the top of their game. I used to literally wet myself as a child listening to my Dad's recording. As an adult I couldn't believe how Moore could deliver one genre and musical period after another on the piano just like that. Of course the original was never preserved by BBC. If it was ever committed to tape it was certainly wiped very soon after. A really terrible loss among what must be a whole host of other classic losses.

@silentinaway7407

2 жыл бұрын

I take it you no longer have your father's recording ...... ?

Had never seen this..Pure genius..

What wonderful stuff! I have watched this over and over.

They wouldn't be able to do that today 2024 without every second word being an exploitive. Another version of Pete & Dud. Geniuses.

If you're an artist like those acters, you can even that!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bravo, it's great, also the singing, no question about that too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Two incredibly talented men.

There are no entertainers like that anymore

Comedy greats with class

Hilarious...more please.

Magnificent!

Prima Donnas like these come around only once in a millennium...😂 Requiescant In Pace.

Ah, Dudley......Good looking, cute and funny. A dream.

Enjoy as we all do !!!!

I can’t understand a word their are saying but the fact they can makes it funny.

Yes folks, comedians were funny in them days.

@Tinker1950

2 жыл бұрын

'Those' days you semi-literate oik..

@archiebald4717

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tinker1950 Ha ha! It was deliberate. Oxfordshire dialect.

@martinedwards9921

2 жыл бұрын

@@archiebald4717 You mean it was deliberately illiterate?

@archiebald4717

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinedwards9921 Whatever you wish to think, is alright with me.

Absolutely brilliant!

Rest in peace…

There is an actual conversation being had here and it revolves around how dudley is playing the piano. If you are a classically trained musician, listen carefully and you will laugh your ass off. This is god-tier comedy!

GLORIOUS!!!!!

Fabulous. Totally.

so great!

Fantastic, so unbelievably funny xx

Incredible talented musicians and comedians. As Italian, I find hilarious how they choose random Italian phrases to mimic a true opera...

real comedy real talent real brilliance.

So supremely perfect! If there's an afterlife it's probably set to music and words by those two!

The ranconter and the wit, in perfect harmony.

This is gold

You have to know opera as well as comedy to pull this off. Brilliant.

Dudley Moore at times has the same facial expressions as Rowan Atkinson, I never noticed that before...

Maravillosos !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Two incredibly talented people. They would have been stifled today.

@nkt1

2 жыл бұрын

Yes they were and, no, they wouldn't.

Brilliance.

Outstanding

Norma and Adalgisa/Clotilde auditioning for the roles of Leonora and Ines... Brilliant!

Brilliant!

Awesome! 👏

Brilliant.😂

I loved Peter Cook and dudley Moore....good to see them again

Hilariously hilarious

Fantastic! Dudley looks a lot like Rowan (Atkinson) ...

Brilliant .

I don't think a contemporary audience would 'get' this

Love it man

Such a shame they have to take content down - not that long ago there was the whole thing on KZread - what harm it was doing I don't know - it couldn't have been depriving anyone of any revenue.

@ziggy33399

2 жыл бұрын

Point taken & I agree. Why not be nice again?

Not enough people have seen this

Brilliant ❤️👏

Genius

Classic comedy 👍

Bravo

Avanti!

perfect..

AMAZING TO HAVE TWO SUCH TALANTED MEN TOGETHER.