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Japanese film poster for "Bedazzled" (1967)

#peter cook #bedazzled #dudley moore #raquel welch #stanley donen #1960s #film

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Peter Cook as The Impressive Clergyman features not only in The Princess Bride, but also in this great set of screen caps from the film!

"The Princess Bride" (1988) - Rob Reiner

Films I've watched in 2024 (29/?)

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Peter Cook and socialite Dai Llewellyn in 1981, at Playboy exec Victor Lownes' 53rd birthday party!

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An icy Peter Cook, a jelly Dudley Moore, and an awe-struck Eleanor Bron all feature in this excellent clip from 1967's Bedazzled!

Drimble Wedge and The Vegetation - "Bedazzled"

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Fantastic!! Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, and Eleanor Bron - in art form!

:D

#peter cook #art #awesome! #dudley moore #eleanor bron #bedazzled #the wrong box

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The sketch-y Mr. Wisty! Fantastic rendering by @wearyourlovelikeheaven77 of Peter Cook's E.L. Wisty - nice!!

#peter cook #art #cool! #el wisty

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DUDLEY MOORE and PETER COOK in 1973, performing during the Broadway run of their Good Evening tour. Photographed by Martha Swope.

#peter cook #dudley moore #good evening #martha swope #1970s #stage

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Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love, etc. - it's Peter Cook as Elvis on Cook's short-lived chat show Where Do I Sit? in 1971!

#peter cook #where do i sit #tv #1970s

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Too cool! What a snazzy rendering of Peter Cook's George Spiggott in Bedazzled!!

#peter cook #so neat! #art #bedazzled #1960s #film

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Really great post here!! Via actor Patrick Warner in The Crown's second season episode "Mystery Man," from 2017, Peter Cook's sharp lampooning of then-PM Harold Macmillan to his face still makes waves all these years later!

Beyond the Fringe in The Crown

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that Mac going to Beyond the Fringe was actually portrayed in The Crown (s2ep10). The programme makers did a terrific job of conveying how shocking it was at the time that the PM was being satirised onstage. Anton Lesser actually made me feel sympathetic to the old Tory for a bit.

There's foreshadowing in s2ep4 when Margaret goes to a party where Dudley's band is playing. That gave me hope we'd see her friendship with Peter Sellers but that never happened.

The person enjoying it the most seems to be Jonathan, and from what I've heard elsewhere he was the most iconoclastic of the group. I doubt that Alan was so into it on the night though.

Over 60 years since Peter Cook started impacting the culture and the reverberations have never stopped. Gwan Cookie!

#peter cook #beyond the fringe #the crown #patrick warner #1960s #2010s #tv #stage #dudley moore #jonathan miller #alan bennett #harold macmillan #anton lesser

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Peter Cook, fashion icon!

Peter Cook's red socks

In 1967, Cookie played a scarlet-socked The Devil in the film Bedazzled, and forevermore he was to be seen red-stocking'd.

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Pete: He’s terrified of that— always stops him you see. Dud: I don’t want that fucking beer-stained gob all over me! Pete: No beer, dear! No beer! Afraid of your own homosexuality! Yes! Terrified of it! Not even a kiss after all these years of slaving together… not allowed to let the secret out, are you? Can’t take a kiss in public, can you? Nooooo, [leans in]— Dud: Oh, fuck off— Pete: Look at him rearing back in horror! ….from the truth. Yes, you can’t face the truth, can you?! Not the truth, not the REAL truth… you talk a lot about the truth, but the real truth about your raving homosexuality… it never comes out does it?

#peter cook #dudley moore #derek and clive #derek and clive get the horn #russell mulcahy #1970s #film

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An excellent Part 2!! @aurorlaura serves up another great post on The Peter Cook Gaze!

That one time Peter Cook didn't look at Dudley Moore

Sequel to this post.

Now here's a thing, in 1972 Michael Parkinson reunited Beyond the Fringe on his show. Pete & Dud were sat next to each other and facing Alan and Jonathan on Parky's other side. Was Pete feeling a united front between him and Dud against the other two? Parky gets Pete & Dud talking about wanting to carry on working together when the other two broke away. Peter never looks at Dudley, rarely looks at Parkinson, but directs his attention at Alan and Jonathan. Here Peter is giving Jonathan a piercing look while admitting, in Parky's words, that he has "a tremendous lust for power". One can imagine the battle of wills between those two back in the day.

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Derek and Clive Get the Horn - and in this reblog, we get a great screencap from that 1979 film!

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Adorable artwork, accurate caption - this is awesome!! Always love seeing a bit o' Bedazzled creativity here on Tumblr; that film is truly the gift that keeps on giving!

possibly the best movie ive ever seen !

#peter cook #art #neat stuff! #bedazzled #1960s #film

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A quality post, from the fantastic commentary and pic selections to the "relentless" (so accurate) "Art Gallery" sketch!! "You enjoying that sandwich?" is one of those random lines that has lived rent-free in my head for years, for no real reason other than - it's just funny!

The way Peter Cook looks at Dudley Moore

He's trying to pin him in place like a butterfly or something.

In the art gallery sketch it's relentless. Once or twice Peter looks away to save Dudley from corpsing, but much of the time he's daring Dud to keep going. What a double act.

It worked both ways though...

"I’m happy to say that, after fourteen years of working with him, Dudley still makes me laugh a great deal. During the two hours of the show I’m constantly on the verge of hysteria."

Peter Cook - "How I see Dudley Moore", Esquire, 1 August 1974.

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PETER COOK introducing musical guest Neil Sedaka with a flourish on Saturday Night Live (January 24, 1976)

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