Baffles me..How can anybody, not like this sketch???

Ronnie Corbett acting as the foil for Ronnie Barker is a work of pure genius, as is the whole sketch. So completely deadpan throughout: no laughing, no forced humour, just an utter delight to watch again and again

@willbee6785

2 жыл бұрын

Well said.

The sketch here, has to be one of the most iconic of all time.

Genius, both of them. One of the great moment in British comedy history.

I work in a old style hardware store and it's just like this every workday my life is a comedy sketch 😂

@beverlyfletcher4458

3 жыл бұрын

Ironmonger, please. We're not Americans.

@rayh.7757

2 жыл бұрын

@@beverlyfletcher4458 Well, we here in New Zealand call them hardware stores, certainly not ironmongers. And we're definitely not American.

@howardsmith8430

2 жыл бұрын

@@rayh.7757 And in Australia

@moirapettifr7127

Жыл бұрын

I've never heard the word ironmonger in the USA. What is it?

@howardsmith8430

Жыл бұрын

@@moirapettifr7127 Hardware store

40 years later,still the funniest sketch ever.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Pure comedy. Nothing or no1 compares to the geniuses of the two ronnies

Corbett not being able to find the foot pump, and muttering "i'll have to tidy up in here" is a subtle touch of genius. His acting and his timing are absolutely sublime.

I was 25 when this was aired, and it's still funny today, we don't have anyone to match these two now do we.

EASILY one of the finest bits of classic BRITISH COMEDY ever written from two of the absolute best ever! The legends Ronnie Corbitt and Ronnie Baxter. Shame modern humor can't even hold a "Candle" to this epic sketch

@andrewtongue7084

4 жыл бұрын

United, it's Corbett & Barker, Sir ;D

@geoffpoole483

4 жыл бұрын

I think Barker wrote or co-wrote the sketch. It's a very simple idea that relies on wordplay, and works brilliantly.

Classic, timeless genius in the creation of outstanding comedy 🎭

These two should be included in the guiness book of records for being the funniest comedy duo.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The script is great, but Ronnie Corbett's acting is just sublime - the looks he gives Ronnie Barker.... hilarious.

... a classic, unforgettable, inimitable Two Ronnies sketch... brilliant! (RIP guy's)

I love the bit with Ronnie Corbet moaning about having to go back up the ladder. Looks so genuine in his dismay!!

Anybody else remember little shops like this?

@daimosori

5 жыл бұрын

yep! it takes ages before they can get all orders together. but they are much cheaper than buying pre-packed items in modern hardware shops.

@gwishart

4 жыл бұрын

I was in one yesterday. The only "modernisation" they've made is that nails and screws are sold in pre-packaged bags, rather than by weight.

@contact3604

4 жыл бұрын

Mountain Elephant, We still got them in England! But only in the little towns, and villages.👍😊 Moira From England.

@hanniballecterspsychiatris8613

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. John Dearmans just round the corner. Could go in and buy 3 screws and a 6" nail and they'd bag them up in a paper bag for you.

@spana123321

4 жыл бұрын

There was an iron mongers on Summer Lane in Birmingham I used to deliver to reminds of this and Morgan cars, I used to deliver plywood. And I spoke to Mr Morgan himself. Great factory and thank god no robots

By far one of the best comedy sketches ever conceived.

@jackosullivan3292

5 жыл бұрын

polla2256 yes

@stevedawson610

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@helenrudd7842

5 жыл бұрын

Classic sketch

@InstantvideocoachingExclusive

5 жыл бұрын

True that! Just brilliantly epic! :-)

@nopants4259

5 жыл бұрын

I would recommend this to anyone learning English... The Ending ,as always, in old sketches , is a let down. I don't think we got a grip until the mid 90's

Little Ron's facial expressions were superb on this - that's were the real laughter lies in this sketch. How big Ron kept his face straight I will never know.

@dlamiss

5 жыл бұрын

Corbetts timing in this sketch even though he doesn't have the funny lines is simply superb

@emulus4000

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Corbett doesn't get the credit he deserves for this sketch

@jasonl5967

5 жыл бұрын

apparently Ron C made those faces when his kids got on the wrong side of him

@JJMMWGDuPree

4 жыл бұрын

It's odd this is described as "Barker at this funniest", I always see him as the feed in this sketch. Corbet's reactions are the funny part.

@waynejohnson508

4 жыл бұрын

paul coulthard I agree

The legendary Two Ronnies. Comedy geniusus. Their sketches were absolutely funny and still are today. RIP Barker and Corbett. This is one of their best sketches.

@geoffpoole483

4 жыл бұрын

Ronnie Corbett was brilliant in this, getting increasingly wound up as the sketch progressed.

"What size?" "13 amp!" I crease every time I hear that line!

One of the all time classic sketches on comedy tv.

An absolute classic sketch.

This brilliant sketch never gets old, hilarious!!

The most accurate depiction of dealing with customers in a hardware store/parts house ever.

@damienomen68

5 жыл бұрын

Even mildly complicated customer facing experiences. Knucklingly annoying when that one critical piece of info is withheld.no, not retail....just seriously you would have saved an eternity of angst with that tiny morsel that you knucking knew all along you gimpwit.

@ivankontra3446

4 жыл бұрын

Wrong. This one speaks the native language. I'm literally witnessing this right now.

@maxthecat14

4 жыл бұрын

@@lezzliea with an attitude like yours, perhaps you should reconsider being in customer services.

@miltonwaxman

4 жыл бұрын

@@maxthecat14 Maybe you would like to try kissing the ass of every fuckin' imbecile who walks through your door, I'm sure you'd get tired of having stinky breath too.

@piaboonstra4482

4 жыл бұрын

@@lezzliea u

I wonder if the audience realised at the time what an almost perfect piece of cultural history they were witnessing???

@PixzL.

4 жыл бұрын

Always go back to these to remind myself of the British culture.

Totally classic comedy, never see the like again.❤️

@andrewtongue7084

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, John :)

On my trip back to the UK early this year (from NZ) visited the shop that this sketch was based on, it's in Broadstairs. The shopkeeper invited me in when he saw me taking pictures, very proud of it's fame and its just so much like the one in the sketch, a typical hardware shop that has everything including pictures of candles at the entrance. My favorite comedy sketch.

British comedy used to be so good, even after all these years , this still has you laughing, the comedy today just doesn't compare.

@calif1mc

4 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%!

“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it first understood.” ― Leonardo da Vinci.

Brilliant piece of comedy. This and fire drill scene on faulty towers are great. Sadly we don't get comedy like this nowadays

Best sketch ever! Ronnie Corbett is brilliant in this. Doesn't get the credit he deserves.

@Puppy-ew4be

5 жыл бұрын

He certainly worked hard physically in this sketch.

@edwardslattery3909

4 жыл бұрын

Very very funny

No matter how many times I watch this, it still makes me laugh.

I work in a hardware store and this is disturbingly accurate.

@ZilogBob

4 жыл бұрын

It was a hardware store worker who suggested this sketch to the two Ronnies.

@thestig6078

3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, thanks

This is just the best comedy ever. I absolutely love this. It's hilarious. Comedy Gold. We used to have a shop in our high street just like that. I was dying to go in and say 4 candles - Fork Handles but I reckon I would be thrown out immediately and barred from ever going back in again.

@andrewtongue7084

4 жыл бұрын

Ha !! You'd only be thrown out becsuse the proprietor a) had no sense of humour, & b) could not see the irony in such - great call, Julie :D

In 2020 after a few beers and a great deal of whiskey tears are streaming down my face in laughter. Nothing you see now compares to this, they sketches would be as long as some dumb ass programme before a commercial break these days. Pure Gold.

This really takes me back to my youth. Back in the early '80s I used to stay up late on Sundays and watch all the BBC programs shown on WTTW Chicago public television. It would start with Monty Python's Flying Circus at 10:00 pm, then I'd watch Dave Allen At Large, The Two Ronnies, Fawlty Towers, Are You being Served?, Dr. Who and sometimes Blake's 7. I was in junior high school so it was way past my bedtime. I had an old color TV in my room, and I'd stuff a towel or blanket under the door to hide the light, sit with my nose almost against the screen so I could keep the volume at an absolute minimum level, and I'd hold a pillow on my knees to laugh into. I wouldn't get to bed until 1:00 or 2:00 am, and I'd be a zombie by the end of the school day, but it was well worth it.

@herbbluntman2287

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome memory. Much like my discovery of British comedy courtesy of KCTS channel 9 in Seattle and KVOS TV in Bellingham, Wa. Dave Allen at large and The Two Ronnies along with Doctor in the House and On the Buses were my favorites as a teenager in the 70s. Not to mention Python and Fawlty Towers. :-)

@midnightmover2329

5 жыл бұрын

FosterZygote Who gives a shit?

@PHILCHUDS

5 жыл бұрын

@@midnightmover2329 You obviously do. Troubles in the bedroom department are there ?

@midnightmover2329

5 жыл бұрын

Phil Chudley Ouch :)

@TheRichardSpearman

5 жыл бұрын

Is that your "contribution"? What a loser.

This was shown as part of my call centre training 30 years ago....emphasis being clarity!

@shaunoleary7092

4 жыл бұрын

Ah - I work in a call centre myself, and that's a good point, this is an excellent lesson on clarity!

@jessiejames7492

2 жыл бұрын

really? iworked in a callcentre in a hospital for 20 years. we had to attend speech and voice training classes as well as customer service. we we shown john cleese's customer service videos. he did them in the 70s or 80s, Funny as hell. it seems he made a lot of money doing those videos. i come from a multiracial ,culture, society. not many in my class at the time knew who john cleese was or his comedy. it seemed i was the only one laughing at the videos.though educational was just as funny. my teacher noticed. she didnt mind. after a while i had to control my laughter.

Absolute gold from two comedy geniuses

Classic comedy...still as funny to-day as it was when first shown all those years ago.

This sketch is comedy genius at its best. How Ronnie Corbert held back the laughter, I'll never know.

absolutely the effffffin best sketch EVER... it's as funny today as it was back in 1976...

The best clip of all time! Superb timing and shows both of them in their total brilliance.

I can recite every word of this sketch. If I watch it every day, I will still be in tears laughing. Thanks Ronnie and Ronnie

I remember this, as though it was yesterday! Fantastic script-writing, acting and delivery! Super classic comedy!

Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise smashing it on the BBC. No wonder the World was a happier place back in the 70s/80s.

Great comedy really funny great comedy writing makes me laugh every time

Best of British comedy from the best era simply superb

@edwarddowney2513

5 жыл бұрын

Is that captain blue..?

@mick6370

5 жыл бұрын

@@edwarddowney2513 Sure is i'm a big fan of all the Gerry Anderson characters.

This is the backdrop to my childhood...…..Thank God...…….I seriously could not imagine being 15 years old today...……….This is class with in the constraints of the time...…...... which shows how clever comedy had to be back then...…...Love it !!!!!!!!

This is the all time best sketch ever!!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🥰

Still cracks me up, every single time.

Just brilliant. The other one with The Two Ronnies was Mastermind......subject, answering the question asked previously. Equally brilliant, and both absolutely timed to perfection. How I miss this comedy today. These guys were part of a league of remarkable comedians in the UK that are now gone, but definitely not forgotten.

@marcusprice3199

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, that Mastermind sketch was brilliant too.

One of the best comedy sketches ever made, never gets old, they don make them like that anymore!

One of the funniest routines ever . Can't count how many times I've watched this .

You can't beat British comedy. No matter how long ago it was filmed.

Comic genius at it's best...and actual reality !

This sketch never cease to make me laugh!!!

The greatest comedy sketch ever written How Barker & Corbett' kept a straight face Is beyond me it just shows how great Comedians work MASTERPIECE !!!!!!

So funny, classic 2 Ronnie's sketches they made comedy brilliant... RIP Barker and corbit ... 👌👌

This and the sweet store are the best sketches of 2 ronnnies

Fantastic Ronnie C reactions are brilliant

Probably the best comedy sketch written 👌

Damn, I wish the Two Ronnies and Dave Allen at Large were available on DVD here in America. I remember these shows from the 70s and I miss their comedy.

@simonedwards9450

5 жыл бұрын

Herb Bluntman two ronnies complete series is available on Amazon both in uk and America

Anybody here, I love your sense of humor!

This is, in my opinion, ronnie Corbett's greatest comedy acting. He makes this sketch. Watch his facial expressions...his toil....his frustration...its comic genius. The one time ronnie Barker just took a step back and played it straight.

@dlamiss

5 жыл бұрын

SPOT ON Corbetts timing was amazing. John Cleese no less said he learned more about coming timing from Ronnie Corbett than ANYONE else he ever worked with, His (Corbetts) comedy range was narrower than Barkers but his timing was unparalleled

@gdj6298

4 жыл бұрын

If I remember (more or less) Cleese: I have ensuite facilites in my office Barker: I have a key to the executive washroom Corbett: I hold it till I get home.......

@viclucyzia

2 жыл бұрын

@@gdj6298 What sketch was that? I can't remember sadly.

@gdj6298

2 жыл бұрын

@@viclucyzia It was a sketch from The Frost Report. Here's the original, kzread.info/dash/bejne/dWh8yM58Yq-dfZc.html but they used the format more than once. I just remember the quote from one of the later variations !

It never gets old.

this will never get old

@paulr3457

5 жыл бұрын

Only like a fine wine it gets better.

@ushoys

5 жыл бұрын

I dunno, 1976 was a long time ago.

Fork handles 1 of the best ever sketches they were brilliant !!!!

@ManuelMangani

5 жыл бұрын

It's 4 candles, not Fork handles! :)

@tonyrowlands1689

5 жыл бұрын

Cors it is !!!!

Since I work in a hardware store, this can be remarkably close to the truth

If ever you get depressed, watch this sketch, I could watch it all day, Funniest ever, and the acting is the best ever too .

This still makes me chuckle.

Superb. Best comedy sketch ever.

Two Masters Of Comedy At Their Best. Thank You And God Bless To You Both,For This And Many More Monumental Masterpieces You Have Left Us All To Enjoy From An Amazing Legacy.

Greatest scene of all time four candles

Never gets old.

Such a brilliant sketch! Watched it a couple of times. Gets me started at the first "fork handles"

One of the greatest comedy sketches of all time!😂😂😂😂

LOVE this video. I have watched it quite a few times and it still makes me laugh.

OMG! I remember this like it was yesterday! I was 9 and watched this with Mom and Dad. They never stopped laughing! This is were i get my Dumb sense of humor. Thanks for uploading this.

absolute classic................remember it well.............h6 uk

Loved them both very good actors all time

Best sketch ever

How can you not find this funny

Thank you so much for sharing this, it's just as funny 43 years later. Timeless comedy.

Absolute classic from two comedy masters.

Love it..simple but brilliant

pure class from two legends,

The best acting by Corbett, I have ever seen, and for that matter any other comedy actor.

"no, tins of peas " brill !

@saintdave4980

2 жыл бұрын

Foot pumps size 9

Love this! Brilliant play on words you just don't get these days...

Comedy gold that never loses its shine..........classic

Still brilliant all these years later! I love the part on 2 minutes 'saw-tips,' - Ronnie C makes a monumental effort not to break out laughing / smiling!

I think this has to be one of the Two Ronnies best scenes ever.

Amazing just amazing 👍🇳🇿

A timeless classic.

Best comedy sketch Ronnie Corbett is unbelievable it is the look on his face

"Got any 'O's?" I mean seriously, that had ne laughing my arse off. Undeniably brilliant comedy sketch. I don't want to count how many takes they had to do on this sketch bur Mr Corbett almost lost it with Saw Tips. Priceless.

This is 'off the scale funny'! It takes me back to my younger days (I'm 48). Comedy genius!

Loving this from Phoenix Arizona in 2019! Good stuff!

Without doubt the greatest comedy sketch ever written....in my opinion anyway. Flawless

Genius, Saturday night was quality.