Rowan Atkinson – ‘The Piano Player’
In my opinion this is the greatest comedy bit ever. Rowan Atkinson ‘plays’ the piano in the manner of a cartoon character.
This was a part of Amnesty International’s ‘The Secret Policeman’s Ball’ filmed in 1979, and also starring John Cleese, Billy Connoly, Michael Palin, Peter Cook and many more.
Duration : 0:4:20
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did nothing for me
did nothing for me
My god you gotta be …
My god you gotta be good to be able to do that! Rowna Atkinson kicks ass!
Mr. Bean
Mr. Bean
@RallyBG The slow …
@RallyBG The slow part is from “Pathetique” sonata (L.V. Beethoven), the first page from the first part. The quick is the 3rd part from “moonlight” sonata, again Beethoven’s.
May I ask the first …
May I ask the first part of Who? The second is Beethoven, but what is first? Thank you.
what is the part at …
what is the part at 2:46 and forth
Mr. Bean rocks, …
Mr. Bean rocks, he’s always been so funny.
Hahahahah, he’s …
Hahahahah, he’s very talented and very funny lmao
@AerialRcoet I just …
@AerialRcoet I just find it extremely annoying as a show in general i honestly think its plain out stupid, i guess its just my opinion
@KronosCodename: …
@KronosCodename: Right!
@Ragehead100 Yeah. …
@Ragehead100 Yeah. That’s true. And this first piece was converted from C minor to C sharp minor.
damn thats funny
thats funny
No! Only the part …
No! Only the part at 2:09 following is the 3rd movement of the moonlight sonata. The part before is the first mouvement of the 8th sonata called “Pathétique”…
@macksstream Duh!!! …
@macksstream Duh!!!
I wanna know what piece is he playing At The Piano…..
–stupid– (kidding)
XD.
@qqquigley
yes, …
@qqquigley
yes, but to be correct you have to say “sonata no.14″ and NOT “op.27 no.14″, because no.14 belongs to sonata and not to opus, because the opus 27 has only two numbers.
sonata no.14, op.27
or: sonata no.14, op.27 no.2
but not: sonata op.27 no.14
and “moonlight sonata no.14″ is also little critical, because beethoven wrote only one moonligt sonata – but that point is okay!
And no. doesn’t stand for number, but for numero, which is Latin. The word number doesn’t have the letter “o”
The piano
The piano
@theforeplays
It’s …
@theforeplays
It’s the 14th sonata by Beethoven, also known as the “moonlight sonata”. You’re hearing the 2nd and 3rd movements
Man, this guy is …
Man, this guy is amazing!
I must say it’s fun …
I must say it’s fun just reading you people getting into a verbal match LOL .
@LorenzoLassek
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@LorenzoLassek
Just for fun (not because I care), and since you challenged my smart-ass-ness:
in fact “no.” standards for “number” which is the same as “#”
So what I was saying actually wasn’t incorrect. Usually, when referencing a classical piece of music, giving the opus number and movement is enough. With the moonlight sonata though, it’s usually referenced as the 14th sonata that Beethoven wrote, so… I said “no. 14″
it’s kind of hard to get confused about what sonata when it’s said: #14
Besides Atikinsons …
Besides Atikinsons hillarious playback skills, I wonder how they played the piano playback, because the Beethovens pathetique sonata is in C Minor whilst the moonlight sonata is in C# Minor, so it is a half tone higher, but in the vid both sonatas are in the same key.
And at that time it must have been quite difficult to pitch the key for the sound engineer. It needs a bit of computing power.
from 2.09 it IS the …
from 2.09 it IS the moonlight sonata, but the 3rd movement.
haha, it’s not …
haha, it’s not sonata op.27 no.14, but sonata op.27 no.2
op.27 has only two numbers,
(but totally Beethoven wrote 32 Sonata, from which, this one is the 14th sonata, opus 27, number 2)
I can beat you in beeing pettifogging, Im the greater smart ass!
and before it was …
and before it was Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata.
wagner? oh no, …
wagner? oh no, wagner wrote nearly nothing for the piano.
its a potpourri from the beethoven piano sonatas? The beginning was the 1st movement of the pathetique sonata (C Minor, opus 13) and the beginning of the fast part was the 3rd movement of the moonlight sonata (C sharp Minor opus 27 No2)