@@mohammaddavoudian7897In the 1970’s I think there were only 3 tv channels broadcasting in that period and the Two Ronnies regularly had more than 20 million people tuning in to their shows that were broadcast so yeah….back in the day when people gathered around to watch their favourite shows when there was not the extreme variety of shite that there is today, I would agree that the whole country watched and loved and a large number to this day still love these two.
It showed how well they knew their British audience, how well we understand comedy in Britain. Brilliant comedy writing, classic British comedy, classic Two Ronnies.
@@petermallia558 Absolutely. Brilliant writing, brilliant wordplay, and comic timing that comes from years of working together. Effortless genius that few can manage now.
Absolutely!! Brits are naturally in on this humour. Priceless!! That being said, foreigners beware: one will not run into a Barker/Cleese/Gervais on any street corner. OH NO YOU WON'T!!
The way in which these two delivered their comedy as most comedians back in these days is just genius, and now all we have is 1000s of stand ups swearing here, there and everywhere.
+Tidgy he's never going to be at the standard of the two ronnies but i saw a comedian recently on TV called jimeoin. your opinion might be different but i thought the guy was a breath of fresh air compared to all the other recent comics.
***** YES! Jimeoin is great I also love him, but there still isn't that intelligence to create it, these two need the acting skills as well as lots more than just skills to stand there and speak. But yes, he is definitely a cut above the rest of the comedians now as you say, along with a few others like Peter Kay and Lee Evans etc.
+Tidgy So swearing automatically makes it bad comedy? Swear words just like any words have meanings that can change with the times, surely there where words in your day that are said openly that would have been frowned apon a few years previous. No such thing as a "Swear word" in my opinion. Language evolves, thats something you just have to deal with. Don't get me wrong, innocent simple humor like this is funny but no more funny that a comedy act that uses swearing as a punchline. Fuck for example is used in comedy because to say the work fuck you have to smile (try it). So when a comedian says it, he smiles, as does the audience. We are social animals at the end of the day. K's are funny, to put it simply. Of course comedy is highly subjective, but isnt it interesting that i can enjoy modern humor and old, and yet you perceive new to be bad. I think every generation is guilty of it, we trust what we grew up with but at some point you have to look to the future just as i have learned to look to the past. Humor is everywhere, dont let a few "Bad words" spoil it for you.
+Justin Proctor Swearing is no more than a demonstration of a lack of imagination, lack of character and a lack of command of the English language. A talented comedian can make people laugh without using a single swear word which is a dying art. Swearing is an attempt to gain a person's attention by something other than talent and an indication of a lack of confidence in one's self to get a point across.
I saw the Two Ronnies on BBC TV when I was six-years old on a trip from Los Angeles to London UK in 1973. I found the humor so great that I'd wondered who the two performers and what the TV show was. I recalled them being "The Two Ronnies" and that was all. This is the first time I've been able to watch these two incredible performers since then. Thanks for posting this sketch and helping me understand what I was seeing in 1973!
@Gerry S.S But the Crossword sketch was 1980. I’ve seen the 1973 episodes including the hospital one (where RC bursts like a balloon during a blood pressure measurement).
Let's not forget Viscount Ronnie von Barker. No disrespect to Monsieur Corbett, but the aforementioned Ron del Barker was the genius behind their genius, and quite modestly so.
@@michaellennon5040 Every double act needs the straight man but Ronnie Corbett was funny and talented in his own right. I never did like his monologues though..
Brilliant ending, impeccable timing....their best. Another was Ronnie B saying "If I was as rich as Rockefeller, I'd be richer" Ronnie C says " how's that then?" Well I'd do a bit of window cleaning on the side"!
They were masters at the written word and delivery..everyone goes on about Morecambe and Wise, but that was a different style of comedy double acts,but to me the 2 Ronnies will be the top, because of the clever usage of the English language..thank god we have them for posterity in their shows, and on here..feeling down, get a clip of the Two Ronnies.I especially loved the two farmer sketches..they did sat near a fence in the countryside..
I remember carriages like this! I am 40 now, and they were on the way out even when I was a kid. I am watching this today with my other half after having a conversation about how trains have changed
I lived in the U.K. for eight years, 2000 - 2008. My name is "Ronnie". I would hear people refer to the Two Ronnies every now and then but never saw a single sketch. Today was the first time I saw them in action. Classic comedy at its best. This is the third sketch and by far they keep getting better. I watched The Courtroom Quiz and the Inventors Convention. Great stuff.
Wipe the tears away!! That was so funny! The nun at the end was the cherry on the top! "Has anyone got a rubber?" Is there a Nobel prize for comedy? Can it be awarded posthumously?
its goodnight from me and its goodnight from him Rest In Peace Ronnie Corbett Now you will be reunited with Ronnie B again :) Thank you for all the laughs, both of you xxx
How can they be reunited? They are dead. Don't get me wrong I like them but I just want to know why people think the dead get together after they are dead dead imean dead. Gone.
@@Fifury161 true but you can't really sit down with your Saturday night tea and the rest of your family and watch and laugh together (while the wife tut's at every joke). We used to laugh at Dad laughing as much as the program.
If one of the mainstream channels replyed all the original two Ronnies shows from start to finish, I guarantee that given a few weeks they would climb up the ratings to be the top show as young people who have never seen them start to catch on to what real comedy is.
This sketch reminds us again of the brilliance of the two Rons.Hilarious script performed by the best comedy actor ever Ronnie Barker and the wonderful Ronnie Corbett.Todays so called comedians look on in shame.No smut here.Russell Brand and co about as funny as toothache,and can never hold a candle to these comedy legends. Alan Honeybill
The last joke becomes even more subtle when you recall that Ronnie B claims early on that all of them except Ronnie C are doing "proper" crosswords. Only it turns out that they aren't.
And Co- Op is a supermarket chain in the U.K. which would sell fish (to eat). And The Sun is a U.K. newspaper which used to have photos of topless women. And a tit is a type of British bird but is also U.K. slang for breasts. Come to think of it, almost every one of those jokes would be lost on an American.
The whole country watched and loved these two. March, 2024.
The whole country?!!🤔😄
@@mohammaddavoudian7897 yeah
@@mohammaddavoudian7897In the 1970’s I think there were only 3 tv channels broadcasting in that period and the Two Ronnies regularly had more than 20 million people tuning in to their shows that were broadcast so yeah….back in the day when people gathered around to watch their favourite shows when there was not the extreme variety of shite that there is today, I would agree that the whole country watched and loved and a large number to this day still love these two.
Barker was a wordsmith. He loved the all of the play on word and mispronunciations. The sketches were beautiful and so cleanly delivered
@alexday5892 Spoonerisms, Ronnie Barker had me in stitches with them🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He was pure genius.
I have watched this so many times. And laugh every single time
I've watched this sketch so many times. And still pack up laughing
The best comedy duo ever. Period.
I'd put Morecambe and Wise above them but those were definitely the top 2
Oh that was real humor, bring back that era ⏳
Ok be quiet, boomer. They're funny, but time has moved on from this seaside postcard humour.
@@TheMusicalElitist MOVED ON EH ? WE ALL KNOW WHERE TO. BUT YOU'RE TOO THICK TO IDENTIFY IT. IT RHYMES WITH RAPP
@@TheMusicalElitist
Rude & uncalled for.
Why are you watching this video🫤
The script is incredibly clever and the acting is divine and delivery timed to perfection. They don’t make them like that anymore!!
and this was in the xmas sketchbook 05 cant understand why funny scene but old hat surely
We will never have comedy like this again as this world is never the same.
This never gets old. Genius.
Two Ronnie's comic geniuses watching since the 70s and have never grown tired of it
Two of the best comedy performances ever made
The chemistry between these two cannot be measured!
Chemistry like this is usually measured in megatons.
nowit can be measured
The Coop - Co-Op gag is hilarious!
i went there yesterday noticed it was spelt coop brought this sketch in my head like in a lift who doesnt say going up
humourous , hilarious is somewhat an exaggeration . A funny sketch though , the punchline made it !!
What I like about this sketch is that so many of the laughs depend upon the audience being ahead of the script.
It showed how well they knew their British audience, how well we understand comedy in Britain.
Brilliant comedy writing, classic British comedy, classic Two Ronnies.
@@petermallia558 Absolutely. Brilliant writing, brilliant wordplay, and comic timing that comes from years of working together. Effortless genius that few can manage now.
""SAY NO MORE ""
Absolutely!! Brits are naturally in on this humour. Priceless!! That being said, foreigners beware: one will not run into a Barker/Cleese/Gervais on any street corner. OH NO YOU WON'T!!
They didn't treat there audience they treated them as intelligent members of the community and that's why it's so smart
The way in which these two delivered their comedy as most comedians back in these days is just genius, and now all we have is 1000s of stand ups swearing here, there and everywhere.
+Tidgy he's never going to be at the standard of the two ronnies but i saw a comedian recently on TV called jimeoin. your opinion might be different but i thought the guy was a breath of fresh air compared to all the other recent comics.
***** YES! Jimeoin is great I also love him, but there still isn't that intelligence to create it, these two need the acting skills as well as lots more than just skills to stand there and speak. But yes, he is definitely a cut above the rest of the comedians now as you say, along with a few others like Peter Kay and Lee Evans etc.
+Tidgy Very true. Genius and their timing is unbelievable!!
+Tidgy So swearing automatically makes it bad comedy? Swear words just like any words have meanings that can change with the times, surely there where words in your day that are said openly that would have been frowned apon a few years previous. No such thing as a "Swear word" in my opinion. Language evolves, thats something you just have to deal with. Don't get me wrong, innocent simple humor like this is funny but no more funny that a comedy act that uses swearing as a punchline.
Fuck for example is used in comedy because to say the work fuck you have to smile (try it). So when a comedian says it, he smiles, as does the audience. We are social animals at the end of the day. K's are funny, to put it simply. Of course comedy is highly subjective, but isnt it interesting that i can enjoy modern humor and old, and yet you perceive new to be bad.
I think every generation is guilty of it, we trust what we grew up with but at some point you have to look to the future just as i have learned to look to the past. Humor is everywhere, dont let a few "Bad words" spoil it for you.
+Justin Proctor Swearing is no more than a demonstration of a lack of imagination, lack of character and a lack of command of the English language. A talented comedian can make people laugh without using a single swear word which is a dying art. Swearing is an attempt to gain a person's attention by something other than talent and an indication of a lack of confidence in one's self to get a point across.
I saw the Two Ronnies on BBC TV when I was six-years old on a trip from Los Angeles to London UK in 1973. I found the humor so great that I'd wondered who the two performers and what the TV show was. I recalled them being "The Two Ronnies" and that was all. This is the first time I've been able to watch these two incredible performers since then. Thanks for posting this sketch and helping me understand what I was seeing in 1973!
Awesome! Try this, the most famous sketch th-cam.com/video/gi_6SaqVQSw/w-d-xo.html
Try to catch "and now the state of the party"!
This particular sketch was made in 1980, but I know what you’re talking about.
@Gerry S.S But the Crossword sketch was 1980. I’ve seen the 1973 episodes including the hospital one (where RC bursts like a balloon during a blood pressure measurement).
fork handles & the phantom raspberry blower of old London Town are a must see my friend
TWO RONNIE'S CLASS ACTORS CLASSIC COMEDIANS GREAT GENTLEMEN SADLY MISSED 😢😢😢
No matter what role Ronnie b played he always looked the part. He was a absolute master
Porridge was my favourite
@@iamrocketray Open All Hours was mine.
Both Ronnie B and Ronnie C were just comedy genius.
Yes they sure were. Loved 'em as a young bloke and still do now :)
One of the funniest sketches you will ever see... I love Ronnie Corbett he's a genius... So tell me friend when last did you play it?
Such flawless comedy. RIP to these legends of British TV!
"Grit of course ! Has anyone got a rubber?" So funny !!
Greetings from Italy.
😂
What did the nun actually put before grit?
@@shadowmoth9158 it stats with an s....
@@shadowmoth9158I believe shit
This is my favourite skit. They were tbe funniest and so natural...loved Corbett.
Phenomenal writing and impeccable acting, always loved these lads...
Nobody crafted comedy as brilliantly as these two. I used to adore watching the two Ronnie, thank goodness for You Tube now.
“They peck holes in milk bottle tops”
Moments like this make me glad I know about birds, makes this 10 times funnier
two across.
@@justinmanser7525 All the good looking birds wouldn't be the same without them.
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Their life would be so much more difficult without wings. :)
What did he mean by that?
What a genius end to a genius sketch, brilliant. RIP Ronnie Corbett
Let's not forget Viscount Ronnie von Barker. No disrespect to Monsieur Corbett, but the aforementioned Ron del Barker was the genius behind their genius, and quite modestly so.
You mean Ronnie Barker he was the genius not Corbett that's a fact not an opinion!!
@@michaellennon5040 I’m not saying you are wrong but it’s still just your opinion….. And that is a fact!
@@michaellennon5040 Every double act needs the straight man but Ronnie Corbett was funny and talented in his own right. I never did like his monologues though..
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Best comedy duo ever. So clever.
The best double act ever.
Brilliant ending, impeccable timing....their best. Another was Ronnie B saying "If I was as rich as Rockefeller, I'd be richer" Ronnie C says " how's that then?" Well I'd do a bit of window cleaning on the side"!
They were two of the best comedians, ever. What a brilliant sketch, both sadly missed.
A comedy legend that will never be forgotten. Rest in peace, Ronnie Corbett
Barker was the genius & he wrote many of the sketches; Corbett was a pompous, irritating TIT.
Both were brilliant
Not forgetting Ronnie Barker!
They were masters at the written word and delivery..everyone goes on about Morecambe and Wise, but that was a different style of comedy double acts,but to me the 2 Ronnies will be the top, because of the clever usage of the English language..thank god we have them for posterity in their shows, and on here..feeling down, get a clip of the Two Ronnies.I especially loved the two farmer sketches..they did sat near a fence in the countryside..
It is so good that this stuff has been preserved.
Great comedy duo. Very much missed. Sadly that era gone but thanks to TV we can enjoy them forever
Two legends. Thanks for the laughter over the years, you brought us many smiles. RIP.
Ronnie Barker, the brains behind these genial sketches. Legend.
Some sketches.
Genial 'Arry Grit
How on the face of this Earth can 36 people not like this? SO funny. Comedy classic. :)
Nick Jay absolutely brilliant Nick! It had me in genuine tears of laughter... no one comes anywhere close when it's the two Ronnie's!
I totally agree Ryan.
Too clever for today's audience. The Ronnies' humour relied on linguistic nuances, so different now...
@@paulcaswell2813 OH for sure Paul and unbelievably, I notice now there are now 307 thumbs down. I can only assume they must all be Sun Readers! lol.
@@NickJay Sun readers who cannot complete the Sun crossword!
Stands the test of time, and will do so forever. Brilliance.
@no-handle-required- Don’t be too sure, eventually as ‘woke’ takes. an ever greater stranglehold their brilliance will become politically incorrect.
@@richardmacey3619 Already is politically incorrect. That's why I like it. I can watch it and laugh and give the finger to woke cult.
It’s the nun at the end that always gets me!
Yup! Same here!! XD I forgot that part until just now XD
yep; priceless!
That's Barbara New. She was brilliant as Mabel in You Rang M'Lord and as Mrs Vera Plumtree in Oh Dr Beeching
This is my favorite two ronnies sketch by a long shot. Four Candles/Fork Handles is great, but joke for joke this takes the cake
my dad introduced me to this show, he used to watch it when he was my age..love it!
They knew how to play with words very well. And they also knew how to end sketches. Modern comedians need to learn a thing or two.
As an American in 2020, I find this as hilarious as I did in 1970-something.
It's still funny.
i think 1984 i know it was a christmas show
What absolutely perfect writing and performing.
every sketch an absolute gem of the highest quality!
A pure comedy class combo...we have nothing today which comes remotely close!
The punch line at the end had me in stitches 🤣
I remember carriages like this! I am 40 now, and they were on the way out even when I was a kid. I am watching this today with my other half after having a conversation about how trains have changed
“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it first understood.” ― Leonardo da Vinci.
This was my Friday night viewing in Australia during the early 1980s.
Saturday nights for us here in Britain, they were the kings of Saturday nights in the 1970s on BBC 1.
I lived in the U.K. for eight years, 2000 - 2008. My name is "Ronnie". I would hear people refer to the Two Ronnies every now and then but never saw a single sketch. Today was the first time I saw them in action. Classic comedy at its best. This is the third sketch and by far they keep getting better. I watched The Courtroom Quiz and the Inventors Convention. Great stuff.
Two of the all-time comedy greats.
One of the funniest sketches you will ever see
Absolutely not !
I think this one is better - but they are both brilliant.....
th-cam.com/video/y0C59pI_ypQ/w-d-xo.html
Don’t forget the mastermind sketch. Very clever
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...you obviously didn't click on the link above^^.
The funniest one for me will always be 'four candles', that's just hilarious!
Wipe the tears away!! That was so funny! The nun at the end was the cherry on the top! "Has anyone got a rubber?"
Is there a Nobel prize for comedy? Can it be awarded posthumously?
Nope.
A phenomenal sketch. The punchline always kills me.
Audience reaction at 5:14 proves that one of the funniest things you can do is to make people think of a rude word
Bring back these two great comedians by repeats.
Fantastic !!!
In a word CLASSIC
Impeccable timing...... Brilliant 😂
It's so funny 😁 😂 😀 🤣 thanks somuch keep it coming !!!!!
Was convinced this was in a Carry On film for a long time. Remembered the joke and the nun so pleased to feel corrected as to the location! Brilliant.
its goodnight from me
and its goodnight from him
Rest In Peace Ronnie Corbett
Now you will be reunited with Ronnie B again :)
Thank you for all the laughs, both of you xxx
How can they be reunited? They are dead.
Don't get me wrong I like them but I just want to know why people think the dead get together after they are dead dead imean dead. Gone.
@StealthyMonk That depends on your definition of death
Were they buried in the same casket? That's a bit strange!
@@littleminx79 you are right.
God bless you, thank you for the laughter you gave to thousands,
I will miss you. The world is a little bit darker today.
four candles.
No no. I think you might mean fork handles
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@@pintificate loool
What can you say about these two giants of comedy? We can but watch and admire..
Geniuses were both Ronnies, Will always be British comedy LEGENDS.
It would be very hard to better this sketch, so cleverly written!! They were so good together! Thank you for the many laughs!
Pure genius.barker's timing is impeccable
These days you can't find this quality humor and depth in new "shitcoms".. :P)
Best punch line in all of their sketches I daresay!
"Grit, of course." Favourite saying in our house.
These two where absolutely genius , RIP
That was immense the nun just rounds it off perfectly
This is a BRILLIANT sketch!
"Grass, a child of five can see it's grass" LOL!
oh!!! what a time it must have been to watch tv back in those days.
We were lucky. Nothing like it now.
@@itsjudystube Agreed, at least we have TH-cam!
@@Fifury161 true but you can't really sit down with your Saturday night tea and the rest of your family and watch and laugh together (while the wife tut's at every joke). We used to laugh at Dad laughing as much as the program.
Yes, good times.
"When did you last see a bat pecking a hole in your milk bottle top" 😂
If one of the mainstream channels replyed all the original two Ronnies shows from start to finish, I guarantee that given a few weeks they would climb up the ratings to be the top show as young people who have never seen them start to catch on to what real comedy is.
The agendas dont allow
@@5implesimon I was being hypothetical Simon.
@@5implesimon The Ronnies' humour is much too subtle for today's audience.
@@paulcaswell2813 yeah, it would be lost on an audience that doesn't know to from too.
Amazing. Watching this for umpteen time. Love it,
Pure genius. An era full of belly laughs. Modern humour isn't fit for purpose.
A place where fish is kept. COOP. CO OP. I love it.
They were brilliant.
Absolute genius, pure and simple, R.I.P. both Ronnies
Just loved everything they did. A fabulous pair of comics!🤣😂🤣😂🤣❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing! Brilliant!
This sketch reminds us again of the brilliance of the two Rons.Hilarious script performed by the best comedy actor ever Ronnie Barker and the wonderful Ronnie Corbett.Todays so called comedians look on in shame.No smut here.Russell Brand and co about as funny as toothache,and can never hold a candle to these comedy legends.
Alan Honeybill
the smut was implied here
I think you mean he can never hold FOUR CANDLES to these two!
spot on, they are iconic, love RB the most but have come to love RC too, my favourite ever is Porridge, Norman Stanley Fletcher,
or maybe never to be able hold four candles..
There aren't many actors with the two Ronnies' talent.
The last joke becomes even more subtle when you recall that Ronnie B claims early on that all of them except Ronnie C are doing "proper" crosswords. Only it turns out that they aren't.
A special treat for Americans. When the Nun asks for a Rubber at the end she means Eraser and not Condom.
And Co- Op is a supermarket chain in the U.K. which would sell fish (to eat). And The Sun is a U.K. newspaper which used to have photos of topless women. And a tit is a type of British bird but is also U.K. slang for breasts. Come to think of it, almost every one of those jokes would be lost on an American.
@@gweilospur5877 it's also for the rest of the world unfamiliar with the british brands in the past.
Brilliant and so funny, god bless them, one of the best acts ever from UK 😊👍
Only heard of these guys now!
Such timeless comedy!!!
I just discovered these two comedians and I love their humor!!!!!!!!
Alex Wiggs . They were two of the very best.
@@julesburton4649 They were the best
humour*
Same
about time your education started
Never seen this sketch before. Just wonderful. Classic Two Ronnies.
This is genius, the end of every sketch was so important for them too. You always know it’s going to get the biggest laugh with the one liner.
Excellent. Nothing beats English drama and wit.
The Ronnies at their best. Never enough
Rick Ross never gets old
Watching this over and over is good for health
Very funny sketch makes me smile every time i see it
Takes me back ! Fantastic 😂
Just fantastic 👏
Thanks for all the laughs xxx
When Britain was Britain...miss them days!!!!.🇬🇧
As opposed to now where Britain is.. Paraguay?
@@d4fts0d lol
It’s still Britain.
"Miss them days"
Yes, I miss when people could actually use grammar.
@@powderedground78it’s how brits speak