Morecambe And Wise - Two Of A Kind: The Complete Series [DVD]

There is a myth, nurtured through several of those documentary-cum-clip shows centred of Eric and Ernie, which holds that the boys needed Eddie Braben to come along and write for them in order to become masters of their craft. This set of shows, made between 1961 and 1968, lays that myth to rest. The writing, by Dick Hills and Sid Green is consistent and inventive, and there are several prototypes of sketches that were reworked in the BBC years, including the legendary piano sketch. The classic relationship between Eric and Ernie, where there is no real straight man and both feed the comedy, is also there, if in subtly different forms. For instance, Eric is more of a Jack The Lad character (mild sexism alert for the hyper-sensitive) and pre-"Plays what I wrote" Ernie shows his self delusion in youthful big-headedness. They were, of course, young men, not the domesticated dressing gown wearers of their latter years, and played themselves as such. Image quality on the DVDs is good, and the absence of celebrity cameos is offset more than adequately by appearances of music and variety acts from the period - often a delight in themselves, and showing how quickly show business and fashion changed during the '60s. In the end, if you love Eric and Ernie I think you'll love this.

You can see the genius of Morcambe and Wise beginning to show through here. These programmes have been neglected for too many years and are a treat to watch. There is a bonus disc of archive performances as a nostalgic gift. Highly recommended and a bargain at the price. Arthur

This product is absolutely brilliant it’s just a shame that the indexing of the episodes is not terribly clear as series one is completely missing from the archives so that’s the DVDs label slightly confusingky therefore easier to follow the episodes from Wikipedia entry All good it’s just a shame network haven’t tidied up some of the footage just need a little bit of recovery but generally speaking very very watchable In regard to this we are spoilt with the Doctor Who releases that always have the film elements and audio massively tided up from the Doctor Who restoration team The extra a TV variety footage on the last disk is absolutely fantastic and just makes you wonder why we’ve not got variety on television now even though it’s obviously dated in terms of some of the stage settings the quality of it is absolutely stupendous and so fast moving - great - buy it 😀

Apart from all the previously unavailable vintage Morecambe & Wise material, it's also a nostalgia feast of music stars of the 1960s. From The Small Faces, Emile Ford, Jones Boys, Polka Dots, Beverley Sisters etc to Paul Robeson, Dickie Valentine, and too many other vocalists to list.

Morecambe and wise undoubtedly the best loved double act that Britain has ever produced comedy showcasing at the top with a rare early performance

I had purchased Two of a Kind (Series 1 & 2) separately but pleased to have the complete series in one package, consists of 33 episodes on 8 DVD's plus a booklet with episode information, all episodes have their date of transmission

£77.65? I think I'll wait until the version without the solid gold case comes out.

Total con bringing both season out together in the same DVD box set Scandaous price Network think on as to why you did this 😠