“Moronic orbit” - RONNIE CORBETT!

Wow. Ronnie Barker, in the robot sketch, took the 'Uncanny Valley' to a whole new level! I've never seen this one before. Commenters who wondered how he could keep a straight face when Ronnie Corbet did his comedy antics in the Accountant Bore sketch, this one is extraordinary.

@zingystardust4082

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the look on his face. They were masters of their craft.

The bar maid at 8.15 is Patricia Brake she played the daughter of Ronnie Barker's character (Fletcher) in "Porridge"

"She does WRITE a little slower', Connor, WRITE!!

That Ronnie Barker was a brilliant swordsmith is a given. That he could convey that through comedy was our gain. Brilliant.

@annother3350

Жыл бұрын

wordsmith

I first saw these very clever sketches when I was around ten to twenty years old, when they were initially broadcast on BBC1 in the UK. I'm now 58 and seeing them again, as though it were only yesterday, brings back many happy memories. To think that most (if not all) of those involved are now either very old or, indeed, deceased certainly brings home my own age ('though I remain 'young at heart')!

@kingy002

Жыл бұрын

At 57 I am you. Grew up on these, and as you say, all gone.

@samibear8499

Жыл бұрын

57 here and same reaction, nostalgia is a wonderful thing 👍😀

Loved it when you tried to catch the names. Great video.

The two Ronnies were well known for there dirty jokes. They were very clever about it, they often had a way of being extremely dirty without actually saying anything dirty.

Ronnie Barker as a robot was incredible. I didn't even realise it was Barker until he opened his eyes at the looks at women like washing machines quip. He really looked like a robot.

Notice how one of the two Ronnies referred to Soccer in the first sketch, in those days I remember it was not big deal to use this word. This sketches were funny though, Pity we don't have comics and writers of this calibre now.

You're on fire tonight, Connor! 3 comedy videos in the space of an hour. Good sport!

06:59 It wasn't dirty at all. He responded "Yes she does WRITE a little slower, but I don't worry at all." She was supposed to be a secretary, remember.

Haha, wonderful.

I'm actually really pleased Connor caught a name before it was said! 👍 too quick for me lol

Yet ANOTHER great reaction !! You are certainly picking up the English accent and idioms these days…Nicely Done You, and I’m glad you’re “getting” the British humour too. Thanks for sharing 👍🤗✨

It's been a while since I've watched the Two Ronnies, thank you! If you ever get the chance, watch their "Intourist" sketch (tourist bureau in Moscow). It was absolutely hilarious. I can't find it anywhere though.

RU12 is a inspired droid name

Almost the entire purpose of The Two Ronnies was to use language in a comical fashion. It was a particular obsession of Ronnie Barker, who penned among the very best of their scripts. I am not even sure - and this is not an attempt to curry favour - that a young British audience today would catch on in the way that you have in these sketches. And that is actually rather depressing.

I`m fairly sure the barmaid in the "robot" sketch played Ronnie Barker`s daughter in "Porridge".

@Seagull6819

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Patricia Brake. Sadly, all three of them have passed away.

@Payne2view

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Patricia Brake. Sadly she died, last year.

Watch Dick Emery / also Benny Hill

These were retrospectives by The Two Ronnies (Barker and Corbett), some years after the original broadcasts. By this time, Ronnie B has become quite ill (as his appearance betrays) and, sadly, I think he died only a relatively short time after, in 2005. The smaller-statured 'Ronnie C.' lived for quite a few years, dying only in 2016. Ronnie B. also wrote many of the scripts for 'The Two Ronnies', under the name 'Gerald Wiley'. A great and versatile actor, too, assuming many personas in The Two Ronnies, as well as a number of quite different characters in other comedy series (such as 'Porridge', in which he played a recidivist thief, imprisoned with a naive cell-mate).

@Cobalt-Jester

Жыл бұрын

You are correct. This retrospective of their 'best bits' was aired just after Ronnie B died. He recorded all the studio parts and things but he never got to see it. Ronnie B was without question one of the finest 'wordsmiths'. He could play around with the English language that I don't think anyone else could.

@williamevans9426

Жыл бұрын

@@Cobalt-Jester A master comedy writer and performer, and thus a highly intelligent individual! I'd clearly forgotten that this compilation was broadcast after the death of Ronnie B; 'a great shame he didn't see the highlights of his BBC output.

Hi Connor ✋

❤

How is "she does write a little slower" worse?

Come on sort it out. Luv Yer. ❤👍🙏

Nice looking lady in the black dress with blonde hair.

React to the sweet shop sketch.