The reality that " Morecambe & Wise " Christmas Specials are still hitting the top viewing figures over 40yrs since the last one was made just reinforces how loved these two were & still are. I dare say as the years go by we will see less & less of these two on TV, but at least we were blessed enough to have enjoyed such innocent clever humour. Which is a rarity in the 21st century.
@davidcooks52652 жыл бұрын
They are two of the greatest, rip m&w 🥰 X
@rorybrown33412 жыл бұрын
So so true!!
@primalengland2 жыл бұрын
I’m 68 and grew up watching Morecambe and Wise. They were brilliant and a standard and yardstick for today’s UK comedians…. They were in a different league.
@ladycatfern2 жыл бұрын
I'm 52 and I feel the same! I remember watching them as a child. They shaped my sense of humour.
@sugarbertie1143 Жыл бұрын
So pleased you like Eric and Ernie. Their comedy was epic, no bad language, just funny well scripted humour. They were comedy geniuses God bless em.
@comedywriter84082 жыл бұрын
The absurdity of this was hilarious. Great comedy.
@andrewroberts2992 жыл бұрын
You need to find the sketch they did with Shirley Bassey, when she’s singing, and them as prop men causing havoc behind her!
@timglennon68142 жыл бұрын
Shirley Bassey The Boot 🥾 sketch
@jemmajames67192 жыл бұрын
The one with Penelope Keith is funnier, when the staircase ends and she has to tuck her dress up etc
@weedle302 жыл бұрын
Just both of them! Shirley wearing that Doc Marten boot…. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@bernadettelanders73062 жыл бұрын
As you said, The silliness of this” lol. I love British comedy, we get and got so much British here in Australia. 😂
@PedroConejo19392 жыл бұрын
Probably the best comedic duo Britain has produced. They were (are) an institution. Stiff competition from the Two Ronnies but Morecambe and Wise tipped it with their length of time served.
@zippymk132 жыл бұрын
Famous people would love to be invited onto the Morecambe and Wise show, Peter Cushing trying to get his appearance fee throughout one of the series was superb, the celebrities didn't mind getting the piss taken out of them either and as Des O'connor showed sometimes they got their own back.
@revbenf68702 жыл бұрын
We had these guys AND we had the Two Ronnies!! And so many others, back in the day.
@RHP9898 Жыл бұрын
Harmless, warm humour. It's what we all love.
@adrianbradley85132 жыл бұрын
I live in Northern Ireland,turn 50 years old tomorrow and this is the first time I've seen this sketch. When Eric complained about being mocked for wearing glasses I thought "That's RICH coming from a man who's trying to rob a bank" which made the joke funny. This is the first video of yours that I've viewed since you shaved off your beard. You look VERY different when you are clean shaven( in a nice way) but I still would recognise your jolly infectious belly laugh anywhere.💰🏦🔫
@stevenbrindley24692 жыл бұрын
Great reaction EB😂. Great comedy duo, top class viewing on TV back in the day. Just see the comments posted so far, they had some of the greatest actors & actresses on their shows.
@joanmduncan2 жыл бұрын
The breakfast sketch is another classic, it is well worth a watch.
@TheYoungDoctor2 жыл бұрын
He's already watched it and mentions it at 0:07
@joanmduncan2 жыл бұрын
@@TheYoungDoctor oops, I should pay more attention!
@chrislofotos2 жыл бұрын
Ernie Wise was a comedian off stage too! Ernie was on my patch when I was a serving Police Officer, on Christmas day he would purposely set of his burglar alarm which we were obliged to attend, on arrival he would wish us merry Christmas and offer us some refreshments. Happy days!
@janmcdonald3896 Жыл бұрын
Oh wow, how cool. Thanx 4 sharing this
@rayjennings36372 жыл бұрын
The idea of going 'off-piste' with the notes through the 'window' was so typical of these two and the wonderful way they'd do it would leave everyone wondering as to whether it was 'ad-libbing' or scripted.
@johnroche83732 жыл бұрын
The duck turpin, highway man, play is awesome!👍👍👍
@spankflaps13652 жыл бұрын
I recommend the Morecambe and Wise “Morny Stannit” sketch (it’s not on YT, but is on Twitter)
@kimifur Жыл бұрын
Yes! This! :D
@j0hnn13K2 жыл бұрын
They were the masters of classic comedy/sketch/variety shows, if they did a classic piece, they would improve on it like only they could, and when they created their own sketches, the sky was the limit. They had created their own style within a popular genre of comedy, and by doing it better than any of their peers, they ensured their fame for the ages. If there had been an Oscar for classic theater comedy, then Morecambe and Wise would be the all-time leaders in Oscar wins, as they would have won it every year during their career.
@thelastoftheanglosaxons.37242 жыл бұрын
There are so many Americans doing what you do nowadays Mr EB that's it's impossible to keep up lol. But you're definitely number 1. Keep at it bud ✌️
@karenblackadder11832 жыл бұрын
Millions of people arranged their Christmas Day in order to be able to sit down all together and watch Eric and Ern's Xmas Show.
@TheEclecticBeard2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that!
@vallee31402 жыл бұрын
a lot of them lie when they say they have never seen it before.
@TheEclecticBeard2 жыл бұрын
Luckily anything I react to and will ever react to unless I label it a review, it'll be the first time I'm seeing it.
@vallee31402 жыл бұрын
@@TheEclecticBeard I know thats why I subscribe to you, I love your reactions
@toonbarmy42012 жыл бұрын
Happy memories...With limited TV channels and sets themselves, usually at one per household, back then as a kid i was at the mercy of whatever my parents wanted to watch. Thank god they liked Morecambe and Wise...
@marklatimer73332 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this very funny M & W comedy sketch back in the 1970's but it is so much funnier now that an American is explaining every little detail that I was too stupid to notice 50 years ago, thank you, you have literally changed my life .
@StuartLomas Жыл бұрын
Hi, Not sure if anyone else has told you but Morecambe & Wise were part of what us known as the Golden Era of British TV during the 60s & 70s. They were so famous & influential that major stars from TV, Movies & Classical Music(Andre Previn) would love being involved as it helped their career too. All stars who appeared rehearsed massively to get these sketches right & the whole UK would come to a halt when families came together to watch their Christmas Specials which were the highlight of TV in the evening of Christmas Day. Both the BBC & ITV here in the UK had a massive stable of comedians & double acts, all beloved but M & W were comedy royalty. Great to see you enjoying British comedy & you are right when you ask, Why we can't make this kind of comedy now? I do think that we in Britain have always had a little more freedom to be a touch more risky with our comedy which may be why you love it so much.
@bobby6666662 жыл бұрын
They had a very good scriptwriter in Eddie Braben. They were also very good at pulling the scripts off too.
@dinastanford77792 жыл бұрын
There was an American who covered his face in lemon juice to make himself invisible when he robbed a bank. Didn't work. Now that would be a comedy sketch
@davesy69692 жыл бұрын
There was another american who drew on his face with a marker pen because he hadn't got a mask.
@dinastanford77792 жыл бұрын
There was one that wrote his demand note on an envelope with his name and address on.
@bulwinkle2 жыл бұрын
Morecambe and Wise were an institution. TV companies fought each other to get them on contract.
@sood98762 жыл бұрын
My family actually saw these two perform live in Blackpool, Lancashire in the 1960's. There was a whole variety show, with singers, dancers etc. The main memory was when they pretended to be on a hospital trolley, travelling along a roller coaster which was projected onto a large screen behind them. After the show , we travelled through the Illuminations (check those out! ) One of my best childhood memories.
@andrewlaw2 жыл бұрын
They used to have a Christmas special every year that superstars would clamour to get on just to be berated and generally made to look stupid. The Dame Shirley Bassey one springs to mind as does the South Pacific episode.
@kimifur Жыл бұрын
The Shirley Bassey one still has me in hysterics every time!
@brianmcneill19722 жыл бұрын
my fave eric and ernie stuff is still the flat sketches
@janmcdonald3896 Жыл бұрын
I agree, they were mini sit coms
@tobywardrop68702 жыл бұрын
He tried to rob the bank, but the bank robbed him lmao Great comedy duo very smart but simple whilst also being misleading
@alanrogers30992 жыл бұрын
Like hearing you laugh makes laugh too great show
@deirdremacnamara98852 жыл бұрын
Great sketch. Loving the no Beard
@simonrichards67392 жыл бұрын
I’m gutted I never got to see them in real time, but when I worked in Morecambe they have a statue of Eric on the sea front and I had to have my picture taken with him.
@Mediawatcher20232 жыл бұрын
this maybe from 1978 but forty four years later its still a classic
@sirnigeloffarage92552 жыл бұрын
So the Eclectic Beardy has had a shave? Does anyone else feel a little lied to? 😉
@bigthecat1002 жыл бұрын
The Eclectic Five O'Clock Shadow doesn't quite have the same ring to it...
@TheEclecticBeard2 жыл бұрын
Lmao lol. Luckily the beard grows back rather quickly.
@vallee31402 жыл бұрын
I miss it
@ledger43212 жыл бұрын
I've been growing a beard to match yours!!!, now I have to get a good clean shave.
@jonathanaikman22852 жыл бұрын
Woody Allen did something similar in Take the Money and Run. He had a gun made of soap which ended up as a fistful of foam and there was a lengthy debate with bank staff as to whether his note said ''I have a gun'' or ''I have a gub'' because his writing was so unclear.
@marilynmcgregor7810 Жыл бұрын
My you look Great without beard and you are bringing back great memories as I watched this as a child and I'm 73 now
@kevinturner39972 жыл бұрын
If you can find it the Shirley Bassey sketch is a must
@jenesisjones6706 Жыл бұрын
omg, "WHOOSH" lol
@bill-20182 жыл бұрын
I don't remember this one. I do remember Dancing In The Rain. Still funny after all these years.
@TheCyberSalvager2 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of when I worked as a driver for a vehicle hire company, and when I was at the branch in the next town the manager told me about the time this guy walked up to the hire desk and demanded money. The manager just said "No, fuck off!" and the guy did! The funny thing was that the the company never dealt in cash so there was none anyway!
@ianbennett14912 жыл бұрын
Ernie Wise was born in Bramley Leeds. His real name was Wiseman. My Dad worked with his Sister in the clothing trade. There is a statue of him on Queen Street in Morley Leeds where I live.Ps you look better without all that fur on on your face. Iain Leeds Yorkshire England 🏴🏴🇬🇧🇬🇧
@Andrew-uq4zo2 жыл бұрын
Awesome I live in Morecambe got statue of Eric Morecambe on prom 👏 respect 👍 pal ✌ he's one funny gut R.I.P ❤🤘🏴🇺🇸
@chrissneyd92782 жыл бұрын
I met Morcambe and Wise in 1968 very funny guys.
@gillianhynes71202 жыл бұрын
The plays which I wrote are comic history big star's couldn't wait to do them
@bpfromowc2 жыл бұрын
That Andre Previn sketch is comedy Gold.
@mrk.dilkington2 жыл бұрын
Mr Preview..🤣
@bpfromowc2 жыл бұрын
@@mrk.dilkington Preview is a great straight-man. 😂
@kennyc36702 жыл бұрын
All these wonderful old programmes that could be shown by the BBC and what do we get - Dad's bloody Army ad infinitum.
@polheg12 жыл бұрын
What happened? You're naked. 😂
@henrybyrd54022 жыл бұрын
The ladies in the queue behind know what is going on but are just getting impatient to get it over with so that they can be served next.
@joangordon33762 жыл бұрын
Brits stand patiently in queues all the time 😁
@watchreadplayretro2 жыл бұрын
Always fantastic!
@marilynmcgregor7810 Жыл бұрын
Great family entertainment
@gutz3232 жыл бұрын
Have you ever done a review of 'in sickness and in health'? Or 'steptoe and son'? You may have heard of the American versions of these shows, called 'All in the family' and 'sanford and son'. These were originally British shows, then American producers bought the rights, and produced there own versions. Archie Bunker is based on a British Character called Alf Garnet. Them shows are classic.
@TheEclecticBeard2 жыл бұрын
I've reacted to Steptoe and Son. Which I'll be doing watch along live streams for after the Isle of Man TT is over with.
@vanessaswyer98992 жыл бұрын
The incongruity of the situation = LMFAO even though I've seen it many times over the years. I recommend Morecambe and Wise - Boom Oo Yata-Ta-Ta from 1962 (they re-worked this sketch for BBC with Elton John) however the original is far superior imho. Thanks for another enjoyable comic relief break!.
@mattgowans51212 жыл бұрын
I always wondered when you would reacted to this one lol
@peteneal59142 жыл бұрын
youve shaved the beard off you look so different and a lot younger brilliant mate
@Foxhunter492 жыл бұрын
So many funny clips from these two. One of the funniest was the stripper. As for their guest Andre Previn was hysterical as was Shirley Bassey.
@duncanwyer24602 жыл бұрын
Nice one Eclectic chin great as always
@wotdoesthisbuttondo2 жыл бұрын
Check out Benny Hill - Ask Dr Ruth, at very end he does a quick Morcambe and Wise tribute as both of him walk away.
@kenchristie92142 жыл бұрын
There is a similar scene in Woody Allen's "Take The Money And Run".
@blastproces2 жыл бұрын
A good civilised clean shave
@QuarkTheMagnificent2 жыл бұрын
They were so funny in their day and remain funny today - just like the 2 Ronnies - later followed by the great Hale and Pace - glad they still find you funny bone!
@steevenfrost2 жыл бұрын
Hale and Pace's drug song is brilliant.
@2learn4ever2 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's an age thing but after your comment I decided to check out that H&P one and I couldn't even smile at it.
@TallSilentGuy2 жыл бұрын
3:00 The expression on Ernie's face! 😄
@anthonystavely99472 жыл бұрын
Don’t over think it just enjoy it,
@papalaz44442442 жыл бұрын
Morecambe and Wise made three feature FILMS in the 1960's. They are buddy comedies similar to Abbott and Costello or the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby films. Nobody has reacted to those. You could be the first lol They did pretty well at the box office and they are genuinely funny :) "The Intelligence Men is a 1965 comedy film starring the British comic duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. In the US, it was retitled Spylarks. It is subtitled "M.I.5 plus 2 equals 0". The film was successful enough to enable Morecambe and Wise to make two further films, That Riviera Touch and The Magnificent Two. "
@geoffpinkerton632 жыл бұрын
they were masters of comic timing, try watching without pausing ( not a criticism, you need to, I understand )
@scrattycat91372 жыл бұрын
I was confused without the beard.
@RickRubinesque2 жыл бұрын
Electric potato? 😆
@davesy69692 жыл бұрын
Mr. Potato Head reacts.....🥔
@monsterebikes2 жыл бұрын
Omg is that really you ...you look so different with out the beard ..but the laugh is the same great video interaction
@peterdurnien90842 жыл бұрын
Eric made laugh out of the time he had his first heart attach too. He was driving an expensive car at the time a £7000 Jensen late night / early morning when he had to stop and ask for help. The only guy that was about was had only ever driven a tank in the Territorial Army, but agreed to drive him to a hospital. The Jensen lurched down the road like a kangaroo buy they eventually arrived at a hospital but it was closed. The only person in the hospital directed them to another hospital. If I can find the clip on youtube I will post it.
@peterdurnien90842 жыл бұрын
Found it and also the Walter Butterworth clip of him being reunited with the car years later by Erics son. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/maxylbZz09bdpGg.html
@peterdurnien90842 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLx3m5miqZmpnY0.html Walter Butterworth on Eric Morecambe and the Jensen.
@gedjones59772 жыл бұрын
Plus, you NEVER see a gun!!
@Maerahn2 жыл бұрын
I was a bit confused at first when I saw the thumbnail - thought you'd got someone else in to cover for you for a while! But darn, you are rocking your new look - makes you look a lot younger, actually. And I'm always up for a Morecambe and Wise reaction. 😊
@aaronmicalowe2 жыл бұрын
He's now the Eclectic Stubble. Same guy, many facades.
@vallee3140 Жыл бұрын
@@aaronmicalowe he is now back to Eclectic Beard thank goodness, I like him better hairy,
@claytonskids67642 жыл бұрын
😁 Heehee, I think you Appreciate M&W as much as I always have 🤗 btw, loving the clean-shaven look 👍☺️
@nadeansimmons2262 жыл бұрын
You have to remember they were innocent times and in the UK. We aren't all carrying guns
@John-kr7iz2 жыл бұрын
this type of comedy is a lost art, no swearing or nothing
@alanrogers30992 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@TheEclecticBeard2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much
@gazriley6242 жыл бұрын
what the hey!? whos this guy?! ha ha... you look totally different man
@davidderbidge82322 жыл бұрын
Are you going to be called Disappeared beard now
@robertdinsdale9706Ай бұрын
I didn't recognise u without the beard lol yeah i was brought up on all these british comedians benny hill was great too .
@margaretmclagan19082 жыл бұрын
My goodness you look 10 years younger without your beard.
@peterjones67332 жыл бұрын
Sorry… who’s this? Clean cut American guy! Looks good!
@keithcornish50732 жыл бұрын
I didnt realise it was you until I heard your voice
@geoffreytonkinson12402 жыл бұрын
No beard looking good buddy
@shellyandtimbell95742 жыл бұрын
brought up with Morcombe and Wise.Have you watched their sketch, Jungle book.🤣🤣🤣
@sjbict2 жыл бұрын
Have a look at M&W with Shirley Bassey its fabulous.
@hugh83292 жыл бұрын
You really need to dig out the 'I have a gub,apt natural' clip from Woody Allen's movie Take the Money and Run.
@DIDCOTTWIST2 жыл бұрын
You should react to The Two Ronnie's Swedish Made Simple it is funny and The Man Who Repeats Things also funny
@thelastpilot45822 жыл бұрын
I thought that I recognised that voice and I was quite surprised when I read the channel name. I kept thinking you reminded me of someone.😁👍
@gary.h.turner2 жыл бұрын
Yeah - reminded me of that other guy - "Eclectic No-Beard"! 🧔➕🪒➡️🙍♂️
@Jamienomore2 жыл бұрын
Such a pity there was only one short clip of the Scottish TV Comedy, 'Still Game'. There have been a few Americans who have Reacted to every Episode of all Nine Series plus extras. The great thing about Still Game is after a short time you know or knew People that were like the Characters in the Programme.
@kerryjones80442 жыл бұрын
Loved morecambe & wise & on another note I miss yr beard
@daneden21722 жыл бұрын
Ok.. Going to have to say it!!! Were is the beard?
@victordevonshire8072 жыл бұрын
Who's the new guy sitting in your seat. 🙂💪❤️
@nicolaausten67582 жыл бұрын
Niks other half here, how does it feel to loose the beard ?, I can imagine it's great, like wearing shorts on a glorious day. I'm not allowed to shave mine, Nick says that i look like a child catcher without it!, lol. I'm not !. Love your reactions. Chris
@seijika464 ай бұрын
Rather less likely for a bank robber in the UK to actually have a gun and much safer to treat it like a bluff than in places like the US.
@highpath47762 жыл бұрын
Ernie is a Better Bank Clerk than Eric a Bank Robber. I presume this is from the ITV series that M and W did in the 1970s
@Mediawatcher20232 жыл бұрын
Andrew previn sketch reaction
@TheEclecticBeard2 жыл бұрын
Already reacted.
@Aw-zc2lt2 жыл бұрын
Have you listened to Eric's story about being taken to hospital? Its quite famous and makes light of a bad situation! Part 1 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNNpmcxokrqZj4k.html Part 2 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLx3m5miqZmpnY0.html
@Richard5002 жыл бұрын
Too many interruptions!!! It's a comedy sketch and needs to be seen in one run through!
@eldoofthe3rd2 жыл бұрын
Wish they'd do these sketch shows today.... Unfortunately they'll be to try hard I think
@bpfromowc2 жыл бұрын
I assume you have seen The Music Box, by Laurel & Hardy ?
@hunterluxton59762 жыл бұрын
Where the he'll is your beard gone? You look so different. I didn't recognise you!