Minister of Cuts

[@Gynra]

This seems even more relevant now, in 2022, than it was then.

[@annebeignatborde1832]

Especially the night storage solar panels 😅

[@TugiFox]

What it shows is politics - especially English politics - never changes. Watch Yes Minister, or Blackadder. Political comedy on issues that seem so relevant today are just a sign that politics never changes.

[@liammccarron8191]

Ronnie Barker was absolutely brilliant. Great writer, SUPERB performer.

[@liammccarron8191]

@Flat World Watcher He wrote a lot of the Two Ronnies shows. Fact!

[@christinescarff4920]

Yet another brilliant sketch ! They literally bring tears to your eyes ! 😂😂😂

[@franceskronenwett3539]

Barker was an absolute genius.

[@NoLongerBreathedIn]

narrow harrow and half-eton sandwich. Best line.

[@matelot95]

'Good Evening' was enough to make me laugh.

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

"The Army will be put on a one day week - so unless the Russians attack on a Monday, we'll be closed"

[@jefferson5137]

THE LAUGHS LAST ,NEVER TO DIE WITH THE TWO RONNIES.

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

"The London-Scunthorpe motorway only goes as far as my home in Potter's Bar. Well, who wants to go to Scunthorpe anyway?" Exactly!

[@garrettmeadows2273]

"Androids, I hear you cry. And you will get them if you sit on too many committees." LOL

[@SirFailsalot91]

"Here's a bionic Clement Freud - it doesn't move, but it's indistinguishable from the real thing."

[@HSMiyamoto]

My favorite joke is the one about the man who fires the rifle and the other who gets the bullet back. Maybe the enemy will die laughing? It could work!

[@callumsykes1307]

3:25 "Parliament will be halved and many members cut down to size including Mr. Foot who will be reduced to six inches. The Liberal Party will be allowed only three seats which means there'll only be room for Cyril Smith." 🤣

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

"McEnroe will provide his own ball boy " 🤣🤣

[@Mediumal]

As sensible a programme for Government as I've ever heard.

[@royjones4198]

40 years on still at it

[@differous01]

"This ticket here is British Rail's new Stay Away Day" [1:52] You travel to your destination and the driver gets a positive test result before you come back.

[@PaulDavis-jb1bx]

Ronnie Barker, absolute legend

[@leereadman9940]

Brilliant man very sadly missed. So very funny

[@mikeprice9826]

you're spot on there Lee

[@brucekilby9957]

Barker was one of most versatile Comedians. So many great characters,so well performed. RIP Ronnie.🙏🇬🇧

[@spiro14]

As relevant today as it was then!

[@terrylick5908]

spot on. and ronnie barker nailed it right to the head.. 👍

[@leibylifschitz7189]

מי דכטר

[@mrpfct]

Stay away day... Classic!

[@that-british-whovian]

Thank god they put 1983 on there I would have nearly assumed this wasn’t a work of fiction otherwise

[@jjwrightnz]

...you can still go to the Urals, but not while the train is standing in the station... 🤣

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

Doesn't work now, because modern trains have retention tanks instead of flushing onto the track!

[@Over_Sky]

"Members of the RAF will still be up there flying, although a much greater degree of skill will be demanded of them as there won't be any aeroplanes." 😄

[@pamrush5078]

Very excellent comedy and play on words

[@joe-vl3nd]

Brilliant 😂

[@martingray6275]

Deserved way more laughs for some very sharp word play. Classic, as always. Best 1/2 of that act, hands down.

[@pressureworks]

And the other Ronnie was the best at being the other half.

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

@@pressureworks I never thought he was as good on his own as Barker

[@pressureworks]

@@Inkyminkyzizwoz don't really care what you think.

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

@@pressureworks Well, you obviously cared enough to comment!

[@blitzablue]

"Cut your heating costs by using night storage solar panels...yes, that takes a little longer, that one!" Classic.

[@NoLongerBreathedIn]

Though completely non-obvious if you're from the States, where night-storage heaters are unknown due to no history of residential peak pricing. I thought night storage meant 'put them away at night', which is a daft thing to do, but wouldn't cause issues.

[@michaelheery6303]

@@NoLongerBreathedIn my sister pays 80€ a week foor stirage heeating in apartment.

[@TS-jm7jm]

@@NoLongerBreathedIn i dont get it?, im from Rhodesia(Zimbabwe these days), do you mean a system that uses heat stored in a fluid kept underground?, ive heard of these but being an african the notion of needing heating is a little silly for most of the time anyways and a fire is almost always an option.

[@NoLongerBreathedIn]

@@TS-jm7jm Usually it's stored in cinder blocks, apparently.

[@RabbiHerschel]

@@TS-jm7jm It's still Rhodesia in our hearts.

[@balasmj]

You'd get androids too, if you sit in too many committees 😄😄😄 Took me ages to realise its haemorrhoids

[@andycleaver9135]

Many a true word said on jest - its like he predicted the future

[@jasontoki5291]

Still love watching it, hehe :):)

[@stuartryan610]

At least 170 EPs of the navy lark including the very first one from 1959 and including the special 1977 jubilee episode.

[@paulclynch2349]

This is so true now !

[@moonmelder2965]

I'm half cut already ! LOL

[@galland3496]

How we have become conditioned by government edicts , as brilliantly portrayed by Ronny Barker in the bad old days . Nothing changes with repeating bad governments.

[@peterfinn6098]

Excellence and very clever.

[@chrismoule7242]

Night-storage solar panels. Yes, that took me a little longer...

[@Aran-vc7rx]

He was so funny

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

English humour at its best. What a straight face. Excellent. "We'll cut education. Eton and Harrow will come to half size and merge with Sandwich College. So we'll get Narrow Harrow and half Eton sandwich." 🤣

[@ashbridgeindustries]

Well, who wants to go to Scunthorpe, anyway?

[@pressureworks]

"As there won't be any aeroplanes"

[@Aran-vc7rx]

Brilliant

[@DrLizShawOBE2]

That joke about Clement Freud now has a whole new meaning...

[@2Truth2you]

Clement Freud, Aangirfan.

[@ArmyofLove]

You can go to the urals, but not while the train is in the station

[@martyncarroll5035]

A wonderful entertainer played various rolls in the navy lark such as the ship’s engineer officer lieutenant queeq. Who did not have a clue about how the ships engines worked and had to ask the lad who kept going to the toilet because of all the dodgy food he ate Funny comedy no swearing like today The old comedy is the best

[@TareenIT]

Year of my birth 1983

[@Rapture_Ready_Rabbit]

,,, TIME HAS RUN OUT !! John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Don't ignore this message... REPENT NOW !! TRUST that God raised Him from the dead !! By FAITH accept JESUS's blood alone as payment for your sins unto Salvation, to escape what's about to happen !!

[@garychapman4294]

I found myself reading the title very carefully...

[@LuxVertas]

Yep, and give them more ideas...

[@sandratogneri9982]

Figures ...wasen't half wrong ...even in that year XXX

[@SuperGingerBickies]

The two thumbs down were Cameron and Clegg...

[@joesnow7216]

+SuperGingernutz Why would they thumbs down it? He proposed limiting Labour to three seats. That would benefit them both.

[@leathleyg5995]

Rumour has it this sketch influenced a young boy called Martin Lewis...

[@altvamp]

Good old comedy

[@PaulTymond]

Meals on wheels convenient

[@JontheBerean]

The cuts didn't work , the UK is now over two trillion in debt Ronnie Barker was a funny man

[@missasinenomine]

2:36 McEnroe will provide his own ball-boy. Better, Umpire. (You can NAT etc etc)

[@jhfdhgvnbjm75]

2024...how accurate

[@BTBMAM]

Well as long as Russia don't attack on a Monday we will be fine .

[@bentullett6068]

Sounds like 2023 UK politics

[@eIucidate]

Android FTW!

[@MagikGimp]

Cheaper missile from Scotland. Oh how ironic.

[@Bigaitch]

Brilliant....'The Liberal party will only be allowed three seats, so just enough room for Cyril Smith'...😅

[@heliotropezzz333]

I wonder if George Osborne has seen this?

[@emmyjo720]

Too clever for Osborne.

[@Islacrusez]

@@emmyjo720 there wasn’t any suggestion of Osborne understanding any of it, only that he heard it and thought it seemed like a good idea… which kinda implies the opposite.

[@lenmarfox2947]

Conservative thinking

[@errolstewart5155]

Classic🖤💛❤️🇦🇺😆😂😅

[@johnharvey2850]

♥️

[@markfurnell6748]

Thought it must be ADF.....

[@carenhughan4760]

Yes, it is getting just as ridiculous now. Some company's are employing AI

[@HappisakVideos]

Tory party manifesto.

[@petergreen2552]

And it got them a 144 seat majority 😨

[@boosh90]

androids I hear you cry

[@joshlawson5436]

Interesting this is 1983 and he mentioned the word Android.

[@MythicSuns]

the word "Android" has been around for a very long time, a keen example of the word was used by Issac Asimov in IRobot, as mentioned in the linked article which also tells of various other moments of history where the word was used. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(robot)#Use_in_fiction

[@ellaminns]

I hope you weren't associating it with android the operating system XD It's a robot.... he's not predicting the future of mobile phones.

[@jemgem9593]

Very funny. However, pity those two Establishment peodos Clement Freud and Cyril Smith were referred to in the jokes... the BBC knew as they did with Savile. Otherwise, Ronnie Barker is hilarious as ever

[@jemgem9593]

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/18/cyril-smith-serial-paedophile-establishment-turned-blind-eye/

[@jemgem9593]

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/14/sir-clement-freud-exposed-as-a-paedophile-as-police-urged-to-pro/

[@Jlipnicki]

The canned laughter is horrible. This was ' edgy standup ' before the idea. National TV B B C was very good in the 1970s.

[@Miller6616]

Still funny, unlike Morecambe and Wise.

[@petergreen2552]

Bit unfair.

[@franceskronenwett3539]

I still find Morecambe and Wise extremely funny. However they were not as versatile as the two Ronnies, especially Ronnie Barker who happens to be my favourite comedian of all times.

[@divgradcurl9439]

I agree - never found M & W funny originally or now 40+ years later. However, Ronnie Barker was and is still very funny!

[@kevanmcnay3079]

‘ Mixed Singles !’ ….Ronnie Barker solving the Trans issue for Tennis !

[@tombarter8088]

Oh it's so terrible how people are allowed to keep their own money. Come on Ronnie, you're better than this.

[@jusb1066]

theres no taxes in somalia

[@imbatman2868]

@@jusb1066 everyone owns a moped no need for taxis...

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

​@@jusb1066 Then how do the Government meet the cost of running the country?