In 1980, partly spurred by Moore's growing film star status, Cook moved to Hollywood and appeared as an uptight English butler to a wealthy American woman in a short-lived United States television sitcom, The Two of Us, also making cameo appearances in a couple of undistinguished films. In 1980, Cook starred in the LWT special Peter Cook & Co. The show included comedy sketches, including a Tales of the Unexpected parody "Tales of the Much As We Expected." This involved Cook as Roald Dahl, explaining his name had been Ronald before he dropped the "n." The cast included John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Beryl Reid, Paula Wilcox and Terry Jones.