Pete And Dud On Joan Rivers

Here’s a segment from Joan Rivers 1986 British show Can We Talk? Dudley Moore appears as her guest, while Peter Cook was a regular co-host.

The show began on BBC Two, on 10th March 1986, with guests Jim Henson. Dame Edna, and Barry Manilow. Moore joined her for the 24th March show, alongside other guests including Samantha Fox , Phil Collins, Kenneth Williams, and Barry Cryer.

Two idiots stuck together in a room is always good for comedy sketches, and Pete and Dud were the epitome of this.

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