Definitely lost in translation, this is one of the cleverest and funniest sketches from these two. Their comic genius and their play on words is legendary and perhaps this was not the best sketch for you to understand their talent! You should definitely check out more of their sketches.
Let the Roasting begin. You two are the most academic Americans to watch this and the only ones that reacted like this. The other 20+ Americans started laughing from "Four Candles" Nick took ages but at least he got it, in the end.
The Two Ronnies is one of my favourites. Ronnie Barkers mispronunciation sketch and drunken wedding speech are hilarious. Also should check out their mastermind sketch
Hardware stores like this still exist here in the UK, if B&Q(Home Depot, for you guys) doesn't stock an item, you can guarantee shops like this will have it. This sketch is genius. Great reaction guys. 👏🏻👏🏻
The two men at the end were the two in the skit. The Two Ronnies used lots of 'word play'. You may like their skits 'Crossword' 'Crossed Lines' and 'The Sweet Shop'.
The Two Ronnies was a comedy variety sketch show which ran from 1971 to 1987 and featured Ronnie Corbett (the short one) and Ronnie Barker (the larger one) who would star in a series of sketches (some in sketches together, some singular) and would mainly be a mixture of word play, and musical skits that poked fun at either the British establishment (and British stereotypes working within that establishment), or every day folk that most people in the UK during that period could identify with or knew someone like that. The Four Candles sketch is a beloved classic because it’s one of those ‘slow burn’ sketches which infuriates the audience but also builds, layer upon layer, until there is a massive punchline. The punchline in question in this sketch was ‘bill hooks’ which is similar to the British word ‘bollocks’ (which is a derogatory term that implies someone doesn’t know what they are talking about - your equivalent would be to say ‘balls’), which is why the shop keeper asked Ronnie B ‘how many would you like, one or two?’ Balls of course having two testicles! There are many, many other classic Two Ronnies sketches that you would get and understand better, so please don’t be put off them by this sketch as I think you will appreciate their word play and humour much more!
Hi folks! You definitely need to do more of the two Ronnies they done some fantastic sketches over the years! Very clever comedians! Keep up the good work❤️👍
This sketch is nearly 50 years old and even then they were harking back to an earlier time when there were general stores that sold everything, The Two Ronnies comedy was based on word play I think it's lost in time and translation, I'd have been more surprised if you did 'get it' little things like 13amp plug, we have fuses inside our electric plugs, it was common to replace a broken garden 'fork handle' you can still buy them here.
I know Americans understand word play humour. I've seen the Abbott and Costello skit "Who's on First", I've seen The Marx Brothers films and Leslie Nielsen's offerings in "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun" series. What happened here?
She is correct. The writer of that sketch (Ronnie Barker) was the customer and Ronnie Corbett (on the left) was the shopkeeper. The Two Ronnies was a sketch comedy show that aired for 16 years on the BBC. Rob Brydon from WILTY does a pretty good Ronnie Corbett impression.
Hi Nick & Jodi, you can`t go wrong with any of the sketches from the Two Ronnie`s. Along with Morecambe & Wise another great comedy duo, they gave us our favourite & most watched Xmas shows, throughout the `70`s & `80`s. The main difference between them was whereas M. & W. had always worked as a traditional comedy duo. The Two Ronnie`s were originally brought together by David Frost for The Frost Report. A satirical television show of the mid-`60`s, that also introduced John Cleese. All three together did a sketch called (The Class sketch) in 1966. This was the 1st time the Two Ronnies had worked together.
Some others to try; Racing Duck, Mastermind, Crossed Lines, Round of Drinks, Sweet Shop, Fruit Shop, Crossword, Name Guessing Game, Mispronunciation Sketch
A lot of their stuff has a lot of very British references and might not translate very well, like this one didn’t. My favourite of theirs is the Mastermind Sketch, but again, I think would get lost in translation. Some of theirs that might be easier to follow are ‘Crossed Lines’ and The Sweet Shop sketch
This sketch is often voted funniest sketch ever in UK Comedy TV, so I think it did get a bit lost in translation. The Two Ronnies was a very popular TV show, and Ronnie Barker, the larger gentleman, was considered to be a comedy genius and expert with language, re-arranging words, misprounceations, rhymes, etc. He also starred in a few shows on his own (Open all Hours and Porridge), which in themselves were also considered some of the best comedy shows ever. Thank you for the video..... 8-)
Yes it is still very funny. It is one of the best sketches in the world. I went to the BBC television centre on a Sunday night and watched the recording of one of their shows,
Grew up watching the Two Ronnies show and I still laugh watching them now after all these years. There are so many sketches to watch Mastermind is brilliant so clever, Racing Duck, Crossword the list goes on please continue your journey with the Two Ronnies and I'm sure you both will love them too. There is a sketch with Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield called My Blackberry Isn't working this was made after Ronnie Barker had sadly passed away, still genius.
Take a look at the "I know my place" sketch about class distinction. It features the 2 Ronnies and John Cleese. It was from the 1966 show: That Was The Week That Was.
A lot of the best 2 Ronnies sketches are around word play. Ronny Barker was a master of it. He wrote many of the best sketches but always under a pseudonym as he wanted them to be considered on their own merits not because they were written by him. Iron mongers like that still exist but are very rare now. I saw one on Keswick last weekend and took a picture of it.
Anyone with any criticism of Nick and Jodi's reaction to this isn't taking any account of the fact that this is their introduction to The Two Ronnies. In Britain we've had 5 decades to appreciate them and get the structure of their comedy. And it's also very much of it's time. I think perhaps the Mastermind sketch may've been a better place to start. But again nobody can know that unless they already know that (if that makes sense). As always Jodi and Nick I appreciate your reviews! Keep up the good work!
As a Norwegian (just a short row to Britain) I can confirm that they might say things like an orse, as grammatically correct as it may be, when they mean "a horse" :)
Dropping the 'H' at the beginning of words is quite common,particularly Southern England. It is considered lazy by many but has become standard in certain regions👍
The Two Ronnies were much loved. Ronnie Barker was also in a brilliant sitcom called Porridge which was set in Slade Prison. He shared a cell with the dearly departed Richard Beckinsale, who is the father of the beautiful actress Kate Beckinsale. Certainly worth a review :)
This is considered by many in the UK to be the funniest sketch ever, The Two Ronnies however did many many such sketches, check out the crossword puzzle, The Library, doctor death and many more, Both also had individual careers, Ronnie Barker in sitcoms like, Clarence, Porridge and Open all Hours, Ronnie Corbett, who had been an Army officer in Sorry as well as being one of the great joke tellers.
A few years later in the 2000s, there was a sketch called 'My Blackberry isn't working' which was a homage to this sketch and involved Ronnie Corbett (Ronnie Barker passed away a year or two before). Very funny and may be more to your liking.
Yeah. That’s been a part of society for awhile. People with a look on their face showing they don’t get it. We’re not trying to fake it or pretend we get stuff when we don’t.
Much loved sketch and comedy duo amongst generations of yesteryear. Unfortunately the comedy is lost in translation and in time. Ronnie Barker, the customer, could possibly be the most loved of a pantheon of contemporary performers. His Arkwright and Fletcher are two of the greatest ever sitcom creations.
The small one Robbie corner is who rob brydon from would I lie to you always does impression of - and they mentioned 4 candles when he’s a guest on the show
The one asking for the things is the one with the white hair at the end, the one serving is the one with the dark hair at the end. They are The Two Ronnie's, the clip you saw was from a programme of them looking back at their work. They have both passed on since.
Yes it was The Two Ronnies where brilliant. Just after they appeared at the end the larger gentleman Ronnie Barker ( who was an absolute genius) died the smaller gentleman ( who was very small) is also dead). They where both icons of the British TV Comedy Scene and a must every Saturday Night at peak viewing time.
You've been watching a Countdown spin off. Well, the original was the first show to air on Channel 4 when it launched in Nov 1982. It was called channel 4 for a reason, before then there were only 3 TV channels in the whole of the UK & only 2 broadcast popular light entertainment. At least half the nation's telly audience would watch shows like the Two Ronnies on a Saturday evening. Phrases like "four candles" are part of the national psyche. There are others: "Don't tell him Pike", "All the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order", "Ooo Betty", "Listen Carefully, I shall say this only once".....
It is an old sketch (The Two Ronnies was a TV show with sketches and ran for years - Ronnie barker was a long time comedy write as well as performer). The shop was an old style hardware shop, going out of date even when it was written). Ronnie Corbett (the short one) was a long time collaborator with Ronnie Barker and they worked so well together. Word play and misunderstanding was a thing in their sketches, it was a very British focused show I'm not surprise so many Americans don't quite get all the characters and references.
A lot of the difficulties for you is the language you call things by different names to us. When they used to do Christmas specials, they used to do musical skits. They are a must see. TH-cam, two Ronnies, musical skits, and you will get quite a few of them So don’t give up on them just yet
Ronnie Corbett played the store keeper, the one who said ladies and gentlemen for the last time. Ronnie Barker wrote the sketch under a pseudonym, he had a few, most famously under the name Gerald Wiley.
Yes, that WAS both of them in that sketch. They performed that sketch in the mid seventies and this was them reminiscing about 30 years later over some of the best material they did on TV. Ronnie Barker ( the larger guy) Was prolific in writing sketches and often send them in to the BBC under a pseudonym so as to get a genuine response as to whether it was good enough for them to perform the material. He was a genius at writing & performing many of the sketches, but only after they had been approved by the rest of the cast. Sadly they have both passed away now.
There’s a story that Ronnie Barker (who wrote the sketch) thought of a funnier ending after it was recorded. Instead of the other guy coming in to deal with the billhooks, a woman with a large bosom would enter, look at the shopping list and ask “How many knockers did you want?”.
This takes me back to the days when there were ironmongers shops on many street corners and the stock was behind the counter . It's fondly remembered but hasn't aged well . Ronnie Barker teamed up with Ronnie Corbett for their BBC shows , both had long successful careers in films and t.v. They were master wordsmiths and you might try Mastermind ,or Crossed lines - there are plenty of their sketches on u tube . Ronnie Barker retired and came back with Ronnie C. to introduce highlights of their shows which pulled in as many viewers as their heyday .You really ought to try another .
I see where jodi's coming from. There's certainly an element of lack of exposure to global accents which seems to be a common factor for our American cousins. The film Crocodile Dundee famously had to be dubbed or ADR'd for US audiences and that was in the 80s. This channel will definitely have helped Nick and Jodi to broaden their intake of various global accents which is always going to be a good thing.
That's a 1976 sketch. The two long dead Ronnies got back together in 2005, for a compilation show of their favourite sketches, shortly before the larger Ronnie's death, the clip is taken from that show.
Bill hook for trimming hedges sounds like rude word bollocks . I remember shops like that long time gone (1950-70) .Ronny barker was given a honorary degree in English for his use of forementioned language. Sadly their sketches are of their time , but they will be missed .
The thing you need to understand here is that in some parts of the UK, we drop our h’s (haitches), this can lead to confusion when speaking to someone that doesn’t.
There are numerous tv shows with Ronnie Barker in ,Two of the best are 'Porridge ' set in a prison , porridge is slang for time spent in gaol/jail /prison, another one is 'Open all Hours ' where he plays an old time Shop keeper , watching Jodie's reaction to the candles sketch , underwhelmed sums it up I think,interesting, It seems this comedy doesn't cross the Atlantic very well ,the humour is quintessential British,not to everyone's taste ,still have a quick look ,enjoy the vlogs ❤
When Jodi said the ceiling fan is drying her eyes, I thought to myself "you're right!". I was already putting eye drops in one of my eyes, when I realised: hey, maybe it's not their ceiling fan. I must be losing my marbles.
Ronnie Barker, the big fellow, is a fantastic comedic character actor. You should check out an episode of Open All Hours, or as Fletcher in "Porridge". Two fantastic funny characters he plays, He is a small shopkeeper in Open All Hours and an old lag (recidivist criminal) in jail in Porridge (slang for doing time in jail). Two of the many characters he played in lots of comedy series. He can make anything funny. His characters are so brilliantly fleshed out.
The Two Ronnies did a lot of word play comedy so it can be a little hard to understand first off and might need a couple of watches to get it all. I do believe Ronnie Barker (the bigger one who talked at the end of the clip) got the idea of this sketch from the first part really happening in a General/Hardware Store. I recommend that you watch a couple more of them (Mastermind sketch and Round of Drinks are good) and give you a chance to start to get used to the style. It is a style that you have to think while watching and a lot will go over your head, just because how old it is and culturally you won't understand (past British stuff not known in the US).
I agree it was lost in translation for you guys, this is wordsmithing at its best from Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker and yes the shorter guy was the shop keeper. These two were the best at what they did back in the 70’s and early 80’s in the UK, nothing compares to them even to this day, sadly both are no longer with us at least Barker isn’t. Thanks for trying though, maybe you would have more luck with a show Barker was in with David Jason of Only Fools and Horses fame called Open all hours about a miserly shop keeper called Arkwright and his down trodden nephew Granville 👍
In the UK this is the funniest sketch ever and everybody knows it. But it is clear from your reaction that you don't get any of the jokes. "Four candles" sounds like "fork handles". And they have no idea what "Billhooks" means (bollocks - which means testicles and also bullshit).
Yeh this is a bad one for Americans react to. Far too many English slang phrases. I even found it not that funny at first cos of slang like 'pumps' for shoes. Obviously I got it from the context that that was an old slang term for shoes but fist time watching it it didn't cause that instant laughter cos I had to figure out what it meant. The English seem to know be able to take themselves out of their perspective and into the shoes of others. They seem to think what is obvious to them through culture is just normal soel everyone will understand
@@jgreen2015 I don't think there is a lot of slang. Yes "pumps" as trainers. And I suspect an American would not know what a "Hoe" is. And probably they don't use the same word for a plug in the sink and an electric plug in the wall (that requires a fuse - amp).
@@jgreen2015 " The English seem to know be able to take themselves out of their perspective and into the shoes of others. They seem to think what is obvious to them through culture is just normal soel everyone will understand." No, they don't. You fail to understand that this sketch, written by Ronnie Barker, was never meant to be understood by anyone, other than the indigenous people of the UK........and we "Got It" ...right away. It's the Reaction uploaders that assume all English speaking people will understand the brilliance of the subtle comedy here. I know that they won't understand alot of it, if they weren't born in the UK. This was in the 70's , remember? This skit is a master piece and without parallel for those who saw it when first shown and understood it.
@@walshaw2 ... Yes, a master piece indeed. As you say written for and watched by the indigenous population of the UK, and yes we certainly "Got It" right away.
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If they are not going to get the first one Four Candles/Fork Handles,there is no chance they are going to get Billhooks.
Definitely lost in translation, this is one of the cleverest and funniest sketches from these two. Their comic genius and their play on words is legendary and perhaps this was not the best sketch for you to understand their talent! You should definitely check out more of their sketches.
Agreed I think the master quiz would be easier for them
@@UKspicer90 Even that relies a lot on knowledge of the 1970s. I'd vote for the Racing Duck sketch myself.
It's timeless.
lol, I saw the thumbnail and thought...they ain't gonna get this
Try the Squash sketch or Crossword sketch
Like watching two Deer caught in car headlights!🤣
Let the Roasting begin.
You two are the most academic Americans to watch this and the only ones that reacted like this. The other 20+ Americans started laughing from "Four Candles" Nick took ages but at least he got it, in the end.
Yes Ronnie Corbett was the store keeper
I love this sketch ... so clever
also wonderful to watch you both not getting the jokes ... and watching the humour fly over your heads ...
The cleverest comedians we've ever produced over here. So many brilliant sketches
I work in a ford factory. Everybody still says “got any ose” when they have to go to the stores
Always reminds me of the "he's gone for a P" line in Carry on camping, assumption was he'd gone toilet when he was actually getting a P for the sign.
Good stuff guys even if it passed you by a wee bit, still enjoyed it. I was still howling even though I’ve seen it 100000 times😂😂👍🏽
The Two Ronnies is one of my favourites. Ronnie Barkers mispronunciation sketch and drunken wedding speech are hilarious. Also should check out their mastermind sketch
This is a legendary sketch I don’t know how you didn’t get it.
Hardware stores like this still exist here in the UK, if B&Q(Home Depot, for you guys) doesn't stock an item, you can guarantee shops like this will have it. This sketch is genius. Great reaction guys. 👏🏻👏🏻
I pass one on my way to work. A lot of the stock is out on the pavement.
The two men at the end were the two in the skit.
The Two Ronnies used lots of 'word play'. You may like their skits 'Crossword' 'Crossed Lines' and 'The Sweet Shop'.
The Two Ronnies was a comedy variety sketch show which ran from 1971 to 1987 and featured Ronnie Corbett (the short one) and Ronnie Barker (the larger one) who would star in a series of sketches (some in sketches together, some singular) and would mainly be a mixture of word play, and musical skits that poked fun at either the British establishment (and British stereotypes working within that establishment), or every day folk that most people in the UK during that period could identify with or knew someone like that.
The Four Candles sketch is a beloved classic because it’s one of those ‘slow burn’ sketches which infuriates the audience but also builds, layer upon layer, until there is a massive punchline. The punchline in question in this sketch was ‘bill hooks’ which is similar to the British word ‘bollocks’ (which is a derogatory term that implies someone doesn’t know what they are talking about - your equivalent would be to say ‘balls’), which is why the shop keeper asked Ronnie B ‘how many would you like, one or two?’ Balls of course having two testicles!
There are many, many other classic Two Ronnies sketches that you would get and understand better, so please don’t be put off them by this sketch as I think you will appreciate their word play and humour much more!
We still say 'four caandles' in my house to this day. So good.
Hi folks! You definitely need to do more of the two Ronnies they done some fantastic sketches over the years! Very clever comedians! Keep up the good work❤️👍
Was Jodie in a coma during this reaction?!
This sketch is nearly 50 years old and even then they were harking back to an earlier time when there were general stores that sold everything, The Two Ronnies comedy was based on word play I think it's lost in time and translation, I'd have been more surprised if you did 'get it' little things like 13amp plug, we have fuses inside our electric plugs, it was common to replace a broken garden 'fork handle' you can still buy them here.
My childhood I am a 72 born baby
I know Americans understand word play humour. I've seen the Abbott and Costello skit "Who's on First", I've seen The Marx Brothers films and Leslie Nielsen's offerings in "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun" series. What happened here?
She is correct. The writer of that sketch (Ronnie Barker) was the customer and Ronnie Corbett (on the left) was the shopkeeper. The Two Ronnies was a sketch comedy show that aired for 16 years on the BBC. Rob Brydon from WILTY does a pretty good Ronnie Corbett impression.
Hi Nick & Jodi, you can`t go wrong with any of the sketches from the Two Ronnie`s. Along with Morecambe & Wise another great comedy duo, they gave us our favourite & most watched Xmas shows, throughout the `70`s & `80`s.
The main difference between them was whereas M. & W. had always worked as a traditional comedy duo. The Two Ronnie`s were originally brought together by David Frost for The Frost Report.
A satirical television show of the mid-`60`s, that also introduced John Cleese. All three together did a sketch called (The Class sketch) in 1966. This was the 1st time the Two Ronnies had worked together.
Some others to try; Racing Duck, Mastermind, Crossed Lines, Round of Drinks, Sweet Shop, Fruit Shop, Crossword, Name Guessing Game, Mispronunciation Sketch
"Bollocks"... 😂😂😂
The store keeper was indeed Ronnie Corbett (the smaller gent) and the customer was Ronnie Barker (the larger gent).
A lot of their stuff has a lot of very British references and might not translate very well, like this one didn’t. My favourite of theirs is the Mastermind Sketch, but again, I think would get lost in translation.
Some of theirs that might be easier to follow are ‘Crossed Lines’ and The Sweet Shop sketch
This sketch is often voted funniest sketch ever in UK Comedy TV, so I think it did get a bit lost in translation. The Two Ronnies was a very popular TV show, and Ronnie Barker, the larger gentleman, was considered to be a comedy genius and expert with language, re-arranging words, misprounceations, rhymes, etc. He also starred in a few shows on his own (Open all Hours and Porridge), which in themselves were also considered some of the best comedy shows ever. Thank you for the video..... 8-)
Terrific comedy duo when Ronnie Corbett passed for the commemoration his family placed 4candles at each end he would have loved that! Nice❤❤
Yes it is still very funny. It is one of the best sketches in the world. I went to the BBC television centre on a Sunday night and watched the recording of one of their shows,
Grew up watching the Two Ronnies show and I still laugh watching them now after all these years. There are so many sketches to watch Mastermind is brilliant so clever, Racing Duck, Crossword the list goes on please continue your journey with the Two Ronnies and I'm sure you both will love them too. There is a sketch with Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield called My Blackberry Isn't working this was made after Ronnie Barker had sadly passed away, still genius.
Lost count the amount of times I’ve seen this sketch still makes me laugh out loud
Racing Duck sketch is good too.
Amazing that it is a set, made just for this sketch.
Take a look at the "I know my place" sketch about class distinction. It features the 2 Ronnies and John Cleese. It was from the 1966 show: That Was The Week That Was.
This went straight over your heads 😂😂😂😂
Love the 2 Ronnies .... RIP to them both..... MORE please
My favourite clip from this show!!!
Absolutel genius these 2 . Loved watching them as a kid 😅
yeah, lost in translation mate... your faces!! haha I couldn't watch it after the O's! yanks lol
I am giving up now at saw tips lol
A lot of the best 2 Ronnies sketches are around word play. Ronny Barker was a master of it. He wrote many of the best sketches but always under a pseudonym as he wanted them to be considered on their own merits not because they were written by him.
Iron mongers like that still exist but are very rare now. I saw one on Keswick last weekend and took a picture of it.
Anyone with any criticism of Nick and Jodi's reaction to this isn't taking any account of the fact that this is their introduction to The Two Ronnies. In Britain we've had 5 decades to appreciate them and get the structure of their comedy. And it's also very much of it's time. I think perhaps the Mastermind sketch may've been a better place to start. But again nobody can know that unless they already know that (if that makes sense). As always Jodi and Nick I appreciate your reviews! Keep up the good work!
Its time.
As a Norwegian (just a short row to Britain) I can confirm that they might say things like an orse, as grammatically correct as it may be, when they mean "a horse" :)
Dropping the 'H' at the beginning of words is quite common,particularly Southern England. It is considered lazy by many but has become standard in certain regions👍
@@martindunstan8043As a Londoner I'd like to say Southeners dropping the initial 'H' is no more lazy than Irish people saying 'T' for 'TH' 😉😊
As a kid (6-7) used to watch "Mr Edd" used to sing A Norse is a Norse etc.th-cam.com/video/tSsuohepbVk/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=xoxzimichxox
British humour at it's best. Fascinating watching your faces
Its best.
The Two Ronnies were much loved. Ronnie Barker was also in a brilliant sitcom called Porridge which was set in Slade Prison. He shared a cell with the dearly departed Richard Beckinsale, who is the father of the beautiful actress Kate Beckinsale. Certainly worth a review :)
Totally lost on you 🤣
"Two Ronnies" More! Definately!
This is classic stuff. Comedy gold
This is considered by many in the UK to be the funniest sketch ever, The Two Ronnies however did many many such sketches, check out the crossword puzzle, The Library, doctor death and many more, Both also had individual careers, Ronnie Barker in sitcoms like, Clarence, Porridge and Open all Hours, Ronnie Corbett, who had been an Army officer in Sorry as well as being one of the great joke tellers.
What an absolute classic 😂
A few years later in the 2000s, there was a sketch called 'My Blackberry isn't working' which was a homage to this sketch and involved Ronnie Corbett (Ronnie Barker passed away a year or two before). Very funny and may be more to your liking.
The Two Ronnies Are a British national treasure.Along with their skits, they used to dress up and sing silly songs.
the look on the reviewers faces lol, you can tell they dont get half of it as those things have different names in the states
Yeah. That’s been a part of society for awhile. People with a look on their face showing they don’t get it. We’re not trying to fake it or pretend we get stuff when we don’t.
Much loved sketch and comedy duo amongst generations of yesteryear. Unfortunately the comedy is lost in translation and in time. Ronnie Barker, the customer, could possibly be the most loved of a pantheon of contemporary performers. His Arkwright and Fletcher are two of the greatest ever sitcom creations.
The small one Robbie corner is who rob brydon from would I lie to you always does impression of - and they mentioned 4 candles when he’s a guest on the show
The one asking for the things is the one with the white hair at the end, the one serving is the one with the dark hair at the end. They are The Two Ronnie's, the clip you saw was from a programme of them looking back at their work. They have both passed on since.
Absolute legends of the craft!
Keep going with their skits, you'll see their comedy and get more used to their word games etc Cheers guys!
Yes it was The Two Ronnies where brilliant. Just after they appeared at the end the larger gentleman Ronnie Barker ( who was an absolute genius) died the smaller gentleman ( who was very small) is also dead). They where both icons of the British TV Comedy Scene and a must every Saturday Night at peak viewing time.
You've been watching a Countdown spin off. Well, the original was the first show to air on Channel 4 when it launched in Nov 1982.
It was called channel 4 for a reason, before then there were only 3 TV channels in the whole of the UK & only 2 broadcast popular light entertainment. At least half the nation's telly audience would watch shows like the Two Ronnies on a Saturday evening. Phrases like "four candles" are part of the national psyche. There are others: "Don't tell him Pike", "All the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order", "Ooo Betty", "Listen Carefully, I shall say this only once".....
Def lost in translation one of the most watched sketch ever
General stores had anything from bicicle parts to vegetables before supermarkets.
It is an old sketch (The Two Ronnies was a TV show with sketches and ran for years - Ronnie barker was a long time comedy write as well as performer). The shop was an old style hardware shop, going out of date even when it was written). Ronnie Corbett (the short one) was a long time collaborator with Ronnie Barker and they worked so well together. Word play and misunderstanding was a thing in their sketches, it was a very British focused show I'm not surprise so many Americans don't quite get all the characters and references.
A lot of the difficulties for you is the language you call things by different names to us. When they used to do Christmas specials, they used to do musical skits. They are a must see. TH-cam, two Ronnies, musical skits, and you will get quite a few of them
So don’t give up on them just yet
What you are watching is a look back at the best of, thirty years later. Word play, sarcasm, innuendo and self deprivation that's Britsh humour🇬🇧
The Two Ronnies were brilliant, they went for many years doing sketches , very British humor
Ronnie Corbett played the store keeper, the one who said ladies and gentlemen for the last time.
Ronnie Barker wrote the sketch under a pseudonym, he had a few, most famously under the name Gerald Wiley.
Sir needs glasses and hearing aid haha
You should check out The Two Ronnie's Crossed Lines
Yes, that WAS both of them in that sketch.
They performed that sketch in the mid seventies and this was them reminiscing about 30 years later over some of the best material they did on TV.
Ronnie Barker ( the larger guy)
Was prolific in writing sketches and often send them in to the BBC under a pseudonym so as to get a genuine response as to whether it was good enough for them to perform the material.
He was a genius at writing & performing many of the sketches, but only after they had been approved by the rest of the cast.
Sadly they have both passed away now.
There’s a story that Ronnie Barker (who wrote the sketch) thought of a funnier ending after it was recorded. Instead of the other guy coming in to deal with the billhooks, a woman with a large bosom would enter, look at the shopping list and ask “How many knockers did you want?”.
This takes me back to the days when there were ironmongers shops on many street corners and the stock was behind the counter . It's fondly remembered but hasn't aged well . Ronnie Barker teamed up with Ronnie Corbett for their BBC shows , both had long successful careers in films and t.v. They were master wordsmiths and you might try Mastermind ,or Crossed lines - there are plenty of their sketches on u tube . Ronnie Barker retired and came back with Ronnie C. to introduce highlights of their shows which pulled in as many viewers as their heyday .You really ought to try another .
Incidentally it was usually the apprentice that was sent for odds and ends with a list .
The Cleverest comedy duo ever.
I see where jodi's coming from. There's certainly an element of lack of exposure to global accents which seems to be a common factor for our American cousins. The film Crocodile Dundee famously had to be dubbed or ADR'd for US audiences and that was in the 80s.
This channel will definitely have helped Nick and Jodi to broaden their intake of various global accents which is always going to be a good thing.
That's a 1976 sketch. The two long dead Ronnies got back together in 2005, for a compilation show of their favourite sketches, shortly before the larger Ronnie's death, the clip is taken from that show.
Bill hook for trimming hedges sounds like rude word bollocks . I remember shops like that long time gone (1950-70) .Ronny barker was given a honorary degree in English for his use of forementioned language. Sadly their sketches are of their time , but they will be missed .
Well they would be "of their time" as they were done in their time. Same as any show from any era is of the time it's made.
I went through a village the other day I’d never been through and saw a shop like this, wish we had had the time to stop and go in!
@@martinwebb1681Still makes me laughs
Yes its both of them!!
bill hooks - standing for bollocks (was a rude word in the uK). Both of the teo ronnies where in the sketch. Its a classic sketch
The thing you need to understand here is that in some parts of the UK, we drop our h’s (haitches), this can lead to confusion when speaking to someone that doesn’t.
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are numerous tv shows with Ronnie Barker in ,Two of the best are 'Porridge ' set in a prison , porridge is slang for time spent in gaol/jail /prison, another one is 'Open all Hours ' where he plays an old time Shop keeper , watching Jodie's reaction to the candles sketch , underwhelmed sums it up I think,interesting, It seems this comedy doesn't cross the Atlantic very well ,the humour is quintessential British,not to everyone's taste ,still have a quick look ,enjoy the vlogs ❤
The weak ending kills it.
NOT surprised neither of you got it. You're teachers - not the sharpest tools in the box.
You should watch the Morecambe and Wise with Andre Previn
Straight over their heads
It's them two looking back on their careers entertaining us British and it's them two in the sketch
When Jodi said the ceiling fan is drying her eyes, I thought to myself "you're right!". I was already putting eye drops in one of my eyes, when I realised: hey, maybe it's not their ceiling fan. I must be losing my marbles.
To Ronnie, brilliant👍🇬🇧
Hardware shops wete like this sold everything
Ronnie Barker, the big fellow, is a fantastic comedic character actor. You should check out an episode of Open All Hours, or as Fletcher in "Porridge". Two fantastic funny characters he plays, He is a small shopkeeper in Open All Hours and an old lag (recidivist criminal) in jail in Porridge (slang for doing time in jail). Two of the many characters he played in lots of comedy series. He can make anything funny. His characters are so brilliantly fleshed out.
The dark haired main character in 'On The Buses' was Reg Varney
You would have understood it a lot more if Americans called things by their proper names.
The Two Ronnies did a lot of word play comedy so it can be a little hard to understand first off and might need a couple of watches to get it all. I do believe Ronnie Barker (the bigger one who talked at the end of the clip) got the idea of this sketch from the first part really happening in a General/Hardware Store. I recommend that you watch a couple more of them (Mastermind sketch and Round of Drinks are good) and give you a chance to start to get used to the style. It is a style that you have to think while watching and a lot will go over your head, just because how old it is and culturally you won't understand (past British stuff not known in the US).
I agree it was lost in translation for you guys, this is wordsmithing at its best from Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker and yes the shorter guy was the shop keeper. These two were the best at what they did back in the 70’s and early 80’s in the UK, nothing compares to them even to this day, sadly both are no longer with us at least Barker isn’t. Thanks for trying though, maybe you would have more luck with a show Barker was in with David Jason of Only Fools and Horses fame called Open all hours about a miserly shop keeper called Arkwright and his down trodden nephew Granville 👍
Other Great Two Ronnies Sketches are Argentina Racing Pigeon and The Worm That Turned 😊
Untill a few years ago this store was still open in westminster, and built up it's own celebrity status.
It's a play on words comedy sketch not a how to buy stuff from a hardware store !
Classic british comedy, watch it again to understand it.
In the UK this is the funniest sketch ever and everybody knows it. But it is clear from your reaction that you don't get any of the jokes. "Four candles" sounds like "fork handles". And they have no idea what "Billhooks" means (bollocks - which means testicles and also bullshit).
Yeh this is a bad one for Americans react to. Far too many English slang phrases. I even found it not that funny at first cos of slang like 'pumps' for shoes. Obviously I got it from the context that that was an old slang term for shoes but fist time watching it it didn't cause that instant laughter cos I had to figure out what it meant.
The English seem to know be able to take themselves out of their perspective and into the shoes of others. They seem to think what is obvious to them through culture is just normal soel everyone will understand
@@jgreen2015 I don't think there is a lot of slang. Yes "pumps" as trainers. And I suspect an American would not know what a "Hoe" is. And probably they don't use the same word for a plug in the sink and an electric plug in the wall (that requires a fuse - amp).
@@jgreen2015 " The English seem to know be able to take themselves out of their perspective and into the shoes of others. They seem to think what is obvious to them through culture is just normal soel everyone will understand."
No, they don't.
You fail to understand that this sketch, written by Ronnie Barker, was never meant to be understood by anyone, other than the indigenous people of the UK........and we "Got It" ...right away.
It's the Reaction uploaders that assume all English speaking people will understand the brilliance of the subtle comedy here.
I know that they won't understand alot of it, if they weren't born in the UK. This was in the 70's , remember?
This skit is a master piece and without parallel for those who saw it
when first shown and understood it.
@@walshaw2 ... Yes, a master piece indeed. As you say written for and watched by the indigenous population of the UK, and yes we certainly "Got It" right away.
I don't understand this at all. Surely "four candles" sounds almost exactly like "fork handles" to Americans as well?
The thing that always niggles me is that he asks for fork handles (PLURAL) but little Ron only gives him one (SINGULAR)
He is asking if the shop stocks fork handles, he isn't asking for four......
@@trailerman2 he just says fork handles he should be given 2 at least
@@theotherside8258 why?
Fantastic
Their sketches are always very cerebral...
You must watch Morecambe & Wise Andre Previn sketch