The Two Ronnie's "Four Candles" sketch is one of the greatest written in UK TV history.

@stevenkiel6452

Жыл бұрын

My exact thoughts when I saw the notification too, the King will be creased up 🙂

@stephwaite2700

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, the brilliant "Four Candles" is possibly a little too British for some of our US friends..

@PJBonoVox

Жыл бұрын

@@stephwaite2700 Yeah it doesn't translate as well as you'd expect.

@True_Heretic

Жыл бұрын

It absolutely is. But the Ronnies probably , modestly, never thought about going international, and so never factored in the possibility that such a quintissentially English sketch might not be related to by an international audience.

@rusty75ish

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenkiel6452 did you watch the video? He says at the end he didn't enjoy it. Fuck knows why but each to their own

Oh mate. Just when we were going to accept you as an honorary Brit you go and fail the "four candles" test.

The four candles sketch was one of the Ronnie's best and their most favourite. Try checking out their "My Blackberry isn't working" sketch.

@helenwood8482

Жыл бұрын

Neither is amusing to Americans. Too many cultural references. Four Candles is not close to their best and is totally incomprehensible to non-Brits.

@csb7376

Жыл бұрын

Blackberry was a Harry Enfield sketch, admittedly with Ronnie C in it.

@jackwalker4874

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Fork Handles has some quite dated references - half of the terms have fallen into disuse. The Blackberry sketch is relatable for younger viewers, though it won't be long before you'll have to explain to your grandkids what a Blackberry was.

If "Four Candles" is a little advanced for you, try "Swedish Made Simple" - still classic Two Ronnies and I guarantee you'll get that one! There's also "Mastermind" which I'd put at intermediate level 😀. But Two Ronnies are a goldmine, keep at it!

@MetaFootballTV

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😂😂😂😂😂

@paolobenmore3504

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The four candles sketch is legendary.

@DavidSmith-cx8dg

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Maybe there weren't corner hardware shops in America . It's much loved but very much of its time .

@jinxvrs

Жыл бұрын

Something also less advanced than "Four Candles" would be "Argentinian Racing Pigeon".

@kainreaver3596

Жыл бұрын

Or maybe he could just watch some cat videos.

The majority of classic Two Ronnies is based on clever wordplay. The Four Candles sketch is one of the best examples, so if you weren't that impressed then It might be worth avoiding them in future, or you'll occur the wrath of us muppety Brits!

@MartinArscott1

Жыл бұрын

Definitely this!

The Actor playing the barmen is Michael Redfern who passed away several days ago he starred in a lot of comedy shows during the 70s and 80s and is well known in the UK for apearing in a long series of adverts for Oxos.

@RichardOliver

Жыл бұрын

Oh, yes, I remember those ads. Sorry to hear the news of his passing.

@philipcohen3942

Жыл бұрын

Hi Keith, I think he also played one the footballers in a TV series about a football team shown in the 70's. I think it was called " United".

Four candles is true English humour and their finest sketch.

@jorjlmoz5878

Жыл бұрын

My favourite is the Racing Duck

@gaz-atollahofrockandrolla7519

Жыл бұрын

The tribute to Four Candles with Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield was great as well

@casinoclown5502

Жыл бұрын

Four candles is the go to. But so many are amazing.. For the younger generation definitely the Corbett and Enfield one

@blaze1148

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@@jorjlmoz5878 Mastermind and Guessing Game comes a close 2nd and 3rd to Four candles.

@eddhardy1054

Жыл бұрын

@@jorjlmoz5878 mine too

The Two Ronnies ‘Crossed Lines’ sketch is well worth a reaction.

They were masters of language and made silly comedy around it, very clever duo. How he remembered all of that is beyond me.

Entertaining reaction Squire. The "sack of coke" that you laughed at refers to "coke", a processed derivative of coal that burns hotter in an open fire or steam engine etc. Whether they meant it to also be a euphemism for an "entertainment powder" is unclear. The BBC presented itself as very innocent and family friendly at the time but history tells us that this was not always the case.... You decide. Thanks pal.

Not enjoying the 'Four Candles' sketch was a huge failure on your part dude... it's their most famous and most loved one. I watched another reaction channel do it from across the pond the other day and he totally got it. Up your game, man 😀😂

@philipashley9723

Жыл бұрын

Not understanding, four candles, is a dead giveaway that you're American. 🤗🤗

The actor playing barman has sadly passed away very recently. He was famous for appearing in a long running series of stock cube ads in the U.K.

You should love a two Ronnie's sketch called Swear Jar. It's safe viewing. No actual swearing but very funny. Also four candles is the funniest sketch ever made if you are from the u.k. Very clever wordplay of the English language.

Love the 2 Ronnie's Mastermind answering the previous questions sketch and the one at the opticians, they were brilliant 👏

It always amazes me how Ronnie Barker managed to remember all those convoluted lines.🤔

@russcattell955i

Жыл бұрын

He wrote them, usually under the pseudonym Gerald Wiley. He was a master of wordplay.

ronnie barker was at his best in two comedy sitcoms called open all hours and a prison sitcom called porridge, which are iconic here in UK, please look out for them, you will not be disapointed

@paulwalton1222

Жыл бұрын

Porridge is still really good now. Nearly as old as me too. The newer version with his nephew or who ever he was wasn't nearly as good as the original but still not as bad as some comedy nowadays. Unfortunately the p.c. brigade have stopped quality comedy getting made anymore. Only fools and horses was pure brilliance but wouldn't be allowed these days

Have a look at Only Fools and Horses. Specifically Del and Rodney cleaning a chandelier and another one when Del falls through the bar.

@danielholmes8439

Жыл бұрын

Grandad that falls or when trigger onabout his broom stick 🤣 best show ever too many funny bits

Ronnie Barker was, truly, a genius. The Two Ronnies were humble and loveable, but, like Shakespeare, who was also, a little sophisticated, something can get lost in translation. when you are dealing with art that is so intensley, specifically focused, and is not written for modern America, or many other aesthetic palates. I think, KB, "Porridge" is something you might check out. Its a comedy set in a prison and is probably Ronnie Barker's most accessible work. Its also bloody funny.

A lot of Ronnie's sketches involve word play and mispronunciation. A master at it. No one came close to doing sketches like these

@markharris1125

Жыл бұрын

You're right, pispronunciation made art.

The genius of Ronnie Barker was in his wordplay. There is a Two Ronnies "mastermind" sketch which is fantastic demonstration of their comedy writing skills, if you've not already seen it!

@casinoclown5502

Жыл бұрын

If four candles was too complicated for boomer I think this one will be even more so.. But it is awesome

The genius of Ronnie Barker aka ‘The Guv’nor’. In my humble opinion, the greatest comedy character actor (and writer) Britain has ever produced!!

I never saw Four-Candlesgate coming! 🤣

The two Ronnie and Bob Mortimer in the same day🫶🏽🫶🏽🤣pure quality 😂😂😂😂👏🏽👍🏽

Oh i remember always watching these, if you get chance, the two farmers sat in pub, by two Ronnies, hilarious. These and old Benny hill, awesome memories. Best of Brit comedy.

The joke is simple. He started with a list, started to get merry on his Gin, got his list muddled, then started to get drunk and mixed his words.. he got more confused the more he drank. Four candle's sounds like a fork handle, that is the joke.

Fork handles is a play on words. Fork Handles. Four candles. It's a sketch in which our English language can mean something else from what's being offered in front of you. It's ingenious.

A Two Ronnie's sketch that I think you would like would be " Charlie and Bert" at Christmas. It's 2 men chatting in a pub. One of them, Charlie, tries to finish a sentence that the other starts and it's very clever and funny.

Four Candles is the funniest sketch in history...nothing comes close..just those 2 words make me smile. four Candles / fork handles 😂😂😂

You should look up Jaspar Carrott... a criminally underrated UK comic

@jruz1738

Жыл бұрын

Yes react to The Detectives, if you can find it. I can't believe the BBC never aired any repeats of the show.

@praywink

Жыл бұрын

I love Jasper Carrott, especially the insurance claim forms 😂

@gaz-atollahofrockandrolla7519

Жыл бұрын

@@jruz1738 I still have it on DVD

@gaz-atollahofrockandrolla7519

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@@praywink definitely his most well known routine (also the 12 days of Christmas drinking song) I saw him live about 4 years ago and he did an updated version of it with only insurance forms submitted after 2010

The coke is a form of fuel you put on a fire in your home or on a BBQ.

OK, Fast Show - iconic British comedy sketch show that ran over a few years in the nineties. Massively popular and quite groundbreaking - brilliant writing. Still remains a cult favourite with people referencing certain sketches and saying catchphrases very commonly even today. Going to recommend what was, as legend suggests, the Fast Show gang's personal favourite sketch which played out in their last ever series. It remains possibly my favourite go-to piece of comedy and still gets the hardest laughs, legendary... 'Fast Show Middle Aged Guys 5'. Honestly, you won't be disappointed KB and it has the best reaction moment EVER. Si.

@cokyarpen4980

Жыл бұрын

Yes definitely, I loved the fast show I nearly suggested it earlier and realized I was watching an old video so he wouldn't see it lol.

Please, listen to Four Candles again. The whole point of the sketch IS miscommunication due to different accents and pronunciation. I am not English so it took me a few times before I understood what was going on. It is a fantastic sketch, so don't give up.

@thelastmotel

Жыл бұрын

Humour is subjective. If he didn't care for it, he didn't care for it. Pushing someone to keep watching something until they "get it", is just your sad need for validation.

“Either one of these?”… legendary…

The best 2 Ronnies sketch is the Mastermind answering the previous question

Four candles was comedy genius

Two Ronnie's "racing pigeon" is hilarious.

Omg... fork handles is one of the funniest things ever...

Oh my goodness, I absolutely love Ronnie barker. He's my all time favourite actor. Outstanding man and writer. I wish you understood four candles. The all time best writing. Xx

You didn't like four candles???? You Muppet 😂😂 It's iconic. Ronnie Barker was a genius with words. You must watch more. Crossed lines, mastermind, Racing duck. There are loads. Pronunciation problems is great too.

"Check out some of my Retro Gaming Lime Streams" :D And a pink joystick with an analog twist, a rumbling package, and a man with a golden eye but stiff gun, silenced, not stirred!

This is pure comic genius

The barman played by Mike Redfern passed away a few days ago. He also appeared with Ronnie in Porridge and Open All Hours. He also appeared with Rik Mayal another British comedy legend.

The Dentist chair.... Tim Conway who cracks up Harvey by going off script to get him to pee his pants. It's a most bro

One of my absolute favourite Ronnie B performances!

Two Ronnies Swear Box is best one.

I still like Porridge. (Still shown on TV even this week Aug 2022). The episode with Ronnie Barker and David Jason in hospital talking about buried loot is quality

Love this one. Cheers King Boomer!

the four candles skit is hilarious, it is basically all double entendre's aka play on words

RIP MICHAEL REDFERN (the bar guy) also famous for the Oxo TV ads in the UK in the 80s and 90s. King B - if you've not yet reacted to Bottom or Young Ones episodes or clips of, you might come across him in a few of those as well. DAVE

Ronnie barker was a master at spoonerisms and malapropism.

And in terms of something simmilar to The Two Ronnies - you'd love A bit of Fry and Laurie. They've tons of great clips, the Understanding Barman is lovely. A bit of Fry and Laurie stars Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie (Dr. House). (kzread.info/dash/bejne/h2yf0ZSnc87FmKg.html)

Four candles/ fork handles - it is all about words sounding similar to other words and the hilarity of the misunderstanding... Maybe a bit too English for you, KB! To us Brits, it's a classic. There is a great hardware store called 'Fork'andles' in Essex, England!

Cracks me up watching americans looking vacant at british comedy 😂

Two Ronnie's mastermind sketch is really clever and funny

Their Mastermind sketch is brilliant.

Oh wow I hadn’t realised Michael Redfern (barman), who was the dad in the bistro family was ever in the two Ronnies, anyway RIP Michael a great character actor that just passed away at the weekend.

If you liked this, do a reaction on the Two Ronnies ice cream sketch. Ronnie Barker’s quick fire talking is fantastic.

He is an american! The four candles/fork handles is way over his head!

@newtonbowland9966

Жыл бұрын

It sure is! They only get blatant slapstick!

Ronnie Barker's genius was being able to memorize things that made no sense, one of the hardest things to do for an actor. If you found Four Candle (= Fork Handles) a problem it was probably down to the way that language between the US and UK has changed so much and even now, some 40 years or more, since that scene was recorded some of the items on his list just don't make sense as that type of 'buy anything' hardware store just don't exist....O's - sounds like 'H'ose (and Hose can mean pantyhose as well as the garden type of hose), followed up with "P's" is just funny because of course the shopkeeper was expecting letter P's and not canned Peas.

Well at least you’ve seen Four Candles, its actually entry requirement to have seen it before entry into the UK! 😉

Dude….Four Candles is an all time classic sketch.. its a simple play on words! You have to be screwed in and tuned in to understand it

'Ponting Punting' is without doubt the best 2 Ronnie's sketch I cant believe it never made broadcast it is genius, makes Four Candle look lame. Seriously look it up its brilliant.

Sadly the actor playing the barman passed away last week!!

Please do one on Lee Mack and Keys from Wilty. One of the (many) best ones with Lee :D

O aye. Also see the two Ronnie's sweet shop sketch. (nothing is to much trouble in this shop). Also a classic.

Four candles!!!!! 😄 🤣 😂 😆

The two Ronnies mispronunciation is a brilliant sketch to watch

You didn’t like four candles, oh no what’s wrong wi ya man!?

Four candle's is the funniest and most iconic

The Four candle sketch may not have twigged with you .. Back in my day we had stores called IronMongers that sold literally everything ( Surely like your wild west General stores in the movies ) Back then to us in the UK the Four Candles sketch was a masterpiece, All off the cuff and done in just one take. As many Two Ronnie's sketches were :)

It's nice that you show a keen interest in our comedy.. Some comedy shows make a play on British culture, and I think the two Ronnies is such an example.. They use a constant play on words with double meanings, and I can see by your laughs (or lack of) it's quite difficult to follow. Of-course, Mr Bean could clearly appreciate all that, if he was going to enjoy any international success. I think Laurel and Hardy were the early pioneers of international comedy without much translation being needed.

The two Ronnies crossword on a train is worth a look.

Try the "Racing duck" sketch.

In the classic (and it is a classic) "Four Candles" sketch there are far too many jokes, double-entendres, puns, references and colloquialisms for anyone not British to fully 'get'. Otherwise, I'm sure you'd perceive "Four Candles" in a much more appreciative light. Not your fault, just the way it is. "Four Candles" is peculiarly and specifically of British culture.

@geordieboy8945

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree. I think some people forget how 'British' it is, when I see it recommended I worry it will go over the head of the reactor. However, sometimes they do get it.😀

@BlueShadow777

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@@geordieboy8945 I don’t think ‘they’ (non-Brits) ever get it completely though… maybe partially.

@tonyrodd6348

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@@BlueShadow777 Aussies and kiwis would totally get it I reckon.

@BlueShadow777

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@@tonyrodd6348 Yeah, probably. 👍🏻

@Dr_KAP

Жыл бұрын

Except if you’re Aussie. We get it.

I've got the box set of the two Ronnie's 12 season's I think there will be plenty on the you tube but the two Ronnie's are best with word play of and the sing bits they used to do, they're brilliant there's lots of them they'll definitely make you laugh.

The Two Ronnies: Mastermind The Two Ronnies - Crossed Lines are very good,

The two Ronnie's Phantom Raspberry Blower of old London town. It's a sort of Jack the Ripper/ Sherlock Holmes on Blazing Saddles campfire beans.

Try The Worm That Turned. One of the funniest things by the Ronnie's.

It's a modern one with Harry Enfield, but you might like it. My blackberry is not working, is the name of the sketch.

its good that yanks start with the simple things in life and work their way up.....keeps em humble....

Please tell me you’re joking. I never thought that I would live to hear someone say that they don’t understand ‘Four Candles’ (fork handles). The 2 Ronnie’s were masters of wordplay, none better.

You didn't get four candles? What a muppet.

Have another blast of 4 candles you may be more attuned to the accents.the greatest sketch in UK comedy.at Ronnie Corbett's funeral there was 4 large candles placed round the alter as a homage to the legend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Ronnie Barker teamed up with Ronnie Corbett for this show a free Morecambe & Wise the biggest comedy show was ended by the sad death of Eric .The Ronnies were comic actors with a variety of talents long careers from the music hall , films and the beginnings of tv . Both worked with John Cleese in pre Python times . These shows used to get regular audiences of 20million or so as there were only 3 or 4 tv channels .

Congratulations you have just met the greatest English comedy actor since Chaplin you will need to see The Two Ronnies sketches fully that are available plus the great Porridge and Open All Hours the latter you may not fully appreciate after your Four Candles comment but i do have hope as it is regarded as one of the great comedy sketches here in the UK and American comedy is still very different in alot of respects

Four Candles is one of the most famous from Ronnie B he came up with the script after something which had actually happened, could you put subtitles on? I know our accents aren't easy for some to understand, but that's the point of the sketch, Ronnie C not fully understanding what's being asked for, which is the joke, or maybe some headphones and watch it again, you can read the script online, but again takes away from the point of it

Great video 👌

*Two Ronnies, 8 part 5 min episodes: "The Worm That Turned"*

Yo! King Boomer. 2 Ronnie's crossword on a train. You'll be in stitches. Enjoy!!!

Ha Yeh.. I mean.. I'm British. Lived her since I was a year old. Mums half British. British passport. Rest of me is Spanish. But even being that tiny bit removed from British culture, in that home life culture was spanish...Four Candles was kinda lost on me for ages. You're far more removed so I can imagine even just the shop itself confusing you... Buying peas, sneakers, fuses, and lettering for houses in the same tiny shop... Was alien. Let alone some of the words, accent (missing the H), inuendos etc. A more modern homage that you may get is Ronny Corbet 'blackerry' sketch. Only background info you need to enjoy that one is that 'Orange' is a mobile network provider here in the UK. Other than youll get all other puns and references :)

You want to try bottom bloopers so funny when they go off script

Yeah that four candles one unless you really know British humour no disrespect but only us Brits get it because we get the slang that's all but is probably one of the best they do 100 percent

Com on King and Queen Boomer ... Do a reaction to The Two Ronnies "Four Candles" sketch. I guarantee you will both love it.

You didn't like Four Candles. I forgot you were American you muppet 😂

The two Ronnie's accountant bore sketch is very funny

As people have mentioned 4 candles is all about diction so "4 candles" sounds like "fork handles"... And so on with the rest of the sketch

FOUR CANDLES!!!!

The phantom raspberry blower of old London town the two ronnies

@sliverwolf1992

Жыл бұрын

Yeah spike Milligan raspberry blow was brilliant in that👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Two Ronnies the racing duck good sketch

Should try 'crossed lines' by two ronnies