Rowan Atkinson - 'The Piano Player'

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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.

Channel: Comedy
Uploaded: January 7, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Author: jvujcic

Length: 00:04:20
Rating: 4.87
Views: 415853

Tags: rowan atkinson pianist brit uk comedy funny mr bean black adder monty python live secret policemans ball classic music parody series sketch spoof stand-up improv

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numbing numbered numerous Comments:
dominian42 (November 22, 2008 at 8:45 pm)
The fact the Pathetique intro (in C minor) is transposed to match the key of the Moonlight finale (C# minor) is a nice touch.
youabcde (November 22, 2008 at 5:41 pm)
Rowan Atkinson is a great comedian but i think that Dave Allen is better
jelenka1 (November 22, 2008 at 5:21 am)
Haha! XD Genius!
baseballwiz07 (November 21, 2008 at 5:52 am)
your right
happyhmonkey (November 21, 2008 at 1:43 am)
thats the third movement of the moonlight sonata there at 2:10
tchebinai71 (November 20, 2008 at 3:09 pm)
No !! he's playing the pathetique !

AAAAARRG
mymusic988 (November 19, 2008 at 7:54 pm)
i saw his invisible drum vid too. hes a great funny mime. by the way, i love this song. i dont wanna be a mime. if i cant talk for like my life, then no. i cant stop talking for like 5 minutes!
TrendyhendyPD (November 19, 2008 at 6:59 pm)
The best mimer ever!
urbania70 (November 19, 2008 at 4:37 am)
PS not to speak about the finale! :-D
urbania70 (November 19, 2008 at 4:36 am)
It's years I watch Rowan Atkinson and only now I realize how big is his talent.. I play piano (although surely not good as this) and must say that this requires a lot of memory, musical sensibility and timing, because this kind of music is continuously changing speed and depending on the interpretation. Even if he doesn't "play" the exact notes, it must have exact timing. If two Monthy Python's were also there, it must have been a wonderful show and it's nice it had been done for Amnesty.