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Americans React to Morecambe and Wise's Andre Previn Sketch

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20 Comments

@malcolmross8427 5 years ago

“I’m playing all the right notes, but not, necessarily, in the right order” must be one of the best lines ever written.

@neilsonlindsay2958 5 years ago

How Ant and Dec are even mentioned in the same breath as Eric and Ernie is a total mystery. This is Brilliant.

@ignoranceandcrisps 5 years ago

My grandad was in this! He was the bassoon player in the orchestra.

@robertkincaid 4 years ago

this is 50 years ago and we are still watching it , it is timeless

@gezcampbell-smith4806 4 years ago

I loved Andre's face of thunder when Eric starts playing. For someone who had never acted, and never rehearsed, Andre's performance was a work of art.

@1966Graham 5 years ago (edited)

No swearing, nothing racist, not political, just a fantastic family comedy program. Andre Previn demonstrated he was a world class performer & entertainer - with a great sense of humour. All sadly missed today.

@synthdude 3 years ago

Back in the 90s, I had the privilege of chatting to "Mr. Preview" after a concert here in Los Angeles. Naturally I brought up this sketch. He told me that everywhere he goes in the world people always commented on it. He just couldn't believe the lasting impact it had - and this was before YouTube! Nice to see you enjoying this piece of classic British comedy ❤️

@vouvray59 5 years ago

They were so loved by the British. Previn said he was not known in the local pub, but the day after this aired he became a celebrity. Andre Previn was a great conductor.

@saintetienne755 5 years ago

The humour has so many British nuances that it would be difficult for any non-British people to fully 'get' how hilarious this really is. Eric & Ernie were so 'home grown' they are National Treasures - never to be forgotten - never to be repeated. God Bless them

@Dave68Goliath 2 years ago

This sketch never gets old. Even after 50+ years. It's a classic.

@loungejay8555 5 years ago

Andre Previn needs credit for acting his part throughout this magnificently.

@cedricpeabody265 9 months ago

Eric was so chuffed with Mr. Preview's performance. It was his ability to be so deadpan that made it the classic it still is. Brilliant.

@Dantigua 5 years ago

I've been watching this same sketch for maybe 35 years, I'm still crying with laughter. The orchestra is great they are laughing as hard as anyone else. Morecombe and Wise absolute comic genius.

@Mediumal 5 years ago (edited)

To you both: Just to make you aware. This is one of the most legendary and beloved sketches in British TV comedy history. The Eric Morecambe rejoiner to Previn "I was playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order" has gone down in folklore as one of the best and most quoted of his many memorable famous comic lines. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant...

@pauljackson2409 5 years ago (edited)

Andre Previn used to joke about the fact that years later, London cabbies, used to greet him with: 'Hello, Mr Preview!'
The British (and I guess most people), love people, especially highly accomplished ones like Andre, who don't take themselves too seriously.

@renejean2523 5 years ago

Eric Morecambe said that this was his favorite ever sketch. He told Andre Previn that he knew it would be a great sketch if Previn kept a straight face throughout. Which he did.

@dexstewart2450 5 years ago

Previn made this - absolutely nailed his part

@orsonkaart1853 5 years ago

People used to wait until Morcambe and Wise had been on tv before they went to the pub on a saturday night !

@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars 2 years ago

What few these days realise, is that before this sketch, Andre Previn was renowned as a brilliant, world renowned classical conductor. Well known for being VERY serious. This sketch, brought him to a whole new audience!

@Maerahn 5 years ago

In a documentary I watched years ago, following Eric Morecambe's tragic death, Ernie Wise said that, about a week before they were due to film the sketch, they'd sent a basic script to Andre Previn (it WAS actually scripted, although Eric always had free rein to ad-lib, because he was a master at it.) Andre had been doing concerts all over the globe in the run-up to the filming session, and was actually flying back from New York to London on the day they were due to film. After they'd filmed the sketch, Ernie asked Andre how he'd found the time to learn the script, what with everything going on. Andre told him "I learned it in the back of the cab, on the way here from the airport." And, according to Ernie, he was word perfect.