Derek and clive - comic geniuses or offensive loonies??

twctopcat · 04-07-2005, 07:56 AM

IMO they are hilarious but i just wanted to gauge peoples opinions on this comic pair.

marc71178 · 04-07-2005, 11:12 AM

Who?

twctopcat · 04-07-2005, 11:33 AM

Derek and clive aka Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. Renowned for their use of the c word among others!!

Pratters · 04-07-2005, 11:49 AM

I dont know them too.

Jamee999 · 04-07-2005, 12:02 PM

To quote Marc : Who?

King_Ponting · 04-07-2005, 12:20 PM

yeh mate ive got no idea who they are either

twctopcat · 04-07-2005, 12:46 PM

I'm very surprised and disappointed!!! They were two characters created by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore(hopefully people know this pair) which featured on some famous audio comedy albums such as Ad Nauseum and Derek and Clive Live.

BoyBrumby · 04-07-2005, 12:54 PM

The 3 albums: Derek & Clive Live, Come Again & Ad Nauseam are without doubt the funniest & most offensive material ever committed to vinyl. It's very, very strong stuff: racist, sexist and blasphemous (Peter Cook waxing lyrical about getting "the horn" for the recently dead Pope laid on his catafalque because someone had gone to the trouble of plucking out his nostril hair is sublimely offensive), but it is underscored with a dark satirical intelligence.

It would be very easy to be po-faced & say the humour is beyond the pale, but it passes the comedy test: it makes you laugh.

My favourite line? Probably Cook's eulogy of the Russian health service: "The health service is fabulous, as soon as you're ill they kill you; there's no f*cking about with cures."

twctopcat · 04-07-2005, 01:02 PM

Knew i could rely on you brumby!

Can you mention one whale in the history of mankind that has a record in the top 10??

BoyBrumby · 04-07-2005, 01:11 PM

I'm just listening to Ad Nauseam now actually (with headphones on, it's not my girlfriend's cup of tea!). I love Cook's impression of Bruce Forsyth:

"Let's have some c*** from the audience. Hello, c*** from the audience? Come in & make a fool of youself!"

Slow Love™ · 04-07-2005, 01:21 PM

Never heard any Derek and Clive material - Peter Cook was generally pretty funny, although I never had a lot of time for Dudley Moore. Last thing I ever saw him in (Cook) was that Comic Strip episode where Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson played (somewhat ironically) alcoholics, and he kept borrowing their "fairy liquid" to clean up the mess from his murdering escapades next door.

BoyBrumby · 04-07-2005, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Slow Love™

Never heard any Derek and Clive material - Peter Cook was generally pretty funny, although I never had a lot of time for Dudley Moore. Last thing I ever saw him in (Cook) was that Comic Strip episode where Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson played (somewhat ironically) alcoholics, and he kept borrowing their "fairy liquid" to clean up the mess from his murdering escapades next door.

Sounds like "Mr Jolly Lives Next Door".

Slow Love™ · 04-07-2005, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

Sounds like "Mr Jolly Lives Next Door".

Yeah, I think that was it. I may be confusing it with another one, but I think it's the one where they get forcibly contracted to "take out" Nicholas Parsons. Very funny actually - most of the early Comic Strips were, although they seemed to deteriorate some years down the track.

BoyBrumby · 04-07-2005, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Slow Love™

Yeah, I think that was it. I may be confusing it with another one, but I think it's the one where they get forcibly contracted to "take out" Nicholas Parsons. Very funny actually - most of the early Comic Strips were, although they seemed to deteriorate some years down the track.

Yeah, that's the one: Rik & Ade run an escort agency (with themselves as the escorts) & they steal an envelope filled with money & the instruction to "take out" Nicholas Parsons that was intended for Mr Jolly (Cook) the hitman who lives next door.

I love Peter Richradson as Mr Lovebucket the gangster who hires Mr Jolly,

"Last week someone wrote on the back of my car 'Mr Lovebucket is a w@nker'. Now I'm married, so not only is it very wrong; it's also very unkind."

sledger · 04-07-2005, 01:49 PM

er.....not sure who we are talking about still....

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04-07-2005, 12:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
BoyBrumby Englishman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Doing the stance Posts: 42,629	The 3 albums: Derek & Clive Live, Come Again & Ad Nauseam are without doubt the funniest & most offensive material ever committed to vinyl. It's very, very strong stuff: racist, sexist and blasphemous (Peter Cook waxing lyrical about getting "the horn" for the recently dead Pope laid on his catafalque because someone had gone to the trouble of plucking out his nostril hair is sublimely offensive), but it is underscored with a dark satirical intelligence. It would be very easy to be po-faced & say the humour is beyond the pale, but it passes the comedy test: it makes you laugh. My favourite line? Probably Cook's eulogy of the Russian health service: "The health service is fabulous, as soon as you're ill they kill you; there's no fcking about with cures." __________________ - As featured in The Independent.* "This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers." - Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads

04-07-2005, 11:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
twctopcat International Regular Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: winchester, england Posts: 3,477	Derek and clive aka Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. Renowned for their use of the c word among others!!

04-07-2005, 11:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
Pratters Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kolkata, India Posts: 20,794	I dont know them too.

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King_Ponting International Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,043	yeh mate ive got no idea who they are either

04-07-2005, 12:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
twctopcat International Regular Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: winchester, england Posts: 3,477	I'm very surprised and disappointed!!! They were two characters created by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore(hopefully people know this pair) which featured on some famous audio comedy albums such as Ad Nauseum and Derek and Clive Live.

04-07-2005, 01:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
twctopcat International Regular Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: winchester, england Posts: 3,477	Knew i could rely on you brumby! Can you mention one whale in the history of mankind that has a record in the top 10??

04-07-2005, 01:11 PM	#10 (permalink)
BoyBrumby Englishman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Doing the stance Posts: 42,629	I'm just listening to Ad Nauseam now actually (with headphones on, it's not my girlfriend's cup of tea!). I love Cook's impression of Bruce Forsyth: "Let's have some c* from the audience. Hello, c* from the audience? Come in & make a fool of youself!"

04-07-2005, 01:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
Slow Love™ International Captain Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 6,079	Never heard any Derek and Clive material - Peter Cook was generally pretty funny, although I never had a lot of time for Dudley Moore. Last thing I ever saw him in (Cook) was that Comic Strip episode where Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson played (somewhat ironically) alcoholics, and he kept borrowing their "fairy liquid" to clean up the mess from his murdering escapades next door. __________________ "Youre known for having a liking for men who look like women." - Linda "FFS I'm sick and tired of having to see a bloke bend over to pick something up or lean over and see their arse crack. For christ's sake pull your pants up or buy some underpants you bogan because nobody want's to see it. And this is a boat building shed (well one of them) not a porn studio." - Craig

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