American Reacts to Three Two Ronnies Sketches

[@GrouchoMarx-MaGeorge]

They're British comedy icons 💘 Miss these guys 💘

[@davidwatson22]

The first sketch is from an iconic TV advert if your British.

[@user-TonyUK]

Who can forget the Hovis Advert. This is the steepest road in the UK

[@seijika46]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnqyeJ5_rJl2h9E

[@sparky4878]

@@user-TonyUK directed by Ridley Scott too. But not the steepest in the UK, that is in Wales. That held the record as steepest in the world for a while until the record went to New Zealand.

[@user-TonyUK]

@@sparky4878 I have not been to that area, but I have walked over Hardknott and Wrynose Pass in the Lake District and that has warning signs for drivers stating Steep Gadients and Single Track in places. There are a few videos of the Hardknott and Wrynose Pass on KZbin if you wanted to view them. Tony in Essex

[@marksavage1108]

Hovis, as good today as its always been.

[@MEADVICE]

The bread sketch was based on the original hovis advert from when I was a kid in the seventies, with the kid on the bike. It is probably on youtube somewhere

[@madabbafan]

It's also the same hill

[@rogerwolstenholme2710]

Eee were a Great baker were Ar Dad.

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@madabbafan GOLD HILL, SHAFTSBURY, DORSET. AT THE TOP OF THE HILL, THEY HAVE A HUGE MODEL OF A HOVIS BREAD LOAF.

[@stevemccullagh36]

The Hovis ad was directed by Ridley Scott.

[@davefb]

first to mention that original Hovis advert (from 73) , it was directed by Ridley Scott.

[@stephennewton2777]

Well! Didn’t know that.

[@robanderson473]

His magnum opus next to Napoleon.

[@stephennewton2777]

@@robanderson473 😆

[@maudeboggins9834]

Wow! Really! In 1989 I was on a small island next to Colombia called Juanchaco, it had electricity for 2 hours per day. We were walking into the town & heard the Hovis music. I laughed so hard but no one understood why. I was catapulted from the humidity to the cold of northern of England

[@marcwilliams9824]

Ridley Scott's brother directed Top Gun. Not quite so interesting but I only just found that out yesterday.

[@Weareeverything2023]

I am so lucky to have grown up, being able to watch these two most Saturday evenings. The quality never faltered, true comic geniuses, doubt we will ever see their like again.

[@AlmightyCRJ]

Ronnie Barker got a BAFTA (British Academy Film & Television Award)lifetime achievement in 2004. This was presented to him by Corbett. This led to this compilation sketchbook in early 2005, despite Barker's failing health. Barker agreed to a Christmas special of Sketchbook filmed in July 2005. Ronnie never saw it air - he died in the October.

[@bluesrocker91]

One of my favourite Two Ronnies Yokel lines... "Oh dear! Have you lost a shoe?" "No, I found one!"

[@trappenweisseguy27]

Also used by Peanut with Jeff Dunham.

[@777petew]

Yes, there was an advert for Hovis bread showing a young lad pushing his bike up the hill to bring the bread to his family. He got a pat on the head from his Grandad. Then 50 years later, you get Ronnie Barker walking up the hill and saying "Me Grandad allus used to say it were a long way to go for a loaf of bread". It was a piss-take of the advert.

[@IfUknowwhatsgood4U]

And everyone thought it was filmed somewhere in Yorkshire yet was in the hilltop town of Shaftesbury, Dorset. Specifically, it's Gold Hill behind the town hall.

[@highpath4776]

@@IfUknowwhatsgood4U one of the Hovis ads was filmed in Yorkshire/NE (they did a couple)

[@IfUknowwhatsgood4U]

@highpath4776 one does not doubt that. Just pointing out that this particular one was not.

[@angharaddenby3389]

That is the beauty of the English language and synonyms.

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

The introduction to the second sketch was from a series they made quite a few years after Ronnie B . retired , reliving their shows . They were so good , incredibly talented and it was a real treat to see the sketches again .

[@hl6876]

The Two Ronnies are just great, lots of love from Scotland xx

[@Nutflash1978]

Your laugh is so infectious, the world needs more people like you

[@williamgardner2739]

Your laugh is so annoying, the world can`t hear the jokes because of you.

[@whovianhistorybuff]

3:10 that intro was from a compilation show called the two ronnies sketchbook where they were going through many of their best sketches, Ronnie Barker passed away just after they finished the show and at his funeral they made sure that there were 4 candles on his coffin 🕯🕯🕯🕯

[@ahockham]

The first sketch is a parody of the 1973 British Hovis Bread TV Ad. Easy to find on KZbin.

[@I.am.Iain-81]

These guys are genius with the written word and innuendo

[@marklehuray1091]

The road made famous in the hovis advert is Gold Hill in Shaftsbury , Dorset

[@CMDRRustyDog]

That line about "Did you ever hear of anyone marrying a man", "Sure, my sister", is a line from a Laurel & Hardy short film. You should check them out. Best comedy duo even to walk the planet imo. The Music Box would be a good starter.

[@TheYoungDoctor]

3:20 Ronnie Barker died not long after The Two Ronnies Sketchbook was filmed aged 76. It would be followed a couple of years later with The Smith and Jones Sketchbook.

[@bujin1977]

Having walked up that very hill myself, I can confirm it's a bloody long way. At least I wasn't weighed down by a loaf of bread, though.

[@MrDiddyDee]

Surely it could have made it on it's own, I thought it was made with self-raising flour

[@terryteed1903]

Is it Golds Hill in Shaftsbury? I've heard say, it was elsewhere.

[@bujin1977]

@@terryteed1903 Yep, Gold Hill in Shaftsbury. My sister lives quite near to it so went there once on a visit.

[@terryteed1903]

@bujin1977 I live locally and never been lol.

[@yutehube4468]

_"Your pail m'Lady"_ _"Your potty m'Lord"_ Since they sacked the other staff, this is one of the cleverest sketches in all of comedy.

[@sandrabutler8483]

Ronnie B had retired quite sure time before, he made a couple of appearances with Ronnie C one at The Royal Variety Show dressed as The Two Fat Ladies, Ronnie B came back to film a short series looking back over their shows and passed away not too long after. Mrs Ronnie C passed away not too long ago and also Mrs Eric Morecambe passed away this month age 97 actually on her birthday, so the two best comedy duos from the UK and wives have all been reunited. Oh and that hill is as steep as it appears it's in Dorset, the actual advert the delivery boy goes down the hill on the bike and then pushing it back up to the shop

[@cliffcrabtree4359]

You laughter is life-affirming !, thank you Alan. cliffyc.

[@glennaustin37]

So needed that today..... Thank you Alan! 😂

[@watchreadplayretro]

I kept it together fairly decently (watched this out and about waiting for a train) until the 60 Watt and his grandfather 100 Watt and then I just lost it big time. People stared lol Thanks EB, fantastic!

[@highpath4776]

Should have been called 40watt (OK but a bit dim ?)

[@bordersw1239]

One of Ronnie Barker’s sons went on to work in advertising. Became pretty successful, one of his - “ the future’s bright, the future’s Orange’.

[@Rodgerslicker]

The bread sketch was a famous parody of hovis bread i believe it was directed by ridley scott before he got into movies.ronnie barker was looking alot older there original series of sketch shows ran from 1971p to p1988 Ronnie barker retired but came back in 2005 to show repeats hence thats why he appeared to have aged drastically.

[@ed_ward_1430]

You wouldn't really 'get' the first sketch unless you were familiar with the original 'Hovis' commercial.

[@timberwolf5211]

They did a long sketch that my mum Loved, called MILE AWAY. She also Loved their songs, very tongue in cheek, double meanings, well worth a watch.

[@garychap8384]

"Four Candles" is one of the best Two Ronnies sketches ever ; )

[@gondwanaland3238]

F U N E X, very funny, very clever.

[@frankparsons1629]

Yes, the first sketch was taken looking down Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, I've walked up and down it a couple of times (the massive high stone buttressed wall on the right belongs to the pre-Conquest Nunnery founded by Alfred the Great c.888) and by crikey its a jolly long slow slog!! The original advert was for Hovis (bread). Good old Ronnie Barker, he could play any character, he was incredible, rest in peace old laddie.

[@jules.8443]

I remember the Hovis ads with that music. It makes me think of fresh bread that my mum used to make. (She is still alive, but not into cooking much. She's in her late 70's.)

[@TheCyberSalvager]

I always remember Ronnie Barker making the yokel sketches so that they wouldn't offend anyone, he figured that no-one would admit to being a yokel.

[@vezhopkins714]

love the 2 Ronnies so funny, I actually live in Buckinghamshire where Ronnie barker did his first gigs :) there's a statue of him by the theatre :)

[@highpath4776]

when I used to work we had a small building company (we only did ground floor extensions under 12msq) . One chap was called Alldays- well Alldays Wright. We got a job in from a Hong Kong couple a couple of miles north of the office and she was Mrs Wong , her first name was Neiver - so the customer was Neiver Wong and he was Alldays Wright. We had to communicate by text because ringing her phone always got the Wong number

[@DonnaSaunders-c4s]

This used to be the Hovis advert 🤣 too flaming funny 😂😂brilliant love this 😀 👏

[@NRTSean]

You are a breath of fresh air.

[@MrMousley]

The second and third sketches here relied on a 'play on words' of course (just a simple YOUR and YOU'RE in the second one) but the best sketch by 2 Ronnies involving a play on words has to be the FOUR CANDLES / FORK HANDLES one.

[@MONGIE30]

Worked at the top of Gold Hill for a few weeks. It was quite a walk!

[@BC_26fhj]

You really need to see that in context of the original Hovis commercial

[@emander8340]

Hope the new job is going well Alan. Can’t help but love the Two Ronnies. A staple of my childhood. Looking forward to the next Still Game too. Ha the old Hovis advert just flashed into my head. Things were more innocent then of course. I haven’t seen Abbot and Costello for years. My fav was always the Marx Brothers. Watched every one of their films over and over.

[@JoJo75]

Alan, thats Gold Hill in Shaftesbury Dorset. The original advert is iconic.

[@zetectic7968]

That was fun 😀 The first sketch was a parody of an old advert supposedly set up North, however the actual location is Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, in the south central county of Wiltshire. BTW it is a bloody steep hill close to 1:3 in places.

[@graemerigg4029]

With a T-junction and a brick wall at the bottom.

[@jasonbarnes9781]

Dorset

[@steevenfrost]

There,s another Yokels one I like, where one says to the other I decorated my front room bought 6 rolls of wallpaper. The second says mine's a similar size i'll buy the same number. Second one comes back after decorating, and says I had two rolls over, that's funny said the other, so did I I!!

[@vladd6787]

That wasn't the yokels that was the two on the allotment.

[@steevenfrost]

@@vladd6787 Thanks, my recollection was a bit hazy.

[@highpath4776]

@@vladd6787 One chap I was talking too was working in Selfridges and he was sent to Home Decorations as they were a bit short handed, Posh Lady Comes in and choses some Sandersons wallpaper, - says to him "Do I have to Size it ?" - his response was a bit like mine when for some reason aged 16 I was stocking shelves in Sainsburys in the Wine Aisle and was asked what goes well with Chicken (I said Paxo)

[@iamdb1990]

they've done SO many yokel sketches, definitely recommend watching, even in your own time away from KZbin

[@stevekenney1076]

The street in the bread advert is called gold hill

[@DavidCalvert-mh9sy]

Ronnie Corbett also made a comedy series called 'Open all hours'. He plays a shopkeeper of a small corner shop with his younger hapless assistant. These episodes are very funny, with a cast of characters of a bygone Britain.

[@uncoolmartin460]

That was Ronnie Barker with David Jason. Corbett's series was called "Sorry".

[@riverraven7359]

Hi beard, that first one is painfully accurate, those villages in the hills with old cobbled roads have some very steep streets, and in wet or frosty weather which is very common here they are a hazard to life and limb! Luckily I live in a nice flat river valley 😂

[@Seagull6819]

Another reminder. The Bert & Charlie sketch on. Daily. Motion.

[@user-TonyUK]

Ronnie Barker was a teenager when he started climbing up that hill...... yes it is a hell of a walk

[@greg9871]

Hahaha 🤣 they were the best! I miss them so much! But left us with sooo money fabulous sketches, etc. Laughter is so good for you! 😂 Cheers buddy 👏

[@timglennon6814]

The sketch, Your Nut M’Lord, when Ronnie B says to the Lady, Your game M’Lady the joke behind that is when someone says she’s game it means that she is up for anything, a bit of the old how’s your farther.

[@jeremywilson2022]

These two were British tv from 1971 1982 and reruns well into the 90s. And even now we have reruns of so Christmas specials.

[@postscript67]

Does "game" have the same double meaning in American English as it does in British? "Your game, m'lady" (here is your pheasant); "You're game, m'lady" (you're ready, able and willing for a spot of naughtiness!).

[@highpath4776]

Are you game ? , Yes she said, so he shot her

[@Aw-zc2lt]

The Hovis sketch reminded me of a Dave Allen sketch were he plays a butler fetching ice cubes. It starts as a big block of ice.

[@clemstevenson]

Gold Hill, Shaftsbury, (that had been made famous by a Hovis bread advert in the seventies) really is that steep. They didn’t need any fancy camera tricks.

[@himarkburdett9378]

Larry Grayson was a comic from my home town was on TV In the 70s 80s try Larry Grayson playing Rugby

[@josephturner7569]

The wall paper sketch gets me every time.

[@arianaajbeaverhausen8175]

Sending all the best from Scotland bud, hope you and your lovely family had a great Easter weekend. ❤

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Tucking into a Tunnock's....a real treat...😊😊😊

[@IfUknowwhatsgood4U]

Bloody marvellous dear chap! Love The Two Ronnies.

[@Fcutdlady]

You're nuts, my lord is taken from the two Ronnies sketchbook. Where both Ronnies introduced thier old sketches

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍 Lots of double meanings in the lord and lady sketch,Game means sex, Nut's means testiscals ,Potty means Mad insane 😂

[@davepb5798]

Potty, is both short for chamber pot, and a colloquial term for being slightly crazy.

[@uncoolmartin460]

If you liked the yokels, check out Dick Emery, he had some great characters, Lampwick is one I remember fondly.

[@simontemplarGB]

This is rather like the lady who asked my sister as a child "And you are how old?" and she replied "No I'm Deborah".

[@johnvaughan1544]

Me and the missus love watching The Two Ronnies along with Morecambe and Wise. They are the best, can't beat em today! Lefty Wright and Sixty Watts 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@johnvaughan1544]

Nice to see an American enjoying our comedy heroes.

[@graemejones218]

You must watch "The Complete Rook". There's just one video on here, it's so rare & completely hilarious.

[@alicecobb7763]

Your laughter is contagious 😂, thank you for the reaction.... Cheerio from Down Under 🌺

[@vallee3140]

Hi Alan love watching these with you, everything they did was funny and clever.

[@lizstratton9689]

The Two Ronnies Show was a clip show, however one of the Clips was an actual story which continued each week - called The Worm That Turned all 8 episodes are available - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZSwlWR8ZsaWidE&pp=ygUUdGhlIHdvcm0gdGhhdCB0dXJuZWQ%3D

[@bulwinkle]

The beauty of the English language is it's flexibility and Ronnie Barker was the master of bending it without breaking it.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Comedy gold....cheers, matey...hope you enjoyed Easter with your family...E...😊😊

[@danturner1153]

If you can find it the hieroglyphics sketch is really good

[@Fcutdlady]

Wouldn't surprise me if Ronnie Barker wrote this. It's typical Barker word play .

[@milesnixon9554]

Enjoyed greatly, The Yokels was brilliant. "Brasseye" and "The Day Today" will impress you as much as the equally excellent (if different) "Yes Minister".

[@MrDaiseymay]

THE MUSIC FOR THE HOVIS ADVERT IS FROM ''THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY'' BY ANTON DVORAK

[@NicholasShanks]

I also think you missed the "You're game m'Lady" line which introduces that she is sleeping with the house staff, and sets the context for the sacking jokes.

[@alastairmatheson3245]

Pure comic genius... both of them

[@annirvin6555]

Really enjoyed it. Love your shirt.👍🙏

[@tonybryan9718]

That hill is known as Hovis hill, in a town called Shaftsbury, Dorset.

[@montypythonish]

That hill and music was used by a bread company in the 70's or early 80's in their advert.

[@user-TonyUK]

Just for you information "Council Housing Estates" are like your Projects, cheap housing for the Masses, not always with insulation and when I was younger the WC was outside. Not ideal especially in the Winter of 1963 when the whole country was under 6 to 8 foot of snow.

[@highpath4776]

some were better, some done on the cheap. now the houses were not too big - but better than some old terraces and most had plenty of ground around them (Ideal for dig your own and air raid shelters during WW2 now they want to build flats over everything and take our space away

[@user-TonyUK]

@@highpath4776 I can remember visiting Grandma at about 7 yrs old (1964) and there still seeing bombed out housing but across the street half built 16 floors Tower Blocks for the homeless, 10 years ago they were knocked down and the site is still empty. I think the local Council are waiting for land prices to increase to make more money when they sell the land to developers.

[@robanderson473]

Some of the great pleasures in life are puns and wordplay.

[@Junitanzil]

The rook restaurant, now that is funny all the way

[@seakr9838]

Pure genius.

[@thelastoftheanglosaxons.3724]

Quality t shirt Mr EB 👍🏻

[@ElunedLaine]

Here's the original Hovis ad - YT vid - 'Hovis 'Bike' advert 1973 (Britain's favourite TV ad)'

[@richardhargrave6082]

Two Ronnies, genius! Anyone in the UK with the surname Wright is always known as Lefty Its the law

[@CaroleDowell]

That hill is just as steep as it looks. This is Gold Hill, in Dorset, England.

[@charlesfrancis6894]

The first sketch would be unfair to anyone who does not remember the original sketch of a boy and his bicycle having to climb a steep hill to deliver bread with Hovis attempting to signify that their loaf has been baked for some years in the traditional way .Probably not of course even back in the 70s more likely by mass production but like politicians adverts are not there to tell you the truth.

[@marksavage1108]

Have you never heard of trading standards, specifically the conduct of the advertising industry. Any company that is found to knowingly lie or mislead the customers, are fined and forced to change the ad or scrap it. Hovis loaves were still baked in their individual trays, the same ingredients at the same temperatures, the only difference would have been the size of the ovens, so not so much mass production as they had dozens of bakeries, just large batches in lots of areas. local amounts for local needs.

[@charlesfrancis6894]

@@marksavage1108 Are you serious . Some of the ingredients would not be the same as today for one thing and do you really believe every word you are told by politicians there are thousands of ads that miss out important information or mislead which is the very same trait politicians use and having laws is not a guarantee that a company will be found out in misleading information and most are not stupid enough to tell obvious lies and the English language is diverse enough to allow companies not to tell obvious lies . A bit like the Labour Party saying they represent the working class with all their lawyers and bankers and company directors and even if some M.P.s enter as working class they become corrupted by the system as recent and past events prove .

[@55tranquility]

the first one was a spoof of a famous long running TV ad for bread

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

It's a big is bread advert , from our childhood

[@JustAboutTime]

You should try the ‘porridge’ sitcom. Ronnie barkers best work in my opinion

[@sharonellis8776]

Love your reactions. xx

[@paulbramhall9157]

You need to watch their four candles sketch...

[@quarkwrok]

60 watt because he's dim!

[@timhicks2154]

I have walked up ‘Hovis Hill’. It’s not in Yorkshire. It is in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It really is damn steep. At the top, there’s a big fibreglass replica of a Hovis loaf.

[@MikeSmith-ye9ho]

Take a look at the two Ronnies musical sketches

[@vallanceellis7569]

Iconic say no more.

[@Bosspigeon230]

My daughter has a school friend with 4 fingers on one hand, his name...The kitkat They're only 13-14!

[@TheEclecticBeard]

😂

[@ttonypayne5077]

You had a dead pan face watching this, first few second's heard the music and started to laugh, It's a take of of the Hovis advert. Tommy Cooer does exactly the same to me. British humou I suppose