Request Performance, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce swap roles; Bruce plays Sherlock Holmes and Rathbone plays Watson. Enjoy Rathbone's imitation of Nigel Bruce!
just a short clip (fortunately it is mercilessly short)
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Thank you for supplying that wonderful skit. As a gentleman of 'that age' I must confess that the Rathbone, Bruce combination was the only real Sherlock and Watson of my generation. That includes the films where Bruce continued to do the upper class mutter. I actually sat at the computer and laughed out loud at Rathbone's rendition of Watson and his mumbles. Great stuff.
I guess I'd just be party-pooping if I said I posted this in the 2nd Rathbone Bruce discussion. I won't even add a question mark to the end of that. It's on page 4.
2nd Rathbone Bruce discussion.
I'm glad I checked the discussion actually. The I Hear of Sherlock Holmes Everywhere podcast recently mentioned that extracts from the unpublished Bruce auto-bio Games, Gossip and Greasepaint are on the internet and I've been meaning to read them properly but couldn't remember where they were. Thanks Jeremy for posting them.
I think that such a switch would be fun. Get MJ Elliott to write a special epsidoe for the swap!
Just don't even THINK of swapping Harry Nile roles with Murphy!
I'd much rather hear you and John.
I cannot admit to ever having liked Bruce as the Chronicler, but as a comedian he is completely out of his element. Rathbone doesn't seem so out of place however.