There are places on the net that indicate that the first Morecambe and Wise film, The Intelligence Men, includes three sketches from their television series Two of a Kind. One is obviously their Boom Oo Yatta Ta-Ta piece. Does anyone know what the others are?
Never watched that all the way through, but I bet the paper bag trick is in there somewhere.
Having watched The Intelligence Men yesterday, I'm more informed with this now and first of all I got it wrong regarding the Boom Oo Yatta Ta-Ta information, as this does not appear in the film.
One scene involves Eric and Ernie, along with Francis Matthews, going through a sequence where Morecambe claims to be an expert in unarmed combat, turning his back on Wise and saying, "Come at me with a knife." Later, they go through a similar routine and it's, "Come at me with a gun." Morecambe always proves to be totally inept in these situations. Further to this, Morecambe places the back of his hand under Wise's chin and utters the catchphrase, "Get out of that."
Then there's a scene where Eric goes to a meeting with a femme fatale and to appear more attractive to her he removes his glasses, which leads to various sight gags such as Morecambe talking to a statue and pouring drinks that miss the glass.
Further to this, Eric and Ernie in disguise as a pair of bikers visit a transport café for a meeting with secret service contacts and Wise has a conversation with them. However, the contacts are sat behind Eric and Ernie facing away from them and when they speak Morecambe mistakenly thinks it's Wise. This results in another well-known catchphrase, "You said that without moving your lips."
Having returned to his job in the coffee bar, Eric is confronted by Ernie with regard the tune the enemy agents hum to identify themselves, though every time he begins to hum it to jog Morecambe's memory a couple of men start humming the folksong Love's Old Sweet Song (aka Just a Song at Twilight). The men were played by Morecambe and Wise's usually writers of the time Sid Green and Dick Hills. When they begin humming Eric would move over and join them and this was repeated several times.
Can anyone confirm that these elements of the film began life as sketches on the couple's earlier TV show Two Of A Kind?
Series 1 is out on DVD now. Why not get it for yourself and check?
Get out of that was a recurring event in their TV series.
As was "You said that without moving your lips."
