Why Bother? was a series of five 10-minute long radio interviews for BBC Ra… Read Full Bio ↴Why Bother? was a series of five 10-minute long radio interviews for BBC Radio 3, between Chris Morris and Peter Cook's character Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling in 1994. The complete series has been released on a CD by the BBC. Cook received the sole writing credit whilst Morris also produced the series.

Morris played a variation on the abrasive interviewer character he had perfected on The Day Today, cleverly prompting Cook into some of his best work. The short pieces provide further insights into the Streeb-Greebling character that Cook had created for Not Only... But Also in 1965. Topics of conversation include Streeb-Greebling's work with eels, his role in the racial violence following the Rodney King trial, his military career and his habit of strangling his business partners. The listener learns that Streeb-Greebling was put in prison by his father at the age of four and hears of his next project: cloning from the fossilised remains of the infant Christ with the assistance of BMW, Honda and Sony.

Eels Love And Guns
Peter Cook & Chris Morris Lyrics

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Forever Forever Doesn't seem so long with you I'm in love …
Get a Hold of Yourself What a whirlwind, she ain't a friend Sit in an…
Higher Out of the blue, there was you Speaking in a…
I Fell for U I took a step You took one closer I kissed…

Let Your Hair Down Let Your Hair Down And take it slow Let Your Hair Down And…
Let's Get Out of Here Let's Get Out Of Here Let's Get Out Of Here…
Paradise Everybody needs a little time away When you feel it’s time…

Sunshine in the Rain Today I let the darkness bring me down I promise…

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01Eels, Love And Guns9:10

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Peter Cook & Chris Morris

02Bears10:11

03Christ9:25

04Prisoner of War9:34

05Drugs Etc11:17

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@markthemovieman

13y↑22

Finally, the official funniest man who ever lived gets an interviewer worthy of his talents. This is the comedy version of Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee jamming together in Sun Studios - two absolute titans of comedy bouncing off each other. Utterly timeless.

@NormanArches

13y↑6

A mate gave me a tape of this about 10 or 12 years ago (I was a huge fan of both of them but had no idea they´d done this, so I was over the moon to discover it) and lawks, does it live up to expectations. As Harry Thompson said in his biog of Cook, Morris was one of the few comedians of the time disrespectful enough to have pulled it off. This is genuine comedic genius. I´ve listened to these same recordings for almost 15 years now and they never get any less funny. How did Peter Cook do it??

@TR0LL2R0CKS

15y↑2

i didnt even know about this, the two absolute best improvisers ever, brilliant. this is supposed to be like cook and moore records i guess. of which ive never heard but am aware of there greatness. thanks uploader, chris morris is my hero

@duncabbin

10y↑27

The old guard passing the baton on to the new in my opinion. 2 of the finest Englishmen I think I will ever have the pleasure of listening too.

@MrAristaeus

4y↑1

duncabbin *to which I will ever have the pleasure of listening*.

I’m ‘that’ guy. Send flowers.

@urmumsbaps

@MrAristaeus shut up nerd

@IOYC

14y↑3

this is the best of the whole series, it's so god damn amazing.

@jjmmcc1949

13y↑3

That there are only some nine thousand comments is amazing. Cooke's satire should spread. See, in instance, his exchanges with Luodivc Kennedy - pure brilliance in MHOI & also hear Sven from Swiss Cottage.

@Retrostar619

4y↑5

"I've had a long life and I've had a varied life, and I've had just about enough of it"

@mspratz

14y↑1

well spotted! its a classic line of all time

@ThunderChunky101

10y↑12

It's crazy how Morris handles this "interview"! He manages somehow to best Cook at his own game!
Not that Cook wobbles or comes in second, but Morris somehow manages to bully the bully.

@philharrison9893

9y↑4

Sal sean You're right. Morris's confidence is extraordinary given how established Cook was. He knew he was the coming man, I guess.

@MrAristaeus

4y↑6

I don’t think ‘best Cook’ is the right way of putting it. Morris’ questions here allow Cook absolute freedom to riff and automatic-thought-speak in his inimitable way. Morris is the perfect foil to Cook’s 10th Dan comedic genius, in evidence here at the very end of his life.

Like Yoda and Luke but with more booze (and a lot more funny hah hah).

@Retrostar619

4y↑1

@MrAristaeus Well put.

@Glozboy22

@MrAristaeus Excellent summing up :)

@thecasualfront7432

5y↑4

This is the funniest thing iv ever heard

@NormanArches

13y↑3

´...& also hear Sven from Swiss Cottage. I used to listen to LBC´s problem phone-ins at night (we all did as schoolkids in the 80s) and there were so many nutters calling in that although I remember Sven, the lovelorn Scandinavian fisherman standed in Swiss Cottage, it was only years later when I read Cook´s biog that I realised it was him. True. The funniest Cook story has to be his breaking into Robert Maxwell´s office. It is a stunner. It´s in the late Harry Thompson´s biog. Check it out.

@markthemovieman

13y↑1

@farleigh17 He was aware, I believe, that his own death was near. You can hear this later on when he falters slightly after Morris chuckles and says "I've just had a vision of your death".

@gedrooney9305

11y↑3

Fucking fantastic

@jeitoots

5y↑5

He thought he saw Betty Gable walking in, in fact she was walking out!

@brenvillus

12y↑10

@ 5.03 "as a result of this grave disappointment I believe you dived headlong into a life of eel-advised abandon"

@petermorningsnow

5y↑2

Oprah's lost a lot of weight, one minute bulimic, one minute anorexic, and in between regressing to child abuse.

@tomstickland

5y↑1

This makes me want to listen to Blue Jaaaaam..

@Pinskip2

16y↑2

1994. Roughly a year before Cook died.

@jdHaworth

7y↑12

One hates to see los angeles go up in flames unless ones got a camera running

@tomstickland

5y↑2

00:45. ha ha ha, that got me.

@KaitainCPS

I like using that line with my partner.

@ysgol3

7y↑3

Bloody bloody eels.

@SamLambert

15y↑3

Bloody, Bloody, Bloody Eels.

@Pinskip2

16y↑1

I've just this minute figured out how to trim the track. I'll do it soon. He was a bit of a pisshead and a recluse but I think, relatively speaking, he wasn't as down and out as perhaps these interviews might suggest. Amazing that he was still so funny though eh?

@willjamesb

5y↑6

"Yes, I'm off any minute"

@emgee6026

How scripted was this and how much was ad libbed - anyone know?

@anomynous7747

2y↑1

100% ad-libbed, although edited down from hours of tape. Although apparently Morris had had the fossilised-infant-Christ thing up his sleeve for a while