Crop of the Flops (The Two Ronnies)

Classic songs from the duo:
"Bad Habits" by Buster Gut : 1:00
"You won't stop talking " by Chas and Dave : 3:13
"Spider-Woman" by Adam and the Gnats : 5:55

[@IanSizer-co7vb]

Light hearted brilliant entertainment Real family viewing Ronnie Barker was a self proclaimed introvert who as himself avoided publicity but came alive in his many brilliant characters

[@lilliankeane5731]

There was nothing these two couldn’t take the p out of. Absolute genius. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@euromusicfreak]

The best duo since Laurel and Hardy

[@lilliankeane5731]

@@euromusicfreak yes! Love em! So many moments skits and bits to choose from.. thinking of a few now, 😆😆. He he.

[@STESTOOGE]

Legends! Morecambe and Wise were good,but in my opinion The 2 Ronnies were the absolute BEST! 😂

[@garethsavin4464]

Loved them both so much,don’t make me choose!!!

[@sergiocampanale3882]

I don't remember seeing this one at the time (1981 I'd judge) and never come across it since....but it is magnificent! The sight of Ronnie Barker as Buster Bloodvessel knocked me out of my chair immediately .... but their take on Bad Manners, as well as Chaz & Dave and Adam and the Ants is frighteningly accurate. Being musical masters they can easily conjure any musician or style with ease. Thank your for sharing and putting it our way at last...

[@euromusicfreak]

Buster Gut

[@davidspencer3191]

they made millions laugh .. bless the two ronnies

[@markgreet3543]

I'm a huge fan and collector of adam ant seen him live 6 times this was funny and clever respect.

[@billshaw4785]

WHAT A WONDERFUL PAIR OF FUNNY ENTERTAINERS..SADLY MISSED BY ME

[@garryjones7218]

They did Chaz and Dave fantastically.

[@tracey-anncannon2233]

Thanks for cheering me up ,this is outstanding .I love the two Ronnies .👓👓

[@gyorkshire257]

Imagine being the woman in the Adam Ant bit? "So, I had this job once where I was dressed in a spiderman costume and stuck to a plastic web while Ronnie Corbett crawled across the floor towards me in a wig, leather trousers and makeup."

[@back_to_the_nineties2534]

Ronnie Corbett doing his Adam Ant impression is spot on. 😂

[@janestewart8272]

Loved watching this show back in the day. So so funny- and very clever. Chaz and Dave send up absolutely brilliant!

[@evonne_]

RIP Ronnie Barker and Corbett.

[@tanyalaverty9074]

The Two Ronnie's are legends love them They always make my Xmas.

[@garethsavin4464]

Always play their Xmas specials dvd at Christmas (& Morecombe & Wise) still hilarious to me and takes me back to the best time in my life.

[@pauljg173]

Loved the Adam and the Ants piece lol !!

[@suzannemoogan9675]

Paul J G Me too Ronnie C was wonderful as Stuart aka Adam Ant, in 81 I was then 6 and absolutely obsessed with emulating Stuart. I bet Ronnie Corbett's daughters were embarrassed though, as many of the girls who were older than my six years, usually were obsessed with Stuart in a completely different way to me as he was a real gorgeous guy back then, I was far too young to appreciate that. This is hilarious, I bet Stuart Goddard - Adam thought so too..

[@sallylane8497]

Haven't laughed so much in ages, RIP The Two Ronnies xx

[@lorraine4143]

Buster blood vessel had me in stitches , the ridiculous lyrics and the faces he was pulling lol

[@stephentrudgeon2646]

These two legends are spot on as always,superb🤣🤣

[@georgefiddler1742]

Such a Funny Sketch! It looks like the real thing! Love what they did!

[@brianpatricklarkin3474]

Forgot about this one absolutely brilliant especially Buster 😎

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Hilarious and brilliant parody of Top of the Pops.

[@evonne_]

Sure is.

[@ajlomas2881]

God this brings back so many great memories!!! I was never a fan of Mark & W, but these two were so much funnier. So many hilarious and classic moments in their shows, the armchair monologues, the comedy serials, and last but by no means least, (and my favourite too) these classic song routines, absolutely loved them, and even the news reads too. These are still a joy to watch today as they were back then. Ronnie C just like his friend, was never afraid to dress up and throw himself into every crazy character with such gustavo, and never disappointed. That laugh when we see him as Adam Ant just fantastic!! And the fact that they were such good friends away from the cameras just makes it all the more heart warming. Thank you Ronnies for giving us years of unforgettable and classic comedy. There'll never be the likes of you two again. God bless you, we love you two so much!!!! R. I. P comedy legends.

[@xCarlsburgx]

I wish they were still here to make more shows and make us laugh!

[@collinhunter9792]

oh yes i know what you mean. i liked m&w, but these two beat them hands down really.

[@errolstewart2910]

Rip the two Ronnie's😁😅😆😅😁🇦🇺 thanks for the memories

[@DRAINPIPE57]

Brilliant send up of the then BBC pop flagship show Top of the pops

[@johnking5174]

This clip is buried deep in the BBC archives and will never be repeated again on British television, for the obvious reason of Mr Savile impression is part of it.

[@Bpg5012trick]

Although this show was made years before the Savile scandel

[@alexanderthompson683]

@@Bpg5012trick the BBC already knew about it back then

[@croonyerzoonyer]

@@Bpg5012trick it was happening at this time.

[@johnking5174]

@@andymerrett Actually the Savile comment in OFAH is reinstated, as I saw it during Christmas, and the line is still there. I think shows like this keep both versions, and just transmit any of them without thinking. These channels are run on a very low budget, with no thought really put into it.

[@transporttimeagain3632]

It's on dvd stupid

[@stevogeezer]

Top lads - God bless the two Ronnies

[@johnmelling9950]

Haha Buster Gut is the funniest thing I've ever seen! The funny thing is, it s better than most of the stuff in the charts today!

[@ninarizzo7312]

Brilliant as always!😂😅😂😅😂😅🤗💯👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@scottmckellar1157]

Remember seeing a repeat of this in the late 80s. On the ABC. (Australia)

[@markgreet3543]

I've waited years to see Adam ant so good.

[@nikolaitheterrible]

My father knew I was a Bad Manners fan and when he saw this back in the day he was laughing so hard I thought he would burst something.

[@johnbarry1965]

He should have just laughed anyway!!

[@stevogeezer]

Great stuff - I reckon the Bad Manners lads would have felt honoured

[@gsf67]

I can remember seeing this about 1982, very clever stuff.

[@deniseg-hill1730]

The best comedy duo ever.

[@rtt806]

Agree with you there, haha!

[@sarahwelty9223]

My goodness this is so funny thanks for uploading 👍

[@goldie103103]

Buster Gut and Bad Habbits, Brilliant!

[@davidhammond3519]

Oliver Goldsmith you know that is Jimmy Saville that RC is playin with the cigar and the uhnuhnuhnuhnuhnuhnuhn noise ( Top of the pops) he was popular when I was living in England 75-78 But they are both magic the two

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I wonder what Adam Ant thought of Spiderwoman?

[@davidhammond1521]

+Daniel Williamson adam and the nats .those is no political correctness over there

[@heene]

Brilliant. Not seen it for years.

[@davidspencer3191]

classic from 1981 .. god bless corbett n barker

[@paulmiles9102]

my all two favourite comedians of all time

[@pauljackgriffiths7038]

Loved it !!

[@Steve20127]

The production values were always the best.

[@ianheaver3217]

The Two Ronnies being as brilliant as ever. Thanks for posting!

[@Bojaycob]

Absolutely the best rock song

[@Zlervo]

British comedy: the best in the world.

[@ChadQuick270W]

I love it!!! Classic Two Ronnies here. Sadly the intro to this skit is omitted on the DVD release. This is priceless comedy here. Thanks for sharing this with us 👍

[@goodiesguy]

you must have a later pressing of the DVD, the original pressing, and the AUS/NZ Region 4 disc has it intact.

[@ChadQuick270W]

@@goodiesguy yes I have a region 2 pressing in the box set.

[@goodiesguy]

@@ChadQuick270W That'll be why. The original stand-alone release when it was first released had it intact. You can tell which pressing is which because the back cover of the original has a photo of them as The Two Jimmies in the top left corner.

[@MalcNedd62]

Still laughing at "Adam And The Nats"!

[@charlottedowling2241]

MY GOD THEY WHERE SO TALENTED AND FUNNY .

[@sharonshepherd727]

The B.B.C won.t be the same R I P the two Ronnie's

[@dominicarcherk]

this is much better than the current shit being played today

[@Cool2BCeltic]

In the 1970s and 80s older people were saying that when talking about the music of the 40s and 50s.

[@josephtownsend7481]

/r Iamverysmart ...

[@rareads]

Thats true. In the 80s parents and teachers were saying the current music is rubbish and would never be fondly looked back at in history like the old 'proper music'. It will be same in 2040 when looking back at 2017

[@hanleyguy7967]

No, no, no you have to be deaf if you think current music stands up to the eighties. So many young people agree, just read the comments.

[@leehighland5435]

@@rareads In 2040, no one will know what music is, because it will be banned.

[@K.Ginger-Rogers]

I have every script to every skit and tv episode of every show he was ever in. And every episode of two Ronnies and open all hours. His talent is relentless. As a very lonely kid. He was eveything to me. Those wonky glasses would make me laugh so much. My favourite story was about the mystery of who was writing the first 7 seasons of The two Ronnies..as Ronnie B was writing it under a pseudonym. So it was used cos it was good. Not cos he wrote it. eventually it was worked out it was someone amongst the immediate circle ... and they started placing Bets. Lol when it came out that it was Ronnie Barker the room went silent ...and then someone at the back of the room said... no-one likes a smart ass...❤😂😂😂

[@davidspencer3191]

classic r.i.p. ronnie & ronnie tu4 the laughs

[@scottburton9741]

Bad Manners one is fucking perfect 🤣

[@euromusicfreak]

Did you Buster Gut

[@darryllharden9141]

That Spider-Man costume looks familiar from 'The Kenny Everett Television Show' when he did those sketches with the character in his shows!.

[@robertbilling6266]

Great clip. It seems to have been edited on an early version of th QuesTech Charisma Digital Video Effects machine, which I helped to design. Certainly the elliptical wipe was something I worked out on a 1980s minicomputer.

[@texluh]

Do you know whether TOTP was edited in the same way at the time? It was Christmas 1982.

[@robertbilling6266]

@@texluh No. I only joined QuesTech in 1983 and flat Charisma came out around 86, followed by CLEO a few years later. In 82 it would probably have been a Quantel 5001.

[@texluh]

@@robertbilling6266 according to an interview if Buster Bloodvessel around 2017, he says this was Christmas 1982. They certainly were no longer big by 83. I think I put the link on another reply. Someone here says the exact date of filming was at the end of 81.... Lots of different information here. All the best

[@texluh]

@@robertbilling6266 Pat Maher about 50 comments below says it was recorded in November 1981. I think it probably was, so it was a Christmas special at the end of 81 - possibly even shown on New Year's Day 1982.

[@eurochrissy2]

Quantel Paintbox was used on The Tripods TV show?

[@simonatford1]

They didn't show this in the tribute shows. Can't think why.

[@rareads]

Because the BBC would rather pretend that Jimmy Savile didn't exist

[@itsjemmabond]

rareads Do you blame them?

[@thedukeofnuts]

Probably because it wasn't one of the classic sketches of theirs...

[@TellyArchive]

rareads For god sake they know the reason why it isn’t shown now as they were just joking, do I have to always spell things out on this platform? 🥴

[@ukcomedycharacters7134]

It must have been difficult to get trousers too short for Ronnie Corbett

[@davidspencer3191]

the classic rons

[@markrich7171]

Apparently after this was first broadcast Ronnie Barker was told by some suit at the Beeb that Chas Hodges (RIP) had been on the phone, Ronnie B. asked was he insulted and the suit replied no he said the it the funnest thing that he'd ever seen.

[@meirionwilliams9908]

it says a lot when these parodies were better than the music of the times

[@sergiocampanale3882]

Alas it does indeed ....

[@MM0SDK]

RIP Ronnie Barker. Bring back open all hours, two ronnies, porridge, alright guv.

[@evonne_]

Also now RIP Ronnie Corbett. Bring back Sorry!!

[@th3st1g55]

Mark Bartlett Open all hours is back under a new title. MORE OPEN ALL HOURS. David Jason now is the tighfisted shop keeper & it still has ( unbelievably ) the same cast. It's on freeview & 💩sky somewhere. Check daily on your Television TV guide. The original series is also still shown. 😉

[@Gera1713]

Mark Bartlett you can get them all on TV Gold. If you can afford Sky

[@rtt806]

XD please don't ever delete this

[@annadavies9742]

Funniest chart rundown ever 😂

[@CompleteCretin]

"I want to use my powers of suction" haha

[@lordloftus10]

😂😂😂love it !

[@christopherdrennan3511]

Ronnie B is parodying Buster Blood vessel.

[@lucaschapman2188]

Oh really I really thought he was doing a parody of Leo Sayer 🙃

[@johnbarry1965]

Imagine "Two Jimmies"? Frightful thought!!!

[@napdaw]

It has taken me a week to realize it is not "we ate one another" nor "I ratted on my mother to the red man"

[@rajnirvan3336]

Proper classic

[@markgreet3543]

So funny 😂

[@stevogeezer]

God bless Chas

[@moonmelder2965]

it took me some minutes to figure out this was a spoof and not a real Top of the Pops LOL

[@jamesbrice3267]

The accuracy was often uncanny.

[@fluorosco]

Adam Ant's still got it 😂

[@garystyles4151]

Be turning in their graves looking at the shit we serve up Saturdays now

[@sarahmore4146]

I think that I'm 49 Saturday nights r shit I love shows like bless this house shows like that

[@dinagreaves6686]

❤🎉 Soooo funny

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

The piece performed during the Adam and the Nats part is better than anything the real band ever did.

[@petersmith7577]

I wanna use my powers of suction... LOL

[@scottmckellar1157]

Agreed

[@Cool2BCeltic]

You know, I think Fry and Laurie said they couldn't satirise people younger than themselves. Come on, the Two Ronnies were sending up pop stars in their twenties when the Ronnies themselves were well into middle-age. Age is no barrier to being funny.

[@Maundervision]

The gentleman at the left-back of Celluloid Burp at 0:41 looks strangely familiar... If the notion of a show like The Two Ronnies taking potshots at a supposedly youth-skewed popfest like TOTP seems a bit odd, it's worth remembering that the same BBC personnel tended to be responsible for both - Michael Hurll oversaw the Rons & the Pops at more or less the same time, hence the accuracy of the spoofing.

[@billysequins]

It's Wossy on the Two Wonnies!

[@Bojaycob]

My highest idol

[@patmaher9429]

RECORDED 24.11.81

[@texluh]

This article says it was recorded for the Christmas Special 1982: entertainmentsouthwales.com/entertainmentsouthwales/2016/12/23/at-christmas-buster-bloodvessel-remembers-the-two-ronnies-bad-manners-parody

[@texluh]

@@rutgervangestel90 per cent sure I've saved it as a PDF in the past so I can email it to you if you can email me. Not sure if you're allowed to post email addresses or pm on KZbin but I'll look for it if I have somewhere to send it. Thanks

[@rutgervangestel]

@@texluh great!! thought i would give a heads up.

[@rutgervangestel]

@@texluh KZbin used to have a private message feature but it's gone.

[@texluh]

@@rutgervangestel it turns out I can't find it saved. Basically he says he knew it was coming on, but when he saw it he fell off his bed laughing? He said Ronnie was very clever to get all his facial expressions and he was amazed - and amazed at how they'd studied every detail of the band.

[@telemachus53]

"Bad Habits" ...I almost died.

[@MrGrumpygit488]

Never knew Ronnie Barker did an impression of buster bloodvessel & both of them taking the piss out of Savile

[@KaydeyRai]

Ha, they did a great job with this parody from a technical standpoint it looks exactly like an early 80s edition of TOTP

[@johnking5174]

Remember TOTP at this time was made at BBC Television Centre, along with the Two Ronnies who could pop down the corridor and use the real sets for this sketch.

[@stephenguppy3466]

The Two Ronnies give us The Two Jimmies. "I want to be seduced" by The Nolan Sisters all at once. So they knew as well, then. RIP The Ronnies.

[@shaunprice200]

The thumbs down know no real humour when they see it

[@sjoannebrown9305]

RIP to 2 natioal treasurers

[@RobertKincaid-vq3hn]

the arrangements of these tunes is truly amazing , but watching Ronnie B doing Buster Blood vessel is staggering looks like sings like him and Kid Cole Hole

[@moonmelder2965]

6:06 ....haha Adam Ant hehe

[@metalbearuk]

Apparently this sketch has been taken off 'The Two Ronnies' box set because of the Jimi Saville impersonation. I despair.

[@thedukeofnuts]

Apparently?

[@PeaveyPV20]

Thank god for youtube where we can enjoy stuff uncut

[@madmurdock100]

The sketch is still present on the DVD but with all Jimmy Saville references removed

[@tonyandthewhoniverse8527]

Wonder if the spiderman costume is the same one used in the sketches in kenny everett

[@peterlensic7053]

The only thing that is worse than one Jimmy Savile is two Jimmy Saviles.

[@grecosgreecedaz6026]

Brillant lol

[@lechandler4041]

This reminds me of Monty Python's Flying Circus- I have no idea what is going on, but it's hilarious anyway. A shame they are both gone, but in today's PC world they probably could not get away with this, at least not in the US (just consider the Short and Fat Minstrel Show).

[@davidhammond1521]

yes they got away with alot more over there in the 70,s they actually had the black and while minstrel show.but it's was not racist

[@jimmywormholes2053]

Well Well Well FunnY 40 YearS AGo........

[@rajnirvan3336]

Classic skit

[@modsnsods7329]

The middle eight actually really sounds like Bad Manners.. Why is Buster Bloodvessel Welsh ???

[@gremlinuk1968]

the, chas & dav , but adam ant , lmbo,!!!

[@grimTales1]

The Chas and Dave parody is brilliant, especially the way they add "Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit" in :D What did the real C&D think of it?

[@STESTOOGE]

I read in Chas Hodges autobiography he was actually there at the recording! He was totally honoured that The 2 Ronnies were doing him( Dave too) Chas and Dave loved it!😂😂

[@tomhouk8159]

Jub Jub sent me on the chase down the bad habits hole

[@80srenaissance67]

Chas & Dave was funny

[@moonmelder2965]

I that that intro was going to turn into Blondie "Heart of Glass"