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Come Again

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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.

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!

"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.

The first DEREK AND CLIVE album is a bit of a legend, an album which captures the lunacy of Peter Cook and dear friend Dudley Moore in a studio, drinking a bit and improvising a lot. The cockney characters Derek and Clive reminisce about tough jobs, tell stories about their marriages, sometimes speculate on religion or philosophy, while including plenty of scatology and sexual material. The language is frank and will offend many people, including loyal fans. Subsequent albums, such as this one, capture more of their drinking and ranting than improvising. These are perhaps more offensive because they offer fewer riches.

Flashes of Cook's improvisational skill come through, but are usually blunted by Moore, who - in the language of improv - often rejects offers and worries about being funny or, at least, distracting his partner. This rivalry has a charm of its own, to say nothing of Dudley's laugh (one of history's most infectious laughs, surely). Moore is a great comedian and a wonderful foil for Cook, when he is willing to play along with Cook's improvisations and build the scene. But in an improvisational situation, he is trampled by Cook's imagination and quick wit; being sloppy-drunk probably isn't helping. Some of the improvisations wander aimlessly and trail off weakly as a drunken conversation might.

Yet there are moments. On one track, the boys play newscasters broadcasting a coughing contest. Cook goes on many strange, brilliant limbs, like his stories about encounters with policemen (like the officer who pulls him over for weaving and Cook/Clive saying, "Of course I'm weaving, you stupid $^%&, can't you see I'm DRUNK?" in what is a beautiful example of "saying yes" and "overaccepting"). The boys top each other with increasingly ridiculous stories about being caught in a certain act and their excuses to cover it up.

There are a lot of laughs here, but there are plenty of embarrassed sighs in store for you, as well.

Well, first off, I have the Virgin re-issue of this, but it is the same, for the most part. Wish I'd bought this long ago, when I first saw it....oh well.

Some of this record, as well as parts from Ad Nauseum, are also featured in the film "D&C Get The Horn", and if this was a drunken recording, well, they hid the drink a lot. I do remember Dud eating loads of French figs (maybe spiked?) and making out with a plastic doll, Cook interrogating the doll with a cig, and a piece of celery and some ice placed....well, never mind, just see the movie. The "raid" is also a good clip....wait, back up to the record....

"Jump" (sorry, no van Halen) is absolutely brilliant. I find myself singing that quite a bit...especially in very inappropriate moments. The "improv" is very free-flowing, and Cook dominates (as he always tends to), and Dud's laugh alone will make you smile and laugh. Drunk or not, they had a great time making these records.

Get the records (all 3 if you can), and find the movie (does anyone have the DVD? I know it's out there, since I bought a VHS of a ripped copy...thanks for the "original"), and just sit back, relax, and prepare for the neighbors to call the police because of all the language. Maybe a respectable volume while they sleep is in order.......

This is a very funny album although it is in no way suitable for children while for the british listener all of the jokes make sence to an american listener some of the jokes may sound wrong or comfusing. but overall this album is a great choicew for some good adult humor.

I think it's a bold thing to start off your album with a verbal abuse-fest against your listeners for buying the thing, so right away you know you're in for something completely different than what you normally think of as "British comedy" when you put on the first track of "Derek and Clive Come Again".

The alter-egos of legendary duo Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, "Derek and Clive" came about as a way for the two to relieve stress over Moore's Hollywood success and Cook's lack of it. What followed was an exercise in gutter-minded improv. Forget "Whose Line is It, Anyway?", nothing is off-limits to these two over the course of twenty obscene and obscenely funny tracks.

I've only had this album for a day or so, but I can feel safe in saying this is probably the crudest and funniest comedy vinyl ever laid down. "Non Stop Dancer/My Mum Song", "Joan Crawford", "Mother", "Having a W--K", "Back of The Cab", "In The Cubicles", these are not fit for family listening. But they'll have you in hysterics late at night, when no one else can overhear it.

I've been looking to get some Cook-and-Moore material on album since I first started reading about British comedy, but this is my first. I plan eventually to get my hands on the "Beyond the Fringe" material that led them to fame, fortune, and lifelong boozing (boozing which contributes to the alcohol-sourced improvisations that make this such a hoot), but for now this is a nice introduction. It may not be the high-water mark of intelligent, urbane, measured British satire. But it's pretty damn funny all the same.

So jump, you f--ker, jump. And buy this record asap. If you like good, clean filth, this is right up your alley.

I cannot believe that many people will expect to hear a comedy song about cancer, nor that they will find it amusing. Well, it exists on this recording and personally I find it absolutely hilarious. Pete and Dud, in the guise of Derek & Clive, go for it full steam ahead, with no subject being a taboo. Every time I hear Peter Cook say " up Joan Crawford there are f****** fleets of ships, light aircraft..." and the remainder of that sketch, I cannot help but laugh. I first heard this when I was 20 and remember sniggering almost uncontrollably at the sketches. Now, it's just the same. If you don't like rude humour or are offended by certain words, this really really is not for you. Beyond that, this is superb, well thought out, natural and unrestrained. I must have listened to this recording 50 times and still creases me up.

A truly great duo.

If there is anything more that i hate in this world than man hating biker lesbians its political corectness. anyway this is a great album so buy it because if you dont i will do it back door style with your wife and take a dump and force your wife and children to eat it.

Two drunken comedians babbling insanely about masturbation, cancer, flatulence, and how stupid you must be to have spent hard-earned money on this ... piece of work. I had to listen to it a couple times to get past some of the heavliy intoxicated British accents. A lot of the sketches sound like they were plotted out with some sort of structure, but then rapidly deteriorate as Cook and Moore go into ad-libbing crossfire mode.

Worth repeated listenings. "My Mum Song" (better titled, "I've Got Cancer Up The Etc.") is probably my favorite.