The Two Ronnies - Accountant Bore

[@jamestuck6764]

Never forgotten this sketch. Know it almost word for word and still makes me laugh forty years later.

[@gunlokman]

Just sheer professional brilliance! Sadly, I doubt the world will ever see such talent again!

[@gailcrook2687]

It tells you something that people still play on the four candles line, we do, when the garden fork comes out

[@logicalnetwork1611]

They were one of a kind. I miss these two great comedians.

[@mikelheron20]

There's plenty of talent around if you look for it.

[@pauldashwood2897]

Definitely doubt …masters of there trade .

[@Violet-jy6qs]

Your right some people can never be replicated they really were the Giants of comedy

[@kiwitrainguy]

These two are so talented that they could have played each others parts and it still would have worked.

[@sharifhosain9891]

I can only remember they acted as a Arab man and shop keeper, that was the most hilarious comedy I have ever seen.

[@sabejreid2072]

TALENT

[@shereekendall1003]

I know right lol😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@5minutecalms]

i agree 💯

[@Ralstro]

I doubt the trousers would've fit!

[@rjwh67220]

When Ronnie was trying to make Ronnie smile, I can’t believe that either Ronnie or Ronnie didn’t just fall down laughing.

[@mided2119]

They probably did have to do a few takes.

[@DBProductions12345-m]

I dont think you have to disbelieve it, there's a thing called multiple takes

[@JugglinJellyTake01]

They left that to the tea lady.

[@REwing]

Oh the British humour, there has never been a replacement for it. Keep bringing it back!!

[@richardbrown8099]

It's been cancelled I'm afraid.

[@ninarizzo7312]

They were so very talented and hilarious!! We never missed any of their programmes as kids! Loved them.😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅❤❤❤❤❤🤗👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@stormhawk3319]

If your ever feeling down just watch this or any other great Two Ronnie’s sketch . Always guaranteed to lift you up and make you laugh.

[@perpetualgrin5804]

So true.

[@Iloveflowers2024]

I love this sketch. Brilliant. I miss this kind of quality of comedy. Clever and so funny.

[@margaretlavender4418]

Artishealing65. No filthy language and smut. That is the appalling thing of modern ‘comedians’, so-called.

[@storminboy]

When he starts dancing. Always cracks me up.

[@briartlaw]

@@margaretlavender4418 you have that spot on ..

[@camkent8629]

@@margaretlavender4418 exactly comedy is not comedy these days.

[@X05Radar]

They were simply great

[@cinemaipswich4636]

The Two Ronnies will live forever. We all, are blessed.

[@gailcrook2687]

I'm not far from you

[@Ash-zw6ch]

@@gailcrook2687 i too

[@gerardleroux5784]

Outstanding humour! And their ability to keep the laughter off their faces, shows pros at work!

[@user-vo5kv9qi6k]

Outstanding!! RIP British Comedies are the Bomb!!

[@mahulad7298]

Man Icould watch these guys all day long.

[@sankaranp23]

gB

[@paulmaryon9088]

Genius comedy, thank goodness for Ronnie, and Ronnie, we need more of this in these troubled times, thank you

[@thomascassidy8347]

My all time favorite guys, always cheer me up and now more than ever we need these golden sketches to forget reality!!

[@Medietos]

Thomas Cassidy:Agreed it was funny, -although I didn't exactly get it all. Did you?

[@colinryan315]

These two should be recommended to up and coming comedians so gifted.

[@bethhaines6340]

How these two kings of comedy are able to keep a straight face in this sketch i dont know

[@joebloggs495]

Amazing. You are immortal Sir Ronnie Barker. The world will never see the like of which.

[@ianprice890]

Two of the very best British Commedians. I remember with great fondness shows like The Two Ronnie's from the 70s. & they still make me laugh today. Interesting how comedians back then never used expletives or bad language- just clever, well rehearsed skits and whit 😂

[@paddy654]

Yes those were the days my friend 😂😂

[@KletoReese]

Still watching in 2020!! Absolutely Hilarious!!

[@srilankan59]

Do true. Never fails to give me stitches

[@hazelday3382]

So very funny, thank goodness for comedy of this standard to keep us laughing.

[@alanbevis5317]

Priceless, unforgettable and irreplaceable. British humour at it's finest.

[@CalumnMcAulay]

Wow they surely had a whole level of talent energy and passion that seems lacking in most people today

[@dominique2693]

They play off each other so well..it is magic.

[@philipdebacker]

This brings me right back to my childhood, they don’t make shows like this anymore..

[@Carlos.750]

old git hahahahah

[@srilankan59]

Actually, no one has the mental acumen to produce such intelligent comedy any more. British comedy excelled all other efforts at comedy.

[@thomascraymer8712]

My parents showed me this, I couldn't agree more! Often they will show me older shows from their generation, such as Two Ronnies, Dick Emery Show, BlackAdder, Only Fools and Horses, Carry On, Mind Your Language, and of course Monty Python... these are so much funnier than any "comedies" from nowadays

[@patrickkeegan330]

How in the world could they keep a straight face. True British comedy at its finest 😂😂

[@860anthony]

Just found these two geniuses in my feed and they are brilliant. Thankyou Koolmook and thank you youtube!

[@stephenchecksfield632]

The pure brilliance of the two Ronnies absolutely comedy geniuses 😂

[@CandHHouse]

Pure genius! Grew up watching these two, and i never get tired of watching them. RIP two ronnies

[@cousrajooseetapah6526]

Chris House q

[@Aran-vc7rx]

Brilliantly written and fantastic acting from the ronnies

[@goweresque]

The fact that they bothered to make a name plate for the managers desk speaks volumes as to their attention to detail - this was a one off sketch, not an ongoing series.

[@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

I miss these chaps :) Thankfully their humour lives on.

[@aaronwalderslade]

"Will that be all, sir?" Genius delivery

[@borderlord]

Still making me laugh in 2019!😂

[@ElvarMasson]

...and me in 2020

[@sabejreid2072]

And me in 2020!

[@Andrew-ch1uh]

2020 here were all depressed

[@ElvarMasson]

Oops !!! I'm watching it again...in 2022 !!! 😄

[@thomascassidy8347]

2022 and still laughing xx

[@Mik-H]

2019......still watching the Ronnies, and still loving them :-)

[@kittykitty471]

Such pure talents! Thankfully, they left behind a wealth of comical treasures.

[@priyarai1816]

Fantastic super super super super super super super

[@TheMDJ2000]

This is just brilliant. I'm glad to have been a kid when this was on the tv. "Never mind her eclairs!"

[@chrisbaxter3597]

No comedy in the world like it - superb

[@philroysmith]

Comic genius... on a different level from today, and delightful.

[@simon201063]

The word 'irreplaceable' is vastly overused, but it applies to The Two Ronnies. RIP.

[@commentfreely5443]

hope they have a HR dept.

[@Bodragon]

@@commentfreely5443 Or even *_an_* HR dept. >

[@NeathSpadge]

No truer words have ever been said. The world will never be the same without them.

[@Isleofskye]

Where did you do your foaming before you Semi-Retired ?

[@NeathSpadge]

@@Isleofskye pretty much the same pkaces as I do now. Why?

[@RedcoatsReturn]

Love it! The innocent and brilliant humour of my childhood! Still cracks me up today at 60 .....timeless!

[@michellegruber4187]

Hilarious !!! What a pleasure it has been for me to laugh wholeheartedly for the past minutes. Thank you so much. These two gifted men were so funny, excellent indeed.

[@ThompsonSmith505]

Hello Michelle How are you doing today

[@richardbowman1062]

They are up there with the best

[@michaeljohnbailey9719]

I never tire of this stuff

[@toggler6985]

Just brightened my day no end, thank you for posting lol.

[@scholesnicholas3628]

I grew up as a teenager in the 1970s,every night a comedy as good as that was on.

[@MrFlatroofer]

How did Barker keep a straight face!!

[@johnking5174]

One reason, they would have rehearsed this over and over and over again to the point they would get bored of the scene. That is a technique which many use. Once you have rehearsed it over and over it becomes boring and lets you not corpse.

[@nirmalsuki]

Barker was a comic genius of the rarest kind...

[@ajivins1]

He probably wrote it so knew what was coming...

[@Cool2BCeltic]

He was a very good actor, in fact he could if he'd wanted to have had a straight character acting career.

[@musamor75]

@@Cool2BCeltic He DID in fact do a serious series- sorry, I can't remember the name. Barker was something bordering on the genius. His talents seemed literally limitless. He was also word-perfect; he could reel off dozens of tongue-twisters, flawlessly. Apart from an immense personal talent, he must have been a ferocious hard worker. Oscar Peterson, one of the greatest giants Jazz has ever known, was asked to define what he thought genius was. He replied: 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.

[@FéargalO]

What a fantastic sketch.

[@MM-yi9zn]

Have viewed it 8 times! Still hilarious. Nothing even slightly as funny these days!

[@TinyFord1]

If by these days you mean 2020s then yes, but if you mean the 2000s. Perhaps give “The Whitest Kids you Know” a shot. “Race war” and “tall people” was quite funny for me, “Wheel of money” and “little hitler” also has some good reviews

[@KonoShunkan]

I've only watched it 2.4 times. Twice and another on the way.

[@ChadQuick270W]

Hilarious stuff here. I found out about Porridge and The Two Ronnies as I enjoyed Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours so much.

[@mohammadzuhair4768]

Chad Quick h

[@amandabernsen9174]

I love both of the first two you mention, but Porridge is even dearer to my heart. Grew up with it, and Fletch is such a grand character! (As is Mr McKay, and others are very good, too.)

[@Hopmans23]

"She's your wife, Simkins!"

[@beverleyhart5747]

Pure humor. Just what we need currently!

[@Isleofskye]

Actually I was speaking in jest as I am renowned for my sense of levity. In reality I design Paper Clips . I pride myself on being an expert in this field and this has been my passion for nearly 30 years now since I started at Radia Paper Clips which is an Anglo-French Firm. As I'm sure we all know a paper clip is a device, used worldwide to temporally hold papers together. An interesting fact is that the technology for manufacturing paper clips evolved in the early years of the twentieth century, and has remained virtually unchanged since the 1930s ! Paper clips come in several forms, but the one most often seen in common use is called the Gem clip. The origin of the term "Gem" is supposed to have originated from one of our British firms that began exporting them at least 100 years ago , which I find fascinating . The term has come to stand for the iconic shape of the oval-within-oval design. Actually any clip of this shape is called a Gem clip, regardless of the manufacturer. Another type of paper clip sometimes used by archivists and librarians is called the Gothic clip. It has a rectangular shape, with a triangular inner loop. Other distinguishing marks of paper clips are the overall size, the thickness, and quality of the wire, and whether the clip is corrugated or smooth

[@Realpoweronearth]

Yes fascinating subject what about cement technology and how toothpicks are made!!!!

[@sandrarepash6451]

And places of business that sold these paperclips were called 'Clip Joints'.

[@steveluckhurst2350]

Aha! We meet again. Lol

[@Isleofskye]

@@steveluckhurst2350 I am glad we do Steve (as opposed to ) Sheriff of Nottingham :) I did expect a "lol" or as we 68-year-old trendies say these days "haha" when I made my "joke" about "I met someone with your name.....if only I caught their surname!" .... I trust you are well so how are you, mon ami?

[@Isleofskye]

@@sandrarepash6451 I tend to be 2 years behind here in Kazakhstan, Sandra, and have only just seen your comment. Nice One !

[@polina3046]

I grew up on these two guys what a life

[@margrethechristinautkilen5878]

Fantastic! Genius!

[@richardbrown8099]

They were brilliant.

[@deesplaylists6941]

I miss these sketches sooooooo much.

[@rickwills4281]

Genius, perfection......

[@johngritjohngrit140]

Never heard of the TWO RONNIES. This is a treat. Thanks.

[@Isabella-nh5dm]

Trust me, you have missed so much.

[@abrarahmed1888]

Redolent of the Monty Python Chartered Accountant vocational guidance counsellor sketch with Michael Palin and John Cleese. I think MP may also have contributed to some of the 2 Ronnies material

[@Cool2BCeltic]

Like I say, this sketch is something completely different from the said Monty Python sketch (pun intended). It just has the same premise as the Monty Python sketch, that accountants are reputedly boring people.

[@manjitsandhu6463]

Most people don't realise that Ronnie Baker wrote a lot of the material under a sudo name the man was very talented

[@JFBridge]

Many thanks and R.I.P.Ronnie C.

[@akanecortich8197]

the golden era of British comedy.

[@Iloveflowers2024]

Well I watch television sir. I watch Blue Peter or the weatherman. Nothing too racy, you know what I'm getting at.

[@andymoore9977]

I was in my teens when this and Monty Pythons made me shy away from accountancy so I got a degree in Psychology! Later I decided to 'go for it', passed exams etc etc. Then I started my own practice and enjoyed every minute of it until I was able to retire in my mid 50s and devote my time to being a goat tamer. Ask my Bitekins (of credit control), my wife.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Lion taming is a great profession to join.

[@NathanMcCabe88]

@@peternagy-im4be don't forget your hat!! 😉

[@elenagisa1318]

how many times did you copy and paste this comment?

[@yggdrasil9039]

This sketch would never pass muster these days owing to its overt accountantism.

[@DieFlabbergast]

accountaphobic?

[@alanmackenzie6909]

@@DieFlabbergast Well, if you add up the Debit and Credit sides, omitting any gross profit and take into account (I like that one!) the balance sheet which gives the assets and liabilities - you could be very well right! I'll just go and check my bank statements. Thank you.

[@xr6lad]

Is the issue of Accountants wanting to change jobs knowing as Accountrans?

[@p28-e7j]

The chemistry between these two

[@1960dave1960]

Ronnie Barkers face when Ronnie tries to make him laugh is a classic pose…..😀😃😄

[@davehowling1934]

Would wipe the floor with the comedy of today, perfect timing and delivery, and funny, not like the rubbish we have now

[@iankerman8056]

I could not agree more. This and other sketches of theirs are pure genius. The so called comedy of today is trash and most of it is not the least bit funny. The Two Ronnies are legends. We will not see their like again.

[@brakenoodle105]

The BBC are incapable of producing quality TV like this now.

[@Dexter101x]

The BBC never produced the Two Ronnies. The BBC just licenced production companies to give them stuff to broadcast. They started doing that in the 60s. Yes, there are stuff like live shows that the BBC produces, but not comedy or any other shows....oops, sorry for being a bore

[@GreencampRhodie]

BBC more interested in paedophilia & being the state's war propagandist & creating regime change in sovereign countries.

[@margol2168]

The dying quality of tv broadcasters is a matter common all around the globe.

[@vijaylachyan8229]

Partly because of the PC stuff..

[@jamietrev]

Bollocks; the world changes and so does humour. You can live the past as frankly that’s where you belong. Good riddance

[@ReverandPigeon]

The 2 Ronnies are just apure amazing talent - how they harmonise is past amazing. I never really liked Ronnie Barker alone but more so i liked Ronnie C alone - but when 2 becomes 2 - this makes things far far better

[@catbreath007]

What does an accountant use for contraception ? ..... His personality 👍

[@paul_apex_gym]

I don't know how they managed to keep a straight face during the sketches unless there were lots of takes.😂

[@johnking5174]

They rehearsed this over and over again, that by the time of recording they got so used to it, that it became the norm, however of course now and again they would slip.

[@Classictv90s]

Ronnie Corbett got a big hand at 4:22 during the sketch.

[@79135clauds]

Classictv90s get out

[@79135clauds]

Classic90stv Backintime I was making a joke as in “please leave” because of the pun he made 😂 don’t worry about it!!

[@MrEAus]

@@79135clauds David Brent approves that expression also He will not have her tunnel bandied about willy-nilly after all...

[@79135clauds]

Evan Jones oh Lordy 😂

[@MrEAus]

@@79135clauds erm... 😐 (Is that just general amusement on your part...or also acknowledgement of the actual reference too? ...from The Office)

[@lonestarlondoner]

Ronnie Barker...Genius!

[@sheilabernadetteclairemcin1107]

Love the 2 Ronnies . Classic

[@Isleofskye]

I do not wish to be a pedantic bore, as I am also an Accountant, a Costs and Certified one, actually, but when Mr.Corbett referred to Simpkins' sons names he said " Watkins" whilst Mr.Barker had said " Wilkins" which I think is worthy of mentioning as it is imperative in life, particularly in the comedic sector, to ascertain the correct facts..

[@robmontier639]

Reading that makes me wonder if you are indeed Simpkins

[@Isleofskye]

Pedantic comes from a French word, pedant, means “to teach or to act as pedagogue.” A pedantic is someone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, minute details in order to make an arrogant and ostentatious show of learning which clearly I am not....

[@DieFlabbergast]

No, it is _not_ "imperitive" (sic), it is "imperative," to get spelling right, that is.

[@Isleofskye]

You have totally ruined my Bank Holiday Weekend :( You are absolutely right about my inexcusable mis-spelling of imperative. I have no excuse . I have given myself a jolly good talking to I can tell you :(

[@DieFlabbergast]

+Isleofskye I wouldn't be too hard on myself, if I were you. After all, you're an accountant, whose core skill lies in the field of mathematics, not language. I, on the other hand, as a translator and former newspaper editor, _couldn't_ be excused for such a lapse.

[@johnnguyen4053]

He is genuine accountantwith good memory and calculation. He has all the things that accountant should have.

[@CarineHerring]

❤hours got better thanks to your healing humor on all serious issues of daily lifes

[@barbarawalker8957]

What a very funny sketch. The two Ronnie's were brilliant one of a kind. It's a shame the comedy of today is not as the same standard.

[@madhujohn7283]

Hahaha I haven't laughed so loud and so hard in so long! Brilliant! 😂😂😂

[@williammaloney8434]

Absolutely brilliant 👏

[@galezhang]

I completely lost it at the whoopie-cushion bit!

[@paulcoulthard8654]

Me too - Little Ron was hilarious at that bit...

[@viperthedragonsamurai.001]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@janesmith9024]

Very funny. The truth is though that having a dull but excellent accountant is much more useful to a company than an exciting one.

[@ThompsonSmith505]

Hello Jane How are you doing today?

[@freddiem8801]

When he said I'm going to make you smile, I don't know how he kept a straight face.

[@saifullahsikandary1124]

these era shows were amazing,

[@philipmanning7352]

One of the best sketches

[@stpeter2214]

Brilliant brilliant incredible genius.

[@barriereid9244]

Modern day comedians just do not have the same class.

[@paulmaloney2383]

great old English comedy , great duo, sadly missed

[@SirJeff]

2:56 I was expecting him to say it out in terms of days not years

[@Armaan19528]

Genius. Much better than the current rubbish on TV.

[@paddy654]

Couldn’t agree more 😢😢

[@elizabethman7313]

The Ronnie Barker scuttle, like he needs the loo! Genius!

[@ThompsonSmith505]

Hello Elizabeth How are you doing today?

[@nigelsouthworth5577]

Is RC Fishbein an anagram? It's on the nameplate

[@paulterry7672]

This sketch was a real classic great comedy

[@bevmorris7434]

Still making me laugh in 2022 🤣

[@antonfernando8409]

2023

[@man_vs_life]

Well we sure won't be seeing that sort of comedy anymore.

[@1960dave1960]

I once asked our office accountant about getting VAT back on unpaid invoices, his answer was riveting….made me miss my bus home…!!…

[@Kevin-lf4xx]

Love it and I am an accountant.