That was magical. You can see the Ronnies were comic legends and the fact Ronnie B and Stephen nearly burst out in laughter makes it all the more heart warming.
@@metaphysicalmigraine694 Though I think Ronnie B on his own was funnier than Ronnie C on his own. The wrong one died first. Ronnie B was funniest when he was po-faced and pompous, whereas Ronnie C always came across as a bit of a bumptious PITA. But I agree that two Ronnies together was funnier than either separately.
@@Mortimer50145 You are entitled to your opinion but you may be interested to note that Ronnie B always described Ronnie C as the better comedian. Ronnie B described his own talent as being a comic actor. If he was given a role, he could play the role humourously but he couldn't tell straight out jokes. In the series, only Ronnie C was given opportunities to tell jokes without being in character.
That led me to believe that Ronnie C improvised the "I'm 23" line. Brilliant comics tend to do things like that as a way of tripping each other up on camera. Magical indeed.
It's rare you can re-work an iconic sketch and make it work, but this one does it and does it well. I'd missed this one originally but yet again it makes me miss my all-time favourite double act... and the pairing with Stephen Fry (very much in the vein of John Cleese in the classic original) works perfectly too.
There was just a brief moment here when Ronnie Barker looked like he was ready to break character and burst out laughing. I think that's the only time I've seen the man do that - how he managed to stay so brilliantly deadpan boggles the mind to this day.
during the News segments at the end of their show, they did used to laugh and were often caught laughing at each others jokes. They never got to read many of those lines until the recording so they didn't know what they were reading until they read it. Hence why they were laughing.
I just love how Stephen Fry and Ronnie Baker tried not to laugh when Ronnie Corbett said he was 23 lol. Anyways to the quotes: "I work as a weaver, for that reason I'm called Mr Weaver" "I am a miller, so I'm called me Mr Miller" "My names Ramsbottom, so I'm called me Sir"
Absolutely brilliant reworking of the great classic "Class Sketch' from 'The Frost Report' of 1966. btw. I've just learnt, while looking up the details for this, that Marty Feldman was the writer of the original.
I'm New Labour so I don't believe in anything lol cracks me up every time also my children go to comprehensive school so they can't read either Stephen Fry Amongst comedy gods :-)
@threat bomb yea.... "I" don't know what the words mean. The labour party literally has rallies with the hammer and sicle waving and pictures of mao, lennon and marx in places of worship behind the speakers. Also socialism is about totalitarian government control and liberalism is about the powers of the individual.
From across the pond, a bloody yank here. That was one of the funniest things I 've seen, but then again, I've seen British humour since I was 15 or 16 in the mid 60's. Monty Python was the first one I saw and I have not stopped laughing.
I've only seen segments of the classic Frost Report sketch, but thanks to TH-cam I can see the updated reworking first, then the original. Absolutely brilliant!
John Cleese always said Ronnie Corbett was the best timer of a joke he ever worked with. Judging by the way he cracks Fry and Barker up here, there's plenty of proof of that.
This was crackingly good even with Stephen Fry. Classic Barker & Corbett. If I want a good cheer me up I watch them. Nothing better than them. Ronnie Barker was great at everything he did.
Ronnie Barker was a truly underestimated script writer.....His adaptaion of the English language is sheer brilliance in the numerous sketches 'what he wrote' (oh, sorry thats was Bernard Braden wasn't it )
Parkinson says in the intro 'The reunion of two men who made the world laugh more than anyone with the name Ronnie' He didn't need to add 'with the name Ronnie'!
This was based on the Frost report sketch on class and so the similarity is that you have the two ronnies and 3 men standing describing themselves- their lives in history rather than their class lives. Michael Foot was from the dark Ages tho! :)
I loved the 2 Ronnie’s, I had a video that had “The Short Sighted Optician” unfortunately the video got stuck in my VCR and I can’t find anyone who knows it! I know other people have done the same sketch but I loved the one I had. 😔
It really doesn't get much better than that - a trio of geniuses.
A great re-working of a classic sketch. A very rare thing.
Pardon my ignorance, what the original?
@@JaneDoe-ci3gj the class sketch from the frost report you'll find it on TH-cam where frys part is played by john cleese
But it wasn't just the one sketch. It was a bit they did repeatedly, with different jokes.
Better than the original I’d say
Link to original sketch: th-cam.com/video/UDIHrX-Jp2E/w-d-xo.html
That was magical. You can see the Ronnies were comic legends and the fact Ronnie B and Stephen nearly burst out in laughter makes it all the more heart warming.
RIP to the Two Ronnies. Corbett [1930-2016] and Barker [1929 - 2005].
Eleven years isn't close together lol, even with the ages they lived to, a decade plus one can't be considered close.
@@metaphysicalmigraine694 Though I think Ronnie B on his own was funnier than Ronnie C on his own. The wrong one died first. Ronnie B was funniest when he was po-faced and pompous, whereas Ronnie C always came across as a bit of a bumptious PITA. But I agree that two Ronnies together was funnier than either separately.
My dad went to school with Ronnie B. Says he wasn’t memorably funny at the time, surprisingly enough.
My Dad(1923-2019) :)
@@Mortimer50145 You are entitled to your opinion but you may be interested to note that Ronnie B always described Ronnie C as the better comedian.
Ronnie B described his own talent as being a comic actor. If he was given a role, he could play the role humourously but he couldn't tell straight out jokes.
In the series, only Ronnie C was given opportunities to tell jokes without being in character.
The Two Ronnies WITH Steven Fry. You can go ahead and take me, Lord.
I am a lord, where you want taking?
@@leiwolf27 South o the river after midnight, alright Gov?
That led me to believe that Ronnie C improvised the "I'm 23" line. Brilliant comics tend to do things like that as a way of tripping each other up on camera. Magical indeed.
It's rare you can re-work an iconic sketch and make it work, but this one does it and does it well.
I'd missed this one originally but yet again it makes me miss my all-time favourite double act... and the pairing with Stephen Fry (very much in the vein of John Cleese in the classic original) works perfectly too.
There was just a brief moment here when Ronnie Barker looked like he was ready to break character and burst out laughing. I think that's the only time I've seen the man do that - how he managed to stay so brilliantly deadpan boggles the mind to this day.
during the News segments at the end of their show, they did used to laugh and were often caught laughing at each others jokes. They never got to read many of those lines until the recording so they didn't know what they were reading until they read it. Hence why they were laughing.
These guys never get old, TV was worth watching in those days.
Hadn't seen this sketch. Brilliant take on the original and yes, I laughed out loud. They were the best. Thanks for posting this little gem!
Sorry, I'm an ignorant American in Asia. Where is the original?
I have seen this a few times, still laughing.
th-cam.com/video/UDIHrX-Jp2E/w-d-xo.html
They were an amazing duo. I’d love to see another duet like them, it could certainly brighten up the comedy world.
That joke about the old comprehensive skules was so true I nearly crapped my pants.
There's a classic comment in Yes, Prime Minister: "We'll give them a comprehensive education to make up for their Comprehensive education".
You can see them trying hard not to laugh throughout & I can't blame them.
Was this recorded before a live audience? They should have used canned laughter.
It's generally Ronnie Corbett who can't keep it together. Ronnie Barker is usually dead pan.
It's known as corpsing here in the UK...
my prof talked abt this in anthropology class, love it!!
My three favorite people all on one stage.
My name is Ramsbottom, so I am called "sir."
Still better than most comedians around today!!
no, no it's not. almost any comedian is better than this.
I just love how Stephen Fry and Ronnie Baker tried not to laugh when Ronnie Corbett said he was 23 lol.
Anyways to the quotes:
"I work as a weaver, for that reason I'm called Mr Weaver"
"I am a miller, so I'm called me Mr Miller"
"My names Ramsbottom, so I'm called me Sir"
They pretented to try not to laugh, and yes we did hear the lines
3 geniuses all together! love!
On one hand pity Cleese couldn't join them again, but on the other hand, can't go past Stephen Fry for the role.
This video hits different now that Parky's passed away. R.I.P to him and both Ronnies.
Absolutely brilliant reworking of the great classic "Class Sketch' from 'The Frost Report' of 1966.
btw. I've just learnt, while looking up the details for this, that Marty Feldman was the writer of the original.
Superb
Excellent portrayal of Moder man, Renaissance man, & Medieval man.
Great piece. RIP Ronnie Corbett
I like this variation of the 'Three Classes' sketches.
1:52 Now I know where Silas Ramsbottom from "Despicable Me 2" got his name from... absolutely hilarious!!!
Lovely to see Ronnie B's skill in working a crowd!
Ronnie Corbet wins this! He keeps an utterly straight face! And his delivery is perfect (and Barker was my fav Ronnie!)
How Ronnie Corbett kept a straight face in these routines, I will NEVER know.
I agree. Stephen was a pretty good replacement for John Cleese in this. I couldn't have imagined anyone else taking John's place.
Actually, I think Hugh Laurie would have done pretty well.
I'm New Labour so I don't believe in anything lol cracks me up every time also my children go to comprehensive school so they can't read either Stephen Fry Amongst comedy gods :-)
@Boscos_box says the loogin replying to a 2 yr old post :P
The labour joke is more of a statement now though. Bunch of socialists pretending to be liberal.
@@vagabondwastrel2361 I don't think you know what any of those words mean.
@threat bomb yea.... "I" don't know what the words mean. The labour party literally has rallies with the hammer and sicle waving and pictures of mao, lennon and marx in places of worship behind the speakers. Also socialism is about totalitarian government control and liberalism is about the powers of the individual.
@@vagabondwastrel2361 fucking lol, is that John or Stephen Yaxley-
From across the pond, a bloody yank here. That was one of the funniest things I 've seen, but then again, I've seen British humour since I was 15 or 16 in the mid 60's. Monty Python was the first one I saw and I have not stopped laughing.
Have you seen the original Frost Report sketch with John Cleese and the two Ronnies? That was pre-Python Cleese
Dave Allan is worth looking up when you get the chance
Then you have good taste.
Monty Python didn't exist until the 70s.
Traveller X, Monty Python was about late 60s. 69 I believe, could be 68.
Perfect pastiche! What child be funnier for people of my age who remember and loved the original?😂 Guy x
I've only seen segments of the classic Frost Report sketch, but thanks to TH-cam I can see the updated reworking first, then the original. Absolutely brilliant!
RIP Ronnie Corbett
am amazed how long ago this was on here, how did I not see it? very funny loved our old comedy
"I've got a pig" got me on the floor laughing
"But I don't know how to work it"
Some things never change.
"I'm New Labour, so I don't believe in anything."
That will be funny forever.
It'd be less funny, if it was less true.
Outstanding work Gentleman 🫡
This was brillant - love it.
This was wonderful. Thank you for putting this up.
If the two Ronnies were still alive today, it would be great if they did an anniversary of the class sketch with John Cleese
OMG this is wonderful.
John Cleese always said Ronnie Corbett was the best timer of a joke he ever worked with. Judging by the way he cracks Fry and Barker up here, there's plenty of proof of that.
Shane Wright except that isn’t John Cleese! It’s Stephen fry!
Great to see they never lost their genius!!!
"My children go to comprehensive school...so they don't know how to read either!"
As a teacher in special-ed school, this was the funniest part for me...
This was crackingly good even with Stephen Fry. Classic Barker & Corbett. If I want a good cheer me up I watch them. Nothing better than them. Ronnie Barker was great at everything he did.
General Melchett, Gerald from the Crossed Lines and Mr. Fishbein from Accountant Bore brilliant 😂
My name is Ramsbottom ... so I'm called sir lol
Great comedy sketch! I laughed til I cried
Hilarious!, thank you for the upload, excellent!
I wasn't expecting that last joke, about the pub that became a theater and is now a road intersection.
Ronnie B corpsing all the way through this!
Rare for him.
Pure gold.
"I know my place" in a whole new level. Could only be written by Ronnie Barker.
I thought Detective-Inspector Charles Kingston was middle-class 😂
Nice to see Ronnie Barker enjoying himself... can't stop himself laughing.
I have a pig....although I dont know how to work it .....🤣🤣👏👏
1:59 That's the funniest part I'd say. You can just see the other Ronnie try to hold in his laughter lol
Stephen Fry is also corpsing a bit.
2:04 Stephen and Ronnie B trying not to lose it! :-D
Expected the '' I know my place '' from Ronnie Corbett .........Excellent
Simply brilliant
The best of the best Where are comics like this TODAY?
Brilliance at it's best.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Three geniuses of comedy...
Brilliant.
Stephen Fry's name in this is a corker!!!!!
3:00
Best line ever
+Base 330 Films Of all time
Humour may change, but being funny doesn't 🤣
What a nice voice Stephen has...
Great stuff!
Great take on the Class sketch
Nice one
Brilliant and potent content. 🎬🎥🌄🙂👍
pure class
Ronnie Barker was a truly underestimated script writer.....His adaptaion of the English language is sheer brilliance in the numerous sketches 'what he wrote' (oh, sorry thats was Bernard Braden wasn't it )
Well, I wasn't even aware of that - thanks !
Parkinson says in the intro 'The reunion of two men who made the world laugh more than anyone with the name Ronnie' He didn't need to add 'with the name Ronnie'!
Quite aside from the comedic genius, this sketch is a mater-class in reacting to the audience and timing a gag.
When Stephen Fry says that the French beat England in 1998, he was referring to the 1998 Summer Olympics in which France was the host country.
The world cup finals surely.
The 98 World Cup. France won.
Love the barrrats line.
This is the first time i see this video and it’s hilarious
Brilliant!!
I work as a weaver. For that reason, I'm called Mr Weaver.
I am a miller, so I'm called Mr Miller.
My name's Ramsbottom...so I'm called sir.
LOL!
The best comedy ever.
Uploaded 15 years ago today, and still funny as ever!
Marvelous
Absolute genius
I was laughing fit to burst🤣😂😜😊
This was based on the Frost report sketch on class and so the similarity is that you have the two ronnies and 3 men standing describing themselves- their lives in history rather than their class lives. Michael Foot was from the dark Ages tho! :)
British comedy; as it was hen, and should still be today in 2022!
Like the original sketch,behind the comedy is an element or two of truth!
I have a computer, but don't know how to use it
Brilliant. And mostly true!
The new labour is still so true
Ahhh. Stephen Fry along with two Ronnies. Doesn't get much better.
The days when TV was so much better back then
Pure geniuses.. 😎🙌
This was a spin on a few different classes the first of which was To Tell the Truth
I loved the 2 Ronnie’s, I had a video that had “The Short Sighted Optician” unfortunately the video got stuck in my VCR and I can’t find anyone who knows it! I know other people have done the same sketch but I loved the one I had. 😔