Richard Briers - Morecambe and Wise

Richard Briers - Morecambe and Wise - Thames Television

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A small tribute to comedy actor Richard Briers.CBE. Briers appeared on the Morecambe and Wise show in 1982 alongside British Actress Diana Dors. First shown on the ITV network 27/10/1982
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@royjudson4380 2 жыл бұрын

So many jokes cramped into 11 minutes, Pure Genius.

@DefaultName-bw1bx 2 жыл бұрын

What a great comic actor Richard Briers was.

@peter_piper 4 жыл бұрын

Super to see again! Especially seeing Richard Briers, who had a great career on the stage in Shakespearean roles, as well as his TV sitcoms, almost losing it when the great Eric Morecambe pulls his gags !

@kevin39632 9 жыл бұрын

Best comedy duo ever, sadly gone now.

@tomitstube 5 жыл бұрын

"there's a bounty on my head" "there's a mars bar in my back pocket but you're not getting any."

@williamdmason9375 4 жыл бұрын

This is more comedy in this tv show than a year on todays tv and more educational...A Bloody good laugh clears out the cobwebs on my chuckle muscle...instead of the tv today systematically turning us into PCorrect Puritans...we don't laugh like this today a dark cloud has descended on msm and tv...Morecambe and Wise Comedy Masterclass essential viewing if you want to be entertained and never gets old.

@brainwaiver1 3 жыл бұрын

Check out Flula Borg on youtube. Also, WILTY for very funny banter. Then delve into 20 cats countdown. Superior funny.

@ngamokonikora708 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant. “What’s that? The ship’s cat. Where’s the parrot? Inside the cat.”

@plugh1 4 жыл бұрын

Comedy genius can never be replaced

@JohnCrowder-js8qz 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful comedy perfection

@colinwilliams553 3 жыл бұрын

Eric Morecambe always know how to make an entrance!!

@escapefromtraken6049 3 жыл бұрын

Richard Briers trying not to corpse is brilliant

@barryjacobs8524 Жыл бұрын

They were so funny. I still miss them❤

@muff-puff. 3 жыл бұрын

Real family entertainment 💯 %. Laughs galore !😆😆😆 Laughs guaranteed 🤣 😂!

@FarahSardar 5 жыл бұрын

They were so endearing.

@jaymorris3468 3 жыл бұрын

Don't want to appear macabre but this seems like yesterday to me yet all in this sketch are no longer with us which is pretty frightening to think how short a time we have and many of us often, not by choice, waste it not living but existing. Loved these entertainers, all household names in the UK.

@karenfulton4450 3 жыл бұрын

Me Too! I grew up listening and watching this bawdy humour! Loved every minute of it!

@TheSpecialCostumeShop 5 ай бұрын

Richard was a great actor, it was good of him to plat along and try make the skit funny

@Sjmby95 2 жыл бұрын

Never to be replaced

@basilsearle3485 Жыл бұрын

We will never see the like again they were comedy geniuses

@elguapo1507 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant!! 👍😂😂😂

@johnking5174 2 жыл бұрын

Both Diana Dors and Eric Morecambe died in the same month in 1984 - Diana died on May 4th 1984, and Eric died on May 28th 1984. 1984 saw the loss of other great British comedy performers Leonard Rossiter, Tommy Cooper, Arnold Ridley and Lennard Pearce.

@synthonaplinth5980 9 жыл бұрын

"Don't stand like that, ya look like a pair 'o' scissors when ya stand like that!" LOL

@johnking5174 8 жыл бұрын

+synth on a plinth It is funny, however it is a line Eric had been using for over a decade with Ernie on their stage show.

@synthonaplinth5980 7 жыл бұрын

Of course. Looks like the true test of a great comic is being able to keep the same line funny.

@vincentharriman3283 Ай бұрын

The Richard Briers series referred to was The Good Life I think or possibly Ever Decreasing Circles.

@TedaR Жыл бұрын

💜💜💜 Especially the ad libs!

@DamiensTrainsandTravels 11 жыл бұрын

RIP to all of them

@colincampbell3679 6 жыл бұрын

Genius like this is so very rare in comedy! Often it is not truly seen for what it is, until that person is gone? very few comedians today even come close to the talent of the past.

@douglasmasterson443 Жыл бұрын

"They don't make 'em like that anymore!!"...a joke every minute....and funny ones at that !!

@RB747domme 4 жыл бұрын

Very sadly, Diana Dors died just 18 months later in Windsor, of ovarian cancer. Her husband Alan Lake, shot himself in the head just a few months later due to depression.

@DRAINPIPE57 11 жыл бұрын

Great sketch with the UKs best double act ever All 4 are now not with us anymore but their comedy will live on

@dvdextras-byvincentcorani9136 3 жыл бұрын

That mole joke was great !

@ppassmore25 7 жыл бұрын

where's the comedy now! sad in this day and age, Saturday evenings, TV is full of crap not worth watching v

@alanwitton5980 2 жыл бұрын

Hilarious! This is proper comedy it's funny

@belltopcone 2 жыл бұрын

those were the days my friends

@garyowens1517 3 жыл бұрын

The mole joke . Brilliant

@edmervlewis660 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant.. prefer this version over the Arthur Lowe one even!

@alanwitton5039 6 жыл бұрын

Classic comedy

@Growler57 4 жыл бұрын

They broke the mould after they made eric

@regmunday8354 5 жыл бұрын

Diana Dors 9.50 point.

@mfjdv2020 9 жыл бұрын

They did an extremely similar sketch with Arthur Lowe if I remember right.

@johnking5174 9 жыл бұрын

sitithesecond You are right back in 1971 I think. Remember they were at Thames now, and it was at this point they began recycling material from their BBC era due to the fact that they had gone through so much at the BBC, there was very little left for them to do at Thames, but rehash scripts, alter them a bit and churn them out for Thames.

@lordeden2732 8 жыл бұрын

+mhaíre 99 It was mutiny on the Bounty

@femaleanimal 6 жыл бұрын

John King They recycled material on their BBC shows too, including the famous Grieg piano concerto sketch, which was a re- working of a Hills and Green sketch from ten years earlier. Of course the difference was, that on the BBC they would improve on the original, whereas on Thames it was one invariably inferior.

@oliverholmes-gunning5372 4 жыл бұрын

Monty on the Bonty. The whole Dad's Army team was involved too. One of my favourite lines in the history of comedy is when John LeMesurier says "Do you really think that's wise, sir?" and Arthur Lowe replies "No no, that's Morecambe". Gets me every time...

@Trev359 4 жыл бұрын

That was their problem at Thames, by that time Eddie Braben had run out of ideas. It would have been beter if they had kept John Junkin and Barry Cryer or found some-one new.

@emiliafernandez5099 4 жыл бұрын

En thames televisión no supieron cuidarlos 'o darles el tiempo y paciencia que requieren los genios. Los ejecutivos de la TV privada son como aves rapiña en vez de invertir desgastan a los artistas y los queman y se pierde calidad. Hay una gran diferencia entre la bbc y thames TV. I' am very sorry for morecanbe and wise I love them. I watch the first 70; s shows

@diogenes5118 4 жыл бұрын

Huge difference between M&W on Thames TV and BBC. Why?

@johnking5174 4 жыл бұрын

From Gary Morecambe (Eric's son) he said there were a number of reasons. First the show was only 25 minutes in length per episode, compared to 50 minutes on the BBC, meaning less room for pacing and development. Second, he said they had used up so much material in their ten years at the BBC, Eddie Braben their writer found it hard to write new material, and so he had to reuse and rewrite old BBC material.

@jademelissataylor8077 4 жыл бұрын

Funny!

@ukcitizenscomefirst1274 4 жыл бұрын

Classic comedy...There is not another duo around now slap stick comedy...This is what we need now on TV rather the doom and gloom the media show

@TheTomhamilton8 11 жыл бұрын

RIP

@garyowens1517 3 жыл бұрын

How did they keep straight faces

@dharmaseed 11 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's a lot of innuendo for an 11 minute sketch! Does 'let's amuse ourselves' mean what I think it means?

@rockabyebaby6111 5 жыл бұрын

with my dirty mind.....YES...!!

@ukcitizenscomefirst1274 4 жыл бұрын

@@rockabyebaby6111 And mine....lol

@jameswadsworth3473 5 жыл бұрын

It's just a remake of the one with Arthur Lowe but changed for ITV

@johnking5174 4 жыл бұрын

This was a common theme for Morecambe and Wise at Thames Television, rehashing old BBC routines

@martinlewis2279 7 жыл бұрын

Who did they get for their captain, Liberace? XD

@MrDavey2010 4 жыл бұрын

The Thames versions were nowhere near as good as BBC.

@Steve_P_B Жыл бұрын

They reused a lot of the jokes from the Arthur Lowe episode

@johnking5174 Жыл бұрын

The Thames Television era of Morecambe and Wise was well known for their rehashing of old BBC routines. By 1982, around 70% of each episode was rehashed material.

@janetburrows8563 2 жыл бұрын

@ericwilliams2122 6 жыл бұрын

all dead. sad.

@johnking5174 8 жыл бұрын

Such a shame the duo were starting to falter at Thames by 1982. By 1982 their shows seemed to be somewhat dated as a new wave of alternative comedians were starting to become popular. The recycling of BBC material also did not help. Eric's poor health caused them to have shorter series and shorter Christmas Shows. The previous year the duo who always had their Christmas Show aired on Christmas Night had their show shifted from Christmas Night to 23rd December. They would never regain Christmas Night again as 1982 Christmas Special would air on 27th December, and their final Christmas Show in 1983 on Boxing Day. They were starting to become unprofitable for Thames by 1982, even though they still pulled in good ratings, but nothing compared to their BBC shows.

@mckavitt 7 жыл бұрын

+rhonda terry Agreed. BTW, it's "its" (day)

@AndreaElizabeth100 3 жыл бұрын

We miss Eric Morecambe. It is incredibly sad to think in 1984 he died. He died way too young.

@renaissance6745 6 жыл бұрын

PATHETIC !!!!!!!!

@Trev359 4 жыл бұрын

They are the greatest double act this country's ever produced. The other two were also great stars. These are four legends. You are not doing yourself any favours calling this pathetic and there's no need to shout!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See, I can use multiple exclamation marks as well.