Pete and Dud: The Lost Sketches, BBC Two/ British Grand Prix, BBC One | reviews, news & interviews
Pete and Dud: The Lost Sketches, BBC Two/ British Grand Prix, BBC One
Pete and Dud: The Lost Sketches, BBC Two/ British Grand Prix, BBC One
Jonathan Ross's laugh-in fails to rekindle the berserk spirit of Cook and Moore
Sunday, 11 July 2010
Wossy and his mirthsome pals celebrate Cook and Moore, with the great Clifford Slapper at the piano
Great comedy may be timeless, but that's probably because of the great comedians performing it as much as the material itself. Could you imagine Dad's Army being anything more than a shadow of its former self if it was remade with a new cast? Would Frasier achieve the same transcendent mix of bourgeois self-regard and millisecond farcical timing with James Corden and Mathew Horne in place of Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce? Do we want to hear anybody reciting the "Dead Parrot Sketch" ever again?
Great comedy may be timeless, but that's probably because of the great comedians performing it as much as the material itself. Could you imagine Dad's Army being anything more than a shadow of its former self if it was remade with a new cast? Would Frasier achieve the same transcendent mix of bourgeois self-regard and millisecond farcical timing with James Corden and Mathew Horne in place of Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce? Do we want to hear anybody reciting the "Dead Parrot Sketch" ever again?
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