I'm from North America and only got Benny Hill and Monty Python growing up in the 70s. However, more recently in my life, I discovered the Brits' panel shows and got hooked. It was Rob Brydon that turned me on to the Two Ronnies and everything went from there. I haven't returned back to American comedy TV since.

@fraklein

3 жыл бұрын

I love QI and Insert Name Here, as well as many others.

@pressureworks

2 жыл бұрын

Oh ! Our pbs stations aired MP, The Goodies, Two Ronnies, Dave Allen, The Good Life, Yes Minister, and countless others. Saturday and Sunday they had The British Hour !

@elleryeggen9678

2 жыл бұрын

Finding out Hugh Laurie was British led me to 'Jeeves and Wooster', where I discovered the incredible Stephen Fry, Q.I. panel shows and David Mitchell. Now I'm o Into BBC 4 radio and "The Unbelievable Truth". I could go on for days about the fab radio shows the Brits have, but I am too busy winding my way thru something like 65 series of 'Have I Got News For You' (I am currently the Angus scandal)! Greetings from California🌴🌴🌴

@pressureworks

2 жыл бұрын

@@elleryeggen9678 please check out: BBC Radio 4 Extra, Just A Minute, The Goon Show, I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, Hancocks Half Hour, Round The Horne. On The Hour.....And countless more radio comedies.

@swanwaffle

Жыл бұрын

@@elleryeggen9678 Another hilarious radio programme was one called cabin pressure with Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephanie Cole, Roger Allam and John Finnemore who wrote the series . It was aired by the BBC in 2013. The humour was just so typically British and brilliant. I have it on a cd box set, worth every penny.

Comedic genius. These two men framed my childhood and taught me so much more about the English language than any of my teachers.

@mohamedaljaber4760

4 ай бұрын

Please I need to name full

THE ENDING: Ronnie Corbett gives up on his book search, and strides out with the book the woman has just returned. :)

@MythicSuns

5 жыл бұрын

luckily someone uploaded the full sketch about a month ago (edit: the video I had linked has now gone because the uploader’s account was deleted, so this comment is just here for the sake of context)

@FenrirWolfganger

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sabrina

@usvalve

4 жыл бұрын

@@MythicSuns thanks so much for this link!

@harsaranhehar9073

4 жыл бұрын

@@MythicSuns the person's deleted their account

@MythicSuns

4 жыл бұрын

Harsaran Hehar damn! I’ll update my comment.

This skit makes you love the Dewey Index System 😂

I was a bookseller for 20 years and the reverse of this is how people would ask us for books. "Do you have that book that was on that table, 6 months ago? About this big (holds up hands) and had a green cover." I used to joke that, for April Fools, we should arrange the books and put up signs that said, "That Book by That Author on Oprah" and "That Book by That Actor on That TV Show," and "The Book My Grandson Likes, You Know, The One That All The Kids Read." And have a display of books with a sign showing two hands indicating a size and have them all with the same color cover. That was still better than the people who mixed up titles of more than one book and then claim they gave you the correct title when you show them they two or more book s that they combined into one, because they are never wrong and you weren't listening, even though you repeated the title back to them, and proceeded to indicate the two books you did have that matched half, each, of the title the customer gave, then showed them when they kept insisting that what you were saying was incorrect. The wounds are still fresh.

@duckduckgoismuchbetter

Жыл бұрын

You would probably enjoy the Monte Python "Bookshop Sketch" if you haven't seen it already.

@KitagumaIgen

Жыл бұрын

Once I got a brilliant quote (technical/mathematical) from a book a mate had in his office when I checked in for a coffee - a year later I could only remember the colour of the book (a burgundy/purple-ish hue) - and that wasn't enough... ...should've learnt to to take a photo of the cover.

@arthurennimore-empties6709

2 ай бұрын

I wonder if anyone asked for a copy of Monty Python's Big Red Book. Being Monty Python, the book was, of course, small and blue.

FEMALE PATRON: And she was all "Ooooh!" And I mean, they always ... I mean, caw! [the librarian smiles and nods] FEMALE PATRON: And he wouldn't leave her alone, and she kept goin' "Ooooh!" And she was all over him, and he was "Ooooh!" Oh, it was wonderful! Wonderful! [she starts getting uncomfortably close to the male patron] FEMALE PATRON: Just thinking about it makes me ... Ooooh! [she smiles and leaves] LIBRARIAN: Well now, what book was it you wanted, sir? MALE PATRON: The big blue one, thank you. [he takes the blue book, puts it under his arm, and quickly walks out of the library]

@FenrirWolfganger

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kl2010

@rajav2843

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@Kyrelel

3 жыл бұрын

*corrr

@gardenlover9663

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ditoh_

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂 thankyou

"I read a book once. Green, it was."

@TheMikeygas

4 жыл бұрын

hahahaha....porridge

@Somnogenesis

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMikeygas Glad someone's coming with me on this one, I was slightly worried no one would get the reference 😌

@DieFlabbergast

4 жыл бұрын

Oooh! It must be the same one I read when I was 14!

@stephencolgate8510

4 жыл бұрын

Rip love them

@iant234

4 жыл бұрын

Somnogenesis 4 .... was it mr heslop 😂

This sketch is a perfect metaphor for youtube's algorithm.

He is so Fletcher in this scene. Awesome!

@michaeljohn1978

12 күн бұрын

At the end of this scene, after the cut, he kills Ronnie Corbett and that's why he goes to prison

I found this video in KZread's "People Who Upload Videos Without the Ending" section, if anyone would like to know.

@harrycurrie9664

3 жыл бұрын

Is that in the alphabetical or numerical section ?

@neuvocastezero1838

3 жыл бұрын

Was it filed with the long vids or the short vids?

I find that jokes always have more impact when you have to trawl the comments to read someone else’s bland description of what you can’t see because it was carelessly cut before the punch line after a 3 minute build up.

@deldridg

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one

@mustafa1name

2 жыл бұрын

How do you know it wasn't delib

R.I.P Two Ronnies!

RB throws in the 'Hennessy Tennessee' line. I don't even know if it's in the script or not, but I love the thought that he just can't resist the wordplay.

@LarsCarlsen-or6ky

Жыл бұрын

From song McNamara's Band

Barker's nonchalant, gum-chewing character here is like an advance sketch of Norman Stanley Fletcher.

@Jamie_Pritchard

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking similar, lol. Fletcher's retirement 😁

@sonclearbrahman-ar1461

Жыл бұрын

Same

@stephenbrady4829

Жыл бұрын

@@ChucklesMcGurk Fletcher's work-release programme LOL

Thumbs down for missing out the most important bloody part of the sketch!

@ElvarMasson

5 жыл бұрын

Fear not !!! The full length video is in the "full length, uncut / uncensored videos", next to the "short videos"

@whovianhistorybuff

4 жыл бұрын

How can you upload a comedy sketch and miss out the bloody punchline?

@alejandropianist6466

3 жыл бұрын

You mean skit…?

@sirpercivalsmallcock-jones9585

3 жыл бұрын

@@alejandropianist6466 Same thing.

The two Ronnies together was always going to be great 😊 but for me barker was just something special

@johnmc3862

Жыл бұрын

He was a genius.

When this came out it was funny because the premise was absurd, but now here we are in 2021 where we have interior designers suggesting people organise their bookshelves by colour to create a "rainbow room" or turn all the books backwards so that they look more uniform. Life imitating comedy.

@Fahrenheit4051

2 жыл бұрын

Wait... What/where?

@fragglet

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fahrenheit4051 Google "rainbow bookshelf" and you'll quickly find a bunch of articles promoting the idea. Or head down to your local furniture/interior design store and you'll probably find a bunch of bookshelves with the books turned backwards. An idiotic trend that appears to be all the rage at the moment.

@Fahrenheit4051

2 жыл бұрын

@@fragglet Oh, effing aitch...

@gamewizard1760

2 жыл бұрын

The books are only meant for decorative purposes, though. They aren't meant to actually be read. This is a library, where the books are meant to be read, so finding the one you want should be easy, not hard.

@not_a_frog

2 жыл бұрын

Never heard of that, but to be fair they're not doing that in public libraries and that would be fine at home if you had a decent memory and weren't dealing with a huge quantity of books. The whole issue arises in a public library setting where the organization style needs to make sense to people who've never been there before. That said, organizing books by color, while admittedly silly, is no more cringe or less functional than those decorative gold leaf books with unprinted pages that were absolutely in existence well before this sketch was ever written.

We were told to watch this as part of my librarian course haha.

@Treviscoe

2 жыл бұрын

Very cool teacher there then!

Love these guys ..

I'm glad this video was in the 3 minute video section of KZread, otherwise I would never have been able to find it. I was, at the time, looking for an exactly 3 minute video. And this fit the bill precisely. Also it was in the 4 inches wide and 2 inches tall subsection, just perfect for my phone screen. I'm glad I watched it again today, because I'm thinking of looking for a phone with a different size screen and I wouldn't have been able to watch it anymore. Also I'm more into 3 minute and 17 second videos these days, and so I am not watching these exactly 3 minute videos so much anymore. I found there were too many of the 3 minute kind, subsection 4 inches wide and 2 inches tall, and I was having trouble watching them all. But there are fewer 3 minute videos with the odd 17 seconds tacked on. So I think I can possibly keep up with them.

Fletcher got a job in the library, must have been that trustee job 😉

My local library did classify books by the colour. Some were impossible to remove....they were so crammed. They modified it at my request. Then, after decorating the library they stopped using any labelling. I asked a librarian from elsewhere to try and find a certain book within 1 hour. Lol. Labels were immediately reinstated. I go directly to sagas...lol. Takes 10 seconds.

The best comedians ever....no contest.

@DieFlabbergast

2 жыл бұрын

Best comedians ever = Monty Python, no contest. Mind you there are only two of the Two Ronnies (otherwise they wouldn't be the Two Ronnies, would they?), so we can give them a special prize for efficiency, I suppose!

It's a good thing this video was in the 3 minute video section of KZread, else nobody would have found it. Also, the viewing part of the video was exactly 4 inches long and 2 inches tall, which was the perfect category of video for my phone screen. 😂

Thankyou for sharing.

I was thinking of the library yesterday. Havent finished a book since 2004.

The complete sketch is available elsewhere on KZread.

@velkanzi

Ай бұрын

Big , unsorted and censored space, that is.

Loved by Librarians everywhere...!

finally found it. I had seen the full version several years ago but now it has been removed from youtube. I guess this will do. I am a librarian in training and my cataloging class will get a kick out of this.

classic British comedy. clean and funny

Luv it . Thank u 🙏

Family friends with Ronnie,Anne a his daughters in Shirley Hills.We all miss him.😌😌

Did you upload this *after* uploading their 'minister of cuts' sketch?

2:05 that was clearly a book with pictures!

First heard of the Two Ronnies on an episode of the second season of the Office . They’re hilarious !

The ending of this video has been approved by the Ministry of Cuts.

@cyberkoolshot

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/apiO3NCfd7O_grw.html

1:10 "All the big books are on the bottom, all the little books on the top." Actually, some very large libraries _do_ split books by size. It allows the shelves to be packed more densely, which can save significant amounts of space.

@ericalbany

2 жыл бұрын

and there is often an Oversized Books section- often in the art books.

@beeble2003

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericalbany Yes, that's very common.

he must say " i'll take this big blue one instead "

I have seen books on wildflowers organized similarly. They have the yellow flowers, then the white flowers, then red flowers, then blue flowers etc.

My local charity shop has the books sorted by colour.... very confusing!

Great luv old comedies

Love from Shanghai

That very last book she brought in sounds very much like 'The Twisted Spur'!

@RPe-jk6dv

3 жыл бұрын

no. but he takes it because he knows now what a book it is.

You cut off the punch line!

@hazelchief-rabbit5903

5 жыл бұрын

@@eij4346 how about a green one?

@hazelchief-rabbit5903

5 жыл бұрын

@@eij4346 there are red books, blue books and green books (thought you were going with the colours of the books)

@cyberkoolshot

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/apiO3NCfd7O_grw.html

Fletcher finally got that job in the library, this is why he didn’t get it inside

The bound anthologies section at my uni library looked very much like that.

Love their comedy

@ThompsonSmith505

Жыл бұрын

Hello Patricia How are you doing today?

I read an amazing book just yesterday. It was a big green one

Ronnie Corbett would be a perfect George Smiley in a skit.

Timeless

It actually had a voice over saying, "Tune in next week, for the next thrilling instalment of this sketch."

@JaneDoe-ci3gj

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!😄👍

Legend

I pricked up my ears at the."Coooooooooorr!! at the cut-off end.....that would be in the Blue section I guess!

It misses the final gag "I will take this blue book"

I'm looking for a book on the colour red Yes, its in the blue section

GOOD SKETCH 🤓 🤓

I'm surprised nobody understood the metaphor they were trying to explain it simply explaining that judging a book by its cover is no use in a world that demands simplicity.

What even happens at the end? Can't find the full version anywhere

@SabrinaCWB168

7 жыл бұрын

He gives up on his search and strides out with the book she just returned :)

Nyce way to classifying books by color size thickness 😂😂😂😂😁😁😁😁

These guys were so great. I don't think that kind of innocent humor exists anymore. Marvellous sketch, maybe their best, but pretty lame to cut off the ending (whether it was done intentionally or not).

My grandma worked in a bookstore in the 80s and she told me once that there were people who came in and asked for e.g. 1.5 m of books, no joke. She collected the most expensive books then and they were happy. So this scene isn’t too far from reality.

You can see where Ronny Barker got his inspiration for Fletch in Porridge!

1:35 " I am not interested in the size or the colour. " Absolutely. Here , here.

Really? You cut off the end!, which is the best bit!

Barker chewing gum. Getting ready for Fletcher in Porridge.

ok that's it now, I understood why so many dislikes because of an incomplete ending. People do love themselves their well deserved ending.

is there any where that I can watch the full version of this?

@Horsley-Green

5 жыл бұрын

taka nakagami Netflix

The days you could talk to someone at the libray. Now you scan the books yourself.

This video ended abruptly. Where is the part 2?

@duckduckgoismuchbetter

Жыл бұрын

I actually answered this question above. The missing part is in the section of KZread for short videos, which is next to the section with long view, and in the section of short videos that are funny.

Fletcher in his new job after release from prison

Why cut the ending?

@cyberkoolshot

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/apiO3NCfd7O_grw.html

Though i am not English, i love British humour and specially these 2 men fabulous fantastic and very funny Are they still around ?

@duckduckgoismuchbetter

4 жыл бұрын

Both passed away years ago. Sorry.

@Yes-donald-duc

4 жыл бұрын

@@duckduckgoismuchbetter May they rest in peace They deserve a place in heaven

@duckduckgoismuchbetter

4 жыл бұрын

@@Yes-donald-duc "My Blackberry Is Not Working" (the One Ronnie (Corbett), from the internet era, after Ronnie Barker had passed away) kzread.info/dash/bejne/nXV7lZuje8yWnKw.html "Squash Match", 1983, The Two Ronnie's (during the latter part of their heyday) kzread.info/dash/bejne/hn2Dr6d8mpPPgZM.html I thought you might like these, there's tons of them on KZread.

Possibly I sort my music sheets by song length.

Five letter word across, description: this uploader, starts with an I ends with a T.

How many pages? Big font, or little font?

I will agree with the librarian without a second thought!I can't imagine any other way,to taxonomy books.

Congratulations uploader

A big red one LMAO

It gave me a laugh

What about fonts? Is there no way that I can find that book in Times New Roman, rather in Calibri ?

@jkkay477

2 жыл бұрын

Certainly not Calibri! That's a Microsoft typeface that was released in 2007. The books in this sketch would more likely be set in a classic typeface like Baskerville, Palatino or Bembo.

@clemstevenson

2 жыл бұрын

@@jkkay477 :-)

This would be helpful for all the "it has a blue cover" library patrons.

totally funny

No ending?

@xaraxania

6 жыл бұрын

it's the never ending story

Where is the ending of this?! Thumbs down!

@ElvarMasson

5 жыл бұрын

It's in the "short videos" section, located on your right, next to the "full length, uncut / uncensored videos"

@philiphalpenny9761

5 жыл бұрын

@@ElvarMasson Droll....

@ElvarMasson

5 жыл бұрын

Okey

@cyberkoolshot

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/apiO3NCfd7O_grw.html

Class act was Ronnie barker ….very clever man .Ronnie Corbett likewise ..

Yellow pages 😂😂

It looks like the video ended before the end of the show.

Funny Dewey System.

Here's the complete sketch: kzread.info/dash/bejne/apiO3NCfd7O_grw.html

The chewing gum is a nice detail.

Librarian friendly but not guests friendly

Where would Wittgenstein's "the blue and brown books" go?

Monty pythons big red book Which was green

It must have taken ages to put the set together with all those books.

@donepearce

2 жыл бұрын

You think they are books?

@wisteela

2 жыл бұрын

@@donepearce Or prop ones like those false books you can get for display purposes

Why was the ending of this clip cut off??

Green? Is that the book Heslop from Porridge read? ;)

Why does it have to be a cliffhanger

The punchline is here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/apiO3NCfd7O_grw.html

Hagerty F; Hagerty R, Tompkins; Noble, Carrick, Robson; Crapper, Dewhurst, McIntyre, Treadmore, Davitt

I went to Waterloo and asked for time table in brail