AMERICAN REACTS TO | The Two Ronnies - Four Candles

[@williamwebb8908]

It helps to know that British - along with us Aussies - often drop the ''H'' when we speak so that 'fork handles' becomes 'fork 'andles' which sounds like 'four candles'.

[@sailingviking7885]

The Two Ronnies is the best comedy couple ever. They very so clever and maid us all laugh. Sadly they have both passed away but are lovingly remembered by many.

[@CVTECK1]

🙏🙏🙏

[@tsrgoinc]

Yeah, I know Morecombe and Wise are regarded by some as the best but despite, Breakfast to Striptease and the Andre Preview and a few others, every scene was the same characters which did get boring, these two would submerge themselves in characters every week and no matter the scene perfectly bring to life the scenario, but we also loved Ronnie C’s monologues and Ronnie B’s “information films” from societies like Pispronouciation and the ministries of cuts! Legendary! 🤣

[@williamking1554]

eric n ernie were the best mate

[@lewisner]

​@tsrgoinc yes sadly the problem with Morecambe And Wise was that Ernie Wise wasn't very funny on his own. The 2 Ronnie's were both very funny.

[@robcarter55]

A Billhook is a type of knife / machete type thing for cutting branches etc. BUT it sounds and would have done had HE asked like "Bollocks" a common swear word in England meaning testicles but it has lots of different uses such as " that's a load of bollocks" as in " you are lying " or "that's the bollocks" meaning "something is very good" or "top bollocks" referring to a ladies chest or just "Bollocks" as in "f### off"

[@mikesheldon1957]

As a tribute to the passing of Ronnie Barker, Harry Enfield and Ronnie Corbett made another sketch on the same lines as this called 'My Blackberry isn't working' that was created for the charity 'Children in Need' on the BBC. Yet another brilliant comedic play on words you need to react to.

[@Mayhem4Hire]

I highly recommend this one, especially now you've seen 4 candles.

[@martinalloway6980]

This is set in a general hardware store. You could go in to buy 3 screws and things like that. These are largely gone now. We had one in our town that closed about 8 years ago. It was always referred to as ‘4 candles’.

[@mrvertigo23]

There's a few left - support them

[@lewisner]

There's a hardware store in York UK called Barnitts and you can get practically anything that exists. Even if they don't have it they can tell you where you can get it.

[@mej6519]

old school british hardware shops, used to smell like parafin and brown paper. not many of those left these days, you could buy literaly anything from a single sew on button, to an entire electrical system, every screw and nut and bolt thread size imaginable from imperial to witworth to metric, and probably a few more thats been lost to the sands of time too.

[@CVTECK1]

haaaaaaaaaaaa He had everything in that shop

[@Esther-Pesta]

I miss those kinds of shops. They existed in every single town and village but sadly, just like all local businesses these days, have been replaced my the “Retail Park” 😢

[@stephendisraeli1143]

I always love the way little Ronnie C manages to avoid corpseing at the sound of "sore tips". Masterful.

[@mervinmannas7671]

This comedy sketch was voted as their very best (often regarded as one of the top ten of all time) that why one their last ever show it was the last to be shown. At the funerals of both comediens the coffins came in to the church flanked by for alter boys carrying 4 candles. Ronnie (not Ronney) Baker the larger man wrote the majority of their stuff under a pseudonym and it was only revealed when they retired.

[@Greenwood4727]

the two ronnies never crude, slightly rude but never crude unlike a lot of modern comedians

[@williamwebb8908]

Modern comedians rely on crudeness because they don't have the talent to think up genuinely funny material.

[@seansersmylie]

They were huge in the 70-80's in Uk. Aside from the Two Ronnies tv show, they appeared in sitcoms etc.

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Massive here in Australia too!

[@lewisner]

I once walked past Ronnie Corbett in the street in London in the late 80s and it was amazing to see him in real life.

[@thewatchman6074]

The final joke was "bill hooks, which is a curved hedging tool, not to be confused with "bollacks"

[@musiclover9361]

I believe it's spelled 'bollocks'.

[@thewatchman6074]

@@musiclover9361 You're right. I must use the word more often.

[@musiclover9361]

@@thewatchman6074it's all good. 🙂

[@mlee6050]

I always thought it was meant to be mistake as pillock

[@musiclover9361]

@@mlee6050actually, both could work but 'bill hooks' is plural.

[@alicecobb7763]

You will not regret diving down this rabbit -hole... Very talented people of the comedy world. Their play on words is so great 😂👏🏽

[@davejensen7922]

I used to watch the two Ronnies every week back in the seventies. Hilarious

[@CVTECK1]

I will look up more of their work

[@stephendisraeli1143]

Many English houses have names, sometimes placed on the front garden gate, and that's why he needs the letters. "Mon repos" is proverbially popular, as is the legendary "Dunroamin".

[@CVTECK1]

ahhhh I understand. We put names on the Mailbox

[@ASavageEye]

What is great about that part of the gag is 'Mon Repos' also has the 'P' he used for the next part of the joke. Ronnie Barker was a genius and wrote a LOT of their sketches. His command of the English language will never be seen again. Sadly much of their work is becoming obsolete as it is now quite dated but sites like KZbin help keep it alive as it is introduced to new generations and more importantly new countries.

[@seanmc1351]

the end, bill hooks, really means a mild british swear word (boll ocks), join the word together in brackets

[@mparkes1821]

It’s not Roonies it’s the two RONNIES as in Ronald Barker and Ronald Corbett the two guys at the end. Some of the best comedy duos to come out of the UK back in the 70’s and 80’s both have sadly passed now

[@choccybarr4662]

This is without doubt the most famous comedy sketch in British history.

[@robertlonsdale5326]

Billhooks is a play on the word bollocks, a slang word for testicles.

[@CVTECK1]

Oh wow lol thanks for the info

[@GenericGooner]

The writing from the two ronnies is another level. Their word play was exquisite.

[@GeneanWildeisen]

When Ronnie Barker passed away they held his funeral at St Paul’s - instead of walking downtown the alter with the usual 2 candles - they used 4 candles.

[@CVTECK1]

wow

[@Pomdownuder]

Believe it or not we used to have shops like this, everything in cardboard boxes and the old boy would know where every size screw, washer, nail, whatever it was they had it, (and probably a left-handed one too) Billooks: bollocks Ronnie's, (RONNY)

[@CVTECK1]

wow. i bet they would have one steel toe boots if i need one haaaaa

[@Pomdownuder]

@@CVTECK1 you could bet your bollock on that 😂, it's a shame during the late 70s & 80s they disappeared. Pushed out by the big hardware chain stores.

[@glennaustin37]

I used to really like Rooney Barker, Porridge is a classic. Was never really much of a fan of Rooney Corbett, but watching back old sketches by the two Rooneys makes me realise his comedic genius 😂

[@Dr.Ian-Plect]

That was painful, and no, it wasn't 'wall plugs', just 'plugs', later stated as 'rubber plugs' referencing bath or sink plugs.

[@Greenwood4727]

the uk had a lot of these shops they sold everything, you wanted something you could get it

[@CVTECK1]

It seems like they would have anything you need haaa

[@elizabethowen3678]

I remember having to watch this with my dad when I was little, if you want your mind blown check out dame Edna everidge, she was on most of the talk shows etc until he died only about a year ago 🤯

[@jamesrowe3606]

You started reacting as if it was a documentary, but thankfully you got it by the end. It's very British in style, with gags that you wouldn't necessarily get, as with the weak ending, billhooks sounds a bit like "bollocks", a commonly used British slang term for testicles. The Two Ronnies (not rooneys) were Ronnie Barker who wrote the sketch and Ronnie Corbett who played the frustrated shopkeeper to perfection.

[@BedsitBob]

You should check out their Mastermind sketch.

[@josefschiltz2192]

The last misunderstanding was a misreading of Ronnie B's handwriting. He had written 'Billhooks' - a hand tool with a bill shaped blade for cutting bracken and branches in hedging - and Ronnie C - behind the counter - misread it as 'Bollocks'. I suspect Ronnie B's character - from what he was buying - to be an odd-job man on a building site, employed just for cleaning up or just basic tasks. His communication skills - or lack of - might be down to him being autistic. Possibly Level 2 ASC. I am Level 1 ASC formerly known as Asperger's. That is possibly the character type that Ronnie Barker was going for when he wrote the sketch, possibly someone he knew or had known. Ronnie Barker was a very talented writer and character actor.

[@patriciaburke6639]

Wordplay often features in Two Ronnies sketches, try: ‘Name Droppers’

[@seanmc1351]

The 13amp plug, is the fuse rating inside inside, i think you did a reaction on the british plug, you get 3amp 5amp and 13amp, depending on your appliance, you dont have these as a norm in the US

[@Kissameassa538]

Bill hooks is a play on words for bollocks. ❤️🇬🇧

[@robertlonsdale5326]

Brilliant sketch. You are not allowed to have Electric sockets in the bathroom.

[@CVTECK1]

OMG Robert i was told that in the video i did on uk plugs wow

[@utha2665]

Maybe not now, but in the 1970s it was likely allowed. It's difficult to find out because the standard used has evolved since 1882, "The British Standard 7671 or Requirements for Electrical Installations in bathrooms".

[@johnp8131]

In modern houses, you can have shaver supply sockets and they should be covered to avoid splashes, or a standard socket must be at least three metres from baths and showers etc........

[@Spiklething]

Amazon was doing a special on kindles so I ordered four of them I was disappointed when instead of four kindles, I got a Two Ronnies DVD

[@CVTECK1]

lmaoooo.. sorry for laughing

[@AussieDebb]

My Dad used to love this ❤

[@chaipup7045]

the greatest sketch about the English language

[@thegreatpyramidbuild-prate6013]

Theres heaps of good british old comedy. Clean, clever and funny.

[@El_Smeghead]

Bill Hooks... sounds like Bollocks

[@Max_Flashheart]

The Two Ronnies are Legends

[@davidmalarkey1302]

The Two Ronnies. Not the Two Roonnies.

[@OntheBusesDatabase1]

Comedy geniuses.....The Two Ronnies....Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker who wrote much of their stuff. So many sketches and a number of great musical comedy sketches too.

[@NigelShepherd-z7k]

In the older days - really right up to the 1970s there really were small hardware stores like this which seemed to stock everything you could think of! 😂 You can still find them but there are not so many anymore. 😁🇬🇧

[@lewisner]

The key to understanding this is that big Ronnie is supposed to be a Cockney and they don't pronounce the H at the start of words so Hose/Hoes sounds like "O"s.

[@malcolmrowe9003]

Not necessarily cockney. Many accents drop the H. It never struck me that Ronnie B was attempting cockney here.

[@Oddballkane]

Wen the comedy is so good it is still quoted today. Someone actually made some candles that look like fork 🍴.

[@vallee3140]

you did amazingly well catching on.

[@CVTECK1]

Vallee Thanks for that i did try lol

[@johnporcella2375]

Customer: Fork 'andles. Shopkeeper: Four candles. Nb in parts of London, we drop our aitches.

[@simu31]

The Two Ronnies are LEGENDARY! There are a whole lot more I'm sure you'll get to, but Ronnie B [arguably] wrote some of their best skitsn ever

[@itsmeagain1745]

A fork is not a rake... These sort of shops in the UK were common many years ago - I remember them in 1960's - 70's (yes I'm that old...).

[@johnhewett9483]

Play on words. For billhooks read bollocks. Watch more two ronnies you will love it. There are many many.

[@dougoneill7266]

They're British and there is only one o in their names. their names are Ronnie, short for Ronald. Comedy gold. massive in their day.

[@mlee6050]

not a rake but if think of like a digging spade but where has 4 prones instead of a flat metal to dig with, we call it a fork or garden fork to help loosen the ground for stuff, some americans think they mean pitch fork which is a different fork or even silverware/cutlery fork older one we buy wooden handles and attach the other bit of tool on, most times they sell full metal ones these days

[@yvetteworrall8909]

2 Ronnies - 2 men with first name Ronald.

[@frankie3041]

Do the One Ronnie (i.e. only Ronnie Corbett, because Ronnie Barker had already passed on) sketch “My blackberry is not working” on the BBC’s KZbin channel. You won’t regret it!

[@rosedrop4959]

Hilarious

[@himarkburdett9378]

Ronnie Barker and Ronnie corbbit. Try there sketch called name droppers

[@Dicus5134]

Hi there as a Britt and a fellow gooner watch two Ronnie's mastermind.

[@scottwebb1978]

The shopkeeper should know after the first one or two items he asks for is not gonna be it ... just take the list of him.... but then we get no sketch

[@CVTECK1]

haaaaa

[@mlee6050]

they makes me wonder if you watched open all hours last few years they did the show you saw at the end where they talk and show sketches of their stuff

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

Yes. He said "ose" not "ose'. 😂

[@mrvertigo23]

I'm sure the bill hooks was meant to refer to Bolloxs! It was a terrible end to a legendary sketch!

[@scottwebb1978]

If you don't know the Two Ronnies then you dont know Morcambe and Wise yes both sadly are passed on... For a Morcambe and Wise Sketch check out lThe Breakfast Sketch and Singing in the Rain Sketch A classic comedy one of the two Ronnies had ( Ronnie Barker ) is Open All Hours now check it out....very funny

[@matthewowen2182]

Your hard work

[@ritahamblin1043]

Watch the two ronnies crossword. Me too love the comedy

[@CVTECK1]

i will

[@seanmc1351]

You should react if you have not yet, the 2 ronnies racing pigeon, thats a great sketch

[@CVTECK1]

Will do Sean thanks

[@kevinjackson6387]

Yanks just don’t get our humour 😂😂😂😂

[@CVTECK1]

I love it

[@kevinjackson6387]

@@CVTECK1 sorry should refraish that you don’t get some of our terminology

[@williamking1554]

billhooks bollocks

[@sarablack2547]

Ronnies not Roonies! the little one is Ronnie corbett the other is Ronnie barker.their british.a national institution.their so loved by brits from gen x backwards. they had their own sketch show.they wrote their own stuff. there was usually a serial story that ran through out the series.there's one called the worm turns which is set in a world where women have become the leaders and head of the house hold and men have to have womens names and wear dresses and housecoats and do the cleaning jobs etc that women would do. most of their comedy is word based.try the matermind sketch or the telephone sketch.they were a bit rude but still family viewing.

[@terrywright7470]

Billhooks is meant to sound like Bollocks ! Get it now???

[@colinstevens2691]

You should check out Mickey Flanagan. He’s a very funny UK comedian. Check out a video called Useless men and drunk women. It’s hilarious. Also check out Peter Kaye misheard lyrics. He’s the UK’s most loved comedian.

[@lynwratten9857]

The billhooks is b - llocks

[@tonyhaynes9080]

Try the Blackberry sketch when you get bored.

[@CVTECK1]

done lol

[@angelabushby1891]

You want to watch them on Master Mind.

[@crankiemanx8423]

More great comedy from britain that would be great to review is " Are you being served ? " & "Little Britain" both are absolutely hilarious. & catherine Tate's " Nan" . & "the benny hill show "

[@coot1925]

Who are the 2 roomies? 😂

[@Hieronymous69]

Look up 'Jehosophat and Jones'

[@TerencePearse-x3j]

It's Ronnie's not Rooonies.

[@seansersmylie]

Ron-ies

[@anthonyhamilton8007]

Pls check out a series from uk called porridge,,, written by ronnie barker👌

[@robertlonsdale5326]

Try .the racing pigeon sketch

[@PhilipCochran-w7t]

Try two Ronnie's doing crossword and crossed lines

[@leodurkin8539]

Bill hooks (BOLLOCKS)

[@BedsitBob]

It's the two Ronnies, not Rooneys.

[@teclo1057]

its ronnies, not roonies

[@Toracube]

Hard to explain the joke at the end… billhooks…sounds close to bollocks…which is said to someone if you don’t believe what they say or are about. It’s a bit old school. That end joke is the weakest bit of the sketch.

[@alexsaunders352]

try morecambe and wise

[@junehoward6668]

ronnie Corbett trying not to laugh .

[@liverpoollass7600]

Please react to Jimmy Carr riskiest jokes. He is the best comedian from England and is definitely not in any way pc. He is very very funny you will love him.

[@CVTECK1]

will do

[@liverpoollass7600]

@@CVTECK1 also please react to The Inbetweeners. It is a UK comedy and one of our best and most successful, as it spawned 2 films. The episodes are only about 25 mins long and they are absolutely hysterical. It is modern, not pc in any way at all, and is the most realistic to day to day life that you can get… whilst being absolutely hysterical. Others have reacted to it, if it gets blocked just put it on daily motion as it’s free and they never block things. You can put up a 1 minute video here to explain that it’s on daily motion. But lots have reacted to it so shouldn’t be any issues. Keep the videos coming…your doing great 👍

[@liverpoollass7600]

@@CVTECK1 also another great comedian is Dave Allen. The airplane one is fantastic and will have you laughing out loud. Only about ten minutes long but you will never fly again without thinking of this.

[@wolcek]

F.U.N.E.X.?

[@justinmanser7525]

Bill hooks was not going to be tnterpreted as bollocks as others might lead you to think, it Pillocks which is a very out of date word used to describe an blundering idiot. Like Inspecto Clueso, Ace Ventura or Mr.Bean but totally unlikeable also.

[@adrianhughes8143]

Don't worry it is the easiest thing on the planet to confuse an American, plus our comedy is too sophisticated for Americans to understand with a play on English words or something that us British or our closest friends such as Australian's and New Zealander's understand because we have the same sense of humour. 💂‍♂️💂‍♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤝🤝🇦🇺🇦🇺🤝🤝🇳🇿🇳🇿💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@CVTECK1]

well yeah people can get confused if it's something they're not used too haaaaaaaaaa not because it's too sophisticated.

[@petervandort7531]

Try to follow along instead of asking the obvious, AFTER the joke is over. You got nothing!!