It’s The Kaye sisters!The Beatles during a appearance on the British comedy series The Morecambe And Wise Show. It was a meeting of two teams at the top, as Eric Morecambe, the joker, and Ernie Wise, his straight man, were recognized as the favorite British comedy act, which established a reputation that lasted beyond Morecambe's death in 1984, a death that saddened the English nation.This Boy and I Want To Hold Your Hand —the faces B and A of the fifth single by The Beatles, a huge hit in 45 RPM format released at the end of November— were first performed, before The Beatles joined Morecambe and Wise for a comedy sketch. Eric confused The Beatles with the Kaye Sisters (a popular British vocal trio in the late 1950s), called "Bongo" Ringo, and George Harrison described The Beatles as "the big hairy and fat heads," a parody of Morecambe's perennial joke that Wise had "short, fat, and hairy legs." The comedians then agreed to join forces for a musical number. Ernie and The Beatles dressed in straw hats (boaters) and striped jackets to perform Moonlight Bay (sung by Alice Faye in the 1940 film Tin Pan Alley and by Doris Day in the 1951 film On Moonlight Bay), with the accompaniment of piano by Kenny Powell. Eric, who had hurried to get dressed for the performance, returned with a "Beatle" wig and a sleeveless jacket, shouting "yeah yeah yeah," "twist and shout" and (in the style of the hit by Gerry and the Pacemakers) "I like it." The collaboration ended with The Beatles' characteristic "ooohhh," which emphasized the group's willingness to laugh at themselves, a trait that the British public always appreciated.When in 1994 Paul McCartney was asked to name his favorite TV show among the many that The Beatles had appeared on, he barely hesitated to answer that The Morecambe And Wise Show.
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