Quote: Matthew Stott @ July 22 2009, 9:14 AM BSTI really like the Train Robbery sketch too, which might have only been featured in the American run, I'm not sure.
It did appear in the London run at some point. Although the running order was fairly fixed by the time is established itself in the West End, they would try out new sketches. The New York run introduced a few new sketches, including the 'Thoughts From Abroad' group piece.
Some of the recordings of the American shows feature Paxton Whitehead (a British Oxbridge compatriot, who went on to become a regular minor actor in American TV comedy) who understudied and then replaced Jonathan Miller for part of the run (Miller returning to medicine, briefly).
In a script book I used to have, each of the cast was asked about their thoughts and memories of the time, looking back at the material. I thought Peter Cook was very honest to say, "Looking back, I may have done things as good, but none better. But then I never thought I would".
Whilst in New York, Dudley and Alan used to go out for dinner at a certain hotel, where the doorman would greet them with "Ah, Mr Moore, Mr Bennet... Behind The Fridge!", which is how Pete and Dud's subsequent stage revue show came to be named.
