REACTING TO MORECAMBE & WISE - Singing In The Rain!
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Hi Megan, This is an absolute classic sketch from Eric and Ernie, I remember the legendary Gene Kelly watching this, he was literally in tears, laughing at this, he absolutely loved it 😀 😀
When you do the breakfast sketch, have tissues handy it's absolutely hilarious!! 😂 😂
Eric and Ernie's trademark song at the end of each show was Bring Me Sunshine!! 😀 😀
RIP Eric Morecambe 🙏🙏
RIP Ernie Wise 🙏🙏
Hi Terry! Thanks for the tip!! ☺
Eric was recovering from a Heart Attack when they did this sketch. They were quite simply the best. Much loved and greatly missed.
That’s incredible commitment!
Hi Megan, when I was a kid in the 1970's, these two guys ruled Saturday night TV back in the days when the UK only had 3 terrestrial channels. Their audiences were huge and one of the Xmas specials got in the record books for having the highest ever UK TV audience. Legendary sketches are The One with Shirley Bassey, the Breakfast sketch, Ernie's perennially bad 'plays what he wrote' usually at the end of shows...and of course, the classic Mr Preview sketch with Andre Previn. They are our greatest double act.
It may be the same in other countries but we seem to have had a lot of double acts in British comedy: Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnies, Alas Smith And Jones, Fry and Laurie, Newman and Baddiel, Baddiel and Skinner, Punt and Dennis, The Two Johns, Mitchell and Webb, Miller and Armstrong, French and Saunders, to name a sample.
Otherwise, and sticking with sketch comedy, you've got things like Not the Nine o' Clock News, I'm Sorry I'll Read that Again, The Fast Show, The Real McCoy, Month Python, Smack the Pony, Goodness Gracious Me , The Goodies, Little Britain and The League of Gentlemen. Again, this is just a selection and all of the above are well worth checking out.
As far back as the 1930s, these guys were treading the boards in British theatres, first individually, then together as a hardened double-act. Their stage-craft had been honed for so long that this reference actually dated from their 20s.
Amazing sketch...was brought up on these two as a kid...Gene Kelly actually said this was the best renacation of it he'd seen
Huge stars of TV, film and music wanted to be guests on their shows. There are some truly wonderful sketches with the likes of Shirley Bassey, Andre Previn and Glenda Jackson. The great thing was how these stars were prepared to go along with the silliness.
Hi Megan these two along with the Two Ronnies have endlessly funny sketches.🤗 I don't know if you've already seen them but I'd recommend Fawlty Towers reactions one of the best sitcoms starring John Cleese simply brilliant.Always watch and like your reactions.👍💓
Hi Simon! Thanks for the comment 😊 yes I’ve heard Fawlty Towers is a good watch! It’s certainly on my list!
My first thought after seeing this as a kid, Eric is always dry straight away after being soaked. Nice clip, thank you ❤
that's so true! I didn't even notice that 😂 Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the reaction :)
@@MeganRuth as always, the highlight of my day
They had to. Erick had only recently recovered from his second heart attack and open heart surgery. They stopped filming to dry him off so he didn't get too cold
Their Mastermind sketch became immortalised after an absurd case of cheating on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'.
I hope you have seen the original version with Gene Kelly to see what this is a tribute to. The "Morny Stannit" newspaper sketch is very good and so is "There Is Nothing Like A Dame"; both by Eric & Ernie.
I have! I haven't seen the full film, but I have seen the Singing in the Rain part :) Thanks for the suggestions!
@@MeganRuth Paddington Bear has also done a Singing In The Rain tribute. I am sure you have heard of him and it is on UA-cam. He also did a sketch with our now late Queen Elizabeth II for her 90th birthday.
Morning Standard. 😁😁
@@Poliss95 Yes, but that wasn't the correct name of the paper 🤣
Breakfast sketch is😊😊 funnier!
Nobody does comic feathering like Eric Morecambe! There just something about his body language. I get the feeling that Eric hadn't been well, possibly with a virus or a chest infection and still did this. I don't think that water in the trough was heated, possibly stone cold.
If the water was cold then that's extra commitment to the bit! Especially if he was unwell.
@@MeganRuth Both Eric and Ernie were perfectionists. I know that Eric would be interminably worried that the shows went well. They were influenced by Abbot and Costello and started their act during WW2. There is a marvellous docudrama based around their first meeting and the beginning of their career on stage and then on into their first television shows. The late Victoria Wood plays Eric's mother. very worth a watch if you can find it and Victoria was, herself, a star for a number of years with her one-woman shows.
Megan unless you've seen the original dancing in the rain movie you may have missed the joke, Ernie dancing not in the rain,ps megan have you seen the original film.
I haven't seen that for ages!
Eric was unwell and had his second heart attack and had recently had open heart surgery before filming this. Everytime he had water dumped on him they stopped filiming to dry him off so he didn't get too cold.
Gene Kelly liked this sketch.
Well that’s a huge compliment, then! Singing in the Rain is a classic
Morecambe and Wise did a movie based around gambling I think. I remember seeing it years ago like 45 years ago and laughing really hard. Might be worth a video 🙂
They did three films in the 60s. The first one was really bad, but if you watch them in order you can see them got better each time. The third was almost decent. The second film "That Riviera Touch" did include them gambling
That Riviera Touch is the film.
@@peterjackson4763 They were also in an Episode of The Sweeny ?
@@highpath4776 I didn't know that, but here is proof ua-cam.com/video/yXuLlhOt1xk/v-deo.html
Great memories
Surely, if you're not really familiar with the original Gene Kelly version, much of Eric and Ernie's take on it will be lost.
compare to the gene Kelly original. Ernie's steps are almost identical
I Wonder if Gene Kelly ever saw this skit 🙂
Apparently he did and he approved!
I think without seeing the film or at least the gene Kelly dance number you kinda miss some of the context.
I had seen the dance number :)
@@MeganRuth ok cool.
You made no reference to it so it looked/sounded like you hadn't seen it.
Did you know that gene Kelly had a temperature of 104 when he did this scene and would get soaked through with each take.
Also they put milk in the rain water so it would be able to be seen on camera.
@@sarablack2547 yes that was my mistake! I should have mentioned it :)
@@MeganRuth 👍🏻🙂
No I didn’t know that! Thanks for the info! The milk fact is super interesting… movie magic!! :)
This sketch by Eric and Ernie was a brilliant portrayal of Gene Kelly's original; it was beautifully performed...but wasn't funny! Megan didn't find it funny either, as witnessed by the worst false laugh I've ever seen. I'd have much preferred an HONEST reaction!
I did find it funny! I’m sorry you didn’t think my laugh was genuine, but I can assure you, it was :)