Analysis of the Comedy of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were two great comedians who started their
careers in a satirical sketch show, 'Beyond the fringe', during the
60's. The audience expected great things from these two comedians in
their own show, and they certainly delivered. I have recently watched
three of their most memorable sketches, 'Bo Dudley', un-welcomed
visitors and 'Art Gallery'.
During 'Bo Dudley' Moore plays a black jazz musician. He is clearly
white and has no real idea about the music he alleges he is an expert
in. This sketch is a satire on the very 50/60's BBC Responses to their
art forms explored in Art programmes. They are obviously two very
different people and the comparison alone makes the sketch funny
.During this Peter and Dudley's comedy relies as usual upon the
partnership between Cook as the comic imagination and wit and Moore as
the slapstick clown.
Throughout the sketch 'Moore sings about 'Mamas New Bag' and what she
does to it which Cook interprets to the audience in a very serious
manner. To the audience it is obvious that Moore is singing about a
relationship between a man and a woman, not a bag.
The satirising of sexual references expresses their foolishness; the
explanation of the song is the joke in the sense of the ridiculous.
The sketch proved very popular with the audience. As there were many
taboos in the 60's which Cook and Moore took no notice of and really
pushed the boundaries on. The audience admired their confidence and
they were described as the 'Beatles' of comedy. As in the other two
sketches, they are filmed very close on and have very little set. This
makes us as the audience feel closer to them. It also means that we
can see everything that goes wrong.
In the sketch, 'un-welcomed visitors', Cook and Moore play two of
their most memorable characters, - these are their alter ego's, 'Pete
n Dudd'. Two cloth capped idiots who discuss all manner of worldly
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