The Pipesucker Report / Not Only .. But Also / Xmas Special (26/12/66) Pete, Dud & John Lennon

The Pipesucker Report / Not Only .. But Also / Xmas Special (26/12/66) Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, John Lennon The 15-minute "Swinging London" segment was partly filmed in Soho in November 1966. Purporting to be an episode of The Pipesucker Report, with Cook playing investigative reporter Hiram J. Pipesucker, the sketch satirises the American media's coverage of the Swinging London phenomenon. Cook and Moore poke fun at London's burgeoning creative scenes, such as performance art, fashion modelling and pop music. As Simon Accrington, Moore plays the manager of a pop group that have become devotees of Chinese banjo player Ravi Oli (a send-up of The Beatles guitarist George Harrison travelling to India to study the sitar with Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar). The band, with Cook and Moore as vocalists, are shown recording a new single, "The L.S. Bumblebee" – the lyrics and exotic musical effects of which parody the Beatles' recent experimental song "Tomorrow Never Knows". At the end of the sketch, Pipesucker attempts to gain entry into the Ad Lav Club, which he describes as "London's most fashionable lavatory spot ... [where] film stars rub shoulders with royalty". In a parody of the exclusive door policy at London's Ad Lib nightclub, the doorman (played by John Lennon) grants Pipesucker access only when the reporter persuades him that he is the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the copyright act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use.