Pete and Dud

The "Dagenham Dialogues" between the two ranged from paintings (Pete finds the Mona Lisa snooty, and the bottoms of Rubens's nudes seem to follow them around the room), reasons why geckos do not live long and being annoyed by film stars (including "bloody Greta Garbo" and "bloody Anna Magnani") pestering them for romance.

[1] The comic and personal relationship between Cook and Moore is the subject of the play Pete and Dud: Come Again, by Chris Bartlett and Nick Awde.

[2] Recalling his relationship with David Bowie, English musician Brian Eno has stated "We knew each other for over 40 years, in a friendship that was always tinged by echoes of Pete and Dud.”.

“Ooh, I dunno about that synthesizer part, Dud.””[4] Bowie himself recalled, "Brian and I did have Pete and Dud down pretty pat.

Long dialogues about John Cage performing on a ‘prepared layer’ at the Bricklayers Arms on the Old Kent Road and the like.