Peter Cook

Peter Cook on trial

Family Law Week blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

A brilliant cross-examination

What Peter Cook would have made of...

Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009

What Peter Cook would have made of the Chilcot InquiryBy RICHARD LITTLEJOHNLast updated at 7:59 AM on 27th November 2009Brilliant: The late comedian Peter CookThe template for the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war was set way back in 1979 by the comic genius Peter Cook. In one of his most brilliant and inspired sketches, Cook delivered an hilarious and...

Major Nidal Malik Hasan Discusses The Fort Hood Incident With Peter Cook

Anorak News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Nidal Malik Hasan discusses the attack on Fort Hood in which he murdered 13 people with Peter Cook and the Beyond The Fringe investigative team. It's what the US military is calling: The Fort Hood Incident...

Peter cooks up a spot on shortlist

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009

Yet these are exactly the kind of meals being served by dinner man, Peter Anderson, at Donaldson's School in Linlithgow – Scotland's national school for deaf children and pupils with severe speech and language difficulties.The 45-year-old from Portobello is now in the running to be named the Best Dinner Lady or Man in Britain after being shortlisted for the award in this year's BBC Radio 4 Food...

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Peter cooks up a spot on shortlist

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009

Yet these are exactly the kind of meals being served by dinner man, Peter Anderson, at Donaldson's School in Linlithgow – Scotland's national school for deaf children and pupils with severe speech and language difficulties.The 45-year-old from PoADVERTISEMENTrtobello is now in the running to be named the Best Dinner Lady or Man in Britain after being shortlisted for the award in this year's...

Bedazzled By Bullshit

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Peter Cook doing his impression of Peter MacKay "answering" questions in the House. Bedazzled Joe Niem | MySpace Video

Iraq War nonsense - today's ramblings!

A View from Middle England (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009

... it has never been challenged in court. It's all very legally-challenged, of that there's no doubt! Peter Cook, or should I say E.L.Wisty, had something to say about judges in this sketch about whether to be a miner or a judge.

Been There Done That!!

thoughts of oscar (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

"The possibility of spending an evening sitting next to someone ghastly encourages some people never to go out at all. Charles Saatchi famously always stays in, and unless he's picking up an award, Ricky Gervais is in his flannel pyjamas by 6.30pm. The legendary Peter Cook only left his Hampstead home when it was absolutely necessary - and often just to nip over to the off-licence...

Christie Brinkley’s ex tries to use 15 year-old document from ex nanny against her

Cele|bitchy (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

I followed Christie Brinkley’s rather fascinating divorce closely last year. Christie came across as a kind of neurotic power mom who worked hard to make life fun and cupcake-filled for her two youngest children. Her ex husband, Peter Cook, seemed like a royal scumbag. He was having an affair with an 18 year-old girl he [...]

Newsweek Recruits Porn Star to Mock Wives of Straying Politicians, Heidi Fleiss to Sneer at Spitzer

NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

... on the side. The number eight entry was written by a pornography executive. The article was "Peter Cook’s Porn Problem" by Alison Vivas, "president of the adult-entertainment studio Pink Visual." The ex-husband of middle-aged supermodel Christie Brinkley used the services of expensive "cam girls." Vivas lectured: "But this story isn’t...

Guter Tag from Birmingham

iSimon (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

... a Derek & Clive CD. (For those that don't know, Derek & Clive are two characters played by Peter Cook (Clive) and Dudley Moore (Derek). VERY sweary (the first track is called "Stupid C**t") and very funny. There is one track in particular I know my friend Mr. P Junior will like - its one simply called "Nurse" and it's Dudley Moore making farting noises...

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Skip New Moon Party for Some Sweet, Sweet Hangin’

Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

... production so she can deal with a "private family matter." Christie Brinkley 's ex, Peter Cook, dragged out old papers from her divorce from Billy Joel in which a nanny calls her a bad mother. Nicole Kidman and Kate Hudson were at the CNN Heroes event in L.A. this weekend. Diddy got expensive gifts for his birthday. Fans sneaked into the Bowery Hotel to see Robert Pattinson...

David Frost honored

Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Emmy News: Intl. Emmys to fete interviewer's five-decade career -- For a man who "rose without trace," in the sardonic description of his early collaborator Peter Cook, the career of David Frost has proved remarkably durable.

Daily Chat 17/11/09

The Untrusted (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

... sparking the Velvet Revolution. Born today: F.A. Möbius (1790-1868), Rock Hudson (1925-1985), Peter Cook (1937-1995), Gordon Lightfoot (1938), Auberon Waugh (1939-2001), Martin Scorsese (1942) and Jonathan Ross (1960) It is International Students' Day.

Corpsing

Too Much To Declare (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

"Well, Carruthers, I will be blunt. When we throw your torso into the fire, there won't be much left of you. So I will say good-bye now and congratulate you for sacrificing yourself in a jolly good cause. We'll keep warm for hours. What? Can you still speak? What did you say?" "This is just a weak rip-off of an old Beyond the Fringe sketch , isn't it sir? With Peter Cook...