They did the news headlines together,Ronnie Corbett did the story monologue in his arnchair with a drink,and their musical numbers seemed to usually feature at least one of them in drag.
When Barker retired, he gave up show business completely and ran an antique shop in the Cotswolds, near to where I worked at the time. I would often see him outside the shop at eight o clock in the morning. He avoided celebrity and chat shows and wasn't interested in cashing in on his fame. He was a real comic genius with impeccable timing.
Barker did come out of retirement before he passed away to play Churchill’s butler in a serious role. Barker was also a good actor and supposedly once told Maggie Smith she’d never make it as an actress.
Ronnie Barker wrote most of the Two Ronnie’s scripts, but under his pseudonym Gerald Wiley, because he wanted the scripts to be accepted on merit and not because Ronnie B had written them.
He invited everyone out for dinner so they could all meet him, he surprised them at the restaurant telling them it was him all along, not sure when but must of been at or near the end.
@timglennon6814 Have you evidence that _"Ronnie Barker wrote _*_most_*_ of ..."_ ? I know he wrote sketches under that pseudonym, but they had a bunch of good writers, so I doubt he wrote *_most_* Best Wishes. ☮
They did many separate sketches when working on the Two Ronnies. Every show included a seated monologue from Corbett, whilst Barker did most of the solo sketches.
@@reactingtomyroots Yes, they did sketches together and seperately, there was usually an episode of an ongoing story every series (such as 'The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town' !), and Ronnie C with his monologue, finshing with a 'news roundup', always signing off with 'It's a good night from me'... 'and a good night from him'..!
They also did musical numbers together that were absolutely hilarious, most of them are on TH-cam. I have the entire series on DVD. I just checked even The Two Ronnie's The Short And Fat Minstrel Show Reprise is there. They won't be showing that one on the BBC again anytime soon. I forgot how common blackface was when I was a kid in primary school.
I was too young when I first saw Corbett's monologue from the chair so didn't much like them, but as I grew up (within a few years) I l learned to love the way he weaved in and out of the main story, referring to the side stories etc. and by the end I wanted his monologues to carry on longer.
For excellent and exceptional observational comedy, I have two words for you: Dave Allen I urge you to watch anything he's done from sketchs to straight-up talking to the audience. He's the GOAT, and you won't be disappointed.
Dave Allen - Sublime! Absolutely. When we got a VHS machine, we quickly learned to record so we could watch back and laugh at the bits we were too busy laughing at live and missed!!
@@rjjcms1 M&W Breakfast th-cam.com/video/dqeL3oPiYjc/w-d-xo.html M&W Andre Preview Seems to have been taken down everywhere. Les Dawson and Shirley Bassey th-cam.com/video/qxmu9HKN4gY/w-d-xo.html
RIP both Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. Ronnie Barker was a Humours (sketch) wordsmith / comic actor Ronnie Corbett was a stand up (or sit down) comdian / actor comdian Some how their styles complemented each other.
Thanks guys. I really needed that 🤣🤣🤣 As a girl born in the 70's I grew up with The Two Ronnie's. Bringing back memories of some things my Dad used to say when I a child. My dad used to switch letter/words around a bit like RB did in this sketch. For example, in our house we didn't have a dishwasher we had a wishdosher. And for most of my single digit years I physically could not say seatbelt because Dad would call it a beatselt 🤣
I had the great privilege of seeing both Ronnies live at BBC Television Centre in April 2005, when they were recording their final series together “The Two Ronnies Sketchbook”. They were of course getting on in years by that time, and Ronnie Barker was suffering with much publicised health issues, and I was rather shocked by how ill he was looking during the show recordings, but he still had his legendary sense of humour and a twinkle in his eye. I felt so fortunate to have been there because alas, Ronnie B passed away just six months later in October 2005.
You have to do the Speaking Swedish sketch by the Two Ronnies. More fabulous playing with the language. You will be amazed by what they can do with the English language. Two absolute genius's of comedy.
Aw. I grew up watching The Two Ronnies and loved them so much. My grandpa looked so much like Ronnie Barker so when i see repeats on the telly it warms my heart. Corbett lived in the next village to me when i lived in Bucks and i used to see him regularly. We used to wonder how many cushions he was sitting on to be able to look through the windscreen when he drove his Jag. 😄
If you're suggesting that he wrote those two programmes then you're wrong. Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais wrote Porridge and Roy Clarke wrote Open All Hours.
Aldershot brass ensemble, Rochdale ringers and the little trains of wales are some of my favourite musical numbers. They would also do a serial sketch which would progress through the series the most famous of which is probably the ‘phantom raspberry blower of old London Town’ written by Spike Milligan.
Me too! I think it’s because Americans say ass rather than arse so it can take a bit longer for the penny to drop but omg watching him so clueless was hilarious 😂😂❤ 🇦🇺
Happy memories of childhood days gathered infront of the T.V watching the Two Ronnie's with all the family ! Love it guys, and I'm looking forward to joining you explore this comedy duo! 😁👏
The Two Ronnies show had individual skits within it….this is likely one of them..😊ps Steve….you made me lol out loud you a..! 😂😂 great reaction. Love from Devon UK
They had a sort of serial that ran through each series. Two of which were 'the phantom raspberry blower of old London town' and 'The worm who turned' both are worth watching
Ronnie Barker wrote most of their (and his own) material, under the pseudonym of Gerald Wylie. They both had very successful shows individually; RB with Porridge and Open All Hours, RC with Sorry…
"It's good night from me, and it's a good night from him" or something like that was their sign-off. For one minute you two were about to say it too. A legendary show. From Yorkshire
a great reaction, Ronnie Barker wrote the sketches, they used to sing as well with comedy songs, you should watch Porridge where he play a prisoner it is hilarious, his cellmate is one Richard Beckinsale Kate Beckinsale's Dad! its well worth a look at.
We didn't expect the ending to the one where the nasty con was getting released with the intention of stealing a still-incarcerated fellow lag's buried loot.
Search 'les dawson piano'. And thank me later. His party trick was to play popular songs, but to hit wrong notes deliberately for laughs. And then stay for the rest of his comedy.
@@eclectica1 you need to be a seriously-accomplished pianist to be able to play that badly! The same goes for Eric Morcambe in the M&W Andrew Preview sketch; “I’m playing the right notes, not necessarily in the right order!”
The Tewo Ronnie's featured both double handers AND eabh doing solo bits. Actually they were both alive during the entire period of the show, with Ronnie Barker mostly doing sitcoms afterwards. It was Ronnie BARKER who actually died first (but long after the Two Ronnie's bad ended).
this is pure tallent not just writing this but mannaging to recording it all in a single long take without laughing & yeah the 2 ronnies was their own weekly show. i think it was recorded on stage with a few live sections or funny songs with well known celebraties between the sketches
Ronnie Barker was a comedy genius. He did so much and so many TV programmes. Obviously he is well known for Porridge; which I love and still watch today! 😂
I am one of those lucky people who were of the generation that grew up watching the Two Ronnies and enjoying their individual TV work aswell. Not to forget Morecombe and Wise, yep, I was blessed....
Wordsmith is a great description. We kids watched every week with our parents on the new colour TV. They were huge stars. Like the late, great Morecambe & Wise. All old time entertainers in big shows commanding massive UK audiences. We only had 2 or 3 channels at the time. I feel ancient now!😂❤
The two Ronnies had returning sketches they used to have on their show that used to make me laugh so much as a kid. One being "The Phantom Raspberry blower of old London town" and the other being "The Worm that turned" that you should check out.
Although "The Two Ronnies" show featured sketches with them both, but they did do their own pieces. Ronnie C was famous for his end of show joke where he would sit alone in a chair and have a story that often went in different directions.
Ronnie Corbett had a sitcom called Sorry where he played a character called Timothy who still lived with his domineering parents. If anyone swore in the house you would hear someone say 'Language Timothy!'. We still say it to this day. Ronnie Barker was in a number of sitcoms most notably Porridge, Open All Hours and Clarence.
The Two Ronnies show took over from another great British comedy duo Morecombe and Wise. Each pair had a "straight" man and the comedian ( Ronnie Corbett and Ernie Wise). Ronnie Barker was an extremely talented comedian and writer. I loved Open all Hours, a sitcom about an English corner shop, hilarious. Also another long-running comedy programme was Last of the Summer Wine about a group of lifelong friends in their twilight years in Yorkshire. Britain in the 20th century had a multitude of amazing comedy series and sketch shows. To fully appreciate the Two Ronnies, you should watch a whole show. Also the best Morecombe and Wise sketch for me was the Breakfast Sketch. ( Morecombe and Wise first met as young teenagers on the musical revue circuit).❤❤❤
Brilliant !! Mycson used to clean little Ronnie's Mercades and he had to had a cushion to reach the steering wheel 😊 Anyone British remember Stanley Unwin from decades ago?
The Two Ronnies show consisted of both an introductory and an outro to every show, both sat behind a desk, 'news style', telling jokes to do with either what was in store on the show, or stories with humorous conclusions. Then they're have a number of comedy sketches, (with either both or just Barker), musical interludes, (which showed their age), monologues, (just Corbett), as well as musical comedy sketches which were parodies of present day artists, at the time. They also had a serial that would play out, each week, based upon an on-going story that lasted the whole series. But, the most memorable was always the musical finale where both would appear dressed up according to some theme or other, to sing a well-known song, with words either amended to fit the subject, or purely created to fit an instrumental tune. The tunes were generally alluding to some form of sexual innuendo or other. But done very subtly. There was no smut at all, just mere suggestion and excellent use of wordplay that only ever hinted at one thing whilst saying something else that was perfectly innocent. Once they both became successful, and household names, they did do their own individual series. Barker being the most prolific with Porridge, (set in a prison of all places), and Open All Hours, (set in a corner shop with a miserly old shopkeeper), being the stand-out ones that became legendary. Corbett had one called, 'Sorry!', which was ok, but it wasn't quite as popular. He played a 40-something who still lived with his parents and was dominated by his over-bearing mother.
Ronnie Corbett also had his own sitcom called Sorry, where he played a man called Timothy who was I think in his forties but was still living with his parents. His mother still thought of him as a little kid.
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Barker sometime in the early 1970s when I was assistant manager of a large cinema in NW London. It had a very large stage (second in size only to Drury Lane theatre in the West End) and was hired by two amateur operatic societies for one week each every spring and autumn to put on a musical. This particular week Mr and Mrs Barker’s daughter was one of the Siamese children in ‘The King and I’ and they visited the theatre in a purely private capacity. A member of the amateur dramatic society’s committee was a bit of an embarrassment because, being rather well refreshed, he pretended to look for Ronnie Corbett (a diminutive fellow) under the manager’s desk. I showed Ronnie Barker an archived visitors book from the early 1950s which contained the signature of John Christie one of our most notorious mass murderers who was hanged in 1953 and I still, I fear, bracket these two utterly divergent souls in my mind.
Ronnie Barker was the creator of "Fletch" in "Porridge" a prison comedy, and "Open All Hours" a shopkeeper with a speech impediment and an big crush on the nurse who lives over the road. Ronnie Corbett was the creator of "Timothy" in "Sorry" a 40 something that live at home with his elderly parents, who treated him like a child.
I've done some work in a corner shop which felt a little like Open All Hours some days and where the shopkeeper occasionally exhibited a similar-sounding speech impediment to Ronnie Barker's Arkwright...even though he's Sri Lankan. The till never tried to bite my fingers off when I closed it,though.
Ronnie C. Was still alive, (D2016) he out lived Ronnie B (D2005) ., they often did individual sketches. RB was one of the greatest wordsmiths of our time. Memories of sitting in front of the coal fire Saturday evenings watching these guys, the taking the stories to school on Mondays.
Ronnie Barker, seen here, was a comedic genius. He wrote many of the Two Ronnies Sketches under a different name (was notoriously shy, which is strange to think when watching him perform) - I am not sure if this is one of his, but many of his jokes involved word play like this (4 Candles, Mastermind) so I suspect it is. You should also check out Barker's sitcom "Porridge", which was brilliant.
The two ronnies had been together since the mid 60 s and got their own tv series from 1971 to 1988 Ronnie barker passed away in 2005 and Ronnie Corbett in 2015
Interestingly the first things John Sullivan, the writer of Only Fools And Horses, did was write some sketches for the Two Ronnies. Ronnie B got him retained as a writer at the BBC.
The Two Ronnies was on TV from 1971 to 1987, and while most sketches featured both Ronnies together, there were lots that just had one of them. Ronnie Barker passed away in 2005, Ronnie Corbett in 2016.
When British comedy was actually funny. Im in my 60's, and I know things change, but there is nothing on tv now that makes me laugh out loud like these two did, along with Morecombe and Wise. Brilliant channel guys, its great to see what you think of our "way of life"
They were never technically a double act and always dud things separately but came together for The Two Ronnie's tv show in which they dud a lot of sketches together but also did solo performances like this. Ronnie Barker also wrote a lot of the sketches under a pseudonym which wasn't know even by the production crew until much later on. He had submitted them secretly and told no-one.
Open all hours with Ronnie Barker is still my favourite. David Jason (Del boy) from Only Fools also starred in it. It's about a corner shop which used to sell anything & everything 🙂
The two Ronnies started on a 60s show called the Frost Report with John Cleese (Fawlty Towers fame) . The Two Ronnies had a series witch ran from early seventies to about mid eighties. Ronnie Barker did write a lot of the material himself. They also did the Christmas Specials too. 70s were a golden age of British comedy with Les Dawson ,Mike Yarwood ,Stanley Baxter ,Benny Hill, Morecome & Wise ,but to name a few of these shows ,plus sit coms. Great time to be a kid. Thanks for appreciating our wonderful comedians.
Four Candles. In my opinion one of their best sketches
Yep. ❤
Legendary
Love that 😂
My Gen Z relatives had never seen or heard of this. They watched it with bafflement and bemusement. They just didn't get it.
@@FlippingC Do they not have handles on their forks ?hahaaha
You guys really should see Ronnie Barker in "Porridge" (slang term for jail time) or in "Open all Hours" Clever guy and a genuine national treasure.
And open all hours had David Jason in too. Real early doors for him. 😊
@@DMGamandaand also in porridge
@@roxerforlife3663 Blanko Webb
Agree, but two different genres
I also watched Ronnie barker in going straight, Clarence
Ronnie Barker passed away before Ronnie Corbett, atleast 10 years difference. Not all sketches needed both of them
They did the news headlines together,Ronnie Corbett did the story monologue in his arnchair with a drink,and their musical numbers seemed to usually feature at least one of them in drag.
Both Ronnies were still living when this sketch was made
Ronnie Barker passed away in 2005 while Ronnie Corbett passed away in 2016.
When Barker retired, he gave up show business completely and ran an antique shop in the Cotswolds, near to where I worked at the time. I would often see him outside the shop at eight o clock in the morning. He avoided celebrity and chat shows and wasn't interested in cashing in on his fame. He was a real comic genius with impeccable timing.
An antique shop! That sounds fun--much more appealing than being a celebrity 😅
Ronnie Barker in an antiques shop has comedy sketch written all over it. 😛
@@reactingtomyroots please react to porridge
went from open all hours to open most hours :D
Barker did come out of retirement before he passed away to play Churchill’s butler in a serious role. Barker was also a good actor and supposedly once told Maggie Smith she’d never make it as an actress.
Both are british legends. Compulsory viewing when we only had 4 channels. Their Christmas Specials were a must watch for Brits.
4 channels! I remember when the 3 tv channels would finish at 10pm and all you got was
A girl and a clown or teletext 😂
@@Elberto71 I remember when the BBC (yes, the real one) played the national anthem at closedown.
Ronnie Barker wrote most of the Two Ronnie’s scripts, but under his pseudonym Gerald Wiley, because he wanted the scripts to be accepted on merit and not because Ronnie B had written them.
That's interesting. Didn't know that fact!
He invited everyone out for dinner so they could all meet him, he surprised them at the restaurant telling them it was him all along, not sure when but must of been at or near the end.
Very cool! Thanks for the info.
Ronnie Corbett was funny as well, but Mr. Barker was the wit. Some of Corbett's later shows were cringeworthy. 🇦🇺
@timglennon6814 Have you evidence that _"Ronnie Barker wrote _*_most_*_ of ..."_ ? I know he wrote sketches under that pseudonym, but they had a bunch of good writers, so I doubt he wrote *_most_*
Best Wishes. ☮
They did many separate sketches when working on the Two Ronnies. Every show included a seated monologue from Corbett, whilst Barker did most of the solo sketches.
Okay, we were wondering about that! Appreciate you explaining. :)
@@reactingtomyroots Yes, they did sketches together and seperately, there was usually an episode of an ongoing story every series (such as 'The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town' !), and Ronnie C with his monologue, finshing with a 'news roundup', always signing off with 'It's a good night from me'... 'and a good night from him'..!
They also did musical numbers together that were absolutely hilarious, most of them are on TH-cam. I have the entire series on DVD. I just checked even The Two Ronnie's The Short And Fat Minstrel Show Reprise is there. They won't be showing that one on the BBC again anytime soon. I forgot how common blackface was when I was a kid in primary school.
I was too young when I first saw Corbett's monologue from the chair so didn't much like them, but as I grew up (within a few years) I l learned to love the way he weaved in and out of the main story, referring to the side stories etc. and by the end I wanted his monologues to carry on longer.
It's the straight faced delivery that always gets me
Ronnie Barker was a master of his craft, there weren't many better and there haven't been any better since he died.
Take the m of your 11th word and I totally agree!
@@gtaylor331 I can agree with you there.
I’ll second that comment.
Definitely a caster of his raft.
@@rjjcms1 love it
As a kid, among the best for me were 'The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town' series of sketches they did😂
@@princeofshadows2 they were brilliant
With Milligan doing all the raspberries...
I'm with you on that. 😁
... based loosely on the the Goons skit 'The Phantom Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-On-Sea'
Remember "The Worm That Turned" as well?
Ronnie Barker was a genius
Absolutely!!
To see Americans laughing & appreciating our humour is just so wonderful XXXXX
❤️
For excellent and exceptional observational comedy, I have two words for you:
Dave Allen
I urge you to watch anything he's done from sketchs to straight-up talking to the audience. He's the GOAT, and you won't be disappointed.
Yes Dave Allen was absolutely amazing. Totally hilarious 😂
You both beat me to strongly recommending him.
Dave Allen - Sublime! Absolutely. When we got a VHS machine, we quickly learned to record so we could watch back and laugh at the bits we were too busy laughing at live and missed!!
Loved Dave Allen, especially when he was talking to to audience
I loved how Dave Allen took the piss out of religion. As I'm an atheist, he was always hilarious.🇦🇺
The Morecambe & Wise breakfast sketch is one of my favourites
Classic. They have to watch that one,plus other pieces of theirs such as Andre Preview.
@@rjjcms1 M&W Breakfast th-cam.com/video/dqeL3oPiYjc/w-d-xo.html
M&W Andre Preview Seems to have been taken down everywhere.
Les Dawson and Shirley Bassey th-cam.com/video/qxmu9HKN4gY/w-d-xo.html
And singing in the rain
Thanks for the suggestion! :)
I still laugh at one of their musical sketches called Bold Sir John. It starts with their version of country dancing and ends with a song. Genius!
The fact its one cut without breaking is SO impressive
By which measure he could make a damn good rapper.
After watching this for the first time in I think in 1971 - my Mum started saying "I keep getting my mucking words fuddled"
LOL!
A mucking fiddle is a well used expression by me
Love that!!!
@@MotionEvolutionLouise She's now 84 and still says it...
Yes I have a relative who to this day says - "I keep getting my words in a mucking fuddled"
RIP both Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett.
Ronnie Barker was a Humours (sketch) wordsmith / comic actor
Ronnie Corbett was a stand up (or sit down) comdian / actor comdian
Some how their styles complemented each other.
It didn't matter whether Robbie Corbett stood up or sat down for his comedy - the height was about the same 😁
Just want to say thank you. Thank you for appreciating British culture and not insulting us (unlike a few other videos can do).
They used to do musical sketches which were always the highlight of the show
I love them the brass band number was my favourite ❤️
Thanks guys. I really needed that 🤣🤣🤣 As a girl born in the 70's I grew up with The Two Ronnie's. Bringing back memories of some things my Dad used to say when I a child. My dad used to switch letter/words around a bit like RB did in this sketch. For example, in our house we didn't have a dishwasher we had a wishdosher. And for most of my single digit years I physically could not say seatbelt because Dad would call it a beatselt 🤣
Awww 🥰 such lovely memories
haha love that!
My cousins had a wishdosher too!
@jacquieclapperton9758 nice to know I wasn't the only 1 🤣
😂😂😂
Haha, brilliant Steve, can't believe it took you that long.
I know I was sitting saying to myself, "why can't he hear it?"
I like the way Ronnie Barker got the whole audience to sing that.
PS What do any people from Thailand watching this make of it?
I had the great privilege of seeing both Ronnies live at BBC Television Centre in April 2005, when they were recording their final series together “The Two Ronnies Sketchbook”. They were of course getting on in years by that time, and Ronnie Barker was suffering with much publicised health issues, and I was rather shocked by how ill he was looking during the show recordings, but he still had his legendary sense of humour and a twinkle in his eye. I felt so fortunate to have been there because alas, Ronnie B passed away just six months later in October 2005.
You have to do the Speaking Swedish sketch by the Two Ronnies. More fabulous playing with the language. You will be amazed by what they can do with the English language. Two absolute genius's of comedy.
Yes!
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Aw. I grew up watching The Two Ronnies and loved them so much. My grandpa looked so much like Ronnie Barker so when i see repeats on the telly it warms my heart.
Corbett lived in the next village to me when i lived in Bucks and i used to see him regularly. We used to wonder how many cushions he was sitting on to be able to look through the windscreen when he drove his Jag. 😄
Part of the success of The Two Ronnie's is the fact that Ronnie B was an amazing wordsmith. As you will see the more Two Ronnie's you watch.
The Two Ronnie’s Tv show ran from the 10th April 1971 to the 25th December 1987.
Who could forget the hilarious four candles sketch 🕯️ 😂
The two Ronnies also did solo projects. Ronnie Barker also wrote some of the UKs most favorite comedies. You should watch Open All Hours and Porridge.
If you're suggesting that he wrote those two programmes then you're wrong. Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais wrote Porridge and Roy Clarke wrote Open All Hours.
Ronnie starred in those series but he did not write them.
Aldershot brass ensemble, Rochdale ringers and the little trains of wales are some of my favourite musical numbers. They would also do a serial sketch which would progress through the series the most famous of which is probably the ‘phantom raspberry blower of old London Town’ written by Spike Milligan.
Two others I remember were The Worm That Turned and the Charley Farley & Piggy Malone one.
I preferred The Black Fingernail based on The Scarlet Pimpernel, was less keen on Drawers based on Jaws though.
They often did sketches on their show individually. They had their own show
Haven't seen this for years 😂 thanks for sharing Steve and Lindsey..😀
Thanks for watching! :)
Laughing my ass off here in the uk love you guys🇬🇧🇺🇲
Ronnie Barker is a legend.🤣
Steve. I was in stitches waiting for you to get it. Got belly pains with laughing so much!🤣😂🤣😂👍
Me too! I think it’s because Americans say ass rather than arse so it can take a bit longer for the penny to drop but omg watching him so clueless was hilarious 😂😂❤ 🇦🇺
Happy memories of childhood days gathered infront of the T.V watching the Two Ronnie's with all the family ! Love it guys, and I'm looking forward to joining you explore this comedy duo! 😁👏
The Two Ronnies show had individual skits within it….this is likely one of them..😊ps Steve….you made me lol out loud you a..! 😂😂 great reaction. Love from Devon UK
The two ronnies are brilliant
They had a sort of serial that ran through each series. Two of which were 'the phantom raspberry blower of old London town' and 'The worm who turned' both are worth watching
Ronnie died way too early I'll never forget the 2 Ronnie's as long as I draw breath rip both 2005 and 2016 legends will live on 😢
Sooo loved the two Ronnie's.....always the highlight of everyone's evenings
t.v. watching 😂😅😂😅
Saturday nights on BBC1...probably after the Generation Game.
Yes they do both together in a program called the two Ronnie’s and separately. Ronnie Barker was a comic genius and also a really good actor
I can’t remember if you have watch the Two Ronnies ‘Four candles’ sketch or not. Regularly voted the funniest sketch of all time!
'Two Soups' might be in contention...
We have! :) It was a good one.
Just watching this with you guys I shed a tear of laughter 😂
😂
Ronnie Barker was a master with words, how he kept a straight face for many of the solo skits, I will never know pure genius
Two very funny and clever and talented men very much loved and missed
The 2 Ronnie’s were unique. I used to love their show when I was a kid
A couple of the serial sketches were The Phantom Raspberry Blower and The Worm that Turned which was a role reversal of men and women.
Ronnie Barker wrote most of their (and his own) material, under the pseudonym of Gerald Wylie.
They both had very successful shows individually; RB with Porridge and Open All Hours, RC with Sorry…
Another one of their famous sketches is "Crossed Lines" , that's another word play sketch.
😂😂😂😂
"It's good night from me, and it's a good night from him" or something like that was their sign-off. For one minute you two were about to say it too. A legendary show. From Yorkshire
@@angelahawman4263 😊👍
Morecambe and wise were good too, I loved the kitchen sketch to the stripper music, can't remember what the song was called
a great reaction, Ronnie Barker wrote the sketches, they used to sing as well with comedy songs, you should watch Porridge where he play a prisoner it is hilarious, his cellmate is one Richard Beckinsale Kate Beckinsale's Dad! its well worth a look at.
We didn't expect the ending to the one where the nasty con was getting released with the intention of stealing a still-incarcerated fellow lag's buried loot.
Search 'les dawson piano'. And thank me later.
His party trick was to play popular songs, but to hit wrong notes deliberately for laughs.
And then stay for the rest of his comedy.
And Dick Emery. So many fantastic shows in those years.
Yeah he was great at that 😂
@@eclectica1 you need to be a seriously-accomplished pianist to be able to play that badly! The same goes for Eric Morcambe in the M&W Andrew Preview sketch; “I’m playing the right notes, not necessarily in the right order!”
Oh folks that was all real comedy- good old days- all gone now
Ooh you are awful,but I like you!
We lost two treasures who must be keeping the angels in stiches up there.
Y'know Lindsey gonna being singing that to Steve all day long
😂
The Tewo Ronnie's featured both double handers AND eabh doing solo bits.
Actually they were both alive during the entire period of the show, with Ronnie Barker mostly doing sitcoms afterwards. It was Ronnie BARKER who actually died first (but long after the Two Ronnie's bad ended).
this is pure tallent
not just writing this but mannaging to recording it all in a single long take without laughing
& yeah the 2 ronnies was their own weekly show. i think it was recorded on stage with a few live sections or funny songs with well known celebraties between the sketches
No matter what Steve thinks we know the brains of this outfit 😅
Hi guys, a good way to start a Saturday morning off with a good laugh, 😂
Both Ronnies had numerous individual sitcoms, as well as their joint show
Ronnie Barker was a comedy genius. He did so much and so many TV programmes. Obviously he is well known for Porridge; which I love and still watch today! 😂
I am one of those lucky people who were of the generation that grew up watching the Two Ronnies and enjoying their individual TV work aswell. Not to forget Morecombe and Wise, yep, I was blessed....
My favorite has to be The Four Candles sketch
Awesome!
you need to see a whole show ..Usually weekly.. so much fun..
The Two Ronnies are the best.
You two laughing had me laughing!
Crossed lines.
Great sketch. 😊
Wordsmith is a great description. We kids watched every week with our parents on the new colour TV. They were huge stars. Like the late, great Morecambe & Wise. All old time entertainers in big shows commanding massive UK audiences. We only had 2 or 3 channels at the time. I feel ancient now!😂❤
The two Ronnies had a weekly comedy show. They would do individual skits as well as joint ones. Such a good time for comedy then. Nothing like it now.
Definitely comedy was to make people laugh only ,it had no agenda
They worked together and individually. Ronnie Barker passed away in 2005 and Ronnie Corbit in 2016.
The two Ronnies had returning sketches they used to have on their show that used to make me laugh so much as a kid. One being "The Phantom Raspberry blower of old London town" and the other being "The Worm that turned" that you should check out.
And Piggy Malone and Charlie Farlie.
beat me to 'The Worm that Turned' completely hilarious, featuring Diana Dorrs
Although "The Two Ronnies" show featured sketches with them both, but they did do their own pieces. Ronnie C was famous for his end of show joke where he would sit alone in a chair and have a story that often went in different directions.
If you haven't seen Peter Kay's sketch on misheard lyrics, you should really check it out, it's hilarious.
Yes!
Thanks, Tanya! We'll add that to the list :)
@ if you need a laugh, this is almost guaranteed to make it happen! 💕
Ronnie Corbett had a sitcom called Sorry where he played a character called Timothy who still lived with his domineering parents. If anyone swore in the house you would hear someone say 'Language Timothy!'. We still say it to this day. Ronnie Barker was in a number of sitcoms most notably Porridge, Open All Hours and Clarence.
All brilliant!
As much as I loved open all hours Clarence was an absolute masterpiece. Imo.
The Two Ronnies show took over from another great British comedy duo Morecombe and Wise. Each pair had a "straight" man and the comedian ( Ronnie Corbett and Ernie Wise). Ronnie Barker was an extremely talented comedian and writer. I loved Open all Hours, a sitcom about an English corner shop, hilarious. Also another long-running comedy programme was Last of the Summer Wine about a group of lifelong friends in their twilight years in Yorkshire. Britain in the 20th century had a multitude of amazing comedy series and sketch shows. To fully appreciate the Two Ronnies, you should watch a whole show. Also the best Morecombe and Wise sketch for me was the Breakfast Sketch. ( Morecombe and Wise first met as young teenagers on the musical revue circuit).❤❤❤
Brilliant !! Mycson used to clean little Ronnie's Mercades and he had to had a cushion to reach the steering wheel 😊 Anyone British remember Stanley Unwin from decades ago?
The Two Ronnies show consisted of both an introductory and an outro to every show, both sat behind a desk, 'news style', telling jokes to do with either what was in store on the show, or stories with humorous conclusions. Then they're have a number of comedy sketches, (with either both or just Barker), musical interludes, (which showed their age), monologues, (just Corbett), as well as musical comedy sketches which were parodies of present day artists, at the time. They also had a serial that would play out, each week, based upon an on-going story that lasted the whole series. But, the most memorable was always the musical finale where both would appear dressed up according to some theme or other, to sing a well-known song, with words either amended to fit the subject, or purely created to fit an instrumental tune. The tunes were generally alluding to some form of sexual innuendo or other. But done very subtly. There was no smut at all, just mere suggestion and excellent use of wordplay that only ever hinted at one thing whilst saying something else that was perfectly innocent.
Once they both became successful, and household names, they did do their own individual series. Barker being the most prolific with Porridge, (set in a prison of all places), and Open All Hours, (set in a corner shop with a miserly old shopkeeper), being the stand-out ones that became legendary. Corbett had one called, 'Sorry!', which was ok, but it wasn't quite as popular. He played a 40-something who still lived with his parents and was dominated by his over-bearing mother.
This is my favourite skit from The Two Ronnie's. 😂😂😂
Ronnie Corbett also had his own sitcom called Sorry, where he played a man called Timothy who was I think in his forties but was still living with his parents. His mother still thought of him as a little kid.
My son lives with us, and when he swears I still say 'Language Timothy!" to him.
Anything by Ronnie Barker will be gold. One of the all-time comedy-genius'
ronnie barker was a comic genius he wrote all the scrips for their shows check out Stanley Baxter comedian
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Barker sometime in the early 1970s when I was assistant manager of a large cinema in NW London. It had a very large stage (second in size only to Drury Lane theatre in the West End) and was hired by two amateur operatic societies for one week each every spring and autumn to put on a musical. This particular week Mr and Mrs Barker’s daughter was one of the Siamese children in ‘The King and I’ and they visited the theatre in a purely private capacity. A member of the amateur dramatic society’s committee was a bit of an embarrassment because, being rather well refreshed, he pretended to look for Ronnie Corbett (a diminutive fellow) under the manager’s desk. I showed Ronnie Barker an archived visitors book from the early 1950s which contained the signature of John Christie one of our most notorious mass murderers who was hanged in 1953 and I still, I fear, bracket these two utterly divergent souls in my mind.
Loved seeing your reactions to this! Ronnie Barker was a real genius in writing such clever words in their shows
Ronnie Barker was the creator of "Fletch" in "Porridge" a prison comedy, and "Open All Hours" a shopkeeper with a speech impediment and an big crush on the nurse who lives over the road.
Ronnie Corbett was the creator of "Timothy" in "Sorry" a 40 something that live at home with his elderly parents, who treated him like a child.
I've done some work in a corner shop which felt a little like Open All Hours some days and where the shopkeeper occasionally exhibited a similar-sounding speech impediment to Ronnie Barker's Arkwright...even though he's Sri Lankan. The till never tried to bite my fingers off when I closed it,though.
Ronnie C. Was still alive, (D2016) he out lived Ronnie B (D2005) ., they often did individual sketches. RB was one of the greatest wordsmiths of our time.
Memories of sitting in front of the coal fire Saturday evenings watching these guys, the taking the stories to school on Mondays.
Ronnie Barker, seen here, was a comedic genius. He wrote many of the Two Ronnies Sketches under a different name (was notoriously shy, which is strange to think when watching him perform) - I am not sure if this is one of his, but many of his jokes involved word play like this (4 Candles, Mastermind) so I suspect it is. You should also check out Barker's sitcom "Porridge", which was brilliant.
The two ronnies had been together since the mid 60 s and got their own tv series from 1971 to 1988 Ronnie barker passed away in 2005 and Ronnie Corbett in 2015
The two Ronnies were absolutely hilarious they gave the whole world so much enjoyment over the years
When i was a lad, 67 now, The two Ronnie's was Christmas TV for years n years n years.
Another two you should definitely check out - Only Fools And Horses and The Vicar Of Dibly, they are absolutely hilarious 😂 xx
I wonder what they would make of The Goodies!
@@Cheekycat222 only Fools and Horses is brilliant. The one where he goes to lean on pub bar!🤣🤣🤣
@@sallyannwheeler6327 That is definitely the funniest scene ever 😂🤣😂
Interestingly the first things John Sullivan, the writer of Only Fools And Horses, did was write some sketches for the Two Ronnies. Ronnie B got him retained as a writer at the BBC.
The Two Ronnies was on TV from 1971 to 1987, and while most sketches featured both Ronnies together, there were lots that just had one of them.
Ronnie Barker passed away in 2005, Ronnie Corbett in 2016.
They did hour long shows with different sketches some together and some separate. All were brilliant.
When British comedy was actually funny. Im in my 60's, and I know things change, but there is nothing on tv now that makes me laugh out loud like these two did, along with Morecombe and Wise. Brilliant channel guys, its great to see what you think of our "way of life"
It was a program that my family used to sit down and watch together. Even after all these years, it still has me nearly crying with laughter 😂
One of my favourite sketches was the 'worm that turned'
Well done you two. You really have come a long way to understand the British humour and ways things here. Keep up the good work. Love your content.
Hahaha 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣. Thank you ❤❤❤
They were never technically a double act and always dud things separately but came together for The Two Ronnie's tv show in which they dud a lot of sketches together but also did solo performances like this. Ronnie Barker also wrote a lot of the sketches under a pseudonym which wasn't know even by the production crew until much later on. He had submitted them secretly and told no-one.
Open all hours with Ronnie Barker is still my favourite. David Jason (Del boy) from Only Fools also starred in it. It's about a corner shop which used to sell anything & everything 🙂
The two Ronnies started on a 60s show called the Frost Report with John Cleese (Fawlty Towers fame) . The Two Ronnies had a series witch ran from early seventies to about mid eighties. Ronnie Barker did write a lot of the material himself. They also did the Christmas Specials too. 70s were a golden age of British comedy with Les Dawson ,Mike Yarwood ,Stanley Baxter ,Benny Hill, Morecome & Wise ,but to name a few of these shows ,plus sit coms. Great time to be a kid. Thanks for appreciating our wonderful comedians.