Parkinson sofa with Michael Caine, 1976
On Parkinson in 1976, Elton John shares the sofa with Michael Caine and somehow ends up at a pub piano, sequins and glasses catching the studio lights. The chat ricochets from fame to football to the ridiculousness of being Elton, while the fingers keep finding melodies the way other people find small talk.
It is British television at its most relaxed and most revealing: a star who can turn a talk show into a living room, then into a stage, without changing seats.
