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When Ronnie Barker died, they had 4 candles instead of the usual 2. That's how much the sketch meant.
Wasn't that in Westminster Abbey, where they did a memorial service for him?
Is that true? If so, entirely appropriate and fitting.
They did the same for dear Ronnie C when he passed away 3 years ago 🕯🕯🕯🕯
That's unfortunate. He would have wanted fork handles.
James Flames Genius reply, mate!
The TWO RONNIES...... I GREW UP WITH THEIR HUMOUR..... No swearing, no cussing. Absolutely hilarious. Genius!
ENJOY.....!!!!
Ah, but if you were after a double entendre, they'd give you one.
@@davefb They also liked pisspronunciation!
There is sketch called ‘Swear Box’.
I think this was the only comedy show my GrandP and Parents let me watch 😁
Ronnie Barker was nothing short of a legend. He was a genius wordsmith and put out so much more stuff than people know about under different pseudonyms. His one great regret was that he was never taken that seriously as an actor. He played a few serious roles in the later stages of his career that he was great in - but people also forget how well he acted in Porridge as there were some real, genuine moments in that.
Don't forget Open All Hours. And both also starring David Jason. Blanco in Porridge, Granville in Open All Hours. Totally different characters for both actors, and they both pulled them off brilliantly. Legends.
Porridge was Barker at his best
Agreed, Ronnie Barker was a fine actor. Many great performances but Fletcher in Porridge is his finest hour for me.
@@enkiofsumer8374 open all hours is my favourite comedy show of all time
Ronnie Barker used to send sketches into the Two Ronnies production team as Gerald Wiley. He eventually had to confess at a BBC lunch held for Gerald Wiley.
Genius is a word too often bandied around, but I think Ronnie Barker earned it - as a writer, and as an actor.
Two Ronnie's are the masters of word play gags. I also love The Mastermind sketch so check that out too.
Mispronunciation and Spoonerisms are another 2 good word play sketches
Ye definitely check out the mastermind sketch out it's one of the greats
It's hard to fully appreciate that one without some fairly esoteric knowledge of British politics at the time.
@@NefariousPorpoise Crossed lines sketch might be better.
And the one where the apple and the blackberry are not working.
Seeing Americans faces with our humour is comedy within itself.
Ronnie Barker was an incredible word smith.
The Mastermind sketch was genius
Yeah, you don't get that pure wit style of comedy very often.
@@johnlewis9158 That's my favourite sketch by them, but I think most of the answers would be too esoteric and obscure for Josh to get.
@@elvisleeboy Yes indeed you need to be British and of course British of a certain age to get some of the in jokes of that period such as British Leyland lol. My other favourite sketch of theirs which i can't find anywhere is the eye test sketch. Barker points to the card and say to Corbett what letter do you see. I see a aitch says Corbett. No says Barker that's a hat stand. Anyway this continues for a while until Barker says to Corbett no no this no good your reading the furniture. It was of course much funnier than i can ever do it justice
@@johnlewis9158 Yes, off the top of my head, Bernard Manning is mentioned in the Mastermind sketch, and I doubt very much that many Americans know who he is. Yes, I know the eye test sketch you mean and it is excellent. There are countless examples of brilliant word play sketches by them.
This is the epitome of British humour. It's comedy perfection, such a simple idea. Same goes for their Mastermind sketch which I think you'll like too. It's a play on a quiz show with a 'specialist subject' the contestant chooses to be quizzed on. But the subject he chooses for their sketch is comedy gold! Please watch that.
That Mastermind sketch must have been soooooo hard to shoot. Absolute genius, yet again.
the single most brilliant and best sketch EVER written and performed in British comedy history
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie's "Hedge Sketch" comes close.
all done in 1 take too no edits no cuts even pause for audience ,class
@@swoop1352 thats hilarious
I always loved this Benny Hill skit. Damn funny. ruclips.net/video/_qr5zkMIcSo/видео.html
Dead Parrot is a contender
Probably nobody over 40 in the UK who doesn’t know that sketch!
steve chambers 33, one of my favourite sketches.
I’m a 14 year old girl even I know it lol
I'm 26 and I've known about this sketch for at least 15 years
Also many under 40 are familiar........
Definitely. Just like "But what have the Romans ever done for us"
This is one of mybfavourite sketches from The Two Ronnies!
Ronnie Barker (the customer) loved to work on playing with words and structure, this is a great example of his genius 👍🏻
The loyal society of pismoruncination?
I got my granddaughters hooked on this sketch, they are 14 and 16. They roll on the floor with laughter each time they watch it .
My grandad loved this sketch, because back in the day there were lots of shops like this, that just sold everything. And the shopkeepers were no-nonsense. Now these shops are so rare. There's one still in Cowbridge, wales, called Arthur Johns, basically where all the farmers go. Inside there's a plethora of everything, inc metal baths of yesteryear. I pop in to get tiny brass screws for DIY projects. I always think of this sketch when I'm in there lol He has so much stuff I always just take one of what I want to save his & my time, that always makes him 1% less grumpy haha.
Yes , i remember shops like that , thats why its so dear to people , times gone past
There's still one in the (also Welsh) village I grew up in and still great for screws and odd bits though fishing tackle is their main income now I expect.
Our local post office also sold knitting and sewing supplies AND children's clothes. We did have Pyles, too, and Pyles was a real old style hardware shop. Back in the day my parents could go in and ask for a bag for the vacuum - and they just had them. Nothing special - but they fit. Oh, but the smell. I love the smell of old hardware shops. Rubber and grease. And the ambiance. Not big enough, usually, for more than two customers standing upright and still. Shelves full of cardboard boxes. The little old man in his brown shop coat.
We need shops like this back. We didn't treasure what role they served for us - for our souls.
These days you would never get money to build a set like that for a 5 minute sketch! Classic British comedy.
then the bbc had an enormous stock of scenery and props then stupidly sold it all off and now have to rent it back (and it's former costume stores) at vastly inflated prices. The mentality of management sadly.
It's not a built set. It was a shop in Broadstairs which is still open to this day
@@cidpchris Sorry, that fooled me then. It does not look like it was recorded on location; when the lady leaves the shop and barker comes in it looks like studio scenery as a backdrop. Is it not a set that was modelled on the shop in Broadstairs? Does it still look like that? What ever it looks like I hope it's there for years to come!
Geordie boy as far as I know, they always recorded infront of a live audience. So I think it is a set.
@@randr2141 Thanks!
When I was a lad this sort of general hardware shop were everywhere--there were two within a couple of minute's walk of our house. You could buy anything from a single nail to a gallon of paraffin--it was my job to take our rusting old can down to the shop to be refilled every week or so. The owners always seemed brusque and no-nonsense in their brown dustcoats but could put their hand on any one of the thousands of lines in the shop and backroom--some of which must not have moved in years. Sadly they couldn't compete on price or range with the big out of town DIY chains so we now end up buying a bag of nails when we only want one or two and I have to drive to the petrol station to get my paraffin (or I would if I still lived in an unheated Victorian pile with just an ancient oil heater for warmth).
I remember that kind of shop.
I live in a town called Thorne.
This shop near me was the inspiration for open all hours.
They also filmed open all hours about 10 miles from where I lived
You should watch their “Mastermind” sketch, its genius
yeah man
The Mastermind sketch is a classic, but it has dated. Even younger British people wont understand all the jokes. Do watch it however, as it's clever. ruclips.net/video/aQM97rkXsHQ/видео.html
I will add that to my list man thanks =]
The word genius and legend and such are thrown around. But the mastermind sketch truly is genius, high intelligence infused into comedy.
Crossed lines is a brilliant sketch also ruclips.net/video/N6jWCVO38iA/видео.html
The sketch show was called "The Two Ronnies". Ronnie Barker was a bit of a genius. He went on to star in a sitcom called "Open All Hours" where he is the owner of an old time corner shop that sold everything and served each customer similar to the sketch. His nephew and long suffering sales assistant in the shop is played by David Jason, from Only Fools. The show was recently revamped with David Jason now playing Ronnie Barker's part.
'Still Open All Hours'
@@enkiofsumer8374 That's the chap!
An d its actually good. A much welcome surprise given how most remakes of that sort are complete disasters.
The Bill Hooks thing was a play on the word 'Bollocks'.
Four Candles > Fork Handles . Genius.
Ronnie Barker, who wrote the sketch, said the ending was weak but i disagree . Ever since i first saw this sketch i use bilhooks as a substitute swear word 😀
You might like to watch Ronnie Barker in "Porridge " or "Open all hours", both are funny ! 😁👍
@Mike 'dead eyed cretin' Ehrmantraut well we won't know until Josh watches them .
@Mike 'dead eyed cretin' Ehrmantraut that's a matter of opinion
@Mike 'dead eyed cretin' Ehrmantraut 🙄 whatever
I remember watching this when it was first broadcast with my dad. I Remember because i've never heard him laugh so much! Thanks for the Memories.❤️
Greatest British comedy sketch ever written and performed. 😆😂😂😆🤣🤣🤣
Yeh that knockers punchline is alot better!
Do morecambe and wise - andre previn sketch!! One of the best British sketches of all time
Just looked, and the sketch is nowhere to be found on RUclips.
@@JD.Knight I just put morecambe and wise breakfast, there are 2 examples of that sketch, but below is
Andre Previn: Playing All the Right Notes! A tribute from the Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show 1971 its the whole sketch put up as tribute to Previn on his passing, little below that is the Mastermind sketch
@@griff5713 that is heavily edited, and it loses all the comedy.
Daily motion is the only place to watch it now
@@JD.Knight Its a shame that so many classic sketches are being pruned from youtube now. The Christmas Morecambe and Wise shows particularly.
@@JD.Knight ruclips.net/video/uMPEUcVyJsc/видео.html
I totally recommend the Two Ronnies 'Mastermind' sketch, very clever, very funny 😄
The blackberry on orange sketch is gold too
Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett (the little one) worked with David Frost on The Frost Report in 1966/7 where they famously appeared in The Class Sketch with John Cleese. This sketch examined the British class system and used their respective heights as part of the humour. The Two Ronnies ran from 1971 - 1987 and became an institution in the UK. Each episode began and ended with them sitting at a desk and reading humorous news items ("Last night thieves broke into Scotland Yard and stole all the toilets. Police say they've got nothing to go on!"). Ronnie Barker (who wrote many sketches as Gerald Wiley, a secret for many years) would usually do a sketch as a spokesman for some official body or other. These would often involve wordplay such as in the "Mispronunciation Sketch". Ronnie Corbett would get a slot each week where, sitting in a chair, he would regale the audience with a joke. There would be many digressions, with him frequently talking about his producer, before he finally told the joke. Each series would have a serial that ran through all the episodes. The most famous was probably "The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town". Several featured detectives Piggy Malone and Charley Farley and had titles like "Death Can be Fatal" and "Stop! You're Killing Me". "The Worm That Turned" featured a society with women in charge. Many sketches were set in shops and parties also featured prominently. One set of sketches featured two men, Bet and Charlie, in a pub; Ronnie Corbett would attempt to tell a story but struggled to finish his sentences so Ronnie Barker would keep trying to guess what he was trying to say. Music featured prominently. They played Country/Folk musicians Jehosophat and Jones several times and would also parody popular singers. The finale of each show would feature them singing a medley of songs in a variety of styles - barbershop, music-hall, Gilbert and Sullivan etc. with humorous lyrics put to well-known music. These often featured the Ronnies in drag, even though this was something which Ronnie Barker hated.
If you're gonna start doing the 2 Ronnies, you definitely need to watch the Mastermind, Crossed Lines and Train Crossword Sketches
Crossed lines is my favourite.
Mastermind is so damn funny
Did suggeat this one a while ago
Lol. The train crossword is hilarious...
Swedish made simple.
A classic sketch. As always a great reaction there mate, nice one. Ronnie Barker a comedy legend.
Thanks man happy you enjoyed it =]
Old fashioned sense of humour, this is what the hard ware shops in Britain were like in the old days. 70s sense of humour. The two Ronnie's, Ronnie Barker and little Ronnie Corbet. Comedy genius,Both gone but not forgotten. They did so much more. Let them live on. Love this.👍
This is THE sketch that represents British comedy for me. It’s perfection in writing and word play
Classic, I remember seeing this as a kid my Dad loved the Two Ronnies
"Bill hooks" in that guys accent would sound like "Bollocks" which, ya know...
yah, he's from my kneck of the woods originally... we tend not to pronounce 'H's and the 'T's in the middle of words...
@@iainansell5930 But in any accent it's a bit of a stretch which I think is why Ronnie Barker wasn't happy with it. That and I guess even then a bill-hook was a bit archaic which is why they had to get a big drawer with bill-hooks written on it instead of just being able to put one down on the counter and have everyone know what it was.
This!
Thanks - I had no idea what the joke was supposed to be .....
@@mcallisterwill So what is a "bill hook"?
Thank you. I barely remember this sketch when it came out in the 70's with Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barkley.Those two were hilarious together. Your laughter proved my point as to how funny they were.
These 2 Comedians had many series of Sketch shows the one on the right at the end was an acclaimed character actor, especially in comedies. He also wrote many sketches but, deliberately, never used his own name as he wanted to be challenged and ensure the sketch passed on the basis it was quality not trading on his name so he sent them in under the pseudonym: Gerald Wiley...He was an amazingly clever wordsmith with a faultless delivery and incredible memory. This was his VERY last show as he just walked away from Show Business as he had achieved everything and wanted to end on a high and his health was failing fast. He died soon after in 2005. A NATIONAL TREASURE for England...
Yes! The Two Ronnie's 👍. Check out their "Phone Conversation" sketch when can Josh.
The sketch is called 'Crossed Lines' if I recall correctly
@@MD-1982 Yeah you're right. I just couldn't remember the name of it. 👍
the "mastermind sketch" is a personal favourite of mine
Answering the question before last 🤣 genius!! 😁
I will check that out for sure man thanks =]
Yes
I’ve always wanted to see how someone who isn’t British would react to this.
The true masterclass in writing n acting.... Ronnie barker who wrote the sketch and ronnie Corbett for his reactions to these seemingly simple instructions but you can see his frustration grow everytime he's got it wrong.... Stopping back and forth! Genius! Mastermind sketch next 😍🎉
OMG this is a classic, can't believe you've not seen it till now. It's art, perfection. The gold standard of comedy.
Classic. They don’t/don’t seem able to - write this genius level of comedy anymore.
Cheers for this. The Sweet Shop scene and the Bar scene especially are also really good!
Thanks man I will check those out =]
Legendary sketch!
Here's a fun fact you may not know about Ronnie Barker. I've quoted the story from Wiki just to save myself some typing - The story of Gerald Wiley.
After two series of The Frost Report on the BBC, totalling 26 half-hour episodes, Frost moved to ITV after helping to set up London Weekend Television. There, Frost hosted Frost on Sunday, with Barker and Corbett following and again performing sketches on the program.[34] Barker began writing sketches for the programme under the pseudonym Gerald Wiley.[6] Barker and Corbett had a greater role on the show than on The Frost Report and Corbett felt "more aware of what [they] were doing."[35]
Barker began using the pseudonym Gerald Wiley when writing sketches because he wished the pieces to be accepted on merit and not just because he, as a star of the programme, had written them; he continued this tradition with the material he wrote later in his career.[9] Barker brought his sketches in, claiming they had come from Wiley through Barker's agent Peter Eade, and they were very well received. To maintain the deception, Barker had criticised material he himself had submitted under the pseudonym; when a Wiley-credited sketch about a ventriloquist had been poorly received by the audience Barker told Corbett "Well, Gerald Wiley let us down there", and on another occasion, when looking at a script, "I don't understand this line. What's he getting at?"[36] One of the first sketches he wrote was called "Doctor's Waiting Room", with the main part written for Corbett. Barker encouraged Corbett to buy the rights to the sketch and, further maintaining the myth, told him to reject Wiley's 'request' for £3,000 as too expensive, before giving Corbett the sketch for free.[36]
Speculation began about Wiley's identity, with Tom Stoppard, Frank Muir, Alan Bennett and Noël Coward all rumoured. After the second series of Frost on Sunday, the cast and crew were invited to a Chinese restaurant, while Wiley said that he would reveal himself. Barker, who had told Corbett earlier in the day, stood up and announced he was Wiley, although initially nobody believed him
The smallest pub that brews its own Ale is called "Four Candles" and is in St. Peter's, Broadstairs - a mile from the shop this sketch was written about.
Morecambe and Wise 'Breakfast' sketch, id love to see your reaction to that!!
Yes another classic. also Morecambe and Wise with andre previn.
That sketch was originally done by Benny HIll in the 60's on BBC, was a surprise to see it, Eddie Braben never mentioned that.
It's not a patch on this one.
Yes!! You read my mind, sheer genius that sketch.
@@astralbluefish It's Andre Preview!
Bill Hooks - bollocks. Means balls. Pumps, or plimsolls, are rubber-soled canvas shoes worn by UK schoolkids for PE in the gym.
Oh ok thanks man =]
Footballs? Ping Pong balls? Dance nights at the town hall balls?
My dad took me to shops just like this when I was a kid. They really existed.
Still do - certainly one in my town but I haven't been that end since the virus and lockdown.
So did greengrocers and cobblers(shoe repair)
lmcgregoruk yep, I was regularly taken to a hardware store called Rabbits! And a place that looked like a shed that you could take any electrical equipment like tv’s or radios to be fixed.
fablewalls there is a shop in York called Barnett’s that is like a modern version of this. It sells everything! No food though, and I think they expect you to at least look for what it is you want first before asking for help.
@@randomjasmicisrandom - the one we have isn't even a modern version and you can't walk anywhere without the guy coming to check you're not nicking stuff. Sad reflection on times.
If you ever get to Penrith in Cumbria, there's a proper "Old School" toy shop called Harpers that's straight out of the 70's and it goes up 4 floors.
The best toy and model shop in the UK is in Edinburgh, "Wonderland Models" and you have to set aside at least 2-3 hours to go in there and whatever you do - take some cash otherwise you'll leave sorry you didn't buy anything. Don't take kids in or you're in for a big spend.
These two have CCTV so you're not physically followed and it feels a much nicer shopping experience.
Your laugh is contagious. It starts me off lol.
Imagine the excruciating pain the subtitle writers suffered when "The Two Ronnies" was aired in countries where English was not the mainstream language.
I’m miss the two Ronnies so much, they are what defines British double act humour
A Christmas institution growing up!
It really does seem like an awesome show =]
The Two Ronnies was a sketch show from the 1970s. The sketches were written by different writers, but some of the sketches were actually written by Ronnie Barker under an assumed name. He had to use a nom-de-plume, or the BBC management wouldn’t have used the sketches. Ronnie Barker was a master of wordplay, and quite a few of the Two Ronnies sketches made use of this. They also used to include a musical number in each show, and these tended to include double entendres etc.
Hey thanks for the great videos you been doing. your clips of have really lifted my mood the past few months with some great comedies 👍
Thank you for the kind words I really appreciate it. I enjoy hanging out with you all =]
Everyone in Britain over the age of 40 knows and adores this sketch 😍👌
Need to watch Ronnie Corbett “My Blackberries frozen”
This is essential viewing. Everyone should watch it.
So glad you got to this, the pinnacle, and absolute delight, of word play. I was fortunate enough to see a lot of their stuff when it was first aired, but only saw this sketch as a repeat back in the 80s, and it's stuck with me ever since. The Two Ronnies have so much great comedy to enjoy.
That's awesome to be able to watch a iconic show live man =] I loved this sketch cant wait to watch more =]
Life long fan of the Two Ronnies and to see you enjoy this classic for the first time is brilliant man
“Pumps” in the UK are what you call “sneakers”
Love the Terminator shirt, buddy!
You should check out some Morecambe and Wise, some of the things that come to mind are these:
The Breakfast Sketch
The Mastermind Sketch
Eric and Ernie with Des O'Connor
The Bank Robber Sketch
And their christmas specials are full of good things too.
Wasn't the Mastermind sketch the two Ronnies???
@@enkiofsumer8374 Morecambe and Wise also did one ruclips.net/video/HEjdJszBbY8/видео.html
I think I was 7 when I first saw this, it still makes me laugh as much today as it did back then.
I think at the end that was dear old Ronnie Barker's last appearance, hosting a compilation special. Ronnie Corbett carried on until his death a couple of years ago, including this tribute to Four Candles with Harry Enfield, ruclips.net/video/ii0PNk4DjQs/видео.html
Fun fact: this was filmed about 10 minutes away from my house
Awesome!
Loved watching your reactions to one of British comedy's iconic sketches. X
This is an iconic sketch made in the mid 70s from the Two Ronnies (Messrs, Corbett and Barker) . Playing with words was a staple diet in their comedy shows. The "Bill hooks" bit at the end was a play on "Bollocks", but as Ronnie Barker pointed out, the similarities in the phonemes does not quite gel. The thing is, ask any brit over 60 and they'll remember it.
If you liked this, then there is another sketch you might like where Ronnie Barker is "teaching" Swedish (, only his phrases are reduced to the phonetics of the letters of the alphabet. For example, when in a Swedish cafeteria, he asks the waitress:
"F U N E X?" - which "translates" to: "Have you any eggs?"
Ronnie Barker was a master at word play.
Bill Hooks - Bollocks
It would have carried over in the accent they used. It's probably one of the most famous sketches in UK comedy. You only have to say "four candles" and everyone knows what you mean.
Thank you I will check it out =]
@@AfterWorkReactions I'm finding it hard to 'hear' "bollocks" as a possible pronunciation for Bill Hooks. What would have fit far better, especially given Ronnie's description at the end would be Pillocks, which is a derogatory slang word for idiots.
You can now officially have a British passport.
Don't forget, Ronnie Barker wrote a lot of sketches under the name Gerald Wiley, and during scripting meetings vetoed some of them because he wasn't entirely pleased with them. RIP Gerald, you are still greatly missed.
Ronnie Barker was a genius with the nuances of the English language. I’ve watched this so many times and even though I know what’s coming, I still roar with laughter. They were part of my Saturday night entertainment when I was growing up. There is some genius British comedy writing. You should watch On,y Fools and Horses with the Chandalier or Del Boy falling over in the yuppie pub. So funny.
Need to try some Morecambe and Wise, especially the Christmas specials!
The Breakfast sketch, an all time comedy great!!
Especially as he already knows Bob!
@@MrNelliboy yess!!
And the plays!
@Nel B. I often show the breakfast sketch to overseas students staying in our home when we’re all cooking breakfast. They love it. 🤣
Check out some Rab C Nesbit - Scottish sitcom but shouldn't cause any blocking issues
"I'll tell you this boy..... " Loved Rab C. But I used to record it so I could rewind the parts I couldn't understand the first time around 😂😂
@@dzod Still Game was good. Naked Video was more a sketch type programme wasn't it? If I'm thinking of the right show, that had Gregor Fisher and Elaine Smith in as well, didn't it?
I will check that out =]
Glad you liked this. British humour is the best. 😂
The US sketch that is similar for frustrating word play is probably Abbott and Costello: "Who's on First"
Thanks man I will add it to my list =]
one of the best sketches ever, they have many more that involve such word play
That was voted the top sketch out of 100 sketches by the British public. Ronnie Barker, who as you saw wrote it, was always fascinated by words and there multiple means, hence this sketch.
Another sketch he did had him play a real man called Doctor William Archibald Spooner who was born in 1844 and lived to be 86. He is had a problem with mixing the first letters of various words, often with amusing results. He is said to have once been asked to make the loyal toast to Queen Victoria. But instead of toasting 'the dear old Queen' he instead asked people to toast 'the queer old dean.' These mix ups are now called spoonerism.
"Pumps" were another name for plimsoles (gym shoes). They were also known as 'daps' where I went to school in Bristol.
High heeled shoes have never been called 'pumps' in the UK.
Probably the most loved sketch on British TV!
I'm so glad you understood the British comedy. That was it at it's best. The Two Ronnie's were much loved comics and actors.
Their 'round of drinks' sketch is also a classic.
The crowning achievement in UK sketch comedy this, I'm glad you got the jokes because some of your fellow American reaction channels didn't. It's a gold mine this show, the two Ronnies were absolutely brilliant!
That last joke was a play on the word 'bollocks', catches out everyone not from the UK.
Thanks man! I appreciate it, I feel like I have for sure gotten accustomed to the accents =]
Two legends, I wrote to Ronnie Barker and Corbette, i got thier autographs on my wall, I received Ronnie Barkers a week before he died. Ronnie Barker had a lot to do with David Jason's success, another great.
Four Candles is pretty much the best example of (the shopper) Ronnie Barker's comedy writing. He had a love for the absurdities of the English language, and the broadness of regional accents.
I’ve watched this sketch so many times I couldn’t laugh anymore. Watching you react had me in stitches
What a load of Billhooks!! In case anyone's interested, the sketch is based on a shop in Broadstairs, Kent (where one of the Ronnies had a seaside holiday home and the other used to visit regularly). It's called Harrington's and is still open, and you still have to ask for stuff and wait for them to get it for you. They usually have some fork handles in the window as a tribute to the sketch.
Additionally, a micropub/brewery has since opened in the town, called the "Four Candles", and its crest is a pair of crossed fork handles. thefourcandles.co.uk/the-story.html
I had the pleasure of meeting Ronnie Corbett (guy behind the counter) while i was in london years ago. He was such a nice guy and very charming
I just want yo say thanks. I been painting models for like 3 hours just listening to your vids. I needed a laugh with this year the way it is. So thanks. 😀😂
Saw this sketch so many times and never understood "Bill Hooks" either! So glad for the comments to explain! :)
LOL awesome =]
That sketch never get old it so funny The Two Ronnies were and still are brilliant
Dude fair play you watching British comedy from the 70s. This is an iconic sketch.I salute you Sir.
Ronnie Barker was without doubt one of British comedy’s greatest minds. He used to write sketches for his own programme under a pseudonym so his work would be judged solely on its own merits.
He was also a very private man.
I am watching this page for the first time. That is one impressive collection in your room.
Love your channel..... I end up l'm laughing along with you, even though I've seen them all MANY TIMES OVER! Man from 🏴.....
Word play was Ronnie Barker's great strength. He wrote many of the sketches under the pseudonym Gerald Wiley. His sitcom "Porridge" is worth a try.
Another to check out is a series called open all hours. A British classic that stars ronnie barker as arkwright, the old, tight fisted, stuttering shop keeper and David Jason who played delboy in only fools and horses as Granville, the young, cheeky nephew and shop assistant of arkwright.
Will just warn ya, in s1 ep1 there is a single word used which isn't tolerated by modern standards, but it's not used in hate or anger in this context
They are two of the funniest people on the planet. Pure joy. One of my fav's was the sketch with the eye specialist. Love it
The two Ronnies are a British national treasure. The bigger fella Ronnie Barker is THE British national treasure, his turn as Fletcher in the 70s sitcom porridge is amazing. Well worth a watch. When John Cleese was asked about Fawlty Towers being "the perfect sitcom" he said he believes its porridge, and i agree.
Those were the stores in past when you can buy everything in one store. From potatoes to a bicyle lol
Fantastic sketch.
There's one of those hardware stores, just a few miles from where I live.
They even sell Hurricane Lamps, and the wicks and Paraffin for them.
Havent seen this for ages so watched it with you laughing my head off, best of british those guys
As a Canadian we got a lot of British comedy shows so I've always been a huge fan of The 2 Ronnie's.
One of the best sketches ever
There ya go. Thank you for doing this one ! :D Utter classic.
Very clever word play in this sketch. I love word play humour in general.
Wow! This guy’s really getting into British comedy! I wonder what it must be like to see all this stuff for the first time as an adult.
The old greats!! You should watch Ronnie falling over on “Is this the way to Amarillo” with Peter Kay........he falls over on the treadmill......absolute classic!
I think in this day and age there is so much choice in stores it is responsible for a lot of anxiety! When I was a kid in UK shops WERE like this. The Two Ronnie was a great sketch show for many many years.