I saw Cannon & Ball on stage in Skeg a few years back. They were entertaining but they will never be as good as Eric & Ernie and the Two Ronnies, besides Bobby Ball is dead now
Such wonderful talent, the very best of entertainment, having given so much laughter to everyone. No question about it, we have no one to take their place. The world is a sadder place without them. R.I.P
I thank these two for being a part of my childhood..as a family we would always watch the specials. God I miss it. So happy I found it here..adding them to a Christmas Playlist to watch them for a bit of good laughs and cheer.
I was 12 just in 1982, i can hear mum & dad laughing still as i was in bed trying to sleep, the two of them where just superb, others aswell. My mum told some years later when we sat and talked about the past as i was older, and she always said it wasnt just the actors who where great ofcourse but we had great writers and they get overlooked, but without going on i always think about the past and they where great times, i was lucky. Godbless them both.
Absolutely brilliant them two. Never be comedy like that ever more's the pity. They made Saturday night for me when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s.
Well here I am in 2022, & isn’t it lovely to have a good laugh, such a load of crap on TV these days. Thank goodness we have these gems to fall back on !!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Paul Wilson me to, I loved the 2 Ronnie's, Ronnie barker was genius, and Ronnie Corbett was a great partner, their shows were so witty, funny, and clever, great comedy that will live on forever, brilliant
I remember when we waited for months looking forward to their Christmas special. Happier simpler days. Now it's just crass banal so called celebrity posers being anything but amusing.
Not everything on TV was as good as the Two Ronnies back then, but God, looking back it's so refreshing to remember how good it was not to be subjected to foul-mouthed political activists masquerading as "comedians" or "reality" tv every time you turned it on.
Remember seeing this live on TV 1982. I was 10. Shops were full of star wars stuff and Willy Wonka and Wizard of Oz were on TV as usual. Soda stream time.
The Two Ronnies take a little dig here at Chas and Dave, who on the same Christmas night where presenting their own Christmas Special "Chas and Dave's Christmas Knees Up" over on ITV. The Two Ronnies Christmas Show aired 7.30-8.15pm on BBC One, with Chas and Dave's special aired from 9.50-10.50pm over on ITV that night.
Whatever the cultures what ever the religion , You are forced to Love the Two Ronnies. RIP .. Probably would have been a laughter once they went up .. two amazing Souls...
Had to come see some of these TWO RONNIES WITH THE PASSING OF RONNIE THIS WEEKEND so sad anyway imagine the reunion they will be having. RIP both of you.
when christmas night telly was worth watching generation game .mike yarwood morcombe and wise dick emery not like the utter crap we have to sit through now i miss those days
34 Michael McIntyre fans stuck their thumbs down. This is comedy from a time where you didn't need to swear or be offensive. Harmless family stuff. Shame it was probably one of the last ones before they packed up. I remember watching this with my grandma when I was 11. Christmas memories, this always takes me back. Easy to pick at something 30+ years old. But I think it has become fashionable to have a go at what came before. Let's see what new "comedy" on TV now will be being watched 35 years on!
This brings back happy memories for me of those great Christmas specials from those masters of comedy the Two Ronnies. It certainly beats the comedy of today including The Pub Landlord or whatever his name is. He is about as funny as a wet paper bag.
If this is on BBC1 on Christmas Day 2018, I'll watch it again. It might be on Yesterday TV at Christmas as they are showing Two Ronnies shows and Porridge at the moment.
The best Christmas special the Two Ronnies did. This the special as seen on the DVD as the bells sketch replaced the Brighton Pier musical number that was seen on TV!
Thankfully Ronnie Barker is not like that in real life but he was so extremely talented he was excellent playing unsavory characters like that and all kinds both Ronnies they will be missed but their legacy lives on and they are timeless
8:31 I love how the audience laughs twice. Once at the idea that piranhas would be a "surprise in the bath" and a second time when they realize what Lill MEANT by a "surprise in the bath".
The guy wearing the yellow hat behind Ronnie Barker in the Chas & Dave sketch, also appeared in a couple of episodes of Last Of The Summer Wine, again as a background extra, in the pub scenes.
When Ronnie B mentioned Syd living in Croydon. Ronnie C did live about 3 miles from Croydon. About 5mins walk from my front door at that time. Regularly saw his Roller pass by , given the impression there was no one at the wheel.
I remember this as a child, even though I was six. I actually thought they were Chas and Dave. Who I'd seen live in the audience for Crackerjack. It was so funny though when my daughter first saw Ronnie Corbett. He was a guest on Strictly Come Dancing and when he came down the stairs my daughter said "Who's that little man?" "Well it's Ronnie Corbett". "But he's so little Mum. Is he a real person?" "Yes, he's just short." "Well, I don't think he is real. He must be a robot man or something. He is very funny though." "Well, yes, that's his job." My daughter and I often have these surreal conversations.
Right, so, opening sketch. Chas and Dave. Chas and Dave Christmas Special 1982 was EXACTLY like this and was brilliant - and it's on RUclips and still shown on British TV some Christmases. Look on imdb - both this and the real Chas and Dave were shown on the same day in 1982. How?? And why?? I don't have the times of day for either show. But there is a radio Times archive I may look into. How did they get access, and it would be a pretty clever joke of the Chas and Dave was shown earlier in the day than this.
They were a classic pair, O how far TV and comedy has fallen. We shall never see the likes of the Two Ronnies again, they were outstanding.
I agree
Comedy today is not Funny unlike these classic funny shows🤣
They really made Christmas special xxxx
They're irreplaceable
@@mikelenton4501 👍👍
The greatest comedy duo of all time who drew in millions of viewers, and for good reason. They were the very best. R.I.P to them both.
Back to the future the 2 Ronnie's style
The top 2 comedy duos were Eric & Ernie and The Two Ronnies
@@simonwarner6594 Cannon and Ball are up there.
I saw Cannon & Ball on stage in Skeg a few years back. They were entertaining but they will never be as good as Eric & Ernie and the Two Ronnies, besides Bobby Ball is dead now
Jeff Allinson always 2nd to Morecambe and Wise
"She wants to have the telly on, he wants to have it off" some things are timeless! 8)
2:09
I loved these two so much as a kid. What a treat to see this again.
Such wonderful talent, the very best of entertainment, having given so much laughter to everyone. No question about it, we have no one to take their place.
The world is a sadder place without them. R.I.P
I thank these two for being a part of my childhood..as a family we would always watch the specials. God I miss it. So happy I found it here..adding them to a Christmas Playlist to watch them for a bit of good laughs and cheer.
Me too. I was a child back then and loved these two.
Many people of my age , 60, will have so many great memories of this classic comedy duo, and can I say , you can rest in riotous peace.
Here here !!!!😂😂
My beloved Granny was dead just one month when this show was aired. I was 9 years old. She passed away 11 November 1982. Memories. 😢😢😢
A partnership made in heaven nothinng has ever surpassed ❤
I was 12 just in 1982, i can hear mum & dad laughing still as i was in bed trying to sleep, the two of them
where just superb, others aswell. My mum told some years later when we sat and talked about the past
as i was older, and she always said it wasnt just the actors who where great ofcourse but we had great
writers and they get overlooked, but without going on i always think about the past and they where great
times, i was lucky. Godbless them both.
This was on at 7:30pm Christmas day. Why were you in bed so early?!!😅🤓
40 year old TV .... Timeless comedy.
The best comedy duo ever.
What a treat to be watch these two again👍👏
I was 22 years old when I watched this it’s still got it 👍 thanks for putting up 👏👏👏
these two were brillant
Absolutely brilliant them two. Never be comedy like that ever more's the pity. They made Saturday night for me when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s.
left England in 1968 and watching this suddenly have a craving for a light and bitter in The Anchor.......my old local
Timeless British comedy ! These two take some beating.
Well here I am in 2022, & isn’t it lovely to have a good laugh, such a load of crap on TV these days. Thank goodness we have these gems to fall back on !!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I loved watching the Xmas specials as a kid. Brings back brilliant memories !
R.I.P.
Ronnie Corbett
You will be sadly missed .
Deepest sympathy sent & felt to all the family.
I have relived my childhood watching this...
Paul Wilson me to, I loved the 2 Ronnie's, Ronnie barker was genius, and Ronnie Corbett was a great partner, their shows were so witty, funny, and clever, great comedy that will live on forever, brilliant
I remember when we waited for months looking forward to their Christmas special. Happier simpler days.
Now it's just crass banal so called celebrity posers being anything but amusing.
Totally agree same with Morecambe and Wise - non entity celebrities on every channel absolute crap 💩
I’m an American,but the 2 Ronnie’s we’re hilarious
thanks for acknowleding.
Not everything on TV was as good as the Two Ronnies back then, but God, looking back it's so refreshing to remember how good it was not to be subjected to foul-mouthed political activists masquerading as "comedians" or "reality" tv every time you turned it on.
That's just it, even the sub par stuff back then was better.
Right you are! Thanks for your comment!
Actually I love being told by a load of Asian and blacks, how much they hate living in a white country
Lol, you actually sound like one of the routines, only not as funny, or as well put together.
@onawhim9079 you sound liek one of those white facists that read the Guardian and live in Clapham
Remember seeing this live on TV 1982. I was 10. Shops were full of star wars stuff and Willy Wonka and Wizard of Oz were on TV as usual. Soda stream time.
Great show, lots of fun and laughs.
The pub sketch is Brilliant.
This two were comic genius, they are both sadly missed but they are now together again. RIP two comic genius
Rest in peace to two of my favourite funny men.
Ronnie Baker in the posh restaurant...brilliant!!! 😆😆😆
A great memories,my first Christmas in South Africa😉
Legends 😊
Two legends of British comedy.There cracking everyone up where ever they are now.R.I.P
the jokes come so rapidly that it's easy to miss such gems as: He can pickle onions just by breathing on them - priceless
When TV was great not like the PC junk we have today!
RIP Ronnies . Sleep 😴 well .
The Two Ronnies take a little dig here at Chas and Dave, who on the same Christmas night where presenting their own Christmas Special "Chas and Dave's Christmas Knees Up" over on ITV. The Two Ronnies Christmas Show aired 7.30-8.15pm on BBC One, with Chas and Dave's special aired from 9.50-10.50pm over on ITV that night.
Two giants of comedy.Sadly missed
Absolutely brilliant classic comedy.makes me really nostalgic for the good old days when comedy was actually funny.
It was comedy for the show family
Its rest in peace from me, and its rest in peace from him, (Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett) THE TWO RONNIE'S (R.I.P)
And 4 handles.
@@dennisevans719 Fork Handles shouldn't that be? :D
Ronnies
Whatever the cultures what ever the religion , You are forced to Love the Two Ronnies. RIP .. Probably would have been a laughter once they went up .. two amazing Souls...
comedy stalwarts
RIP CHAS this was amazing take off of chas and dave now chas has passed RIP PAL
Excellent!
Those were the days...... 😄
Now the two Ronnies are together in peace
Amazing.
Absolute legends rip
Had to come see some of these TWO RONNIES WITH THE PASSING OF RONNIE THIS WEEKEND so sad anyway imagine the reunion they will be having. RIP both of you.
Man Utd
Steve Barnett h
The Tree sketch is one of my favourites.
The absolute GOOD OLD DAYS ! 👍
The Bad Memories sketch......OMG....Hillarious!!!
12:24 For the brilliant armchair monologue by Ronnie Corbett. RIP Ronnies. Your humour lives on.
Whenever someone goes off on a tangent when telling a story I call it “doing a Ronnie” after those bits 😊
when christmas night telly was worth watching generation game .mike yarwood morcombe and wise dick emery not like the utter crap we have to sit through now i miss those days
I remember watching this on TV with some American friends from the local USAF base. They were utterly baffled by it all!
baffled! what is there to get baffled!
That doppler shift! :D :D
Best old comedy
Comedy legends
I was B.F.P.O. that year..... one of ther few laughs we got was this show,.. both were just so funny..
Thank you for posting saw it at its original air date in the UK , and now enjoy it many times more thanks to your posting
34 Michael McIntyre fans stuck their thumbs down. This is comedy from a time where you didn't need to swear or be offensive. Harmless family stuff. Shame it was probably one of the last ones before they packed up. I remember watching this with my grandma when I was 11. Christmas memories, this always takes me back. Easy to pick at something 30+ years old. But I think it has become fashionable to have a go at what came before. Let's see what new "comedy" on TV now will be being watched 35 years on!
Are there actually 34 Michael McIntyre fans?
This is the comedies that I remember watching on the telly. They were both quick-witted and had me in stitches.
True.....real British comedy
COMEDY WILL BE LONG DEAD BY THEN
@@MrDaiseymay thanks to political correctness and all that garbage
I remember watching this on Christmas day night as a 14 year old child lol...
This brings back happy memories for me of those great Christmas specials from those masters of comedy the Two Ronnies. It certainly beats the comedy of today including The Pub Landlord or whatever his name is. He is about as funny as a wet paper bag.
superb.
18:32 Those bell-ringers are so professional.
The Goodies were awesome
If this is on BBC1 on Christmas Day 2018, I'll watch it again. It might be on Yesterday TV at Christmas as they are showing Two Ronnies shows and Porridge at the moment.
The best Christmas special the Two Ronnies did. This the special as seen on the DVD as the bells sketch replaced the Brighton Pier musical number that was seen on TV!
Underrated geniuses!
Happy days 👍
Great better than those so called comics today apart from lee evans
Thankfully Ronnie Barker is not like that in real life but he was so extremely talented he was excellent playing unsavory characters like that and all kinds both Ronnies they will be missed but their legacy lives on and they are timeless
No political correctness. Just so funny. Love this 😅
AWESOME!
8:31 I love how the audience laughs twice. Once at the idea that piranhas would be a "surprise in the bath" and a second time when they realize what Lill MEANT by a "surprise in the bath".
classic christmas
The guy wearing the yellow hat behind Ronnie Barker in the Chas & Dave sketch, also appeared in a couple of episodes of Last Of The Summer Wine, again as a background extra, in the pub scenes.
The sketch with them sitting down having a pint sounds like Only Fools and horses.
When Ronnie B mentioned Syd living in Croydon. Ronnie C did live about 3 miles from Croydon. About 5mins walk from my front door at that time. Regularly saw his Roller pass by , given the impression there was no one at the wheel.
I wish that they would play the 2 Ronnie's at Xmas instead of the crap they put on TV at that season of the year..
An au pair of towsers.. brilliant.
that amnesia skit is perhaps the best in this episode.
omg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 awesome
I wonder what will go first. Covid variants or all of our pubs?
A ramp for flying saucers.
Brilliant.
MY HUSBAND'S NAME IS RONNIE.
I remember this as a child, even though I was six. I actually thought they were Chas and Dave. Who I'd seen live in the audience for Crackerjack.
It was so funny though when my daughter first saw Ronnie Corbett. He was a guest on Strictly Come Dancing and when he came down the stairs my daughter said "Who's that little man?" "Well it's Ronnie Corbett". "But he's so little Mum. Is he a real person?" "Yes, he's just short." "Well, I don't think he is real. He must be a robot man or something. He is very funny though." "Well, yes, that's his job." My daughter and I often have these surreal conversations.
Telly before patronising the audience was popular.
‘What problem?’ 😂😂😂
Too funny
where have all these great christmases gone ? just seem really boring now ?
Right, so, opening sketch. Chas and Dave. Chas and Dave Christmas Special 1982 was EXACTLY like this and was brilliant - and it's on RUclips and still shown on British TV some Christmases.
Look on imdb - both this and the real Chas and Dave were shown on the same day in 1982.
How?? And why?? I don't have the times of day for either show. But there is a radio Times archive I may look into. How did they get access, and it would be a pretty clever joke of the Chas and Dave was shown earlier in the day than this.
I wish someone would upload the complete programme with the David Essex segment back in.
I wish they wouldn’t 😂
haha discount it's a wonderful life
Immortal 😂
'Buckinell Paso'.....lol
It's "Buck in El Paso."
In the days when comedians were funny and not crass.
The late and famous 'Beam me up scotty' intelligent Ronnie Corbett and intelligent Ronnie Barker. Remember William Shatner ?
2022 xmas won’t have anything have as funny or decent
what music is in the intro?
The good old days. And I’m only 54 ffs. Just don’t make em like this anymore
Thank god .
can't think of anyone who wants to go to Basildon