Ernie Wise
- English
- Comedian
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Jonathan Ross continues his series on Eric and Ernie's attempts to break into the US market in the early 1960s. It includes members of the Morecambe family seeing some of the duo's Ed Sullivan Show appearances for the first time, while also touching on their early steps into film and colour TV.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 3rd January 2019The night that Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise made their US debut on the massively influential Ed Sullivan Show with a routine more suited to Blackpool Pier, they went down like the proverbial cup of cold sick. The second time they were on, they were hitting and wrestling one another to the floor. They had learned their lesson. Jonathan Ross presents this fascinating three-part look at how the comedians fared with Stateside audiences between 1963 and 1968.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 27th December 2018Morecambe & Wise in America review
It's a true Christmas treat, witnessing magical footage of the comedy nonpareils, seen for the first time in the UK. May our hearts bubble over with helpless laughter.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 27th December 2018Morecambe & Wise Show: The Lost Tapes, review
Lost reels of The Morecambe & Wise Show from 1968 have been freshly restored. But the material is not a patch on the pair's later Christmas specials, finds Gerard Gilbert.
Gerald Gilbert, The Independent, 26th December 2018Morecambe and Wise: The Lost Tapes, review
A reminder of comedy genius.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 26th December 2018BFI announces Morecambe & Wise and Sid James recoveries
Newly recovered episodes of Sid James sitcom Citizen James and The Morecambe & Wise Show will be screened at the BFI next month.
British Comedy Guide, 5th November 2018BFI screens Morecambe & Wise gem and more rarities
A previously unknown 1963 Morecambe and Wise public information film, one of the earliest drink drive campaign films, is one of the rare finds being screened at the latest BFI Missing Believed Wiped Festival.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th August 2018Uncorked: Eric and Ernie's drink-drive ad
Drink-driving is no laughing matter, but Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise used their irreverent, infectious humour to warn against it.
A public information drink-drive Christmas advert made by the legendary comedy duo more than half a century ago has been discovered, and is being described by the British Film Institute (BFI) as "90 seconds of pure comedy genius".
Dalya Alberge, The Telegraph, 5th August 2018Morecambe and Wise: Rescuing a 'lost' film
An old BBC broadcast of Morecambe and Wise from 1968 has been restored using a groundbreaking new technique. Once thought unsalvageable by experts, the badly damaged old film was scanned using X-rays, then an algorithmic reconstruction method was used to digitally reconstruct the images. Now they have 30 seconds of restored film which can be seen for the first time in decades.
BBC, 26th February 2018Bringing a Morecambe and Wise film back to life
BBC archivists have described the painstaking process of restoring a previously lost 50-year-old episode of Morecambe and Wise.
Chortle, 25th January 2018