Come Again [Import]

Derek & Clive, Derek & Clive | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B000026LRL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,310 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #12 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Shock Comedy

Track Listings

1. You Stupid Cunt

2. Coughin Contest

3. Cancer

4. Non-Stop Dancer/My Mum So

5. Joan Crawford

6. Norman The Carpet

7. How's Your Mother

8. Back Of The Cab

9. Alfie Noakes

10. Nurse

11. In The Cubicles

12. Ross Mc Pharter

13. Hello Colin

14. Having A Wank

15. I Saw This Bloke

16. Parking Offence

17. Members Only

18. Valarie's Hymen

19. Mother

20. Young Dudley Moore Perfor

Editorial Reviews

Featuring the classic UK comedy team of Peter Cook & Dudley Moore. 20 tracks including, 'You Stupid C**t' and 'Valerie's Hymen'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You stupid c**t!, October 16, 2002

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Mr. S. A. Lukacs "Simbob" (england) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come Again (Audio CD)

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore get drunk, and record an album as their foul mouthed alter egos Derek and Clive. The results are disgusting, disturbing, but above all utterly hilarious. Peter Cook's masterful improvisation is a wonder to behold as he runs comedy rings roun Dudley Moore (As talented a man as Moore is, when it comes to off the cuff witticisms he will always come second best to Cook). A wide variety of sensitive subjects are touched upon, such as Joan Crawford's c**t, excuses to give to your wife rather than admit you have been masturbating, and different forms of cancer. If it sounds in bad taste, that's because it is, but don't let that put you off. There's something rather joyous about the pair showing total and utter disregard for any decent moral standards and just going off on unexplored avenues, no matter how dark or sacred they originally appear to be. There is also Moore's undoubted musical talent. Although the pair are heavily undr th influence, Moore's piano skill's are still impeccible and used to great comic ffct, especially in the classic "Jump" song.
This also marks the last time for a long period that the two would work together, their relationship having become strained due to increased drinking and their differing career paths (Remember that Moore was now a Hollywood star and no longer saw why he should have to sit in Cook's shadow). It was the end of one of the most successful, original and innovative comic partnerships of the last cntury and as a document in comedy history, is invaluable.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars genius!, October 22, 2000

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Brett Wilson (Hastings, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Come Again (Audio CD)

Well, what can i say? this album shows the genius that was peter cook and dudley moore as a double act. No scripts, just two very talented comedians in a room, getting pissed, improvising! the humour is very, very crude, so you need to have an open mind to appreciate it. If your comedy tastes have any taboos at all, then something on this cd will probably offend you! Having said that, if you like your comedy broad, then you cant go wrong with this. The cd is is split into 20 tracks, and each of them is a gem. the chemistry between pete and dud is brilliant, and the timing impeccable. the driving force of the pair is peter, who does the majority of the speaking, but the one line quips of dudley are hysterical.

to round this review up, i would say that if titles like 'joan crawford's c**t', 'cancer', 'valerie's hymen'or 'you stupid c**t' offend you, then avoid this. If, like me, you have a little chuckle when you read them, then buy this today! you won't regret it.

P.S. Hello colin is my favourite sketch!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Shoot him, Kurt!", November 20, 2003

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Vincent J. Mulvihill "vjm" (Chicago, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come Again (Audio CD)

"You stupid c**t," berates Peter Cook at the top of this disc to the unsuspecting listener. "You just bought this record... expecting comedy and a few dirty words." "But what you don't know," adds Dudley Moore, "is there's f**k all on this side." "So what you're going to get now is a long f**king pause, you stupid c**t," retorts Cook. Then silence.

That's how "Come Again" begins, and the rest of the disc maintains this in-your-face improvised humor for nearly 80 minutes. Spurred on by Dudley Moore's tendency to break up laughing, Peter Cook lays down some brilliantly decadent (or decadently brilliant) riffs on everything from cancer ("I wouldn't have thought of [cancer] if I was the Supreme Being... I would have left that out") to cabs ("I had Pablo Picasso in my cab... I said, I'm going to call you Pablo Picass'ole"), mostly delivered in the thickest Cockney accent.

As comedy routines, the material does not fly really and would not translate well outside of this medium. But as improvisations, the material is brilliant and completely live (which is not something you can say about either Cook or Moore now), the duo displaying an amazing contrast to their work in `Not Only But Also', `Bedazzled' and `Beyond the Fringe'. This is a feat not achieved by any other solo or group comedy acts before or since and the Derek & Clive discs remain a stunningly original compliment to those works.

This is not to say I think Moore and Cook do no wrong. 'Coughing Match' is silly. 'Members Only' is woefully too long. And a few others drift. The team only made three Derek & Clive discs, which is more than enough of THIS kind of thing. But, taken for what it is - two lads having a blast, often while blasted - `Come Again' is a great disc.

Technically speaking, the disc suffers from the producer occasionally putting Cook in one speaker and Moore in the other, and since Cook bellows louder, Moore's observations are sometimes obliterated. However, this is a minor criticism, as the freshness and rough quality of the `text' was the point in the first place.