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Oh- I forgot to mention that when Eric and his family watched the Mr.Preview sketch at Christmas, at home ( I meant, above, to say it was in front of an audience, and there was really only time for one take- it was recorded, not live) he turned to his family and said "We can't top that"....he just knew it was the peak of his career. Previn had such a tiny amount of time to rehearse with M+W, they were pencilled in for a five-day rehearsal, which didn't happen because Preving mother was ill in the US, but was his wonderful wit that sparked his lucrative career in the UK music scene. He had his own beer glass in his local pub with "Mr.Preview" engraved on it.....

Oh yeah- in the Mr. Preview sketch, they do a lot of chat with Previn in front of the curtains. Eric was really really worried- Previns plane was late, so there was no time for a rehearsal, they had never met him, and it was live in front of an audience. During the banter, when Previn says he needs to go get his baton, and it's in Chicago, _watch Eric_. He's jubilant and punches the air, because he realises that Previn understands comedy, and that's when he decides it's safe to ad-lib later in the Greig sketch, and grab him by the lapels, since he felt, to his immense relief, that Previn can be trusted. I always enjoy the orchestra laughing behind them, who cannot believe what they are seeing.....

Well, interestingly, I played a lot of American friends the Mr. Preview sketch, and they all enjoyed it. However, when I played them the Cleopatra sketch with Glenda Jackson, that were all absolutely bowled over. You watch it again- its full of ad-libs, it's very fast paced and more like US comedy. Jackson, herself, has a masterful comic touch throughout. Incidentally, when Eric throws the grapes on the floor, treads them, then picks up a glass of red wine, he necks it in one, and coughs and stares at the glass, because it had been ribena in each rehearsal, and the production staff switched it for a strong red wine as a joke....

I found this one whilst trawling the ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225810412829?itmmeta=01J1Z3HYSXY2A64YMXRAZ2JPPW&hash=item349359751d:g:USMAAOSweqtlJD5y Graded MS65.....I think the grader had one too many sherberts at lunchtime before his afternoon shift...

IMHO the most beautyful of moore's works , stunning just stunning