Derek and Clive anarchy

[Rum]

Most people know Dudley Moore, and a lot of Brits will be familiar with Peter Cook. They were a double act for a while. They produced some non-mainstream media material too under the headline 'Derek and Clive'. Here is an anarchic example of them. I think it is brilliant. More available on Youtube..loads!

[devogue]

It is the height of genius.

What makes it even better is when people say it's sad, childish and bitter.

[AshtonBlack]

It gives me the fackin' horn.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

What CANTS!

[Pappa]

Derek and Clive are the ultimate pinnacle of humour.

[devogue]

Derek and Clive are the ultimate pinnacle of humour.

Isn't a pinnacle an ultimate anyway, thereby rendering the use of the word "ultimate" in your sentence superfluous?

[Link]

It gives me the fackin' horn.

Gettin' the horn gives me the fackin' horn!

[AshtonBlack]

Derek and Clive are the ultimate pinnacle of humour.

Isn't a pinnacle an ultimate anyway, thereby rendering the use of the word "ultimate" in your sentence superfluous?

No.

(n.) An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.
(n.) Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
(v. t.) To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.

[devogue]

Derek and Clive are the ultimate pinnacle of humour.

Isn't a pinnacle an ultimate anyway, thereby rendering the use of the word "ultimate" in your sentence superfluous?

No.

(n.) An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.
(n.) Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
(v. t.) To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.

A particular structure may have a pinnacle, and there may be numerous identical structures with pinnacles, but in terms of human endeavour it is recognised as the ultimate in a particular field. For instance, the pinnacle of success in soccer terms is a World Cup Winner's medal - there's nothing comparable within the sport - it is the ultimate prize, the pinnacle.

[Pappa]

But humour has multiple pinnacles, representing the best of the many different styles of humour.

[devogue]

But humour has multiple pinnacles, representing the best of the many different styles of humour.

But you referred to the ultimate pinnacle of humour - not the ultimate pinnacle of this style of humour.

[/waits for clique...]

[Pappa]

But humour has multiple pinnacles, representing the best of the many different styles of humour.

But you referred to the ultimate pinnacle of humour - not the ultimate pinnacle of this style of humour.

[/waits for clique...]

Exactly my point. Derek and Clive are the ultimate pinnacle of all styles of humour, not just their own.

[Azathoth]