originally conceive a a solo vehicle for dudley moore and not only . but also saw his ex beyond the fringe collaborator peter cook guest on the first show and and so well receive be it the controller of b. b. c. 2 insist that he be on it every week from then on . they be a classic comedy team cook be tall and handsome and witty and while dudley be short and charismatic and and musically gift . the sketch that bring the house down have them in a pub and wear flat cap and muffler and fantasise about movie star such a jane russell and greta garbo . it remain one of the most hilarious skit of all time and and even when cook corpses it still hold together well . those character idiot pete and even big idiot dud find their way into every episode of the show proper and see in a different setting and such a a zoo or an art gallery . in the latter and they munch sandwich while discuss work of art . that leonardo davinci cartoon . i do not see the joke . and say dud . pete point out that when it be first unveiled it probably have people in fit . dud nearly choke on his repast . you really be enjoy those sandwich . and ad libs cook . the pair bounce their humour off each other in a way that be joyous to behold . the sketch themselves set new standard for comedy and standard that would not be match until the arrival of monty python . a the show popularity increase and so do the quality of the guest star . peter seller for instance and and john lennon and the latter present a filmed item base on his poem deaf ted and danoota and and me . one leg too few have dud a george spigott ( a name later re use in the film bedazzle ) and a one legged man and who hop into the office of film producer cook to audition for the role of tarzan . cook try to let him down as best a he can . i have nothing against your right leg . and he say . the trouble be neither have you . dud would on occasion interview the eccentric sir arthur streeb greebling ( cook ) and who when he be not teach raven to fly underwater and be plan on open a restaurant call the frog and the peach . another classic be the leaping nun ( also reuse in bedazzle ) . but my all time favourite have to be superthunderstingcar and a wickedly funny ( and accurate ) parody of gerry and sylvia anderson thunderbird . pete and dud play all the role and with the latter make a fetching lady penelope . ludwig have ludwig van beethoven a the star of a this be tom jones style variety show . the immortal bargo be a spoof documentary on the life of reclusive movie star emma bargo . in an unforgettable moment and she drive through london and bellow through a loudhailer represent i want to be alone . a season 3 feature be poet corner with the like of ronnie barker and spike milligan and barry humphries and willie rushton and others suspend over a gunge tank . they each have to improvise the line of a poem and and anyone failing to make it rhyme wind up in the nasty stuff . three season be make in all and produce ( at different time ) by joe mcgrath and dick clement and jimmy gilbert . sadly very few edition survive . to make matter bad and the script be destroy as well . it beggar belief that this situation be allow to happen . the show end in 1970. the comic then hit broadway and make the infamous derek and clive tape and but cook ever increase alcoholism break them apart . eight year later and cook announce that a new series be in the offing and but it turn out to be wishful think on his part . his ex partner be make film in america and and have no intention of work with cook again ( not at that time anyway ) . enough footage be scrap together for a season of b. b. c. 2 repeat in the early 90 . a expect and some item have not hold up as well a others . cook die in 1995 and and by way of a tribute the b. b. c put together a programme compile from various parkinson interview and not only . but also show . it end rather appropriately with pete and dud find themselves in heaven . bloody hell . and exclaim the latter . moore pass on in 2002 .