Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Allen Bennett, the lineup of Beyond the Fringe, which essentially kick-started modern comedy and influenced Lorne Michaels a great deal, appear on a 1962 episode of What’s My Line?, after they moved the show from London to Broadway.
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Tags: Allen Bennett, Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller, Peter Cook
A jazzy 1963 profile of Hugh Hefner at age 35, when he was still in Chicago and ahead of the culture. The film’s score is a composition by Dudley Moore.
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Beyond the Fringe, the 1961 comedy revue created by and starring Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller, is a particular favorite of Lorne Michaels, and it’s easy to see why. The show was a watershed moment in the development of modern satire, in a time before Second City and other such groups were established. I mean, the Beatles hadn’t even hired Ringo yet. This video records the final production of the original run, which stretched from Edinburgh to London’s West End to Broadway.
Tags: Alan Bennett, Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller, Lorne Michaels, Peter Cook