Mark fox , unfortunately I’m dyslexic and struggle very hard to put down in writing what I’m trying to say .apologies for not being so precise , you seem to be much cleaver and astute-than me , I wish I was as cleaver as you . Keep up the critical comments in the future
@@laverdajota8089 Good on you for trying. The Two Ronnies was one of the best shows on the BBC. I don't bother to even have a TV these days, nothing worth watching.
Why have we got this inane epidemic of people like the one here, using "Of" instead of "Have"? It's might have left this world dear friend, might of makes no sense.
@@Zeitgeist971 I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds this extremely irritating. I think it's developed because the contraction 'might've' SOUNDS like 'might of'. Regardless, it's downright annoying.
I loved it when he patted the loaf as if it was an exhausted little dog as he staggered up Gold Hill, Shaftesbury. Yes it is still there and still looks the same.
That bit was just comedy brilliance. He knew he had to break up the monotony of just walking up the hill. The shot of his feet is classic too. I’m old enough to remember the original Hovis ad but this just makes me cry with laughter
Interesting story behind original advert. It was, as we know, supposed to be a little northern town or village. But they searched far and wide around Yorkshire, Lancashire and goodness knows where else, and couldn't seem to find anywhere that looked quite right. Then someone on the crew mentioned this place he knew of, but thought it would be no good because it was down south, in Dorset. The director said, never mind that, lets go and have a look. The moment he saw Gold Hill in Shaftesbury the director clicked his fingers and said, 'Perfect.'
The best. Had recorded some of their series last year when shown again. Was laughing that much I felt I was going to explode so turned it off. Brilliant.
I am continually amazed at how many Great English shows and comedians were hidden from us in the USA.. I would have watched these guys in a heartbeat back then...
I don’t think either of The Two Ronnie’s was in Heartbeat ! (We British still feel the need to have the occasional good natured dig at you Americans because of the War Of Independence)
@@foodstick Glad you saw the funny side of it. By the way, the ‘Heartbeat’ I referred to was a very popular TV series starting in 1992 and running for 18 Episodes. It portrayed a North Of England small town where the main characters were a husband Policeman and his Doctor wife. It was set during the sixties and was a nostalgic piece that people of a certain age adored. To my knowledge there was no movie made, but given your remarks, you may enjoy it. It’s not a comedy, though there are amusing characters and situations. It’s intentionally naive compared to other cop shows and captures a pivotal time when things were more gentle. If you want to see Ronnie Barker, who I adored, in his final serious acting role, check out ‘My House In Umbria.’ Dame Maggie Smith and some other good actors are in it and the scenery is fantastic, if you like Italy.
Anyone watching this in August 2020. I would gladly step back in time , maybe the 70's were not perfect, no cell phones, no internet, only 4 tv channels, and it seems a more contented people. Is it just me ?
I was born in 1983 but growing up I used to watch the 2 ronnies, morcome and wise, only fools and horses, open all hours, Hale and Pace the classics of British comedy. I loved those years of my life I really do and I loved all these legends
Chris Bradbury ...maybe.... but it was a pisstake of a Hovis bread advert... we all remember it, that’s why it was so funny. You could mock a company without being sued..
Quite right Chris a individual has to slog and trudge to procure their daily bread,' bloody long way to go ' but it also conveys that life should therefore be lived with joy and abandon without worrying.
I totally agree, there's nothing funny about it. I watched it and wondered what the heck was supposed to be 'comedy gold'. Not Ronnie's best by a long way.
It's about context. This was shown back when the Hovis advert set on this street was a familiar sight on TV. From the opening g moments the audience understood they were watching a parody and the laughter builds as we wait for the pay off at the end - which is the reverse of the romantic nostalgia of the advert.
Wasn't meant to sound patronising. Just a bit of information behind how the advertising people must've put the original Hovis ad together. That's all. Take it or leave it, as you wish sir. Sorry, Lord.
bloody long way to go for a loaf of bread timeless the 70s was the best time for comedy glad to be growing up in that time got to be best two ronnies sketch ever this one iam a yorkshire lad so guess that is why i love it so glad i do not have to go far for a bloody loaf of bread today.
Im so so lucky the two Ron's show was a part of my childhood. I miss those days. There were some truely awesome shows on tv back then. Today its mostly utter garbage with no real content.
Agreed!!! I'm English, living in USA. Haven't had TV for 20+ years due to the endless adverts, bottom-of-the barrel content, and channels which used to be decent & are now total dross....
@@MrDorbel Every comedian will do the occasional sketch which isn't their usual standard. The Two Ronnies are one of the funniest acts ever. IMO there were only a couple of sketches that were slightly below standard and this isn't one of them. This sketch is hilarious. Also, it isn't canned laughter. Their shows were made in front of a live audience. The filmed sequences such as this one were made first and shown to the audience during the show and the audience laughter was recorded and added to the soundtrack of the sketch.
@@paulgriffiths6344 Here's the original Hovis bread ad for context. ua-cam.com/video/6Mq59ykPnAE/v-deo.html The Ronnies were taking the p155 out of a very famous advertisement.
I was lucky in the late 70s I was waiting at a bus stop for the 219 bus in hersham Surrey when Ronnie barker come up to me and asked what time the bus was due I said 5 mins or so and straight away recognised from the tv he start chatting to me so I asked him what he was doing in hersham he said seeing his daughter Charlotte who was at a private school there never forgot how nice he was a total gentleman
@@mrmrst9020 I never met either of these legends, but I had a chance encounter with Norman Wisdom many years ago when he came into the pub I had chosen for a bit of lunch for the same reason. It was really nice to see that everyone there recognised him, and nodded to him, or tipped a wink, but had the decency to leave it at that and give him peace to eat his meal. He was all smiles and seemed to appreciate the fact that he was acknowledged, but not harassed. I was sitting close to the door and saw him first, he saw me recognise him and I gave him a big smile, and he just winked and headed for the bar to order his lunch, nodding and smiling at the other patrons who responded in kind. I would have loved to have told him I loved his comedy and thanked him for the years of belly laughs, but I knew I didn't need to disturb him as he already knew everyone there thought the world of him just because they obviously recognised him, but gave him his privacy while still acknowledging him. One of my favourite memories.
Moondog 1970 that was really nice what a lovely encounter another comedy legend gone but never forgotten love watching all these great people when life was so much funnier and carefree 👍
@@mrmrst9020 Comedy was definitely more carefree. I've laughed at Ben Elton and his angry standup, Loved The Young ones and Hale and Pace, French and Saunders, Bottom, Fry and Laurie, Absolutely Fabulous, The Comic Strip and many, many more comedy shows. (too many to mention) I stil think the likes of the Two Ronnies, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and even Only Fools and Horses and Open all Hours were more comedic than the later shows. I get that I'm an old bloke, younger people will find younger comedy funnier, that's just the way it goes, but I'll just throw in that my daughter born 1991 thinks the second funniest show on TV is Father Ted, and the best ever is the Two Ronnies. I had no part in teaching her that, she found it out all on her own. In my own opinion the funniest show ever broadcast is Blackadder. My daugther (comedy chops aside, doesn't get it) But I love every episode from beginnning to end.
George Carlin was arrested in 1972 for his "Seven Words You Can't Say on Television" bit, while The Richard Pryor Show was cancelled in 1977 after only four episodes because it was too offensive for the average American household. So...nah, brah, peeps got offended plenty, often by even dumber shit than they get offended by now.
I suppose you didn't hear how the church reacted to the Monty Python Life of Brian film then? Of course people were offended by humour in the past, even centuries ago. Roman satirists were killed if they made the wrong joke at the expense of the Emperor!
BedsitBob and others in this thread, I love your thinking and these two BRILLIANT MEN. My thoughts along a similar line was ( you forgot the Milk). Perhaps said prior to me, all the best from John, Australia. Cheers Mate.
After having lived in England for a time I love seeing the old British comedy shows. Even if it's small clips. Classic Two Ronnies! Thanks for uploading. 👍
@@gwynnethcoan761 I've googled it and listened ten times, and I'm still not sure what the line is. It's something like "Grandad always used to say it were a bloody long way to go for a loaf of ??????", and the last bit isn't "bread" or "Hovis". 😕
Bollocks. People took offence all the time. But it was straight white people taking offence at minorities, as opposed to now. People always bang on about the "good old days," but they weren't better for anyone but THEM. You could molest a woman, throw racist and homophobic insults around, and generally treat everyone like they were inferior in the sure and certain knowledge you'd not be punished. thank god we're moving on from those days.
@@peterclarke7240 So you weren't really around in the 70s when everything was non offencive, you're more of a late 80s and 90s person when things started to change for the worse, when the politically correct idiots started raising their ugly heads and ruin our once great humour. By the way I left school the year before you were born.
How anyone can use a Two Ronnie’s sketch about bread… into some small-minded bigoted commentary on the state of society. You have it the wrong way around… The Two Ronnies didn’t cause offence, and that is why we STILL love them.
Watching this again you have to admire his characterisation of the old man. I have actually seen men walk just like that. And though I have seen it several time before it still make me smile.
Love it! In fact I loved the whole 'Two Ronnies' series as did all the rest of my family! That rose-tinted view of working-class life back in the 'good old days' was well overdue for a bit of mockery.
Simply simply the best there ever was and will be..such a brilliant time to of grown up in - he was certainly and always will be the jewel in the crown of British comedy.sadly sadly missed....RIP
Ingleprop Noosegarm Au contraire..the right wing has no sense of the self..no deep understanding of love and humanity..things essential to perform..our greatest gift.. love.To be human is to communicate with others profoundly ..it’s in that place we discover truth and beauty with the jester seeing all the angles and the absurdity..then holding up the mirror.. speaks..”look..LOOK!..LOOK!!!..up your own arsehole..for that is where your head is” Power To the Workers..ya daft ole goat.
@Pat Terson I would say first and foremost they did sketches where the words, timing and jokes were the funny part. You can nitpick all you like but things were different back then regarding what was offensive and what wasn't. Timeless comedy, great men.
@Pat Terson When did they sexually assault anyone in their sketches? Think you have dreamt that in your fragile mind. I love the Two Ronnie's and yet with their massive output of material over many years, they were bound to sometimes get it wrong. There is some poorer stuff in their back catalogue. Blacking up on more than one occasion looks silly, looking back. Also, they used attractive women a fair bit in their sketches, partly for titillation purposes. However, I never saw any sexual assault. They were different times back then and more things were allowed but nothing they did was done to harm. They certainly didn't promote any sort of hatred and were both by all accounts, decent people. I don't understand where you have got this from.
The original and very iconic advert and 90% of the joke, which shows how good it is. ua-cam.com/video/6Mq59ykPnAE/v-deo.html Yes and it is That Ridley Scott of Napoleon, Gladiator and Alien fame.
My Grandma was born and grew up living in Gold Hill ( the hill in the Hovis ad) :D I walked up it and it is not easy as it is the steepest hill in England :D
My dad lives just 5mins from here, The amount of top movie stars visited this Gold Hill, at the time we didn’t have camera phones, it’s still the same there now, I have biked it up it once, when I was a young lad, summer time they do the cheese rolling run down hill.
What I love is how the audience members keep laughing on and off because they’re waiting for something and they all break out laughing at 01:03 for no real reason because nothings changed other than him continuing to walk up the hill 🍞
I think you will find out that this wasn't actually an audience. The BBC in the seventies had a nasty habit of adding 'canned laughter' to their shows, and it often implied more comedy was occurring than was actually present. That's not to say that his performance and the situation wasn't amusing, its just that the laughter was forced for the benefit of the British public that the BBC thought were incapable of seeing something that was funny for the sake of it being amusing. You will find the same 'abuse' of canned laughter in many of their shows of that era, Fawty Towers, Some Mothers Do Have 'Em, etc. This use of canned laughter continued on until the late seventies, and finally, thankfully was discontinued during the Eighties so shows like The Young Ones, Not the Nine O'Clock News, etc. didn't include it - with some notable exceptions.
Knew the clue of comedy, all his love went into his work and the sketches are there for us all to see and remember barkers the one and Corbett the only. Tag team of laughter R.I.P comedy Kings of my generation.
I half expected Ronnie Barker would drop the loaf then watch it roll all the way down the hill to the bottom with a look of exasperation on his face!😏😂🤣😀
@@karlconnolly3994 Superb comic actors and Barker a true great writer. You appear a lot on these comments, so what's the problem? You can't appreciate clever humour because you are too busy looking for things to be offended by. Maybe you should go and watch something else.
I miss bread like that ! Brought back memories of Sunday lunch time in New Zealand when I was young ! Now in lockdown in Spain & the bread here is too sweet
This is great. Years since I seen it. Both of them are sadly missed. I actually forgot the ending to this, I was thinking he was going to remember a shopping item when he got to the top.
The weird thing is that people always remember the original with a Yorkshire accent voice-over, but it was a local Dorset accent in the advert. There's a big Hovis at the top of the hill now, plus many fairly pricey restaurants and bars. Very nice little town.
@@RevStickleback Read my comment again , i stated the original which up here in the north had on our TVs in the early 70s, Hovis bread we nowt teken out , Joe Gladwin a Lancastrian actor , famed for last of the summer wine as Wally Batty
@@andybenstead7240 There may have been an earlier Hovis advert, but this particular one, filmed by Ridley Scott on Golden Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset, is the one being talked about - with 'original' in this case meaning the actual advert this sketch was based on.
There were 32 of us living in a crisp packet in the gutter, but we were lucky, the people in the next packet had had the little blue bag of salt nicked.
How can you be so funny without saying a word till the end ???? Easy Man was a absolute genius. Just so many sketch’s rip ronnie. You still making us laugh sadly missed
@@thesound-chameleonman3580 It's not in Lancashire, or even the north. It's Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset. My Mother's family all came from Shaftesbury, and I live in Sherborne, 15 miles away. No disrespect to the Two Ronnies, but it always used to really annoy me that they used a northern voiceover in the advert.
Oh how I miss these comedy geniuses of the 70’ and 80’. Along with Morecombe and Wise. Mike Yarwood but to name a few. Today’s comics don’t even come close.
Everything is better when you’re younger...it’s not the “comedy geniuses” you miss ...more the youth ..the expectations..the mystery..a story untold..all gone..like the taught skin and beauty of the smiling girl at the bus stop ..never to return..like Eric and little Earn..[laugher fades..an infant child is heard crying while the empty pill bottle falls from her mothers small limp hand] Fin.
Simondo81 Maybe!...maybe?..don’t you see I know..who he is ..what he likes and his age ..he liked Mike Yarwood ffs and thinks he’s better than today’s comedians ..Jesus H Christ ..a first years phycology student could put this together..it’s simple..but not to you..this person is old and grumpy and yearning for his subtle years back..he’s not happy with modern life..he hasn’t progressed..probably sneers at the youth culture. So put a fork up his ass and turn him over...he’s done. It’s from outside the picture that we see what’s going on..for certain people..not you..you’ll probably be..if not already a grumpy old curmudgeon too.
@@karlconnolly3994 Think it's time for your pills. I wouldn't put Mike Yarwood in the same category as The Two Ronnie's. A world apart in terms of quality, but that's my opinion. To say you KNOW who this person is is a bit of a stretch. If you know someone inside and out from a few words on a comments section then you must be a genius! A genius in psychology (and not a "first year psychology student" either 😜). The good old left and right divide eh? Things are not perfect but you lefty loons like to criticise don't you? No reasoning, no seeing anyone else's perspective. Extreme people on both the right and the left are the main reasons why the world isn't exactly brilliant. You and I are no more important than God's good old green and pleasant land (before humans set about destroying it) but your sense of self importance stands out like a steaming turd, left on a shoe and left in the sun, so pungent and vile.
Ronnie Barker was the best we have ever had , no swearing , just skill , RIP
Laverda Jota - and yet you couldn't be bothered to get his name correct.
Mark fox , unfortunately I’m dyslexic and struggle very hard to put down in writing what I’m trying to say .apologies for not being so precise , you seem to be much cleaver and astute-than me , I wish I was as cleaver as you . Keep up the critical comments in the future
Not sure about the no swearing. My mother would have kicked my arse if I ever said "bloody" like Ronnie Barker does in this sketch.
Graham. I must admit I missed that , I will have a listen for it next time I watch ,
@@laverdajota8089 Good on you for trying.
The Two Ronnies was one of the best shows on the BBC. I don't bother to even have a TV these days, nothing worth watching.
Ronnie Barker was a great actor. He could transform himself into so many characters.
He had an incredible memory too as seen in many of the sketches.
Yeh right, stupid big fat ones. lol
@@johnmc3862
The one where he's ordering drinks at a party and 'muddling' the orders over and over was brilliant 😂
Ronnie Barker might of left this world but will never leave our hearts.
One of the true greats who still makes me laugh to this day.
Thank you Ronnie.
john barton might of left this world but will never leave our hearts
Why have we got this inane epidemic of people like the one here, using "Of" instead of "Have"? It's might have left this world dear friend, might of makes no sense.
@@Zeitgeist971 thank you
@@Zeitgeist971 I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds this extremely irritating. I think it's developed because the contraction 'might've' SOUNDS like 'might of'. Regardless, it's downright annoying.
Great people are immortal!
I've walked up this hill and I don't think he'd have had to do much acting - it's hard work!
Certainly tough on the knees!
Must be a bugger on icy days
Is that Torrington in Devon?
@@jesoby Gold Hill, Shaftesbury
Where is this hill
I loved it when he patted the loaf as if it was an exhausted little dog as he staggered up Gold Hill, Shaftesbury. Yes it is still there and still looks the same.
I'm glad .....❤️🌷🌺🌹
I always love the part where he pats and tickles the bread like it's a tired little dog 🐕 😂
That bit was just comedy brilliance. He knew he had to break up the monotony of just walking up the hill. The shot of his feet is classic too. I’m old enough to remember the original Hovis ad but this just makes me cry with laughter
Interesting story behind original advert. It was, as we know, supposed to be a little northern town or village. But they searched far and wide around Yorkshire, Lancashire and goodness knows where else, and couldn't seem to find anywhere that looked quite right. Then someone on the crew mentioned this place he knew of, but thought it would be no good because it was down south, in Dorset. The director said, never mind that, lets go and have a look. The moment he saw Gold Hill in Shaftesbury the director clicked his fingers and said, 'Perfect.'
THE most Yorkshire hill lies in Shaftesbury, Dorset!
So I guess it had nothing to do with the fact that the Hovis advert was filmed on exactly the same hill
@@Moltenbramley Martin did say it was a story "behind original advert" - he wasn't referring to the 2Rs' spoof.
Yep, I visited that street this year in Dorset. Very steep even for the fit.
@@pqrstzxerty1296 where is It please
Ronnie Barker was a comedy genius !! Much missed by his many fans .
this is why these two were so great. The original hovis ad really was very successful nation wide so this skit was well placed
Aaahh, the Seventies, such Good Humour and no offence. I'm so grateful to have been around then. R.I.P. Ronnie and Thank you.
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Ronnie says “Cheers, me old mucker”.
No offence in the 70s? That statement itself is offence to anyone like me who had to endure it
Good humour and no offence? You probably think Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile would have made outstanding primary school teachers.
@@Bianchiboy Well, they certainly would have been 'hands on' teachers.
I simply adored the Two Ronnies. So deeply sad with their passing and the years of beautiful sweet memories.
The best. Had recorded some of their series last year when shown again. Was laughing that much I felt I was going to explode so turned it off. Brilliant.
My parents introduced them to us in the 90s - we spent them either in school or on the floor deadened with laughter!!! Cartoons were secondary!!!
Christmas for me is the two ronnies repeats, still hilarious to this day
They’re part of my childhood. Do you remember The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town? 😂
@@oleggorky906 Absolutely remember that. Also, The Worm That Turned. ua-cam.com/video/GcMd1F1acSo/v-deo.html
I am continually amazed at how many Great English shows and comedians were hidden from us in the USA.. I would have watched these guys in a heartbeat back then...
I don’t think either of The Two Ronnie’s was in Heartbeat ! (We British still feel the need to have the occasional good natured dig at you Americans because of the War Of Independence)
@@colnuttall9035 OMG ! this just popped up .. And made me laugh so hard. I wish they had made a movie named heartbeat.. It would be new to me ;)
@@foodstick
Glad you saw the funny side of it. By the way, the ‘Heartbeat’ I referred to was a very popular TV series starting in 1992 and running for 18 Episodes. It portrayed a North Of England small town where the main characters were a husband Policeman and his Doctor wife. It was set during the sixties and was a nostalgic piece that people of a certain age adored. To my knowledge there was no movie made, but given your remarks, you may enjoy it. It’s not a comedy, though there are amusing characters and situations. It’s intentionally naive compared to other cop shows and captures a pivotal time when things were more gentle. If you want to see Ronnie Barker, who I adored, in his final serious acting role, check out ‘My House In Umbria.’ Dame Maggie Smith and some other good actors are in it and the scenery is fantastic, if you like Italy.
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@@colnuttall9035it ran for 18 series, not 18 episodes
Anyone watching this in August 2020.
I would gladly step back in time , maybe the 70's were not perfect, no cell phones, no internet, only 4 tv channels, and it seems a more contented people.
Is it just me ?
Only 3 TV Channels, I believe. Channel 4 started in 1982. And we had a black and white TV in those days.
We would have kept a lot of that contentment if social media hadnt happened.
LLaregub JINKS no bro, far from it mate
As long as we can do it without the degrading canned laugh tracks.
@@mikejohndonovan9444 I remember watching snooker on our Black & White TV
I was born in 1983 but growing up I used to watch the 2 ronnies, morcome and wise, only fools and horses, open all hours, Hale and Pace the classics of British comedy. I loved those years of my life I really do and I loved all these legends
You missed one of the best out rising damp
You should have spent your time learning English.
A metaphor for life. A hard slog for your daily bread.
Chris Bradbury ...maybe.... but it was a pisstake of a Hovis bread advert... we all remember it, that’s why it was so funny. You could mock a company without being sued..
@@franceleeparis37 Gradely stuff tha knows.
You have not heard of the bucketlist family XD
Quite right Chris a individual has to slog and trudge to procure their daily bread,' bloody long way to go ' but it also conveys that life should therefore be lived with joy and abandon without worrying.
@@anuradhainamdar8967 Don't forget it was just after t'war (WW1).
Two Ronnies used to be essential viewing back in the day! Great comedy!
It seems as if The Two Ronnies belong to a bygone era, but they have never been forgotten
Well they do.do you live in a worm hole?
I was expecting him to get home only for his wife to say ‘did you remember t’ butter’ 🤣
i thought she would say she wanted white, lol
Me too!
@@blodspage what country do you live in?
@@howardmckeown7187 Brown Loaves Matter ;-)
Or.. “I told you, I’m on a carb free diet”
Fantastic days,where has our joy gone
Comedy gold from The Two Ronnies. RIP. Greatly missed 😔
I totally agree, there's nothing funny about it. I watched it and wondered what the heck was supposed to be 'comedy gold'. Not Ronnie's best by a long way.
No, YOU just don't get it and perhaps never will.
It's about context. This was shown back when the Hovis advert set on this street was a familiar sight on TV. From the opening g moments the audience understood they were watching a parody and the laughter builds as we wait for the pay off at the end - which is the reverse of the romantic nostalgia of the advert.
Gosh |I would never have guessed that till you patronizingly told me!
That's for nothing!
Wasn't meant to sound patronising. Just a bit of information behind how the advertising people must've put the original Hovis ad together. That's all. Take it or leave it, as you wish sir. Sorry, Lord.
bloody long way to go for a loaf of bread timeless the 70s was the best time for comedy glad to be growing up in that time got to be best two ronnies sketch ever this one iam a yorkshire lad so guess that is why i love it so glad i do not have to go far for a bloody loaf of bread today.
The 70s were fun.
@@michele4195 thanks for the reply glad you enjoyed it as much as me.
I watched these in the 80s. ..amazing comedy
@@ismailmiah1446 thank you for your reply yeah amazing.
@@stevepettit2064 my personal favourite was only fools and horses
Im so so lucky the two Ron's show was a part of my childhood.
I miss those days. There were some truely awesome shows on tv back then. Today its mostly utter garbage with no real content.
Agreed!!! I'm English, living in USA. Haven't had TV for 20+ years due to the endless adverts, bottom-of-the barrel content, and channels which used to be decent & are now total dross....
Not every Two Ronnies sketch was funny, as this one demonstrates! That dreadful canned laughter doesn't help either.
@@MrDorbel Every comedian will do the occasional sketch which isn't their usual standard. The Two Ronnies are one of the funniest acts ever. IMO there were only a couple of sketches that were slightly below standard and this isn't one of them. This sketch is hilarious. Also, it isn't canned laughter. Their shows were made in front of a live audience. The filmed sequences such as this one were made first and shown to the audience during the show and the audience laughter was recorded and added to the soundtrack of the sketch.
@@MrDorbel I know what's funny about a man walking up that hill??
@@paulgriffiths6344 Here's the original Hovis bread ad for context. ua-cam.com/video/6Mq59ykPnAE/v-deo.html
The Ronnies were taking the p155 out of a very famous advertisement.
God rest you in peace, dear Ronnie!!! You brought so much hapinness to so many people!
Ronnie baker and David Jason were an absolute genius together 'porridge' 'open all hours' timeless classics!!!!! ❤️👌😷👍
David Jason wasn’t in Porridge.
@@raftonpounder6696 he was, he played old Blanco Webb in three episodes.
@@ValiantWrestling I stand corrected!
@@raftonpounder6696
Oh but he was.
@@skylined5534 see above.
I was lucky in the late 70s I was waiting at a bus stop for the 219 bus in hersham Surrey when Ronnie barker come up to me and asked what time the bus was due I said 5 mins or so and straight away recognised from the tv he start chatting to me so I asked him what he was doing in hersham he said seeing his daughter Charlotte who was at a private school there never forgot how nice he was a total gentleman
glen tipping ... it’s a pity he didn’t say ‘I’m going to the shop for ‘fork handles’.. would have creased me up..
Francelee Paris lol me to don’t know if they had done that sketch when I met him still brilliant tho
@@mrmrst9020 I never met either of these legends, but I had a chance encounter with Norman Wisdom many years ago when he came into the pub I had chosen for a bit of lunch for the same reason. It was really nice to see that everyone there recognised him, and nodded to him, or tipped a wink, but had the decency to leave it at that and give him peace to eat his meal. He was all smiles and seemed to appreciate the fact that he was acknowledged, but not harassed. I was sitting close to the door and saw him first, he saw me recognise him and I gave him a big smile, and he just winked and headed for the bar to order his lunch, nodding and smiling at the other patrons who responded in kind. I would have loved to have told him I loved his comedy and thanked him for the years of belly laughs, but I knew I didn't need to disturb him as he already knew everyone there thought the world of him just because they obviously recognised him, but gave him his privacy while still acknowledging him. One of my favourite memories.
Moondog 1970 that was really nice what a lovely encounter another comedy legend gone but never forgotten love watching all these great people when life was so much funnier and carefree 👍
@@mrmrst9020 Comedy was definitely more carefree. I've laughed at Ben Elton and his angry standup, Loved The Young ones and Hale and Pace, French and Saunders, Bottom, Fry and Laurie, Absolutely Fabulous, The Comic Strip and many, many more comedy shows. (too many to mention) I stil think the likes of the Two Ronnies, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and even Only Fools and Horses and Open all Hours were more comedic than the later shows. I get that I'm an old bloke, younger people will find younger comedy funnier, that's just the way it goes, but I'll just throw in that my daughter born 1991 thinks the second funniest show on TV is Father Ted, and the best ever is the Two Ronnies. I had no part in teaching her that, she found it out all on her own. In my own opinion the funniest show ever broadcast is Blackadder. My daugther (comedy chops aside, doesn't get it) But I love every episode from beginnning to end.
1970s were the days when brilliant comedies were made and nobody was affronted by the humour.
People are offended by everything these days aren't they you bastard.
@@goonerinSP Yes you little twat.
George Carlin was arrested in 1972 for his "Seven Words You Can't Say on Television" bit, while The Richard Pryor Show was cancelled in 1977 after only four episodes because it was too offensive for the average American household. So...nah, brah, peeps got offended plenty, often by even dumber shit than they get offended by now.
Yeh, they were only bothered by the colour of your skin, who you loved and what god you believed in.
I suppose you didn't hear how the church reacted to the Monty Python Life of Brian film then? Of course people were offended by humour in the past, even centuries ago. Roman satirists were killed if they made the wrong joke at the expense of the Emperor!
I was expecting him to get home, and his wife to say "I said a sliced loaf."
Ha-ha. That would have been much better!
Yes,that also is typical Ronnie humour! Lol!
Lol, that would have been great too :D
BedsitBob and others in this thread, I love your thinking and these two BRILLIANT MEN.
My thoughts along a similar line was ( you forgot the Milk).
Perhaps said prior to me, all the best from John, Australia. Cheers Mate.
BedsitBob .
Me, likewise.
Thank you two Ronnie's for making my childhood a little more bareable with laughter.....😁
After having lived in England for a time I love seeing the old British comedy shows. Even if it's small clips. Classic Two Ronnies! Thanks for uploading. 👍
Hello Rachel, How are you doing?
@2 ? 😂
The anticipation grows, and when Barker finally delivers the line, it is not what we're expecting. Ronnie B. was a craftsman!!
Shame the laughter drowned it out.
@@gwynnethcoan761 I've googled it and listened ten times, and I'm still not sure what the line is. It's something like "Grandad always used to say it were a bloody long way to go for a loaf of ??????", and the last bit isn't "bread" or "Hovis". 😕
Brilliant! Barker was a comic genius-greatly missed.
Classic Ronnie barker, I remember watching this on the tv when I was a kid. Still funny today :)
whoever disliked this video doesn't realise the idea behind the sketch and what a great man Ronnie Barker was.
@The Last Penny No comedy duo could touch the two RONNIE'S, and I think you know who I mean, nuff said.
@@nn-ro1lv I agree and will say they do not know what clever humor is!!
Cheers, John, Australia.
joandar I disliked it - I thought it was lazy , just a spoof of an old advert, with a poor punchline
@@rodchamp7510 Rod you are entitled to your opinion as we all are. Thanks for expressing your thoughts.
Cheers from John, Australia.
@@rodchamp7510 When this sketch came out the Hovis Ad was contemporary not old .
That was the time when no one took offence, just had a laugh and got on with life.
Bollocks.
People took offence all the time. But it was straight white people taking offence at minorities, as opposed to now.
People always bang on about the "good old days," but they weren't better for anyone but THEM. You could molest a woman, throw racist and homophobic insults around, and generally treat everyone like they were inferior in the sure and certain knowledge you'd not be punished.
thank god we're moving on from those days.
@@peterclarke7240 and you are how old???
@@stuartmorton1279 44, and old enough to remember Benny Hill, Jim Davidson and the Carry On films.
@@peterclarke7240
So you weren't really around in the 70s when everything was non offencive, you're more of a late 80s and 90s person when things started to change for the worse, when the politically correct idiots started raising their ugly heads and ruin our once great humour.
By the way I left school the year before you were born.
How anyone can use a Two Ronnie’s sketch about bread… into some small-minded bigoted commentary on the state of society. You have it the wrong way around… The Two Ronnies didn’t cause offence, and that is why we STILL love them.
I can remember laughing away at this when it was originally on. 44 years ago!
How can people dislike a comedy legend.
They just don’t understand real humour.
Because it's not unfunny leftist bollocks dressed up as comedy - 99.9% of modern comedy.
One of TVs best comics ever....every role perfectly done...
R.I.P Arkright
Not forgetting Norman Fletcher!!!!💙
Watching this again you have to admire his characterisation of the old man. I have actually seen men walk just like that. And though I have seen it several time before it still make me smile.
My God I walk like that 😩
Pendulous knackers
Love it! In fact I loved the whole 'Two Ronnies' series as did all the rest of my family! That rose-tinted view of working-class life back in the 'good old days' was well overdue for a bit of mockery.
Simply simply the best there ever was and will be..such a brilliant time to of grown up in - he was certainly and always will be the jewel in the crown of British comedy.sadly sadly missed....RIP
Clean humour, the likes of which is slowly disappearing, and yet we still can go back to it, quality.
@Pat Terson Leftists have no sense of humour.
Ingleprop Noosegarm
Au contraire..the right wing has no sense of the self..no deep understanding of love and humanity..things essential to perform..our greatest gift.. love.To be human is to communicate with others profoundly ..it’s in that place we discover truth and beauty with the jester seeing all the angles and the absurdity..then holding up the mirror.. speaks..”look..LOOK!..LOOK!!!..up your own arsehole..for that is where your head is”
Power To the Workers..ya daft ole goat.
Pat Terson
Why..thank you. Stay safe.
@Pat Terson I would say first and foremost they did sketches where the words, timing and jokes were the funny part. You can nitpick all you like but things were different back then regarding what was offensive and what wasn't. Timeless comedy, great men.
@Pat Terson When did they sexually assault anyone in their sketches? Think you have dreamt that in your fragile mind.
I love the Two Ronnie's and yet with their massive output of material over many years, they were bound to sometimes get it wrong. There is some poorer stuff in their back catalogue. Blacking up on more than one occasion looks silly, looking back.
Also, they used attractive women a fair bit in their sketches, partly for titillation purposes. However, I never saw any sexual assault. They were different times back then and more things were allowed but nothing they did was done to harm. They certainly didn't promote any sort of hatred and were both by all accounts, decent people. I don't understand where you have got this from.
Im too young to remember the original ad, but this is still absolutely hilarious
The original and very iconic advert and 90% of the joke, which shows how good it is. ua-cam.com/video/6Mq59ykPnAE/v-deo.html Yes and it is That Ridley Scott of Napoleon, Gladiator and Alien fame.
My Grandma was born and grew up living in Gold Hill ( the hill in the Hovis ad) :D I walked up it and it is not easy as it is the steepest hill in England :D
I know. I once tried to climb it - and that is NOT an easy task! My legs were aching for nearly a week - and my knees swelled up.
What a classic from a "classic. " Thanks Ronnie for the great years you gave us with much laughter 😃
The Governor. Comedy is not the same since you left us RIP. Mr Barker
The great man could always make people laugh 🙏🏻
Absolute genius, has me giggling every single time I think about it. Thanks for uploading!
Ronnie Barker has brought me so much joy and laughter all my life! I miss him 😢
The two Ronnie's was a great show,....fond memories of growing up to this brilliant show
The Two Ronnies. No apostrophe!
I have always loved this skit
Seriously,that street must have been an absolute nightmare in the winter. Great sketch. Simple straightforward effective. Less is more
There’s no way you’d drive up or down or walk. Even with grit.
I was expecting him to drop the loaf and watch it go bouncing all the way down the hill.
That would have been funny!
And me to.
Me too, I thought that was going to happen, that or the Mrs was going to say she wanted white not brown bread
I was waiting for that to happen as well: was in suspense!
That might have happened, many times, with the building materials, when they were building those cottages.
My dad lives just 5mins from here,
The amount of top movie stars visited this Gold Hill, at the time we didn’t have camera phones, it’s still the same there now, I have biked it up it once, when I was a young lad, summer time they do the cheese rolling run down hill.
Great British Advert and Sadly missed Ronnie Barker
David Gigg it's not an advert; it's a parody of an advert.
Heartwarming and heartbreaking 😢
RIP🙏
I thought it was a profoundly sexual performance..all types I guess?
What I love is how the audience members keep laughing on and off because they’re waiting for something and they all break out laughing at 01:03 for no real reason because nothings changed other than him continuing to walk up the hill 🍞
I think you will find out that this wasn't actually an audience. The BBC in the seventies had a nasty habit of adding 'canned laughter' to their shows, and it often implied more comedy was occurring than was actually present. That's not to say that his performance and the situation wasn't amusing, its just that the laughter was forced for the benefit of the British public that the BBC thought were incapable of seeing something that was funny for the sake of it being amusing. You will find the same 'abuse' of canned laughter in many of their shows of that era, Fawty Towers, Some Mothers Do Have 'Em, etc. This use of canned laughter continued on until the late seventies, and finally, thankfully was discontinued during the Eighties so shows like The Young Ones, Not the Nine O'Clock News, etc. didn't include it - with some notable exceptions.
That’s cause the laughter is not real.
Loved the two Ronnie's still do. 😂😂😍
Another great end would have been him finally reaching the top of the hill, pausing, looking down, and saying, “Oh bugger, I forgot the milk.”
Knew the clue of comedy, all his love went into his work and the sketches are there for us all to see and remember barkers the one and Corbett the only. Tag team of laughter R.I.P comedy Kings of my generation.
I lived 4 miles down the road. It's Gold Hill, in Shaftesbury, Dorset. There is a Gold Hill Faire every year. Over two days.
Dorset...beautiful part of the world.
And they all think it was filmed "int north"
@Chris Murphy both lovely guys as well
Not to me.
Gets to the top - "damn I forgot the milk"
Lol
I half expected Ronnie Barker would drop the loaf then watch it roll all the way down the hill to the bottom with a look of exasperation on his face!😏😂🤣😀
Ronnie Barker is a national treasure
simply brilliant.Both Ronnie's, grew up watching them in the 70's. Forgot about this excellent thanks for upload.
Ronnie Barker - total legend. RIP, sir and thank you.
I was expecting a comment about fork handles.
Aaah , a time of innocence when you could joke about an ad without being sued... seems there was a lot more freedom then, than there is now... 🤔🙂
What are you talking about? Just spouting absolute nonsense.
Yeah..more freedom..except of course for women and minorities..it was a good strong mans white Britain..right?
Don't worry, just another pair of plonkers. I'd tell them to bugger off, but they've got nowhere else to go.
Irrelevant, and non sequitur.
@@karlconnolly3994 Superb comic actors and Barker a true great writer. You appear a lot on these comments, so what's the problem? You can't appreciate clever humour because you are too busy looking for things to be offended by. Maybe you should go and watch something else.
Ah, the memories. Thems were the good old days. (Sigh)
I miss bread like that ! Brought back memories of Sunday lunch time in New Zealand when I was young ! Now in lockdown in Spain & the bread here is too sweet
Comedy from the master of comedy. The best and the cleverest in the business.
Still makes you laugh even when you know the punchline.
I just love it
This is great. Years since I seen it. Both of them are sadly missed.
I actually forgot the ending to this, I was thinking he was going to remember a shopping item when he got to the top.
My best memories were of the late 70's. A smply wonderful time to be alive.
right there we had the best comedians and music
R.I.p old timer I’m glad I caught you growing up!! The sketch show was my favourite 🤩
Ladies and gentlemen, you just watched a man walking up a hill. And you were laughing while doing so. That's comic genius.
Well, we were listening to overlaid music and recorded laughing . For k andles. Is cg.
^ Live Audience*, one that knew the context as soon as the hill and music starts.
The weird thing is that people always remember the original with a Yorkshire accent voice-over, but it was a local Dorset accent in the advert. There's a big Hovis at the top of the hill now, plus many fairly pricey restaurants and bars. Very nice little town.
I'm a Yorkshire man , the advert was a Lancashire accent as it was Joe Gladwin who did the original voice
@@andybenstead7240 hmm...doesn't sound much like a Lancashire accent to me ua-cam.com/video/tIOGkIw4CQo/v-deo.html
@@RevStickleback Read my comment again , i stated the original which up here in the north had on our TVs in the early 70s, Hovis bread we nowt teken out , Joe Gladwin a Lancastrian actor , famed for last of the summer wine as Wally Batty
@@andybenstead7240 There may have been an earlier Hovis advert, but this particular one, filmed by Ridley Scott on Golden Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset, is the one being talked about - with 'original' in this case meaning the actual advert this sketch was based on.
@@RevStickleback up here we had the same advert with Joe Gladwin's voice must be a regional thing
Am walking a bloody long way for my bread too because of Covid-19 lol
Hallo HoneyBee, it's TreacleFly here! WOO WOO Blondson!👍🍺😁👍
What brought me here is I was reading a facebook post where someone spelled Covid as Covis. Suddenly remembered this sketch and saw your comment.
@Kev Dale Brown Loaves Matter ;-)
Absolutely brilliant in its simplicity
You were a talented legend and still are Mr Barker.
There were 32 of us living in a crisp packet in the gutter, but we were lucky, the people in the next packet had had the little blue bag of salt nicked.
tell the youth of today and they wont believe you.
Luxury!
Lol!!! Funnier than the video!! X
.thats nothing , we had to......
From Yorkshire, are you?
How can you be so funny without saying a word till the end ???? Easy Man was a absolute genius. Just so many sketch’s rip ronnie. You still making us laugh sadly missed
No words . . . . the short comedy, "Futtocks End", about a country house party weekend, was in the same vein. Look it up!
Brilliant!! .. Remember this well ..!
Interesting fact. Ridley Scott directed most of the Hovis ads from that period.
Thank you for uploading this :) it's sheer brilliance!
I tried to walk up that hill once. One of the most difficult things I have ever done.
I can imagine! It must've really hurt your knees! It nearly snapped mine in half!
I run up it every other week with my nine year old son...I’m fifty three and still beat him to the top,just 😆
is it very steep? it looks it! where is it in Lancashire?
@@thesound-chameleonman3580 It's not in Lancashire, or even the north. It's Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset. My Mother's family all came from Shaftesbury, and I live in Sherborne, 15 miles away. No disrespect to the Two Ronnies, but it always used to really annoy me that they used a northern voiceover in the advert.
Love this and perhaps the best four candles/four handles. Superb the two ronnies. Hysterical giggles 😂
Loved zRonnie and missed Hovis for years,the best bread.
what a brilliant advert ,
Oh how I miss these comedy geniuses of the 70’ and 80’. Along with Morecombe and Wise. Mike Yarwood but to name a few. Today’s comics don’t even come close.
Everything is better when you’re younger...it’s not the “comedy geniuses” you miss ...more the youth ..the expectations..the mystery..a story untold..all gone..like the taught skin and beauty of the smiling girl at the bus stop ..never to return..like Eric and little Earn..[laugher fades..an infant child is heard crying while the empty pill bottle falls from her mothers small limp hand]
Fin.
@@karlconnolly3994 Maybe Man Of Beard knows more than you about what he misses.
Simondo81
Maybe!...maybe?..don’t you see I know..who he is ..what he likes and his age ..he liked Mike Yarwood ffs and thinks he’s better than today’s comedians ..Jesus H Christ ..a first years phycology student could put this together..it’s simple..but not to you..this person is old and grumpy and yearning for his subtle years back..he’s not happy with modern life..he hasn’t progressed..probably sneers at the youth culture. So put a fork up his ass and turn him over...he’s done. It’s from outside the picture that we see what’s going on..for certain people..not you..you’ll probably be..if not already a grumpy old curmudgeon too.
@@karlconnolly3994 Think it's time for your pills. I wouldn't put Mike Yarwood in the same category as The Two Ronnie's. A world apart in terms of quality, but that's my opinion.
To say you KNOW who this person is is a bit of a stretch. If you know someone inside and out from a few words on a comments section then you must be a genius! A genius in psychology (and not a "first year psychology student" either 😜).
The good old left and right divide eh? Things are not perfect but you lefty loons like to criticise don't you? No reasoning, no seeing anyone else's perspective. Extreme people on both the right and the left are the main reasons why the world isn't exactly brilliant. You and I are no more important than God's good old green and pleasant land (before humans set about destroying it) but your sense of self importance stands out like a steaming turd, left on a shoe and left in the sun, so pungent and vile.
martin webb
I think you might be right..what should I do?
The man was a legend
How I miss the two Ronnie's and there comedy show
Gold hill shaftesbury I have been there....I am german and love England deeply 🇬🇧♥️
Thank you very much for saying how much you love England. I love Germany - although I've never been there.
THATS HOW TO DO YOUR GROCERY SHOPPING UNDER THE LOCKDOWN RULES
God we miss Mr Barker 😢
I remember watching this a very long time ago, good old clean comedy.
I was born in Shaftesbury ... and I remember watching the Two Ronnies with my parents ... fond memories
I ran up that Hill carrying a truckle of cheese in the Gold Hill cheese race a few years back.
Wow 🙄
where is that hill? street name?
@@MrCallingoccupants It tells you at the sub headline at the top!
LOVED watching these 2. Rest In Peace to you both.
if ever there was a more talanted man then ronnie barker .... i cried when he died . was so much more ❤