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Peter Cook & Dudley Moore: The Lost Tapes
10.14.2013
12:16 pm
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In 1971, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore toured Australia with their new show Behind the Fridge. It was so successful that they turned part of the show into a TV special, which was recorded in Melbourne in November of the same year. It was believed the tapes of this show had been lost, but they were discovered, almost a decade ago, in “some rarely-consulted corner of an Australian television archive.” These “lost tapes” were then packaged together and shown on Australian and British TV.

Pete and Dud: The Lost Tapes has been described as “a hugely enjoyable collection of what was to all intents and purposes new material from a couple of comedy legends,” which is true enough. Though, I might add that some of the comedy has dated slightly, and my own personal favorite (the brilliant and disturbing “Taxi Driver” sketch) was not included in the TV special. These minor quibbles aside, Pete and Dud: The Lost Tapes is an impressive and most agreeable piece of comedy history.
 

 
Bonus selections from ‘Behind The Fridge’ and in color too…after the jump!

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Posted by Paul Gallagher
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10.14.2013
12:16 pm
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