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[Humour] 1971: The first ever episode of The Two Ronnies was broadcast on BBC One.
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A highlight each week for a very young Wz
I saw him doing stand up 30 odd years ago and he was superb
I saw him doing stand up 30 odd years ago and he was superb
Stand up from Ronnie Corbett was, in many ways, sit down for any other comedian.
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Lower West Stander
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I always thought their shows were a mixture of very funny and absolute crap. The funny stuff always seemed to be driven by Ronnie Barker.
The songs they used to do at the end were awful.
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The songs they used to do at the end were awful.
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dejavuatbtn
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I’d like them to produce a dvd of all the songs they did. Unbelievably funny.
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Sadly this thread didn't turn into what I hoped.
Had it been a Greatest Hits package, to lighten the mood, I would now be pointing you towards all the 'linguistic' sketches.
The likes of 4 candles, Mastermind et al were usually written by Barker under an assumed name.
Singing while crossed dressed was usually Corbett driven and barely tolerated by RB.
GREASED WEASEL
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The fanthom raspberry blower of old London town
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Much funnier (imo) The Two Ninnies
Much funnier (imo) The Two Ninnies
Garry Nelson's teacher
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I sometimes catch the odd episode the pay per view channels. It hasn't aged well (but there and again neither have I).
bobbab5
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Remember it well, I was....ooohh....2 weeks and 3 days old?
Brightonfan1983
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The Finishing Eachother's Lines sketch, and this 'cockney rhyming slang' sermon, have always stuck with me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RwyPDPlFA8
I'm very fond of these chaps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RwyPDPlFA8
I'm very fond of these chaps.
Dorset Seagull
Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
Mastermind sketch was top drawer but having recommended it to my 28 year old son I realised he wouldn't know any of the people mentioned
Norman Potting
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Gerald Wiley was his "nom de plume" I think, also did he not come from or live in Littlehampton?
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He had a place on south Terrace.
I don't know which one but I'll hazard a guess it's now been converted into 15 one room 'flats'.
At least 3 of which won't have a single window!
Brightonfan1983
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I used to live in a place in Streatham. Rumour has it, Ronnie C used to own the whole house, and rented it out decades ago, turning up every month in a white Rolls Royce to collect the rent. This is obviously nonsense, but great if it was true.
Saladpack Seagull
Just Shut Up and Paddle
Songs like "We like birds, we're ornithologists
Horny Porno-tho-lo-gists"
I still remember the words to this little ditty after all these years. Must have appealed to my smutty schoolboy sense of humour, though I was grown up when I watched it!
Jesus Gul
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- Feb 23, 2004
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Ooh it’s a corner
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Yes I know it can be viewed as rather dated but at the time TheTwo Ronnies was a mainstay of TV programming and extremely popular. Much of the comedy was very clever and they were both highly talented. Still appreciated by many of my generation.
AmexRuislip
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Ronnie Barker would've been 93 today 