AMERICAN REACTS TO TWO RONNIES CROSSWORD | AMANDA RAE
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The two Ronnies were absolute comedy geniuses
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Every show was a winner. I have just remembered the sketch featuring the Rook Restaurant 😄
@@Bethi4WFH Bill hooks. Many years later Ronnie B said he wished he'd made it a joke about Knockers....... it would have been better.
They were so so good.
I used to love when they read the news.
"A serious maritime incident in the English channel tonight when a cargo ship transporting blue paint collided with another containing red.
First reports say that all crew members on board the two vessels have been marooned"
"A damning report out today from the ministry of education reveals that a quarter of our secondary school children can't read, a quarter can't write and the remaining two thirds can't do basic addition"
Unfortunately we don't have anything like the 2 Ronnies today, I enjoyed, Open All Hours, with Ronnie Barker and David Jason who was Del Boy in only fools & Horses, You will love it Amanda 😂
They were comedic geniuses whose word play has never been matched. Fabulous memories from the 1970s 👍👍👍
😊🙌🙌glad you enjoyed it
@@LADYRAEUK You are so lucky in having ‘got’ all classes of British comedy & just to reiterate what almost others think, you’re an absolute delight to watch here. Living in England most definitely gives you the advantage over your countrymen. You’re laughter is infectious to the point where we all look forward to your posts. Best wishes as always 👍
Cook & Moore, the original Kings
All the old ones are far the best 👌
You’re too kind! 😊 thank you!
As an Englishman the Two Ronnies are so dear to my heart. Both of them are iconic British Legends. Ronnie Barker had two sitcoms called Porridge and Open all hours which are still to this day some of the best British comedy ever written . As the saying goes “ they don’t make them like that anymore “ 🙏❤️🇬🇧.
And that’s a big hear hear from NewZealand
@@tomricketts7821 "G-G-Granville, fetch a cloth"!... I could go on...!
I agree that these are two comedy greats - but if you haven't listened to John Finnemore's comedy, you ar emissing out. His series "Cabin Pressure" is surely one of the all-time greatest radio sit-coms in history. I cannot recommend it enough.
"G-G-Granville get F-F-Fa-Fa-Fa F-F-Fa-Fa-Fa " "Oh Come on spit it out" "M-M-Mind your tongue young Granville"
Ronnie Barker didn't write the scripts for Porridge and Open All Hours though. But his timing with Richard Beckinsale was fanastic
Four candles for me was there best sketch. Grew up in the 70’s watching these 2 comedians.
Four Candles, of course, having been written anonymously by Ronnie Barker himself.
Four candles is the sweet spot. It's hard to argue the point. The writing, acting, the Truth, came together like lightning in a bottle 🕯🕯🕯🕯
Agreed. I still reference it to this date 😂
Fork Handles skit is the best!
Mastermind was brilliant too.
The Two Ronnies were the best "word smiths" of the English language. Their skits were simply the best! - Four Candles, the best!❤
Four Candles, of course, having been written anonymously by Ronnie Barker himself.
'word smith' is one word.
@@davidcopson5800oh dear😊
It so nice to see someone love British culture
Yes and understand it
@@johnbeck2042 I used to live in kimberley
The old comedians I grew up watching never swore to get a laugh. Learnt their trade live on stage with clean language!
Well that's a myth, they covered it with innuendo, and it wasn't just comedians that did it, even George Formby was a mucky old bugger. No swearing but plenty of totally inappropriate lines.
@@Angel-Adramelech You sound like a right laugh..
@@auxiliary4023 I didn't say they weren't funny, however racist lyrics and jokes were totally inappropriate then and now. But no swearing back them music hall day's, so I guess that's all good 🤫😂😂😇
@@Angel-Adramelech Hmm, so I'm a racist by default..
@@Angel-Adramelech Yeah, whatever;;
The Two Ronnie's mastermind sketch is one of my favorites. Every line is a hit.
Not as good as the Boring Accountant sketch!
70 years ago, my English teacher told me the definition of self-confidence was someone who filled in the Times crossword with a pen...
Optimist..someone who does crossword puzzles in ink. 50 years ago, my English teacher here in Australia.
@@professornuke7562 With a fountain pen.
You may also like ...Harry Enfield in "I saw you coming".
Crosswords and Sudokus every day with a ballpoint.
And I do not scribble.
I do hate the use of the word "confidence" ("self-confidence") particularly in this instance.
I am not a confident person, but when I know something I am self-assured.
I use "confident" and "stupid" as synonyms, so confident (self-confident) really doesn't work here.
Also I am left handed and pencil smudges, and rubs off, leaving my hands covered in graphite.
I’d call them a show off…except that a friends mother does it that way.
These 2 were the best. Loved the Ronnies
Me too ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Comedy from my youth. I often didn't understand it all as I was a child and at the time laughed because my mum and dad were laughing. Now as an adult I appreciate it more.
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Literally geniuses of their craft.
If you haven’t watched the mastermind sketch you have to watch it. One of the most clever pieces of comedy ever written.
Or Eric and Ernie: Mastermind
The silent film, circa 1975 "The Plank"
Absolute classic
@@paulhampson71 each to their own, I prefer the two Ronnies sketch personally.
@@paulhampson71 In comparison with the Ronnies, Eric and Ernie's Mastermind sketch was childish and banal.
A nun asks for a 'rubber'...there's confusion for an American right there...😮
😂😂😂
Why? I don’t understand
@@TimBadger-w7d
Americans use erasers to erase......'rubbers' to prevent the patter of tiny feet.
The Two Ronnies, Morcombe and Wise, and Stanley Baxter, all fantastic, great nostalgic memories. They were always a great Christmas treat.
There was a famous sketch of a vicar and nun in a railway carriage - same scenario, doing crosswords. The vicar was asking for an answer to the clue "Feminine gender, 4 letters, ending in UNT" . The nun replied "Aunt", to which the vicar replied "Oh of course, do you have an eraser?" Brought the house down!
The nun at the end did it for me . Love it.
Ronny comes into the shop and asks for Fork Handles but is handed Four Candles instead. One of my favourite skits!
Oh yes, we had so many problems with bats pecking holes in the bottle tops when I was a child too. Sometimes when it was really cold, the milk would freeze and push the top off of the bottle, and the bats would get frozen stuck to the milk. Some species of bat in the UK had teeth specially evolved to extract the milk from the bottles through tiny holes so it wasn't obvious that the bats had been at the milk. This all ended with the introduction of screw bottle tops, the bats just couldn't get the hang of unscrewing the caps with their teeny tiny feet.
Having grown up with them... Throughout the 80's... They were classic... Never to be forgotten... Such memorial scene's 🙏👏👍
Back in the 60,s a skit was done by Tony Handcock and Tommy Cooper as 2 canaries in a cage ....I remember that I actually rolled on the floor with laughter a most unusual response to live TV !
Careful about that spelling of Tony's name...
Did you ever mime 'Tony Hancock' in Charades?
@@geoffwales8646
Wicked! Wicked!
Wonder how many have never experienced the social joy of playing that game.
Two Ronnies - Four Candles or Mastermind.
No forkhandles
@@jedi-mic 😂
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Saw tips
My favourite
Nothing better than a good bit of innuendo. Most snort-worthy.
Yes 🙌🙌
Hope you’re well 😊
The two Ronnies Mastermind sketch is by far the best.
4 candles?
I’m not sure I’ve seen mastermind, I’ll have to check it out 😊👍🏻
Well, I like the Accountant one and best of all the Squash one 😊
@@LADYRAEUK Mastermind used to be THE quiz show on British TV. David Renwick wrote the ‘Mastermind sketch’ and nearly threw it away. Luckily he didn’t. Little Ronnie has to answer the question that was last asked and it goes on. Sheer genius. You’ve lived in this country you may well be aware of some of the answers ie British Leyland, Arthur Scargill (union leader) Have fun
They did a skit where they were in an optician shop and they’d somehow got each others glasses on. At one point, Ronnie Barker had to crawl along a line on the floor to get to where he needed to be and Ronnie Corbett said “is there a dog in here?”.
Amanda your reaction when the Penny dropped to the milk bottle top joke, absolutely priceless
As a kid I enjoyed The Phantom Raspberry Blower that featured in The Two Ronnies. I also enjoyed when The Two Ronnies would sing funny lyrics in the songs they sung.
They’re brilliant!
Try The Goon Show …
@@Happyheretic2308 Michael, Spike, Harry, Peter with Ray and Max. What a historic combination they were! Not forgetting Wallace Greenslade. There were one or two recreations on television and, of course, The Last Goon Show Of All. I think the uninitiated may get a bit lost because Spike and the gang would leap all over the place. Maybe an interview with Spike, Peter and Harry perhaps? What do others think about it? Where are the Goonatics?
@@josefschiltz2192 oh, I have the entire CD collection, plus the scripts book. My darling Dad was a huge fan … I was brought up properly!
@@Happyheretic2308 I was a member of the GSPS for a little while, but I'm no meeting in pubs person! The Goon fan and dear friend that I went with on those few occasions would get migraines just looking at alcohol so we called it a day. I have the records, CDs and script books as well. The dear lads certainly fueled some of the most original comedy on the airwaves over the years. Another old mate of mine spent a while in a 'gentleman's rest home' with Bentine and struck up a friendship. Thank goodness we have recordings of their talents!
Growing up with this era of comedy was amazing, they were genius!
Intelligent humour. Rare thing these days. 😂😂
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I Love Amanda’s infectious Presence She’s Great 🥰🥰
There are few comedy acts with the genius and rapport the two Ronnies had. Utterly brilliant. And Ronnie Barker in Porridge was absolutely hilarious too. That said, he co-wrote many of the storylines, so was able to write to fit his particular comedy skills...... I smiled when you got the page three joke Amanda! Ronnie Barker had a long standing rift with the Sun newspaper, and couldn't resist the odd little dig at them...... Ronnie Barker had an antique shop at the time, and the Sun sent someone in there to try to fool or con him, and it went completely wrong......
I saw this skit when it was first aired. I laughed then, I have laughed since, and I have laughed at it just now. Comedy genius that has died for ever.
Brilliant comedians by and of themselves. Put them together and you have lightning in a bottle stuff. They truly were once in a generation level...
I love these two,used to watch them as a kid with the family here in Australia late 70’s. They really are comic geniuses.
Really great seeing your face Amanda while the film being played , your reactions 😂
thanks :)
Their skits were always funny but they also had some hilarious drama serials mixed in showing an episode of the story each week; 'The phantom raspberry blower of olde London town' -A Jack the Ripper character that blew raspberries and 'The worm that turned' where women are in charge and men are forced to wear dresses was also great.
Yes indeed, and also the great musical numbers at the end of the programmes. All done with very little rehearsal time. Huge talent
yes The worm that turned.. that skit was hilarious. Must watch it again, sheer genius!
Ronnie barker ordering drinks while getting drunker all the time. "Either one of these is it?"😂😂
Loved them and morecambe and wise too, I'd forgotten that particular sketch thanks for sharing it Amanda.😊
Classic timeless comedy and no expletives! How times have changed!
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The Two Ronnies was in reality Ronny Barker, who was a brilliant wordsmith and comedic genius - as his shows "Open All Hours" and "Porridge" demonstrate. If you ever get your hands on one of his monologue sketches for "The Two Ronnies" you will see his brilliance amply demonstrated. 😂😂
Credit where credit's due: the "Two Ronnies" did have a team of skilled writers, among them four of "Monty Python" and Spike Milligan (if you want a good laugh, his lifetime achievement award ceremony should amuse you). No doubt Barker was a skilled writer and comedian; who loved complex word play; parodied "the establishment" and included some "seaside postcard" (smutty) humor. It was Corbett who was famous for his monologue, usually just a simple joke where he kept getting distracted and going off on tangents; also skilled at absurdist humor, with great comic timing. I view them as equal partners and "edgier" than another "national institution" Morecambe and Wise.
Luckily the BBC kept their work intact (all 12 seasons); their serial stories like: Death Can Be Fatal (1975) The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town (1976); The Worm That Turned (1980) etc... were pretty surreal.
I agree with you, they were "brilliance amply demonstrated"; part of a transition between "music hall humor" and "alternative comedy", attracting millions of viewers (Sat 7pm). Geniuses.
Hi Amanda.🤣😁😃you are spoiling me again, two days in a row! oh i loved the two Ronnies, so thankyou Amanda. We used to get Blue Tits pecking at our milk bottles, and pinching the cream of the top ( little buggers). Its so hard to pick a single sketch, as they were all good. Hope you are having a lovely weekend. Cheers Amanda❤
I am thank you, enjoying the sun! Hope you’re having a good one 😊
Hi Amanda, great to see you enjoying more fun with the Two Ronnie`s. Only now do I appreciate, just how lucky I was to grew up when I did, with all the wonderful comedians that we had. :)
Honestly, there’s nothing like it today!
We had the Two Ronnies on the ABC here in Australia and there was no trouble with translation. I like this particular sketch a lot because the punchline is as good, if not better, than the rest of the lines - a surprisingly difficult thing to do.
I always the news at the end of each episodes!
I still LOVE your little snort!
These two blokes were so so funny together!
They would be CANCELED now ☹!
Thank you XXXX For making sure they are still alive and annoying wokists!
THANKS?, I'M REMINISCING 😂😂😂😂, WHEN COMEDY WAS PERFECTION.
Ronnie Barker used to write many of the sketches, especially the wordplay ones, under the pseudonym Gerald Wiley. He kept it a secret and it only came out when he turned up to accept a writers award.
They were absolutely brilliant fantastic timing 😄😄
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Watching you get the jokes well after they happen is a hoot! That's not not a reflection on your intellect..... rather it's about your cultural knowledge of another country in an earlier century. Kudos to you that you get it at all!
thank you so much, i really appreciate that :)
The two Ronnies were Awesome!Lucky to have seen RC in South Africa,many years ago.Absolute geniuses....
Brilliant!
Loved watching you enjoy this sketch. They always made me laugh!
English comedy from the 70s through to the 80s was and still is the funniest in the Western world.
I always watched the two Ronnies growing up. Totally brilliant.
You definitely need to see their Racing Duck skit. It's hilarious!
I’ll look it up 😊
@@LADYRAEUK it's also known as the Argentinian Racing Pigeon, but you will find it as the Racing Duck. About as silly as can possibly be 🥳
You enjoying them is always a delight to watch. They were funny, always. :)
So glad that you feel an affinity to this wonderful comedy. Of course you now understand many of the contexts, and that helps. Thanks Amanda.
I have the Two Ronnies Box Set on DVD, all twelve series and the Specials, all brilliant!
As for my favourite sketch of theirs, Amanda, that would be the Argentinian Racing Pigeon sketch. 😅
Agree it's called the Racing Duck sketch.
I’ll have to check it out! 😊
Wordplay is often fundamental to Two Ronnies sketches. Here are a few which I’m sure you will enjoy and appreciate.
‘Name Droppers’
‘Boring Accountant’
‘Ponting Punting’
‘The Strange Case Of Mrs Mace’
I've sat next to people doing puzzles that were as annoying as that. I felt like climbing the walls. Great sketch.
Haha I bet!
@@LADYRAEUK Lovely to have a reply from you.
Good to see you enjoying British humour at its best. I love watching your reaction.
I never missed their shows, it was part of Saturday night back in the 1970's, comic geniuses at their best!, there are so many fantastic sketches and they always did a musical number where they took well known songs and rewrote the lyrics and they were hilarious!, they also used to have running serial in the show every week, usually a spoof detective one and also the classic "The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town", check it out if you can find it.
I loved your face as you realised the joke , and it makes your point so well Amanda . The two Ronnies were so clever with words , sad to realise milk bottle tops and doorstep deliveries are mainly a thing of the past nowadays .I don't know if you've already done their version of Mastermind , it's very clever and funny . I also remember Ronnie Barker as a vicar doing a sermon in cockney rhyming slang , I really enjoyed your reaction to this one .
I had to see if anyone suggested the Cockney sermon. It is an absolute classic.
Sorry to reiterate - Four Candles is the best. When one of the Ronnies died there were four candles on the coffin as I remember.
Rob from Western Australia
I have never seen this before. Thank you for sharing this funny sketch😂
You’re welcome 😊
I loved them back when I was a kid, I feel very lucky to have lived in 70s, 80s and even 90s
I love your reactions and i love the way you snort 😂 x im 70yr old british guy and was privileged to have seen most of these tv programes first time round 🙂
Swedish made simple - brilliant.
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Ronnie Corbetts wife said after he died that there was a hole in her life that she tried to fill by leaving their home in England and moving permanently to their home where Ronnie grew up in Scotland.
I love you American Amanda Rea and pure funny Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett.
The mastermind skit. Priceless.
From a time when you could use your brains in comedy.
The best comedian's ever very clever clean humour
What a joy to hear this after all these years… the nun😆grit, of course, does any one have a rubber🤣🤣🤣
Classic comedy. Rare these days. And you're reaction when he said page 3 cracked me up 🤣🤣🤣👍
True and proper comedy.
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Great sketch. Love your page three laugh😂. Once again you're brilliant❤️
Ronnie and Ronnie. Genii of my lifetime. How I miss the days when comedy was funny and so much more intelligent than so called "observational humour". Love your reactions Amanda.
thansk so much :))
I love amandas snorting laugh 😅Its so cute ❤😂❤
thank you :)))
😂😂😂😂😂 Good Laugh for a Sunday Afternoon. More!! 😂👍🏻
Haha glad you enjoyed it! 😂
The two Ronnies were complete geniuses absolutely hilarious ❤❤❤❤❤
Check out some old classics:
1. John Cleese, Ronnie Corbett & Ronnie Barker the ‘class sketch’
2. Many great sketches with Peter Cooke & Dudley Moore ‘the worst job I ever had’……’this bloke came up to me’
3. Morecambe & Wise the piano sketch with Andre Previn.
Thank you!
Great to hear you snorting Amanda, another great skit, "Two Ronnies Chas and Dave".
I’ll hAve a look! Hope you’re well
+1 for this. I'd definitely recommend watching a few videos of the actual Chas & Dave before watching The Two Ronnies sketch for context if you're not familiar with them.
I loved the Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town. Hilarious!
The sketch I always liked was the one with the customer in the shop who asked for unusual flavours of ice cream. He eventually gave up and asked for an unusual flavour of crisps. Enjoy your week!
This is one of my favourites! Absolute genius👍🙂
They were so so good.
I used to love when they read the news.
"A serious maritime incident in the English channel tonight when a cargo ship transporting blue paint collided with another containing red.
First reports say that all crew members on board the two vessels have been marooned"
"A damning report out today from the ministry of education reveals that a quarter of our secondary school children can't read, a quarter can't write and the remaining two thirds can't do basic addition"
Four candles. Thanks for posting. Had forgotten how funny they were.
The Sun newspaper used to have topless women on page 3 - hence the references.
For those who weren't around at the time, the Sun always had a topless model as the whole of page 3, hence the "2 across" and "tits" jokes.
I love it that it takes a couple of seconds before Amanda gets the milk bottle joke.😂
For those who didn't get the "page 3" joke: The Sun was known for putting topless models on page 3 (one such model was Maria Whittaker, who sparked controversy when she appeared on the cover of the game Barbarian, known as Death Sword in the US - not because the game allowed you to decapitate your opponent, but because Maria appeared in a very Frazetta-esque costume on the cover).
As for the rest of the joke - milk bottles used to be delivered to your doorstep covered with aluminum foil, the same as yoghurt (the bottles would be then collected, washed, and reused, as they were glass), and little birds would sometimes peck holes in those foil bottle tops. The birds were known as Blue Tits - hence the page 3 reference.
And (while not as controversial) the male Barbarian on the cover was Michael Van Wijk. Better known as Wolf in the UK's original run of Gladiators.
Two brilliant comedians that are sadly no longer with us and that brilliance still makes us laugh all these years later.
absolutely :)
There's one that was done not long after Ronnie Barker past away called the blackberry. I've just recently watched it. It is hilarious. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 ❤
I was one who suggested it. glad you enjoyed it. x I see it took you a while to get the page three quip.
I'd watch two Ronnie's with my dad , he modelled himself on Ronnie barker 😂
Four candles - is my favourite!
Four candles is the best and funniest sketch ever made. Go watch it if you haven't.
The squash game was a scream Amanda !!!
I totally agree there. The Accountant Bore sketch is also extremely funny, with Ronnie C’s reactions in both being what makes them so funny as, indeed, they do in Four Candles.
Loved your reaction when the Page 3 joke clicked home... fantastic!
Hi Amanda …… Mentioned before, but can highly recommend the Morecambe and Wise sketches where they did 1. Jungle Book and 2. Tweety pie and Sylvester the Cat….genius. They make me laugh out loud every time…
Couple of other suggestions for you would be Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse take on the football match between old Arsenal football team and the then current Liverpool team
Any Blackadder episodes but I always preferred Blackadder goes Forth (based on WW1)…the final episode was really funny but also really sad and poignant (fantastic writing).
The best sketch they ever did in my humble opinion was "Four candles" I enjoyed the mini series called "The worm that turned"
Amanda keep up the brilliant reactions, if only to listen to the snort laugh!!😂😂😂
'Phantom Raspberry Blower of old London Town' for me, every time ! 'Ere - I want a word with you.....' 🤣
I'm glad by accident I stumbled across your channel, as you say, its always a pleasure watching....
4 candles, mastermind and this are my favourites.
Apparently they got the timing so spot on because Barker would put his foot next to Corbett’s foot, speak his line, and then tap Corbett ‘your turn’ after an appropriate pause.