Although the second verse was often performed by an orchestra conducted by Peter Knight over the duo's closing credits, they only ever sang the first verse, the second one being purely instrumental, with Eric and Ernie performing a "skip dance" to exit the stage. The dance has been attributed to BBC producer, John Ammonds,"Been and gone: The man behind Eric and Ernie, and the First Dog", BBC News website, retrieved 2 March 2013 and Eric's son Gary recalls that the inspiration for the skip-dance came from a Groucho Marx film sequence.Gary Morecambe, You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone: The Life and Work of Eric Morecambe, Publisher HarperCollins UK, 2009, , , 256 pages (page)
