The two Ronnies were absolute comedy geniuses

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

🙌🙌

@Bethi4WFH

2 ай бұрын

Every show was a winner. I have just remembered the sketch featuring the Rook Restaurant 😄

@professornuke7562

2 ай бұрын

@@Bethi4WFH Bill hooks. Many years later Ronnie B said he wished he'd made it a joke about Knockers....... it would have been better.

@Hypersonic-es6vh

Ай бұрын

It is a great shame that they are gone !

@kevinthegerbil2708

29 күн бұрын

@@professornuke7562 Respect to Bill, bless him.

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 “ 🙏❤️🇬🇧.

@tomricketts7821

2 ай бұрын

And that’s a big hear hear from NewZealand

@v1rotait23

Ай бұрын

@@tomricketts7821 "G-G-Granville, fetch a cloth"!... I could go on...!

@mceajc

Ай бұрын

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.

@davidius74

Ай бұрын

"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"

@davidswain1240

Ай бұрын

Ronnie Barker didn't write the scripts for Porridge and Open All Hours though. But his timing with Richard Beckinsale was fanastic

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.

They were comedic geniuses whose word play has never been matched. Fabulous memories from the 1970s 👍👍👍

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

😊🙌🙌glad you enjoyed it

@alabama1413

9 ай бұрын

@@AMANDARAEUK 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 👍

@isaacjacobs3785

9 ай бұрын

Cook & Moore, the original Kings

@garycadle5487

9 ай бұрын

All the old ones are far the best 👌

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

You’re too kind! 😊 thank you!

Four candles for me was there best sketch. Grew up in the 70’s watching these 2 comedians.

@kevinseven6633

2 ай бұрын

Four Candles, of course, having been written anonymously by Ronnie Barker himself.

@timwright4263

Ай бұрын

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 🕯🕯🕯🕯

@kdfrk247

Ай бұрын

Agreed. I still reference it to this date 😂

@TrishBenedict

Ай бұрын

Fork Handles skit is the best!

@misterocain

Ай бұрын

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!❤

@kevinseven6633

2 ай бұрын

Four Candles, of course, having been written anonymously by Ronnie Barker himself.

@kevinthegerbil2708

29 күн бұрын

..and bathroom plugs...13 amp. Who else could think of that?

@davidcopson5800

18 күн бұрын

'word smith' is one word.

@chriswatts1680

5 күн бұрын

​@@davidcopson5800oh dear😊

It so nice to see someone love British culture

@Timothy1976

9 ай бұрын

Yes and understand it

@drum-jitsu

Ай бұрын

@@johnbeck2042 I used to live in kimberley

I loved the Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town. Hilarious!

A nun asks for a 'rubber'...there's confusion for an American right there...😮 😂😂😂

@user-lm2vs1sl3v

2 ай бұрын

Why? I don’t understand

@malcolmdyer6090

2 ай бұрын

@@user-lm2vs1sl3v Americans use erasers to erase......'rubbers' to prevent the patter of tiny feet.

The old comedians I grew up watching never swore to get a laugh. Learnt their trade live on stage with clean language!

@Angel-Adramelech

2 ай бұрын

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.

@auxiliary4023

2 ай бұрын

@@Angel-Adramelech You sound like a right laugh..

@Angel-Adramelech

Ай бұрын

@@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 🤫😂😂😇

@auxiliary4023

Ай бұрын

@@Angel-Adramelech Hmm, so I'm a racist by default..

@auxiliary4023

Ай бұрын

@@Angel-Adramelech Yeah, whatever;;

The Two Ronnie's mastermind sketch is one of my favorites. Every line is a hit.

@DieFlabbergast

2 ай бұрын

Not as good as the Boring Accountant sketch!

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!

@kevinthegerbil2708

29 күн бұрын

🤣True to this day!!

Two Ronnies - Four Candles or Mastermind.

@jedi-mic

9 ай бұрын

No forkhandles

@steve3291

9 ай бұрын

@@jedi-mic 😂

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

😂

@TheAmericanDane

2 ай бұрын

Saw tips

@Magsmc57

2 ай бұрын

My favourite

70 years ago, my English teacher told me the definition of self-confidence was someone who filled in the Times crossword with a pen...

@professornuke7562

2 ай бұрын

Optimist..someone who does crossword puzzles in ink. 50 years ago, my English teacher here in Australia.

@daintree98

2 ай бұрын

@@professornuke7562 With a fountain pen.

@leeming1234

2 ай бұрын

You may also like ...Harry Enfield in "I saw you coming".

@jeremyashford2145

Ай бұрын

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.

@Sujowi

Ай бұрын

I’d call them a show off…except that a friends mother does it that way.

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.

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

😊👍🏻👍🏻

@kevinthegerbil2708

29 күн бұрын

I relate to that.

Really great seeing your face Amanda while the film being played , your reactions 😂

@AMANDARAEUK

25 күн бұрын

thanks :)

The two Ronnies were Awesome!Lucky to have seen RC in South Africa,many years ago.Absolute geniuses....

@AMANDARAEUK

13 күн бұрын

Brilliant!

The two Ronnies are just so funny. Look them up about everything they did. Pure genius

These 2 were the best. Loved the Ronnies

@vivienneoneill5400

2 ай бұрын

Me too ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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?”.

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.

@paulhampson71

Ай бұрын

Or Eric and Ernie: Mastermind

@stephenlitten1789

Ай бұрын

The silent film, circa 1975 "The Plank" Absolute classic

@TheAmericanDane

Ай бұрын

@@paulhampson71 each to their own, I prefer the two Ronnies sketch personally.

@paulcaswell2813

18 күн бұрын

@@paulhampson71 In comparison with the Ronnies, Eric and Ernie's Mastermind sketch was childish and banal.

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.

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

They’re brilliant!

@Happyheretic2308

9 ай бұрын

Try The Goon Show …

@josefschiltz2192

9 ай бұрын

@@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?

@Happyheretic2308

9 ай бұрын

@@josefschiltz2192 oh, I have the entire CD collection, plus the scripts book. My darling Dad was a huge fan … I was brought up properly!

@josefschiltz2192

9 ай бұрын

@@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!

I Love Amanda’s infectious Presence She’s Great 🥰🥰

The two Ronnies Mastermind sketch is by far the best.

@HT-io1eg

9 ай бұрын

4 candles?

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

I’m not sure I’ve seen mastermind, I’ll have to check it out 😊👍🏻

@shelleylyme6402

9 ай бұрын

Well, I like the Accountant one and best of all the Squash one 😊

@jakhaughton1800

9 ай бұрын

@@AMANDARAEUK 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

The Two Ronnies, Morcombe and Wise, and Stanley Baxter, all fantastic, great nostalgic memories. They were always a great Christmas treat.

The nun at the end did it for me . Love it.

Ronnie barker ordering drinks while getting drunker all the time. "Either one of these is it?"😂😂

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......

Having grown up with them... Throughout the 80's... They were classic... Never to be forgotten... Such memorial scene's 🙏👏👍

The writing in these classic sketches really stands out. Ronnie wrote many himself, and for the rest the show attracted a galaxy of talent including Ray Alan, John Cleese, Barry Cryer, Spike Milligan, Eric Idle, John Sullivan, Michael Palin and Terry Jones.

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 !

@yvetteworrall8909

2 ай бұрын

Careful about that spelling of Tony's name...

@geoffwales8646

Ай бұрын

Did you ever mime 'Tony Hancock' in Charades?

@yvetteworrall8909

Ай бұрын

@@geoffwales8646 Wicked! Wicked! Wonder how many have never experienced the social joy of playing that game.

Classic timeless comedy and no expletives! How times have changed!

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

😊🙌🙌

Nothing better than a good bit of innuendo. Most snort-worthy.

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

Yes 🙌🙌

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

Hope you’re well 😊

Ronny comes into the shop and asks for Fork Handles but is handed Four Candles instead. One of my favourite skits!

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.

@thoughtfortheday7811

9 ай бұрын

Yes indeed, and also the great musical numbers at the end of the programmes. All done with very little rehearsal time. Huge talent

@kaytaylor9578

Ай бұрын

yes The worm that turned.. that skit was hilarious. Must watch it again, sheer genius!

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!

@AMANDARAEUK

Күн бұрын

thank you so much, i really appreciate that :)

Amanda your reaction when the Penny dropped to the milk bottle top joke, absolutely priceless

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...

Intelligent humour. Rare thing these days. 😂😂

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

🙌🙌

THANKS?, I'M REMINISCING 😂😂😂😂, WHEN COMEDY WAS PERFECTION.

Growing up with this era of comedy was amazing, they were genius!

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.

you just can't beat the old British Humor--The Ronnies-Benny-Hill etc.--they saw us thru good times !!

@AMANDARAEUK

Ай бұрын

:))

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.

@MAte925

5 ай бұрын

I always the news at the end of each episodes!

My favourite crossword skit is John Cleese and Arthur Lowe as Sherlock Holmes and Watson.

True and proper comedy.

@AMANDARAEUK

8 күн бұрын

:))

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.

English comedy from the 70s through to the 80s was and still is the funniest in the Western world.

I love it that it takes a couple of seconds before Amanda gets the milk bottle joke.😂

You definitely need to see their Racing Duck skit. It's hilarious!

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

I’ll look it up 😊

@Svvithred

9 ай бұрын

@@AMANDARAEUK 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 🥳

The Two Ronnies were master craftsmen at their trade, most brilliant and funny as heck,I refuse to say that there e is not this class of comedians around at this time

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. 😂😂

@irresistablejewel

26 күн бұрын

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.

So much fun.. glad you enjoyed it too :-)

Such a lovely person.

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 😄😄

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

😂😂👍🏻

Loved your reaction when the Page 3 joke clicked home... fantastic!

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!

From a time when you could use your brains in comedy.

Loved them and morecambe and wise too, I'd forgotten that particular sketch thanks for sharing it Amanda.😊

I love you American Amanda Rea and pure funny Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett.

I've sat next to people doing puzzles that were as annoying as that. I felt like climbing the walls. Great sketch.

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

Haha I bet!

@user-jg5ie8rc1s

9 ай бұрын

@@AMANDARAEUK Lovely to have a reply from you.

Apparently Ronnie Barker wrote all these scrips for the programme.. Brilliant..How I miss them ….

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.

Real humour, comedy, wit. American sitcoms take note.

This was a time in History when British comedy was at it's peak. I agree these two had a magic between them that is artistic and extremely rare. It was known that the Big Ronny would go off script on his own without notice, and the small Ronny would ad hoc to keep the comedy going.. it only made it funnier, and that's talent ! These days those types of comedy would be impossible to produce as it is unlikely to find such talent, and our woke hurt your feelings laws have stopped any chance at all. And so it is committed to history. God rest their souls.

Ronnie Corbett and the Governor, priceless!

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 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. 😅

@grimreaper-qh2zn

9 ай бұрын

Agree it's called the Racing Duck sketch.

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

I’ll have to check it out! 😊

@patriciaburke6639

9 ай бұрын

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’

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.

@AMANDARAEUK

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Look for the sketch where he's ordering a round of drinks. So funny.

@AMANDARAEUK

Ай бұрын

:) i will do !

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❤

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

I am thank you, enjoying the sun! Hope you’re having a good one 😊

Swedish made simple - brilliant.

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

🙌🙌

The two Ronnies were complete geniuses absolutely hilarious ❤❤❤❤❤

Always hilariously witty..like the ditty where the last two words in the last line is repeated..."fancy that.."

The Sun newspaper used to have topless women on page 3 - hence the references.

I loved them back when I was a kid, I feel very lucky to have lived in 70s, 80s and even 90s

Dr. Anonymous was my favourite though I have never found it online anywhere. Ronnie Barker is talking about diagnosing yourself because if you are sick he doesn't want you coming into a drafty old surgery and then infecting everyone else, especially him then he stands next to a chart of a human body and shows how you can do it. He points to the stomach and says "A pain here will be due to this drawing pin," then points to the left hip of the diagram and says, "while a pain here means your wallet is too full and I can certainly help you there." Lots of other good bits too but those lines are my best. The Two Ronnies were great comedians and the show was basically a collection of Vaudeville stage acts but as a TV show.

The best comedian's ever very clever clean humour

The Morris dancing: "Bold Sir John"

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. :)

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

Honestly, there’s nothing like it today!

What a joy to hear this after all these years… the nun😆grit, of course, does any one have a rubber🤣🤣🤣

My favourite, together with 'fork handles' has to be Ronnie Corbett dancing 'River Dance'. But I've never been able to find it but every time I see River Dance these days, I start laughing.

The mastermind skit. Priceless.

Ronnie Barker wrote most of the sketches on the show but used to send them in under a pseudonym because he was so shy

Loved watching you enjoy this sketch. They always made me laugh!

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

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.

@AMANDARAEUK

26 күн бұрын

thansk so much :))

Four candles is the best and funniest sketch ever made. Go watch it if you haven't.

The squash game was a scream Amanda !!!

@thoscar02

3 ай бұрын

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.

Amanda Rae ought to be in the films

Two brilliant comedians that are sadly no longer with us and that brilliance still makes us laugh all these years later.

@AMANDARAEUK

Ай бұрын

absolutely :)

Suggest that you have a look at the Two Ronnies performing as ' Jehosophat and Jones'

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

😊👍🏻👍🏻

The master mind sketch is the best ❤

@AMANDARAEUK

15 күн бұрын

:))

Amanda You must watch their Mastermind Sketch pure genius 👍👍

Can’t remember the name of the sketch but The 2 Ronnies on Mastermind answering the question before the last, something like that. Also the Morecambe & Wise Mastermind sketch

I have never seen this before. Thank you for sharing this funny sketch😂

@AMANDARAEUK

9 ай бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

Good to see you enjoying British humour at its best. I love watching your reaction.

The worm that turned was good

I used to love watching the 2 Ronnie’s