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- A classic routine, broadcast on the 18th August 1962 on ATV in their TV series Two of a Kind. This is an old VHS rip, if you want it crisp and fabulous-looking, please buy the DVD!
This first series is now released on DVD. Please buy it from Amazon or similar and maybe Network will put out the other few series(es) they did for ATV before they signed to the BBC. It would probably be worthwhile if you email Network DVD too. These should be available for purchase, dammit!
(Thank you Network for doing the first series at least!)
My Dad sang this often, usually to the Great Grandkids to make them laugh. I've even got a video of him, aged 93, dancing around the garden & singing it. He passed 2 weeks ago, aged 95 & we're thinking of including it somewhere at his funeral.
Hope you did. I’m guessing he would be love it.
Well when my partner died we had Bring Me Sunshine and it was very well received. I hope you were able to have this for your arrangements.
I'm 70 now and it still makes me cry with laughter ! What made it worse, my Uncle
was the spitting image of Eric, fabulous entertainment !
Absolutely brilliant humour... 'silly' but actually very clever co-ordination required.
rehearsed to death, performed to perfection. that was their secret. came from the stage where they had to be on the ball live every night.
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I was nine at the time and the next day we all tried to sing it in the playground. 😊😊😊
I love picturing that!
Waayhaay! 😀That's great.
My 2 sisters and I used to 'boom oo yatatata' a lot 😊
@@TheGreatPresenter So did myself & my 2 Sisters 😊👍
Comedy genius. Pure faultless entertainment. In my humble opinion , never surpassed.
Found this clip by accident! Realised I remembered it, watching it with my Mum & Dad....strange feeling as I would only have been 5 years old, but I could even tell you what Mum was wearing and the green colour of dads cardigan with big brown leather buttons. A very stange sensation!
Wow, this must have really had an effect of you.
Never be bettered, 73 and remember seeing this , genius
Absolute genius comedy. 50 years later It Is still funny.
When I first saw this sketch, I tried adding "boom oo ya ta ta ta", in my head, to every song I heard on the radio!
When you wonder where Reeves and Mortimer get their act from you need look no further.
Nice to see Dick Hills and Sid Green get some credit as their writers
I remember their ATV series 2 of a kind written by those two. I thought it was hopeless. And they kept appearing in sketches. It was Eddie Braben who deserves all the credit. He made them what they became imho.
@@stephenreeds3672 Spot on, Hills and Green whilst decent writers were no good in front of the camera
@@dlamiss I liked those two guys in this, not trying to outshine M&W. Also this sketch was our first brush with M&W -as played by our mother who came home from work saying she had seen these two guys on tv somewhere (our not having a tv) in which they try to outdo each other by interrupting with a "oom oo yatatata". As she proceeded to act it out.(pretty well too as she had been stage entertainer herself) we kids fell about laughing. Even after we had tv * M&W had moved on to other sketches (maybe even the 'better' ones by Eddie Braben the poster below yours said he preferrered, our favourite entertainment by them started off with our mother's own reprise of "boom ooh yatatata" .
A never to be forgotten experience for years afterward.
Fantastic nobody has never got close to them. Sadly missed!
Well one duo has but different type of act.
I've never forgotten this sketch. Genius. ❤
I haven't either. I live in Oz now and there is a bird call here that reminds me of this sketch every time I hear the bird's version of Boom Oo Yata-Ta-Ta.
He wont sell many ice creams going at that speed ! Oh the thinks w remember from our youth !!!
That was Eric and ern in bed very fun
I still say that line every time an emergency vehicle goes past.👍🏻
@@valaudae1809 me too 😊
The difference between them and the so-called comedians of today, who rely on swearing and 4-letter words and who have to have a screaming audience is that Morecambe and Wise were funny. Today's crop are NOT. Why else do you think their shows are repeated year after year when today's lot are NOT. As for Keith Lemon, he is disgusting. Why ITV 2 keep showing his rubbish I do not know,. (And he gets paid for spouting this filth!)
In years to come, if anyone asks the question, "Why were Morecambe and Wise the greatest double-act of their time", then please refer them to this clip!
Classical Stephen
Stephen Timms this or mr preview.
Laurel and Hardy are the greatest double act of all time, and don't you forget it, mate.
Mr preview better known as Greig piano concerto.
rackinfrackin I liked Abbott and Costello doing "Who's on first". 😂😂😂
@@rackinfrackin Laurel and Hardy were great. But they primarily made films. Morecambe and Wise did a live double-act to a studio or theatre audience, and sketches. L & H and M & W are not directly comparable. It's a bit like comparing Peter Sellers and Tommy Cooper.
I'm only 18 and I love watching these! Proof that they are timeless!! :)
From a 65 year old, it's great to hear that 😊👍
You are 28 now lol 😅
@@Marlondurran 29. Almost 30!
And may you have another 100 years on top of that.. 😂
@@Marlondurran Thanks. You too 😁
Laurel and Hardy , Morecambe and Wise the two greatest comedy duos ever . Timeless .
Genius. British humour at its best.
Good clean fun, not a hint of coarseness, swearing or double entendres and it's still funny today,
brian elliot ooh that's pushing it a bit though eh? 😂
Arsenal.
Two old men in deckchairs....
A spot on assessment.
The thing about Eric Morecomb, was that he was so very human. All those James Bond films that came out then, with him being suave and sophisticated did nothing for me, but Eric and Ernie were at the other end of the spectrum, unashamedly childlike and silly. Absolutely fantastic!
In fairness they were different genres but I agree M&W had a charming innocence. Best comedy duo ever in my opinion.
Lucia Tilyard . I remember this sketch but using a different song
it started with the line 'will you miss me tonight when I'm gone'. I was at uphill primary school at the time and there were only two channels on the telly. we all went circling around the playground singing boom oo ya ta ta ta. crazy orwhat?
You're right! I've searched and searched, but I can't find any recording with that song on it . They released a 45rpm single, but that was Are You Lonesome, etc. It was a nice catchy little tune, (and it fitted in the rhythm of the sketch better), but they were either not using the whole song, or it was just a couple of bars rustled up by a handy musician. I'm still looking!
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Maurice Hawkins I agree, I have that record somewhere, I must look for it. Thx
Sid and Dick were their first and greatest scriptwriters...
Braben was their greatest writer. Hill and Green stifled them by having to be semi present on the shows
David R Coe I never knew that, thanks!
dlamiss Oh, didn't know that either 🙏🏻. I've learned so much today and it's all been hilarious. Thank you.🙏🏻
Hadn't thought about this for years, but I remember it like it was yesterday.
And the whole thing was done without a single swear word, unlike today's comedians who use nothing but it seems.
I heard dick plenty o times.
Their early stage act, which made their reputation i n the first place, was rather less polite and restrained than what was acceptable on the TV at the time.
Yes!!!!!
Bill Bryant you. Cannot best quality
*sigh*
Comedy Genius Again, thanks Eric and Ernie, for making my day, Stay Safe Everyone, XX
"He's a happy little soul" Pure adlib
Can't beat Morecambe& Wise Brilliant
Very clever and good timing, no swearing. Professional and funny too!
I remember this from when i was a lad in the late 60s, who would think they would be come our finest comedy act, still brings a mile to my face, Eric you were a genius.
"Do you know it" says Ern......and Eric quickly replies, "Naaaw, but you don't know it either" Absolutely brilliant!
There was an actors strike so the other actors were the actual writers
jvisch I wondered why their comic timing was slightly off.
This wasn't a one-off. Dick Hills and Sid Green quite often joined in the act as support players or stooges. I can clearly remember an ATV series a few years after this, when they were at different times:
* German soldiers from WW1
* Japanese ceremonial dancers
* custard-pie throwers (in a sketch where there were only three pies, and Eric was the one who didn't get one - you always knew he was going to cop the lot; the humour came from how they managed to string it out till the inevitable climax)
They even starred in their own six-part sketch series "Those Two Fellas" (c1965), but without Eric and Ernie, their limitations as interpreters of the material soon became sadly apparent.
Eric and Ernie best British double act. 👍👍👍
I am 73 and remember watching this.Strange how certain events stick in the old grey cells and others dont.
its true. Eric Morecambe was a comedy genius as was Ernie wise. Ernie was always picking away at Eric and yet when you saw him pull that face and quiver his lips he was so like a child who has been told off. some of the replies he said were near the knuckle but certainly tame by today's standards
a TRUE comedy genius and we loved him and boy do we miss him now! what's more; how did he do the bag trick? alas when he died he took the secret with him. the day he died was a sad day for comedy and no mistake.
Maurice Hawkins the bag trick is quite simple, you hold the bag between your thumb and middle finger and them move them like you’re snapping your fingers. Nobody could do it like Eric though.
I have waited 50 years to see this again and was not disappointed;simply great!
What a great memory of days and comedians sadly long since gone .Thanks
I cried with laughter the first time I saw this. Brilliant.
Me too.
Fabulous sketch. They were brilliant and made everything look so natural!!! I loved them to bits❤❤💯👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
My Dad had the single of Boom-oo-yatta-tata in his record collection...not seen the original clip before..
The Great Eric & Ernie , I loved watching them as a kid along with my dad. The good old days
lost in youtube and found this video... No regret..
When this was released on record they couldn't use the song 'Are you Lonesome Tonight' for copyright reasons, so producer Wally Ridley came up with a similar tune 'Do you miss me tonight', clever stuff..
Everybody remembers their unforgettable Christmas Specials in the 70s.
However running in tandem with theses shows, they were also on the road.
I was lucky enough to see them twice at the Winter Gardens Margate in the mid 70s.
Unbelievably funny and very clever, timing honed to perfection.
Whatever they did live or on TV was funny, but I think they were what they were most of there careers a, that is brilliant live performers.
remember watching this a long way back... funny then ,,, even funnier now
I don't think we will ever see the like again.
All the right notes but in the wrong order.
Just pure innocent comedy.
Hard to believe its 58 years old and its still so funny.
Eric and Ernie were the best.
The "Won't you play that simple melody" and "Musical Dreamers" song is the same thing they used when they had Elton John on the show :P
Simply brilliant comedy ,miss them on TV even to this day .
Eric Morecambe, gone but not forgotten
ATV ditto - gotta love the little box in top right corner of the screen (after 5:15) saying the adverts were coming :-)
They were the epitome of family entertainment. Brilliant comedy.
real comedy by real people
I woke up with this running through my head this morning! Not heard it for decades :-)
Dick was loving his moment on camera clearly. Little Ern pulling some classic expressions.
+Bondek hi bondek, have you heard of Max Wall?
bonnie43uk I don't think so but I have a feeling I should've. Sounds faintly familiar.
+bonnie43uk I've heard of Max Wall! I remember him being Professor Wallofski and doing the silly walks. I remember Charlie Drake and Stanley Baxter, too. Baxter's impersonation of Her Majesty used to crack me up, even as young as I was. Those guys really did have funny bones.
@@bonnie43uk I saw him in Die Fledermaus as the jail keeper Frosch at the Coliseum, English National Opera. Another time Frankie Howerd.
@@valw53 you must be getting on a bit valw, like me, 62 now :-)
As a young kid of about 3 or 4 I think we actually had a record of them doing the 'Boom Oo Yata Ta' I would plat it over and over again. Never seen this before , great thanks for upload
2 comic genius's I miss those Christmas shows they use to do even now.
Absolute genius. Still hilarious after all these years.
I grew up with this and I love it. I'm 21 and yet I love the 60s
I LOVE THESE TWO!! Eric has the cutest smile :)
classic lol
Love it simply love it
Grew up watching them .
Never ever get tied of them and there skeches.
And not just them .
Benny hill
Two ronnies
Dick enery show
All british clasics
Ohhhhhh these two were and still are my favourite comedians...they were the best...mind you Eric Morecambe or Eric Barthlomew as was...is from my old home town Mrecambe......but ya still cant beat Northern humour..... :)
I really miss them :-(
Eric was not a bad singer. Did he ever release a record? He should have.
Des O'Connor probably discouraged him. 😂😂😂
I would find it hard to pick between morcombe and wise and the two ronnies as they were 2 great double acts and are still great to watch today.
"Sid and Dick" were Sid Green and Dick Hills. Scriptwriters for M&W
Eric very much resembles Vic Reeves here.
I’m watching in 2024!! There’s a statue of Ernie outside of our post office!! Very sadly no
Eric. He’s in Morcame. Should’ve done both together in both places.
John Great double act could always make you laugh
If someone compares these two to Ant and Dec once more im going to flip.
These 2 guys have helped me pull girls for years.. the invisible ball in paper bag...god i love thses 2..
They did the counter melodies with Elton John as well.
Real brilliant British humour, never dirty, just perfect.
I remember a record version of this, which was played often on Children's Choice (later Junior Choice) on Saturday morning radio
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Look at Eric's Trousers. Ironed in creases UP TO THE WAISTBAND. My Uncle Ernie used to have trousers like that.
I am "I bought this as a 45rpm single" years old 🤣 If I remember correctly, they had to change the melody for copyright reasons (to "Will you miss me tonight"). I actually preferred the released version rather than this one.
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Their astonishing naturalism (almost flatness) was both typical of their northern upbringing, but also undersold some of the greatest comedy material in British history. And Eric was a master in a way that I think he never truly realised. And we all know where that led.
superb , talent at its finest
I think this was Eric and Ernie at their best. Eddie Braben didn't really improve their act at all. It got worse.
I've seen a different version to this. Where he sings "will you miss me tonight when I'm gone". I don't remember this at all.
Dick and Sid, the script writers for M+W for many years till they moved to the BBC.
I done this for my kids and they passed it on to my grandchildren then who knows,will they pass it on. A great laugh.
'Won't You Play A Simple Melody' was also used in the episode where Elton John was a guest.
Miss these guys so much u will never get guys like theses again Tommy Cooper freddie starr dick every benny hill and Eric morecambe
Didn't they do a similar sketch with Peter skellon and again with John Elton ?? All 3 still funny.
Great. Brings back memories of Eric and Little Ern.
the wont you play a simple melody was redone with elton john for the christmas special in 1976
I'm almost sure that this was pre-Eddie Braben. He was their saviour in later years but they could do it without him
Definitely before Eddie B! Their scriptwriters here were Dick Hills and Sid Green, who actually appear in the sketch. (They played support roles in many others too.) Eddie's main gig at this time was helping Ken Dodd write his half-hour show on the BBC Light Programme.
The best known version is the one you remember.It was released as a single and was played a lot on radio,but did not chart.They must have changed the sketch for the TV show.
Just funny no innuendo no tasteless rubbish only joy giving laughs.😅
Will you miss me to knight when I am Gorn?
Will your Hart be the same from now Om!
pure genius
Love this, hilarious and not a foul word!! two of the all time best
Hilarious
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Love it! Especially when they make themselves crack up! And dig that crazy hair of Ernie's!
now watch them with Elton John
Whoever compared Ant and Dec to these comedy maestros need their heads examined.
I remember this with another song? Will you miss me tonight?