No one will ever replace the two Ronnie's. Genius writing and presentation.

You know, it's really great hearing people laughing at the Two Ronnies in 2024!!! I grew up watching them and it always amazes me that they still go down well. :)

Thought I'd seen everything the Two Ronnies did, but obviously missed this one! So funny. 😂

The Two Ronnies’ news desk joke, of: “And later, we’ll be meeting the Kenyan man who’s fed-up with being picked-out in identity parades just because his name is Assegai Wadunme” gets me every time

the four candles sketch is famous for a reason, it's classic two ronnies, they were genius, and so quick and easy going,

I have seen most of the Two Ronnies when they were originally on tv, but i have not seen this sketch before, I laughed my socks off lol 👍👍👍

@MrDaiseymay

Ай бұрын

After all these years---the two oirishmen in the Bar, is still my favourite.

I live in the Uk. As a teenager in the 70s , i watched all their shows. Their homour is hilarious. Go back and watch the part at the end , you'll get it eventually

I put Ronnie Barker at the top of the pile... Not only was he an amazing actor in Porridge and Open All Hours, with exceptional comedic timing, but his writing and delivery for these sketches were sublime!... My only disappointment, is that he didn't do more comedic acting as there's very few shows to enjoy but those that are available are absolute gems!

The sketch at the end: two blokes live in the same street, identical houses, bloke on the right recently decorated his living room and told the bloke on the left that he'd bought 8 rolls of wallpaper to do the job. Bloke on the left assumed, when he came to decorate his living room of the same dimensions, that he would also need 8 rolls of wallpaper. Turns out it only required 6 rolls, but the bloke on the right didn't think to mention that he had two left over when he was done. So, "by coincidence", they both had the same amount left over. They're depicted as local farmer types and so are likely to be perceived as a bit slow/unintelligent, especially the guy on the right who didn't twig that the reason they both had 2 rolls of paper left is because he didn't explain that to his friend, despite the number of rolls he needed being the relevant information, rather than how many he bought.

@rogerwolstenholme2710

Ай бұрын

🤯

@andywrong3247

Ай бұрын

I wouldn't mind Spencer was doing great on the first sketch but to be so dismissive on the second the lads got an concentration span of a fly.

@ENX-React

Ай бұрын

@@andywrong3247 Yeah, that threw me a bit, that's why I decided to chuck in an explanation. It was weirdly curt.

@andywrong3247

Ай бұрын

I wish Spencer starts calling him barker not Baker then says what ever?.in yesterday's peepshow Spencer said some Kurt remark he would ignore the guy I thought that was curt,I remember his uk visit vlog don't approach me comments then two days later his grovelling apology saying it was not ment to offen,I'm possibly reading to much into this.but I'm prepared to give him benefit of the doubt, he never seems to acknowledge our comments imput.he might learn some etiquette.

Somehow I've never seen this one before, and I thought I'd seen all of The Two Ronnies stuff so thank you bots because I was in absolutely pieces 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

My Irish mother used to answer the phone and say "Hold on, I can't hear you, let me put my glasses on". The Irish are the nation that really knows how ridiculous life really is.

@coldwhite4240

Ай бұрын

Yes, many of the Irish (especially of the old school) would play up to the joke by coming out with such phrases. There's a common Irish expression in some parts when you're expecting someone you know to enter a room and you hear someone come in, where an Irishman would call out: "Is that yourself?" It's one of those expressions where you know what they mean, but taken literally it does sound stupid! In our family, if one of us were coming in and heard that we'd sometimes jokingly respond with deadpan replies like "No, it's two other fellas" just to be silly, and I'm sure there are other families of Irish descent who make similar jokes!

There was one where Ronnie Corbett was in the opticians but the examiner and him got their glasses mixed up and neither of them could see properly. To make his way around the room, the examiner Ronnie B, went on all fours following a white line on the floor and Ronnie C said “Have you got a dog in here?”. It’s one of my favourites along with the one about the Argentinian racing pigeon which was actually a duck.

comedy gold.

My mom was a cleaner in a pub in sheffield UK in the early 80s called the "frog and parrot"! It had a real African grey parrot. I think it was chained to a perch about 4.5 feet off the ground. She, as a cleaner regularly had to clean up after this parrot! She absolutely hated it! It screeched all the time and pecked at her once or twice! X

From the same era as the two Ronnies, Morcombe and Wise, Tommy Cooper and of course Dave Allen were greats, Allens first day at school is possibly funnier than learning how to tell the time.

@stumetallicafan

Ай бұрын

Definitely Tommy Cooper . I'm 53 and watched him as a kid and I still look for his sketches .

Add their Morris Dancing sketch to your watch list.

@enkisdaughter4795

Ай бұрын

That was brilliant

Spencer when your in Newcastle try a brown ale like what they just mentioned @ 1min 44 secs on video, it's called 'Newcastle Brown Ale.' a great drink.

@rorz999

Ай бұрын

Newcy brown, drink it down! 🤎

@paulmarsh4079

Ай бұрын

What colour is it?

@davepb5798

Ай бұрын

A bottle of dog!

@nessa8389

Ай бұрын

My dad preferred a Jubilee Stout! Less bitter in taste than a newcy brown! When I was pregnant, my dad AND the hospital said a stout now and then was good for you! Different times then lol!

@GlennPegden

Ай бұрын

These day "dog" in much easier to find in the states than it is in the UK.

Irish sarcasm, with a tinge of self deprecating humor done by two brilliant British comedic legends ☘️😂😂

Two Ronnie's 'Learn Swedish' is my favourite

@jazzman1626

Ай бұрын

F- U- N- E- M? S- V- F- M. F- U- N- E- X? S- V- F- X. M- N- X- N. 😂😂😂 That sketch had us acting silly in the house.

You should check out some of their end of show musical routines

2 Rolls leftover, bloody funny.

The Two Ronnies did a sketch about 2 train drivers going home and their chat was all puns of the names of tube stations. Never seen it since.

Omg class the accents deadly

@timmsw20

Ай бұрын

Corbett's sounds Northern Irish.

@alibennett78

Ай бұрын

@@timmsw20 yes I thought that too and baker slight Dublin accent

Argentinian Racing Pigeon next - its sublime.

As a plastic Paddy myself, we were weened on Irish jokes growing up in London. Even our stand up comedians would tell some hilarious Irish jokes once upon a time. It was similar to how American comedians would tell jokes about the Polish ( Pollacks ). I can still visualise " Spike Milligan's " The Irish Space Programme sketch. Sheer comedy genius.

@DavidZ4-gg3dm

Ай бұрын

National stereotypes used to be frequent in comedy, but in the PC 20s, they've disappeared.

@jamesscullion8394

Ай бұрын

The wooden rocket 🚀 so as not to burn up they’re flying at night

@Michael-ns1ey

Ай бұрын

I'm a middle-aged Scotsman - I recently caught myself saying "That's a bit Irish", when somebody said something that didn't make sense. I hadn't said it in ages, it just came out. Nearly got in bother over it 😅

@hiramabiff2017

Ай бұрын

​@@Michael-ns1ey I married a Scot 🥰, and have enjoyed over 30yrs of endless racist banter with all sides of the family. No one has the right to tell us how we annoy each other. Our DNA is too entwined for a fook-wit to dictate how we laugh😜💪....

@bethcushway458

Ай бұрын

Oh Spike's "Irish" sketches are incredible. The Irish O'Lympics is great too. I bloody love that man

I don't know how they did the sketch without cracking up.

The best thing is the laughter is from a live audience not recorded canned laughter

The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town..by the 2 Ronnie's..a must watch

I am a UK gen X er. I loved our comedy growing up...😅

Never missed their shows. Such naturals, hilarious, timing was immaculate. Sadly no one has replaced them. Have you seen the crossword on the train sketch..? Side splitting.

Have you seen the 2 Ronnies sketch "Insurance against Jewishness"? It's great.

@vallee3140

Ай бұрын

and The Boring Accountant, The Confusing Library , and many many more.

I grew up with these two. It is so funny to see your reaction to their unique humour.

There is a two Ronnie’s sketch where two yokels are chatting and one says “You know if I had Rockefellers’s money I’d be richer than Rockefeller , why’s that then, says the second yokel ? Because, I’d have my money as well.

Pure gold!.👍

Grew up on The Two Ronnies yet never remembered this sketch. Laughed so hard I induced a coughing fit

There’s a place in Ireland called Cork also😂

Check out the My Blackberry Is Not Working sketch so clever and so funny. Sadly Ronnie Barker had passed and Harry Enfield did the sketch with Ronnie Corbett brilliant stuff

@mdhazeldine

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately the down side of technology related jokes is they age very quickly! My kids don't have a clue what a Blackberry is (they think it's a fruit. Lol).

@davidholgate123

Ай бұрын

​@@mdhazeldineYeah, I love that sketch but I've seen a lot of American reactors watch it and they haven't a clue what a lot of the references are about.

@Silver3ides

Ай бұрын

They have did this one already ..

Have you checked out their "Racing Duck" sketch.

Hi guys. You need to check Two Ronnies Aldershot Brass Ensemble to see them at their best

As an Irish man i approve 😂😂😂😂 this is great craic

A well travelled American said everytime he returned to the USA he could not help noticing how different other people are from Americans.

That Lord knows......He get about.

Just as good as The Two Ronnies is Morecambe and Wise. Watch them with Andre Previn. Previn was a world famous conductor. They never told him what was going to happen, but just play along with it. The result was one of the funniest comedy sketches in history.

Imagine trying to learn that script or writing it!

Be warned, for every Fork Candles and Irish Pub, there are 20 "wallpapers", so I'd suggest sticking with the "Best Of" compilations. That said, the Two Ronnie's had some of the best writers around. Mot of Monty Python, Spike Milligan, John Sullivan (Only Fools and Horses), Barry Cryer (much under-appreciated comedy genius for over 7 decades) all wrote from the Two Ronnies.

“A couple, two or three…” 3:57

You guys would love the series 'Open all hours' starring Ronnie Barker.

Ronnie Barker is probably the best " wordsmith " of my time here on the planet ! The man is a genius and writes most of the stuff ! - That's not to take anything away from Ronnie Corbet ! He was the perfect foil for Barker. Sadly missed !! and never could be replaced, in fact, they were an " institution " in their own right.

Please don't forget about Tommy cooper 🙏

@Silver3ides

Ай бұрын

And Jethro .. RIP

The funniest two are on the top

If you like Irish humour, you would love the Film, Hear My Song.Ned Beaty plays a starring role and does brilliantly. A real feelgod , hilarious Film.Hard to find maybe, 1993/4?Based on a true story.

This reminds me of my one-time joke I made several years ago (not suggesting I'm anywhere near their mastery!) that happened to be true. "I went to see The Day After Tomorrow the day before yesterday". My friend didn't even laugh! 😆

You need to watch "racing duck"

Sadly both gone now. Ronnie Barker ( the taller of the two) wrote most of not all the sketches.

God bless the two Ronnies 🥰🌟

Look up The 2 Ronnies 'The Worm that Turned' sketches, and "Charley Farley" and "The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Olde London Town"

I first saw this sketch on TV as a kid and loved it despite (or maybe because of) being half-Irish, but then I didn't see this repeated for many years later until the arrival of the internet, when I finally rediscovered it. It's playing on the whole "Irish people are stupid" stereotype which used to be very common, but it's done in such an imaginative and quick-fire way that it's still just brilliant. (Spike Milligan played on that a lot too, but being of Irish stock himself he could also get away with it!) I remembered the whole "Lord knows..." part of this sketch, but couldn't recall the banter in between and was going almost crazy thinking I'd imagined the whole thing, since noone remembered this sketch! Now I can see it anytime on the interwebs, and I love to see it over and over whenever someone reacts to it. Fantastic to see you both watch this, and finding it as hilarious as I did! 🤣

Chase up Marty Feldman doing The Bishop Of No Fixed Abode.

Do the Rook Restaurant

Could you have a look at Reeves and Mortimer’s Mulligan and O’Hare? Particularly ‘My Rose has left me’? It’s short but it’s funny and I’d love to see your reactions ❤️

I miss the type of humour from those times. I really don't understand the present humour in the UK.

@Paul_1971

Ай бұрын

Neither do I - that's why I go back and watch a lot of the old classic stuff too!

I'll tell you this. Most Irish jokes were told to me by Irish mates. When I had one to tell them, they were all ears. If the jokes stayed daft, they were ok, but no hateful jokes were told. I'm sorry you didn't get the joke at the end.

There's one place I'll never be stuffed.

Have you watched The Two Ronnies Swear Box?

The Two Ronnies orthodox jew insurance is hilarious.

U gotta check out dave Allen and Morecombe and wise.

Super sketch.

This was on our tvs 30 years or more ago.Great comics Barker was brilliant.

You should react to the skit called "Encyclopedia salesman".

Look up Dave Allen ...

they're starting to believe...

Argentinian Racing Pigeon....

"The Two Ronnies, Ronnie Corbett and Robert Baker." 🤦‍♂️

You both missed the sign in the entranced " two planks " ,,, a plank means idiot in English & irish .

@davedixon2068

22 күн бұрын

as in thick as two short planks

British comedy at it's best ! 🇬🇧 This had me crying with laughter as did you guys ! 😂

Go watch Porridge starring Ronnie Barker.

React to the two Ronnie's sketch swear box.

This is from a time when there was a lot of racism against the Irish, in the UK. Like your Polish jokes, every joke was about the Irish being really stupid. The comedians who told Irish jokes disappeared in the early 1980s. The Two Ronnies ended their show, when young, more modern comedians started to take the piss out them and they took it personally.

Like others of a certain vintage I thought I'd seen all the Two Ronnies sketches. But I didn't remember this one. Very stupid, but very funny, if you go with the flow. And I say that as an Irishman. Couldn't be made nowadays, of course.

Oh, yeah. TV used to be racist.

Please watch porridge and open all hours

check out Mrs Browns Boys

( open all hours ) please

You should watch the fork handles scene

If you like Irish humour you should try getting a Frank Carson video!!!

Problem is Irish loved us❤❤❤

When I was young everyone told Irish jokes, not to make fun of the Irish , but because they were funny.

has anyone watched a american comedy ? and found it funny ? answers on a postage stamp.why do the yanks always find the comedy shows in the u/k funny they laugh more at the uk comedy shows here in the uk than at there own country. why is that.?

This was our regular bread and butter viewing, it was every day evening viewing. Nothing but crap now, no talent at all.

Hey, you two need to stop supporting Trump.

I think they got a bit of stick for making Irish jokes so they just made the characters "local yokels" and told the same silly jokes.

Cute, but not hilarious. Seems like you guys are forcing yourselves to over react to something that's not that funny.