The Morecambe & Wise Show is an English double-act comedy sketch show made by Thames Television for broadcast on the ITV network (1978-1983)
Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise
The Morecambe & Wise Show.
S1.E5 ∙ Episode
#1.5
Wed, Oct 1, 1980
The boys talk about Eric's Jasper Rawling Painting. Other sketches include 'The Marlene Dietrich Story, Police Dog on Wheels, Eric goes to the Travel Agency with Ethel, and a sexy Gold-Digger visits Ernie at the flat.
The opening sketch features a painting which Morecambe has purchased at a bargain price; Morecambe then appears in drag as Marlene Dietrich in a short parody; a short visual gag about stealing milk bottles follows, and a park based sketch with Morecambe as a policeman. A travel agent sketch featuring Morecambe's largely mute wife follows. With further reworkings from the BBC era the flat sketch features a budding writer character (the BBC routine featured a character that Morecambe refers to as "Miss Flanagan & Allen", and The pay-off to the flat-based sketch sees sitcom star Tessa Wyatt appear and she also performs the final song with Wise, whilst Morecambe again disappears only to reappear and disrupt the proceedings.