The way in which these two delivered their comedy as most comedians back in these days is just genius, and now all we have is 1000s of stand ups swearing here, there and everywhere.
+Tidgy he's never going to be at the standard of the two ronnies but i saw a comedian recently on TV called jimeoin. your opinion might be different but i thought the guy was a breath of fresh air compared to all the other recent comics.
***** YES! Jimeoin is great I also love him, but there still isn't that intelligence to create it, these two need the acting skills as well as lots more than just skills to stand there and speak. But yes, he is definitely a cut above the rest of the comedians now as you say, along with a few others like Peter Kay and Lee Evans etc.
+Tidgy So swearing automatically makes it bad comedy? Swear words just like any words have meanings that can change with the times, surely there where words in your day that are said openly that would have been frowned apon a few years previous. No such thing as a "Swear word" in my opinion. Language evolves, thats something you just have to deal with. Don't get me wrong, innocent simple humor like this is funny but no more funny that a comedy act that uses swearing as a punchline. Fuck for example is used in comedy because to say the work fuck you have to smile (try it). So when a comedian says it, he smiles, as does the audience. We are social animals at the end of the day. K's are funny, to put it simply. Of course comedy is highly subjective, but isnt it interesting that i can enjoy modern humor and old, and yet you perceive new to be bad. I think every generation is guilty of it, we trust what we grew up with but at some point you have to look to the future just as i have learned to look to the past. Humor is everywhere, dont let a few "Bad words" spoil it for you.
+Justin Proctor Swearing is no more than a demonstration of a lack of imagination, lack of character and a lack of command of the English language. A talented comedian can make people laugh without using a single swear word which is a dying art. Swearing is an attempt to gain a person's attention by something other than talent and an indication of a lack of confidence in one's self to get a point across.
It showed how well they knew their British audience, how well we understand comedy in Britain. Brilliant comedy writing, classic British comedy, classic Two Ronnies.
@@petermallia558 Absolutely. Brilliant writing, brilliant wordplay, and comic timing that comes from years of working together. Effortless genius that few can manage now.
Absolutely!! Brits are naturally in on this humour. Priceless!! That being said, foreigners beware: one will not run into a Barker/Cleese/Gervais on any street corner. OH NO YOU WON'T!!
I saw the Two Ronnies on BBC TV when I was six-years old on a trip from Los Angeles to London UK in 1973. I found the humor so great that I'd wondered who the two performers and what the TV show was. I recalled them being "The Two Ronnies" and that was all. This is the first time I've been able to watch these two incredible performers since then. Thanks for posting this sketch and helping me understand what I was seeing in 1973!
@Gerry S.S But the Crossword sketch was 1980. I’ve seen the 1973 episodes including the hospital one (where RC bursts like a balloon during a blood pressure measurement).
Let's not forget Viscount Ronnie von Barker. No disrespect to Monsieur Corbett, but the aforementioned Ron del Barker was the genius behind their genius, and quite modestly so.
@@michaellennon5040 Every double act needs the straight man but Ronnie Corbett was funny and talented in his own right. I never did like his monologues though..
Brilliant ending, impeccable timing....their best. Another was Ronnie B saying "If I was as rich as Rockefeller, I'd be richer" Ronnie C says " how's that then?" Well I'd do a bit of window cleaning on the side"!
I lived in the U.K. for eight years, 2000 - 2008. My name is "Ronnie". I would hear people refer to the Two Ronnies every now and then but never saw a single sketch. Today was the first time I saw them in action. Classic comedy at its best. This is the third sketch and by far they keep getting better. I watched The Courtroom Quiz and the Inventors Convention. Great stuff.
They were masters at the written word and delivery..everyone goes on about Morecambe and Wise, but that was a different style of comedy double acts,but to me the 2 Ronnies will be the top, because of the clever usage of the English language..thank god we have them for posterity in their shows, and on here..feeling down, get a clip of the Two Ronnies.I especially loved the two farmer sketches..they did sat near a fence in the countryside..
This brings back memories. Not just the fact that people when I was younger were far more quiet than today and entertained themselves reading and doing crosswords, but the train compartments and doors that were on the right of Ronnie Barker, to get onto the station. Good times. I loved the 70's.
its goodnight from me and its goodnight from him Rest In Peace Ronnie Corbett Now you will be reunited with Ronnie B again :) Thank you for all the laughs, both of you xxx
How can they be reunited? They are dead. Don't get me wrong I like them but I just want to know why people think the dead get together after they are dead dead imean dead. Gone.
The last joke becomes even more subtle when you recall that Ronnie B claims early on that all of them except Ronnie C are doing "proper" crosswords. Only it turns out that they aren't.
This sketch reminds us again of the brilliance of the two Rons.Hilarious script performed by the best comedy actor ever Ronnie Barker and the wonderful Ronnie Corbett.Todays so called comedians look on in shame.No smut here.Russell Brand and co about as funny as toothache,and can never hold a candle to these comedy legends. Alan Honeybill
If one of the mainstream channels replyed all the original two Ronnies shows from start to finish, I guarantee that given a few weeks they would climb up the ratings to be the top show as young people who have never seen them start to catch on to what real comedy is.
@@Fifury161 true but you can't really sit down with your Saturday night tea and the rest of your family and watch and laugh together (while the wife tut's at every joke). We used to laugh at Dad laughing as much as the program.
This a cleaned-up version of an old joke about a vicar doing a crossword in a railway carriage: Vicar: Quintessentially feminine, four letters, something U N T. Ronnie Barker: AUNT ! Vicar: Ah, of course.... have you got a rubber !?
I like that nun gag. I originally heard it as: Two men are doing a crossword on a train, opposite an old priest. One of the men turns to the other and says: "3 across. Another word for a female relative. Four letters, ending in U-N-T." The other bloke replies: "Oh, that's easy, AUNT." The priest leans over and says: "Has anyone got a rubber?"
Wipe the tears away!! That was so funny! The nun at the end was the cherry on the top! "Has anyone got a rubber?" Is there a Nobel prize for comedy? Can it be awarded posthumously?
I remember carriages like this! I am 40 now, and they were on the way out even when I was a kid. I am watching this today with my other half after having a conversation about how trains have changed
You know something just came to me ... I wonder how many takes they had to do for this? I mean how on earth did they manage to keep straight faces? Just awesome writing and performances. What a shame both of them are no longer with us. :(
Probably only one - they were consummate professionals. There's an excellent video of deleted scenes somewhere on UA-cam and it shows them to be very well-rehearsed indeed. I could be wrong!
What a sad loss Ronnie Barker was, a great duo and this sketch is really funny, coop no co-op had me laughing straight away. Fork Handles and the Swear Box sketches are real classics.
The whole country watched and loved these two. March, 2024.
Two Ronnie's comic geniuses watching since the 70s and have never grown tired of it
Barker was a wordsmith. He loved the all of the play on word and mispronunciations. The sketches were beautiful and so cleanly delivered
@alexday5892 Spoonerisms, Ronnie Barker had me in stitches with them🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The way in which these two delivered their comedy as most comedians back in these days is just genius, and now all we have is 1000s of stand ups swearing here, there and everywhere.
+Tidgy he's never going to be at the standard of the two ronnies but i saw a comedian recently on TV called jimeoin. your opinion might be different but i thought the guy was a breath of fresh air compared to all the other recent comics.
***** YES! Jimeoin is great I also love him, but there still isn't that intelligence to create it, these two need the acting skills as well as lots more than just skills to stand there and speak. But yes, he is definitely a cut above the rest of the comedians now as you say, along with a few others like Peter Kay and Lee Evans etc.
+Tidgy Very true. Genius and their timing is unbelievable!!
+Tidgy So swearing automatically makes it bad comedy? Swear words just like any words have meanings that can change with the times, surely there where words in your day that are said openly that would have been frowned apon a few years previous. No such thing as a "Swear word" in my opinion. Language evolves, thats something you just have to deal with. Don't get me wrong, innocent simple humor like this is funny but no more funny that a comedy act that uses swearing as a punchline.
Fuck for example is used in comedy because to say the work fuck you have to smile (try it). So when a comedian says it, he smiles, as does the audience. We are social animals at the end of the day. K's are funny, to put it simply. Of course comedy is highly subjective, but isnt it interesting that i can enjoy modern humor and old, and yet you perceive new to be bad.
I think every generation is guilty of it, we trust what we grew up with but at some point you have to look to the future just as i have learned to look to the past. Humor is everywhere, dont let a few "Bad words" spoil it for you.
+Justin Proctor Swearing is no more than a demonstration of a lack of imagination, lack of character and a lack of command of the English language. A talented comedian can make people laugh without using a single swear word which is a dying art. Swearing is an attempt to gain a person's attention by something other than talent and an indication of a lack of confidence in one's self to get a point across.
I have watched this so many times. And laugh every single time
What I like about this sketch is that so many of the laughs depend upon the audience being ahead of the script.
It showed how well they knew their British audience, how well we understand comedy in Britain.
Brilliant comedy writing, classic British comedy, classic Two Ronnies.
@@petermallia558 Absolutely. Brilliant writing, brilliant wordplay, and comic timing that comes from years of working together. Effortless genius that few can manage now.
""SAY NO MORE ""
Absolutely!! Brits are naturally in on this humour. Priceless!! That being said, foreigners beware: one will not run into a Barker/Cleese/Gervais on any street corner. OH NO YOU WON'T!!
They didn't treat there audience they treated them as intelligent members of the community and that's why it's so smart
"Grit of course ! Has anyone got a rubber?" So funny !!
Greetings from Italy.
Oh that was real humor, bring back that era ⏳
Ok be quiet, boomer. They're funny, but time has moved on from this seaside postcard humour.
@@TheMusicalElitist MOVED ON EH ? WE ALL KNOW WHERE TO. BUT YOU'RE TOO THICK TO IDENTIFY IT. IT RHYMES WITH RAPP
“They peck holes in milk bottle tops”
Moments like this make me glad I know about birds, makes this 10 times funnier
two across.
@@justinmanser7525 All the good looking birds wouldn't be the same without them.
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Their life would be so much more difficult without wings. :)
I've watched this sketch so many times. And still pack up laughing
I saw the Two Ronnies on BBC TV when I was six-years old on a trip from Los Angeles to London UK in 1973. I found the humor so great that I'd wondered who the two performers and what the TV show was. I recalled them being "The Two Ronnies" and that was all. This is the first time I've been able to watch these two incredible performers since then. Thanks for posting this sketch and helping me understand what I was seeing in 1973!
Awesome! Try this, the most famous sketch ua-cam.com/video/gi_6SaqVQSw/v-deo.html
Try to catch "and now the state of the party"!
This particular sketch was made in 1980, but I know what you’re talking about.
@Gerry S.S But the Crossword sketch was 1980. I’ve seen the 1973 episodes including the hospital one (where RC bursts like a balloon during a blood pressure measurement).
fork handles & the phantom raspberry blower of old London Town are a must see my friend
Ronnie Barker, the brains behind these genial sketches. Legend.
Some sketches.
Genial 'Arry Grit
The chemistry between these two cannot be measured!
Chemistry like this is usually measured in megatons.
nowit can be measured
The Coop - Co-Op gag is hilarious!
The script is incredibly clever and the acting is divine and delivery timed to perfection. They don’t make them like that anymore!!
and this was in the xmas sketchbook 05 cant understand why funny scene but old hat surely
What a genius end to a genius sketch, brilliant. RIP Ronnie Corbett
Let's not forget Viscount Ronnie von Barker. No disrespect to Monsieur Corbett, but the aforementioned Ron del Barker was the genius behind their genius, and quite modestly so.
You mean Ronnie Barker he was the genius not Corbett that's a fact not an opinion!!
@@michaellennon5040 I’m not saying you are wrong but it’s still just your opinion….. And that is a fact!
@@michaellennon5040 Every double act needs the straight man but Ronnie Corbett was funny and talented in his own right. I never did like his monologues though..
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Both Ronnie B and Ronnie C were just comedy genius.
Yes they sure were. Loved 'em as a young bloke and still do now :)
One of the funniest sketches you will ever see... I love Ronnie Corbett he's a genius... So tell me friend when last did you play it?
TWO RONNIE'S CLASS ACTORS CLASSIC COMEDIANS GREAT GENTLEMEN SADLY MISSED 😢😢😢
Brilliant ending, impeccable timing....their best. Another was Ronnie B saying "If I was as rich as Rockefeller, I'd be richer" Ronnie C says " how's that then?" Well I'd do a bit of window cleaning on the side"!
No matter what role Ronnie b played he always looked the part. He was a absolute master
Porridge was my favourite
The modern generation wouldn’t have the attention span to watch a comedy clip this long.
I do, but i agree with many others
We will never have comedy like this again as this world is never the same.
Such flawless comedy. RIP to these legends of British TV!
It’s the nun at the end that always gets me!
Yup! Same here!! XD I forgot that part until just now XD
yep; priceless!
"Grit, of course." Favourite saying in our house.
Phenomenal writing and impeccable acting, always loved these lads...
I lived in the U.K. for eight years, 2000 - 2008. My name is "Ronnie". I would hear people refer to the Two Ronnies every now and then but never saw a single sketch. Today was the first time I saw them in action. Classic comedy at its best. This is the third sketch and by far they keep getting better. I watched The Courtroom Quiz and the Inventors Convention. Great stuff.
They were masters at the written word and delivery..everyone goes on about Morecambe and Wise, but that was a different style of comedy double acts,but to me the 2 Ronnies will be the top, because of the clever usage of the English language..thank god we have them for posterity in their shows, and on here..feeling down, get a clip of the Two Ronnies.I especially loved the two farmer sketches..they did sat near a fence in the countryside..
As an American in 2020, I find this as hilarious as I did in 1970-something.
It's still funny.
They knew how to play with words very well. And they also knew how to end sketches. Modern comedians need to learn a thing or two.
These days you can't find this quality humor and depth in new "shitcoms".. :P)
Just loved everything they did. A fabulous pair of comics!🤣😂🤣😂🤣❤️❤️
Two of the best comedy performances ever made
Best comedy duo ever. So clever.
This is my favorite two ronnies sketch by a long shot. Four Candles/Fork Handles is great, but joke for joke this takes the cake
This brings back memories. Not just the fact that people when I was younger were far more quiet than today and entertained themselves reading and doing crosswords, but the train compartments and doors that were on the right of Ronnie Barker, to get onto the station. Good times. I loved the 70's.
They were two of the best comedians, ever. What a brilliant sketch, both sadly missed.
its goodnight from me
and its goodnight from him
Rest In Peace Ronnie Corbett
Now you will be reunited with Ronnie B again :)
Thank you for all the laughs, both of you xxx
How can they be reunited? They are dead.
Don't get me wrong I like them but I just want to know why people think the dead get together after they are dead dead imean dead. Gone.
@StealthyMonk That depends on your definition of death
Were they buried in the same casket? That's a bit strange!
@@littleminx79 you are right.
How on the face of this Earth can 36 people not like this? SO funny. Comedy classic. :)
Nick Jay absolutely brilliant Nick! It had me in genuine tears of laughter... no one comes anywhere close when it's the two Ronnie's!
I totally agree Ryan.
Too clever for today's audience. The Ronnies' humour relied on linguistic nuances, so different now...
@@paulcaswell2813 OH for sure Paul and unbelievably, I notice now there are now 307 thumbs down. I can only assume they must all be Sun Readers! lol.
@@NickJay Sun readers who cannot complete the Sun crossword!
A comedy legend that will never be forgotten. Rest in peace, Ronnie Corbett
Barker was the genius & he wrote many of the sketches; Corbett was a pompous, irritating TIT.
Both were brilliant
Not forgetting Ronnie Barker!
Two Ronnie's all time greats
A phenomenal sketch. The punchline always kills me.
The punch line at the end had me in stitches 🤣
“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it first understood.” ― Leonardo da Vinci.
Nobody crafted comedy as brilliantly as these two. I used to adore watching the two Ronnie, thank goodness for You Tube now.
Stands the test of time, and will do so forever. Brilliance.
This was the era of real comedy.
Yep. The stuff they dish out now is so unfunny. We were very lucky to have enjoyed proper humour.
One of the funniest sketches you will ever see
Absolutely not !
I think this one is better - but they are both brilliant.....
ua-cam.com/video/y0C59pI_ypQ/v-deo.html
Don’t forget the mastermind sketch. Very clever
@@Nina5144
...you obviously didn't click on the link above^^.
The funniest one for me will always be 'four candles', that's just hilarious!
It is so good that this stuff has been preserved.
Two legends. Thanks for the laughter over the years, you brought us many smiles. RIP.
Impeccable timing...... Brilliant 😂
Great comedy duo. Very much missed. Sadly that era gone but thanks to TV we can enjoy them forever
God bless you, thank you for the laughter you gave to thousands,
I will miss you. The world is a little bit darker today.
four candles.
No no. I think you might mean fork handles
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@@pintificate loool
That was immense the nun just rounds it off perfectly
What absolutely perfect writing and performing.
These two where absolutely genius , RIP
The last joke becomes even more subtle when you recall that Ronnie B claims early on that all of them except Ronnie C are doing "proper" crosswords. Only it turns out that they aren't.
This sketch reminds us again of the brilliance of the two Rons.Hilarious script performed by the best comedy actor ever Ronnie Barker and the wonderful Ronnie Corbett.Todays so called comedians look on in shame.No smut here.Russell Brand and co about as funny as toothache,and can never hold a candle to these comedy legends.
Alan Honeybill
the smut was implied here
I think you mean he can never hold FOUR CANDLES to these two!
spot on, they are iconic, love RB the most but have come to love RC too, my favourite ever is Porridge, Norman Stanley Fletcher,
or maybe never to be able hold four candles..
Amazing. Watching this for umpteen time. Love it,
It would be very hard to better this sketch, so cleverly written!! They were so good together! Thank you for the many laughs!
my dad introduced me to this show, he used to watch it when he was my age..love it!
every sketch an absolute gem of the highest quality!
What can you say about these two giants of comedy? We can but watch and admire..
A place where fish is kept. COOP. CO OP. I love it.
If one of the mainstream channels replyed all the original two Ronnies shows from start to finish, I guarantee that given a few weeks they would climb up the ratings to be the top show as young people who have never seen them start to catch on to what real comedy is.
The agendas dont allow
@@5implesimon I was being hypothetical Simon.
@@5implesimon The Ronnies' humour is much too subtle for today's audience.
@@paulcaswell2813 yeah, it would be lost on an audience that doesn't know to from too.
Bring back these two great comedians by repeats.
Fantastic !!!
This is a BRILLIANT sketch!
"Grass, a child of five can see it's grass" LOL!
oh!!! what a time it must have been to watch tv back in those days.
We were lucky. Nothing like it now.
@@itsjudystube Agreed, at least we have UA-cam!
@@Fifury161 true but you can't really sit down with your Saturday night tea and the rest of your family and watch and laugh together (while the wife tut's at every joke). We used to laugh at Dad laughing as much as the program.
Yes, good times.
Ronnie B's facial expressions are fantastic
Both of them greatly missed. Still laughing even now!
Superb. Ah they broke the mould after they made those two.
This a cleaned-up version of an old joke about a vicar doing a crossword in a railway carriage:
Vicar: Quintessentially feminine, four letters, something U N T.
Ronnie Barker: AUNT !
Vicar: Ah, of course.... have you got a rubber !?
If you're American, the "Have you got a rubber?" bit makes it even worse.
I always loved Ronnie Corbett’s solo slot on that outsized chair! His timing was spectacular!
i forgot about those! I'll have to find some now
Still watching in 2022
Watching in 2023
Fantastic! This has Ronnie Barker's writing style. "Four candles!"
He was a comedic genius.
Absolutely Brilliant you can never replace this
I always loved their sign off at the end of every show. "It's good night from me...And it's good night from him."
Or the one where they ended with, "One of us has had a sex change." Ronnie C: "So it's good from me;" Ronnie B:"And it's good night from her." 🤣
Listen to the audience. Just shows how funny and hilarious they find the genius comedians that are the The Two Ronnies
Umm, it was 'canned' laughter.
Two of the all-time comedy greats.
I like that nun gag. I originally heard it as:
Two men are doing a crossword on a train, opposite an old priest.
One of the men turns to the other and says:
"3 across. Another word for a female relative. Four letters, ending in U-N-T."
The other bloke replies: "Oh, that's easy, AUNT."
The priest leans over and says: "Has anyone got a rubber?"
I don't get it.
+ExplorerDS6789 That's probably for the best
Bollocks to you
The priest wrote CUNT... and asked for an Eraser to rectify... Flies away....
OH, rubber as in eraser. Must be a British term, because when I hear 'rubber', I think of prophylactic. Thank you.
RIP Ronnie Corbett
Oh shit, he's been dead 4 ye
ars, damn that goes fast.
The Ronnies at their best. Never enough
Rick Ross never gets old
Classic comedy brilliant no more like this anymore great talent great writing brilliant together rip both 👍
“As it happens I can do any crossword put in front of me, including ‘Metestotototolis’. 😂😂😂😂
He was a Greek philosopher, wasn't he?
Wipe the tears away!! That was so funny! The nun at the end was the cherry on the top! "Has anyone got a rubber?"
Is there a Nobel prize for comedy? Can it be awarded posthumously?
Nope.
Was convinced this was in a Carry On film for a long time. Remembered the joke and the nun so pleased to feel corrected as to the location! Brilliant.
They are SO funny. I think ‘ crossed wires ‘ is the funniest though ! 😂😂😂😂
Fabulous! Nobody can match the two Ronnies for comedy-especially on class war,,
I remember carriages like this! I am 40 now, and they were on the way out even when I was a kid. I am watching this today with my other half after having a conversation about how trains have changed
Has anybody got a rubber? Wonderful line....
Coop.... Co-Op gets me every time 😂🤣😂
You know something just came to me ... I wonder how many takes they had to do for this? I mean how on earth did they manage to keep straight faces? Just awesome writing and performances. What a shame both of them are no longer with us. :(
Probably only one - they were consummate professionals. There's an excellent video of deleted scenes somewhere on UA-cam and it shows them to be very well-rehearsed indeed. I could be wrong!
@@JamesChurchCabaret I think you're probably quite right about reahersals. I'll have to look for that outtakes one too.
@@Molderon They didn't write all their own material. Eric Sykes wrote quite a bit for them, along with other writers.
Very funny sketch makes me smile every time i see it
Geniuses were both Ronnies, Will always be British comedy LEGENDS.
Brilliant and so funny, god bless them, one of the best acts ever from UK 😊👍
I just discovered these two comedians and I love their humor!!!!!!!!
Alex Wiggs . They were two of the very best.
@@julesburton4649 They were the best
humour*
Same
about time your education started
That nun at the end. XD
Brilliant!! 😂😄
This is genius, the end of every sketch was so important for them too. You always know it’s going to get the biggest laugh with the one liner.
comedians need to learn from these 2
What a sad loss Ronnie Barker was, a great duo and this sketch is really funny, coop no co-op had me laughing straight away. Fork Handles and the Swear Box sketches are real classics.