The Best of... What's Left of... Not Only... But Also...
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Actor: Dudley Moore, Peter CookBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Restored, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 173 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
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- Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were a major part of the new comedy era in the '60s and '70s. When the pair wrote and conceived Not Only. But Also, a great partnership developed. They would talk into a microphone, and then record and review their impromptu speech, developing parts that had promise and discarding the rest. The scripts were not written in stone, and half of the charm of the show is the
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Movie Review: funny and witty with a touch of genius
Summary: 5 Stars
This British comedy sketch show from the 1960's is smart, occasionally surreal and always entertaining. I started watching this with low expectations. I usually don't get British humor. I thought the movie Peter Cook and Dudley Moore made together, "Bedazzled", was clever but only sporadically amusing. Monty Python is hit or miss for me (mostly miss). But this seems to hit my comedy sweet spot. Both Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were born in the 1930's and their cultural tastes (and cultural references) were markedly pre-baby boom. Their comedy is refreshingly unpolitical, and while it may have been moderately edgy on 1960's tv, it's not trying to challenge you or insult you or make you see the world in a different way; it's only trying make you laugh. These were not angry guys.
Moore and Cook play brilliantly off one another. The best skits of all are probably those with the rather dim characters Pete and Dud, all of which are uniformly excellent and laugh out loud funny. One thing that makes me think the show was aimed at adults are the musical interludes. Dudley Moore was an excellent pianist, and his straight ahead jazz trio made several appearances. His duet with vocalist Marian Montgomery, a great singer, on "Close Your Eyes" is especially wonderful.
Very highly recommended for fans of classy comedy and also for fans of adult pop/jazz music.
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