The Two Ronnies - their classic 1978 'Hovis' Advert

The Two Ronnie's take on the famous 1973 Ridley Scott Hovis advert, with the great Ronnie Barker carrying his loaf of bread to the top of Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset! To see what Gold Hill looks like today, go to • Gold Hill, Shaftesbury...
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[@QPRTokyo]

Ronnie Barker was a great actor. He could transform himself into so many characters.

[@johnmc3862]

He had an incredible memory too as seen in many of the sketches.

[@skylined5534]

​@@johnmc3862 The one where he's ordering drinks at a party and 'muddling' the orders over and over was brilliant 😂

[@PhillipParr]

I've walked up this hill and I don't think he'd have had to do much acting - it's hard work!

[@gordontaylor5373]

Certainly tough on the knees!

[@SamuelBlack84]

Must be a bugger on icy days

[@jesoby]

Is that Torrington in Devon?

[@PhillipParr]

@@jesoby Gold Hill, Shaftesbury

[@daveshields6240]

Where is this hill

[@philiptownsend4026]

I loved it when he patted the loaf as if it was an exhausted little dog as he staggered up Gold Hill, Shaftesbury. Yes it is still there and still looks the same.

[@azillliasmith2734]

I'm glad .....❤️🌷🌺🌹

[@jacobmassey3897]

I always love the part where he pats and tickles the bread like it's a tired little dog 🐕 😂

[@adrianatkins3128]

That bit was just comedy brilliance. He knew he had to break up the monotony of just walking up the hill. The shot of his feet is classic too. I’m old enough to remember the original Hovis ad but this just makes me cry with laughter

[@laverdajota8089]

Ronnie Barker was the best we have ever had , no swearing , just skill , RIP

[@markfox1545]

Laverda Jota - and yet you couldn't be bothered to get his name correct.

[@laverdajota8089]

Mark fox , unfortunately I’m dyslexic and struggle very hard to put down in writing what I’m trying to say .apologies for not being so precise , you seem to be much cleaver and astute-than me , I wish I was as cleaver as you . Keep up the critical comments in the future

[@grahamlive]

Not sure about the no swearing. My mother would have kicked my arse if I ever said "bloody" like Ronnie Barker does in this sketch.

[@laverdajota8089]

Graham. I must admit I missed that , I will have a listen for it next time I watch ,

[@marcbolland6992]

@@laverdajota8089 Good on you for trying. The Two Ronnies was one of the best shows on the BBC. I don't bother to even have a TV these days, nothing worth watching.

[@amplify3735]

this is why these two were so great. The original hovis ad really was very successful nation wide so this skit was well placed

[@robharding1957]

Ronnie Barker was a comedy genius !! Much missed by his many fans .

[@johnbarton9986]

Ronnie Barker might of left this world but will never leave our hearts. One of the true greats who still makes me laugh to this day. Thank you Ronnie.

[@plejady]

john barton might of left this world but will never leave our hearts

[@Zeitgeist971]

Why have we got this inane epidemic of people like the one here, using "Of" instead of "Have"? It's might have left this world dear friend, might of makes no sense.

[@alexeisavrasov888]

@@Zeitgeist971 thank you

[@DavideMazzetti]

@@Zeitgeist971 I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds this extremely irritating. I think it's developed because the contraction 'might've' SOUNDS like 'might of'. Regardless, it's downright annoying.

[@ritarose4463]

Great people are immortal!

[@maskutchitamagotchiworld1911]

I simply adored the Two Ronnies. So deeply sad with their passing and the years of beautiful sweet memories.

[@bridgetdoman1386]

The best. Had recorded some of their series last year when shown again. Was laughing that much I felt I was going to explode so turned it off. Brilliant.

[@KuiWagacha]

My parents introduced them to us in the 90s - we spent them either in school or on the floor deadened with laughter!!! Cartoons were secondary!!!

[@katdes7305]

Christmas for me is the two ronnies repeats, still hilarious to this day

[@oleggorky906]

They’re part of my childhood. Do you remember The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town? 😂

[@pauldoree3967]

@@oleggorky906 Absolutely remember that. Also, The Worm That Turned. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZSwlWR8ZsaWidE

[@martm216]

Interesting story behind original advert. It was, as we know, supposed to be a little northern town or village. But they searched far and wide around Yorkshire, Lancashire and goodness knows where else, and couldn't seem to find anywhere that looked quite right. Then someone on the crew mentioned this place he knew of, but thought it would be no good because it was down south, in Dorset. The director said, never mind that, lets go and have a look. The moment he saw Gold Hill in Shaftesbury the director clicked his fingers and said, 'Perfect.'

[@georgejacob3162]

THE most Yorkshire hill lies in Shaftesbury, Dorset!

[@Moltenbramley]

So I guess it had nothing to do with the fact that the Hovis advert was filmed on exactly the same hill

[@cpharris41]

@@Moltenbramley Martin did say it was a story "behind original advert" - he wasn't referring to the 2Rs' spoof.

[@pqrstzxerty1296]

Yep, I visited that street this year in Dorset. Very steep even for the fit.

[@martindavis5959]

@@pqrstzxerty1296 where is It please

[@AquaMarine1000]

A metaphor for life. A hard slog for your daily bread.

[@franceleeparis37]

Chris Bradbury ...maybe.... but it was a pisstake of a Hovis bread advert... we all remember it, that’s why it was so funny. You could mock a company without being sued..

[@colinp2238]

@@franceleeparis37 Gradely stuff tha knows.

[@angelkotilainen]

You have not heard of the bucketlist family XD

[@anuradhainamdar8967]

Quite right Chris a individual has to slog and trudge to procure their daily bread,' bloody long way to go ' but it also conveys that life should therefore be lived with joy and abandon without worrying.

[@colinp2238]

@@anuradhainamdar8967 Don't forget it was just after t'war (WW1).

[@lexm9416]

I was expecting him to get home only for his wife to say ‘did you remember t’ butter’ 🤣

[@howardmckeown7187]

i thought she would say she wanted white, lol

[@blodspage]

Me too!

[@howardmckeown7187]

@@blodspage what country do you live in?

[@fortyfour1654]

@@howardmckeown7187 Brown Loaves Matter ;-)

[@sofiaplatini1148]

Or.. “I told you, I’m on a carb free diet”

[@llaregubjinks5080]

Anyone watching this in August 2020. I would gladly step back in time , maybe the 70's were not perfect, no cell phones, no internet, only 4 tv channels, and it seems a more contented people. Is it just me ?

[@mikejohndonovan9444]

Only 3 TV Channels, I believe. Channel 4 started in 1982. And we had a black and white TV in those days.

[@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome]

We would have kept a lot of that contentment if social media hadnt happened.

[@benaldridge2887]

LLaregub JINKS no bro, far from it mate

[@larryparis925]

As long as we can do it without the degrading canned laugh tracks.

[@paulkyle4658]

@@mikejohndonovan9444 I remember watching snooker on our Black & White TV

[@rosalyns8493]

Aaahh, the Seventies, such Good Humour and no offence. I'm so grateful to have been around then. R.I.P. Ronnie and Thank you.

[@steveclem7873]

GatesENyuhPhuhPhaize

[@LordStJohn-nq4np]

Ronnie says “Cheers, me old mucker”.

[@Steampunksaly]

No offence in the 70s? That statement itself is offence to anyone like me who had to endure it

[@Bianchiboy]

Good humour and no offence? You probably think Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile would have made outstanding primary school teachers.

[@Hrodn]

@@Bianchiboy Well, they certainly would have been 'hands on' teachers.

[@dnakatomiuk]

I was born in 1983 but growing up I used to watch the 2 ronnies, morcome and wise, only fools and horses, open all hours, Hale and Pace the classics of British comedy. I loved those years of my life I really do and I loved all these legends

[@billystevenson5509]

You missed one of the best out rising damp

[@paulweir5031]

You should have spent your time learning English.

[@BedsitBob]

I was expecting him to get home, and his wife to say "I said a sliced loaf."

[@craftycockney5559]

Ha-ha. That would have been much better!

[@margaretroselle8610]

Yes,that also is typical Ronnie humour! Lol!

[@grimTales1]

Lol, that would have been great too :D

[@joandar1]

BedsitBob and others in this thread, I love your thinking and these two BRILLIANT MEN. My thoughts along a similar line was ( you forgot the Milk). Perhaps said prior to me, all the best from John, Australia. Cheers Mate.

[@johnbunyan5834]

BedsitBob . Me, likewise.

[@iand.3544]

It seems as if The Two Ronnies belong to a bygone era, but they have never been forgotten

[@thefatchap4675]

Well they do.do you live in a worm hole?

[@stuartj1234]

Im so so lucky the two Ron's show was a part of my childhood. I miss those days. There were some truely awesome shows on tv back then. Today its mostly utter garbage with no real content.

[@yoggers56]

Agreed!!! I'm English, living in USA. Haven't had TV for 20+ years due to the endless adverts, bottom-of-the barrel content, and channels which used to be decent & are now total dross....

[@MrDorbel]

Not every Two Ronnies sketch was funny, as this one demonstrates! That dreadful canned laughter doesn't help either.

[@Trev359]

@@MrDorbel Every comedian will do the occasional sketch which isn't their usual standard. The Two Ronnies are one of the funniest acts ever. IMO there were only a couple of sketches that were slightly below standard and this isn't one of them. This sketch is hilarious. Also, it isn't canned laughter. Their shows were made in front of a live audience. The filmed sequences such as this one were made first and shown to the audience during the show and the audience laughter was recorded and added to the soundtrack of the sketch.

[@paulgriffiths6344]

@@MrDorbel I know what's funny about a man walking up that hill??

[@Hiltok]

@@paulgriffiths6344 Here's the original Hovis bread ad for context. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH7UZmyvoLWhd6c The Ronnies were taking the p155 out of a very famous advertisement.

[@stevepettit2064]

bloody long way to go for a loaf of bread timeless the 70s was the best time for comedy glad to be growing up in that time got to be best two ronnies sketch ever this one iam a yorkshire lad so guess that is why i love it so glad i do not have to go far for a bloody loaf of bread today.

[@michele4195]

The 70s were fun.

[@stevepettit2064]

@@michele4195 thanks for the reply glad you enjoyed it as much as me.

[@ismailmiah1446]

I watched these in the 80s. ..amazing comedy

[@stevepettit2064]

@@ismailmiah1446 thank you for your reply yeah amazing.

[@ismailmiah1446]

@@stevepettit2064 my personal favourite was only fools and horses

[@foodstick]

I am continually amazed at how many Great English shows and comedians were hidden from us in the USA.. I would have watched these guys in a heartbeat back then...

[@colnuttall9035]

I don’t think either of The Two Ronnie’s was in Heartbeat ! (We British still feel the need to have the occasional good natured dig at you Americans because of the War Of Independence)

[@foodstick]

@@colnuttall9035 OMG ! this just popped up .. And made me laugh so hard. I wish they had made a movie named heartbeat.. It would be new to me ;)

[@colnuttall9035]

@@foodstick Glad you saw the funny side of it. By the way, the ‘Heartbeat’ I referred to was a very popular TV series starting in 1992 and running for 18 Episodes. It portrayed a North Of England small town where the main characters were a husband Policeman and his Doctor wife. It was set during the sixties and was a nostalgic piece that people of a certain age adored. To my knowledge there was no movie made, but given your remarks, you may enjoy it. It’s not a comedy, though there are amusing characters and situations. It’s intentionally naive compared to other cop shows and captures a pivotal time when things were more gentle. If you want to see Ronnie Barker, who I adored, in his final serious acting role, check out ‘My House In Umbria.’ Dame Maggie Smith and some other good actors are in it and the scenery is fantastic, if you like Italy.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

🤫😉💰

[@madmurdock100]

​@@colnuttall9035it ran for 18 series, not 18 episodes

[@ladyrachel13]

After having lived in England for a time I love seeing the old British comedy shows. Even if it's small clips. Classic Two Ronnies! Thanks for uploading. 👍

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Rachel, How are you doing?

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

@2 ? 😂

[@itztocaminnie6576]

Fantastic days,where has our joy gone

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

Two Ronnies used to be essential viewing back in the day! Great comedy!

[@benthorpe]

Comedy gold from The Two Ronnies. RIP. Greatly missed 😔

[@anyflippingthing]

I totally agree, there's nothing funny about it. I watched it and wondered what the heck was supposed to be 'comedy gold'. Not Ronnie's best by a long way.

[@davidwooff7989]

No, YOU just don't get it and perhaps never will.

[@GFSTaylor]

It's about context. This was shown back when the Hovis advert set on this street was a familiar sight on TV. From the opening g moments the audience understood they were watching a parody and the laughter builds as we wait for the pay off at the end - which is the reverse of the romantic nostalgia of the advert.

[@lordeden2732]

Gosh |I would never have guessed that till you patronizingly told me! That's for nothing!

[@britishcomposers]

Wasn't meant to sound patronising. Just a bit of information behind how the advertising people must've put the original Hovis ad together. That's all. Take it or leave it, as you wish sir. Sorry, Lord.

[@mrmrst9020]

I was lucky in the late 70s I was waiting at a bus stop for the 219 bus in hersham Surrey when Ronnie barker come up to me and asked what time the bus was due I said 5 mins or so and straight away recognised from the tv he start chatting to me so I asked him what he was doing in hersham he said seeing his daughter Charlotte who was at a private school there never forgot how nice he was a total gentleman

[@franceleeparis37]

glen tipping ... it’s a pity he didn’t say ‘I’m going to the shop for ‘fork handles’.. would have creased me up..

[@mrmrst9020]

Francelee Paris lol me to don’t know if they had done that sketch when I met him still brilliant tho

[@Moondog-wc4vm]

@@mrmrst9020 I never met either of these legends, but I had a chance encounter with Norman Wisdom many years ago when he came into the pub I had chosen for a bit of lunch for the same reason. It was really nice to see that everyone there recognised him, and nodded to him, or tipped a wink, but had the decency to leave it at that and give him peace to eat his meal. He was all smiles and seemed to appreciate the fact that he was acknowledged, but not harassed. I was sitting close to the door and saw him first, he saw me recognise him and I gave him a big smile, and he just winked and headed for the bar to order his lunch, nodding and smiling at the other patrons who responded in kind. I would have loved to have told him I loved his comedy and thanked him for the years of belly laughs, but I knew I didn't need to disturb him as he already knew everyone there thought the world of him just because they obviously recognised him, but gave him his privacy while still acknowledging him. One of my favourite memories.

[@mrmrst9020]

Moondog 1970 that was really nice what a lovely encounter another comedy legend gone but never forgotten love watching all these great people when life was so much funnier and carefree 👍

[@Moondog-wc4vm]

@@mrmrst9020 Comedy was definitely more carefree. I've laughed at Ben Elton and his angry standup, Loved The Young ones and Hale and Pace, French and Saunders, Bottom, Fry and Laurie, Absolutely Fabulous, The Comic Strip and many, many more comedy shows. (too many to mention) I stil think the likes of the Two Ronnies, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and even Only Fools and Horses and Open all Hours were more comedic than the later shows. I get that I'm an old bloke, younger people will find younger comedy funnier, that's just the way it goes, but I'll just throw in that my daughter born 1991 thinks the second funniest show on TV is Father Ted, and the best ever is the Two Ronnies. I had no part in teaching her that, she found it out all on her own. In my own opinion the funniest show ever broadcast is Blackadder. My daugther (comedy chops aside, doesn't get it) But I love every episode from beginnning to end.

[@johnreed3638]

1970s were the days when brilliant comedies were made and nobody was affronted by the humour.

[@goonerinSP]

People are offended by everything these days aren't they you bastard.

[@thelyingscotsman7993]

@@goonerinSP Yes you little twat.

[@MadHatter42]

George Carlin was arrested in 1972 for his "Seven Words You Can't Say on Television" bit, while The Richard Pryor Show was cancelled in 1977 after only four episodes because it was too offensive for the average American household. So...nah, brah, peeps got offended plenty, often by even dumber shit than they get offended by now.

[@Alastair_]

Yeh, they were only bothered by the colour of your skin, who you loved and what god you believed in.

[@Raven-Claws88]

I suppose you didn't hear how the church reacted to the Monty Python Life of Brian film then? Of course people were offended by humour in the past, even centuries ago. Roman satirists were killed if they made the wrong joke at the expense of the Emperor!

[@staffordshirebullterrierli7411]

Ronnie baker and David Jason were an absolute genius together 'porridge' 'open all hours' timeless classics!!!!! ❤️👌😷👍

[@raftonpounder6696]

David Jason wasn’t in Porridge.

[@ValiantWrestling]

@@raftonpounder6696 he was, he played old Blanco Webb in three episodes.

[@raftonpounder6696]

@@ValiantWrestling I stand corrected!

[@skylined5534]

​@@raftonpounder6696 Oh but he was.

[@raftonpounder6696]

@@skylined5534 see above.

[@stuartmorton1279]

That was the time when no one took offence, just had a laugh and got on with life.

[@peterclarke7240]

Bollocks. People took offence all the time. But it was straight white people taking offence at minorities, as opposed to now. People always bang on about the "good old days," but they weren't better for anyone but THEM. You could molest a woman, throw racist and homophobic insults around, and generally treat everyone like they were inferior in the sure and certain knowledge you'd not be punished. thank god we're moving on from those days.

[@stuartmorton1279]

@@peterclarke7240 and you are how old???

[@peterclarke7240]

@@stuartmorton1279 44, and old enough to remember Benny Hill, Jim Davidson and the Carry On films.

[@stuartmorton1279]

@@peterclarke7240 So you weren't really around in the 70s when everything was non offencive, you're more of a late 80s and 90s person when things started to change for the worse, when the politically correct idiots started raising their ugly heads and ruin our once great humour. By the way I left school the year before you were born.

[@ah7910]

How anyone can use a Two Ronnie’s sketch about bread… into some small-minded bigoted commentary on the state of society. You have it the wrong way around… The Two Ronnies didn’t cause offence, and that is why we STILL love them.

[@mihaelatudor2417]

God rest you in peace, dear Ronnie!!! You brought so much hapinness to so many people!

[@NewRailBasher]

whoever disliked this video doesn't realise the idea behind the sketch and what a great man Ronnie Barker was.

[@normancurragh768]

@The Last Penny No comedy duo could touch the two RONNIE'S, and I think you know who I mean, nuff said.

[@joandar1]

@@nn-ro1lv I agree and will say they do not know what clever humor is!! Cheers, John, Australia.

[@rodchamp7510]

joandar I disliked it - I thought it was lazy , just a spoof of an old advert, with a poor punchline

[@joandar1]

@@rodchamp7510 Rod you are entitled to your opinion as we all are. Thanks for expressing your thoughts. Cheers from John, Australia.

[@PhilipKerry]

@@rodchamp7510 When this sketch came out the Hovis Ad was contemporary not old .

[@Londonfogey]

I was expecting him to drop the loaf and watch it go bouncing all the way down the hill.

[@SueDunMc-]

That would have been funny!

[@samual3006]

And me to.

[@Mama-dj6mi]

Me too, I thought that was going to happen, that or the Mrs was going to say she wanted white not brown bread

[@lesleyknight5790]

I was waiting for that to happen as well: was in suspense!

[@railtrolley]

That might have happened, many times, with the building materials, when they were building those cottages.

[@deelara123]

Am walking a bloody long way for my bread too because of Covid-19 lol

[@skyrocket0113]

Hallo HoneyBee, it's TreacleFly here! WOO WOO Blondson!👍🍺😁👍

[@mrarticulateyep]

What brought me here is I was reading a facebook post where someone spelled Covid as Covis. Suddenly remembered this sketch and saw your comment.

[@fortyfour1654]

@Kev Dale Brown Loaves Matter ;-)

[@bigblue6917]

Watching this again you have to admire his characterisation of the old man. I have actually seen men walk just like that. And though I have seen it several time before it still make me smile.

[@alanrix5344]

My God I walk like that 😩

[@dr.2335]

Pendulous knackers

[@gregrothschild901]

Classic Ronnie barker, I remember watching this on the tv when I was a kid. Still funny today :)

[@hreader]

Love it! In fact I loved the whole 'Two Ronnies' series as did all the rest of my family! That rose-tinted view of working-class life back in the 'good old days' was well overdue for a bit of mockery.

[@dominique2693]

Brilliant! Barker was a comic genius-greatly missed.

[@TavsIsAbout]

What I love is how the audience members keep laughing on and off because they’re waiting for something and they all break out laughing at 01:03 for no real reason because nothings changed other than him continuing to walk up the hill 🍞

[@avengingterrier3244]

I think you will find out that this wasn't actually an audience. The BBC in the seventies had a nasty habit of adding 'canned laughter' to their shows, and it often implied more comedy was occurring than was actually present. That's not to say that his performance and the situation wasn't amusing, its just that the laughter was forced for the benefit of the British public that the BBC thought were incapable of seeing something that was funny for the sake of it being amusing. You will find the same 'abuse' of canned laughter in many of their shows of that era, Fawty Towers, Some Mothers Do Have 'Em, etc. This use of canned laughter continued on until the late seventies, and finally, thankfully was discontinued during the Eighties so shows like The Young Ones, Not the Nine O'Clock News, etc. didn't include it - with some notable exceptions.

[@kevphillips02]

That’s cause the laughter is not real.

[@krashd]

@@avengingterrier3244 That is complete nonsense, canned laughter has never been used in the UK, if a show has a laugh track then it is because it has been screened to an audience and the audio recorded for the TV release. Canned laughter is a US creation that Ofcom have never allowed here because it is deemed fake.

[@_ArmIa]

Absolute genius, has me giggling every single time I think about it. Thanks for uploading!

[@stevedoubleu99B]

The anticipation grows, and when Barker finally delivers the line, it is not what we're expecting. Ronnie B. was a craftsman!!

[@gwynnethcoan761]

Shame the laughter drowned it out.

[@ML-vl7gt]

@@gwynnethcoan761 I've googled it and listened ten times, and I'm still not sure what the line is. It's something like "Grandad always used to say it were a bloody long way to go for a loaf of ??????", and the last bit isn't "bread" or "Hovis". 😕

[@tl1146]

Im too young to remember the original ad, but this is still absolutely hilarious

[@marieascot]

The original and very iconic advert and 90% of the joke, which shows how good it is. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH7UZmyvoLWhd6c Yes and it is That Ridley Scott of Napoleon, Gladiator and Alien fame.

[@mollymalone7081]

Clean humour, the likes of which is slowly disappearing, and yet we still can go back to it, quality.

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

@Pat Terson Leftists have no sense of humour.

[@karlconnolly3994]

Ingleprop Noosegarm Au contraire..the right wing has no sense of the self..no deep understanding of love and humanity..things essential to perform..our greatest gift.. love.To be human is to communicate with others profoundly ..it’s in that place we discover truth and beauty with the jester seeing all the angles and the absurdity..then holding up the mirror.. speaks..”look..LOOK!..LOOK!!!..up your own arsehole..for that is where your head is” Power To the Workers..ya daft ole goat.

[@karlconnolly3994]

Pat Terson Why..thank you. Stay safe.

[@SiLatics56]

@Pat Terson I would say first and foremost they did sketches where the words, timing and jokes were the funny part. You can nitpick all you like but things were different back then regarding what was offensive and what wasn't. Timeless comedy, great men.

[@SiLatics56]

@Pat Terson When did they sexually assault anyone in their sketches? Think you have dreamt that in your fragile mind. I love the Two Ronnie's and yet with their massive output of material over many years, they were bound to sometimes get it wrong. There is some poorer stuff in their back catalogue. Blacking up on more than one occasion looks silly, looking back. Also, they used attractive women a fair bit in their sketches, partly for titillation purposes. However, I never saw any sexual assault. They were different times back then and more things were allowed but nothing they did was done to harm. They certainly didn't promote any sort of hatred and were both by all accounts, decent people. I don't understand where you have got this from.

[@ABCDEF-yf4yu]

Supposed to be in Yorkshire but filmed in Dorset.

[@rnf1227]

It isn't a documentary!

[@grampus2112]

He has a yorkshire accent so.i live in norfolk but have cornish accent this is a comedy sketch if you start picking holes in it it isnt funny

[@easilyoffended8106]

Yes, it's in Shaftsbury

[@georgejacob3162]

THE most Yorkshire hill... in Shaftesbury, Dorset!

[@TerryTanktop]

I thought he was going to get to the top and find out he's in the wrong street. LOL

[@eileenfletcher9161]

Terry Tanktop àdvcloke

[@antman5474]

...or forgot the milk

[@TheRussRave]

... or dropped it and watched it roll all the way back down the hill.

[@wearebuffa]

I thought his wife would send him back out for butter.

[@malahammer]

Or for her to say "I said BROWN bread"

[@EireForTheIrish]

Wait....Is white bread not racist now....because everything else is....

[@russbroda2535]

No. Racist is racist , has nothing to do with bread.

[@jaytee8188]

Russ Broda Point selectively missed.

[@masere]

Gets to the top - "damn I forgot the milk"

[@wafldread2770]

Thank you two Ronnie's for making my childhood a little more bareable with laughter.....😁

[@Phil-1]

I can remember laughing away at this when it was originally on. 44 years ago!

[@ianbell7342]

if ever there was a more talanted man then ronnie barker .... i cried when he died . was so much more ❤

[@blxtothis]

The thumbs downers are possibly too young to remember the ‘golden days’ of UK TV Commercials when many were original, amusing and entertaining, unlike the mass produced and homogenised bland garbage knocked out cheaply for international consumption with translated and childishly homogenised slogans to appeal to international markets and badly dubbed into English. In that context, this piece makes sense as an affectionate parody.

[@franceleeparis37]

blxtothis ... nope .. totally disagree.. British comedy is still the best in the world.. it has evolved from the simple, slapstick style of Morcombe & Wise, the Two Ronnies, Are you being Served, Benny Hill and the like to the more sophisticated Blackadder and Yes Minister.... the world is finding out how funny the old British comedies were while we have moved forward and upwards... enjoy it...

[@malcolmabram2957]

There was a time when commercials were amusing and very varied. One could enjoyed the break on TV. Now they are so monotonous and an endurance. I remember many of the classics. What classics are there today?

[@nihilistcentraluk442]

@@malcolmabram2957 they are also designed for people with attention spans shorter than Ken Livingstons newts.

[@paullavan3097]

Do you remember the Mr Sheen adverts; "Dirty Old Devil..." Try that in 2020.

[@michaeldavies9533]

I think the 70s were the best years ever ,a spade was a spade free speech and all that,we were in control of our country we had pits and other industries what more could you want.

[@jaysmith6327]

One of TVs best comics ever....every role perfectly done... R.I.P Arkright

[@jeannedeutrom8373]

Not forgetting Norman Fletcher!!!!💙

[@davidhollins870]

Still makes you laugh even when you know the punchline.

[@richardfreeman2944]

The Governor. Comedy is not the same since you left us RIP. Mr Barker

[@MansellRed]

Simply simply the best there ever was and will be..such a brilliant time to of grown up in - he was certainly and always will be the jewel in the crown of British comedy.sadly sadly missed....RIP

[@franceleeparis37]

Aaah , a time of innocence when you could joke about an ad without being sued... seems there was a lot more freedom then, than there is now... 🤔🙂

[@regmemer9198]

What are you talking about? Just spouting absolute nonsense.

[@karlconnolly3994]

Yeah..more freedom..except of course for women and minorities..it was a good strong mans white Britain..right?

[@benters3509]

Don't worry, just another pair of plonkers. I'd tell them to bugger off, but they've got nowhere else to go.

[@a.fritzbecker8986]

Irrelevant, and non sequitur.

[@SiLatics56]

@@karlconnolly3994 Superb comic actors and Barker a true great writer. You appear a lot on these comments, so what's the problem? You can't appreciate clever humour because you are too busy looking for things to be offended by. Maybe you should go and watch something else.

[@wordtothewise9723]

Ladies and gentlemen, you just watched a man walking up a hill. And you were laughing while doing so. That's comic genius.

[@andyphillips7435]

Well, we were listening to overlaid music and recorded laughing . For k andles. Is cg.

[@TSR1989FF]

^ Live Audience*, one that knew the context as soon as the hill and music starts.

[@michaelhunt4445]

There were 32 of us living in a crisp packet in the gutter, but we were lucky, the people in the next packet had had the little blue bag of salt nicked.

[@roberttill3787]

tell the youth of today and they wont believe you.

[@flipper2392]

Luxury!

[@heathershaw9122]

Lol!!! Funnier than the video!! X

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

.thats nothing , we had to......

[@captaintrips2980]

From Yorkshire, are you?

[@Neil_TheShiningMile]

Another great end would have been him finally reaching the top of the hill, pausing, looking down, and saying, “Oh bugger, I forgot the milk.”

[@sextoncardew903]

I am 88 and there is no way I could walk up that hill. Good on you Ronnie.

[@bobbysamra9588]

Heartwarming and heartbreaking 😢 RIP🙏

[@karlconnolly3994]

I thought it was a profoundly sexual performance..all types I guess?

[@Mistysmudge1]

My Grandma was born and grew up living in Gold Hill ( the hill in the Hovis ad) :D I walked up it and it is not easy as it is the steepest hill in England :D

[@gordontaylor5373]

I know. I once tried to climb it - and that is NOT an easy task! My legs were aching for nearly a week - and my knees swelled up.

[@michaelregan166]

Lincoln has a very steep hill also.

[@Mistysmudge1]

@@gordontaylor5373 I had to use my asthma inhaler when i got to the top lol, dunno how my Grandma did it

[@davidgigg2112]

Great British Advert and Sadly missed Ronnie Barker

[@pentuprager6225]

David Gigg it's not an advert; it's a parody of an advert.

[@carolejenkin4367]

Far better than the rubbish that masquerades as comedy today, no comparison !

[@chrisevans5259]

The two Ronnie's was a great show,....fond memories of growing up to this brilliant show

[@SpeccyMan]

The Two Ronnies. No apostrophe!

[@dcthebear1]

How can people dislike a comedy legend.

[@Vinnie-pu9vw]

They just don’t understand real humour.

[@joeblack8915]

Because it's not unfunny leftist bollocks dressed up as comedy - 99.9% of modern comedy.

[@Sailorboy]

What a classic from a "classic. " Thanks Ronnie for the great years you gave us with much laughter 😃

[@ronaldkeely142]

THATS HOW TO DO YOUR GROCERY SHOPPING UNDER THE LOCKDOWN RULES

[@petergreen2552]

Seriously,that street must have been an absolute nightmare in the winter. Great sketch. Simple straightforward effective. Less is more

[@xr6lad]

There’s no way you’d drive up or down or walk. Even with grit.

[@thra5herxb12s]

I ran up that Hill carrying a truckle of cheese in the Gold Hill cheese race a few years back.

[@MrCallingoccupants]

where is that hill? street name?

[@dinerouk]

@@MrCallingoccupants It tells you at the sub headline at the top!

[@tonybeck8624]

The great man could always make people laugh 🙏🏻

[@justinobrien3593]

He still makes me laugh still even tho he's no longer with us his humour is still laughed at today as this was from the pre police correctness funnier happier days and now we live in fear of speaking in 2022 chance we offend this snow flake society of boring sad humourless people!!! 😎

[@siobhancosgrove7464]

Grandad WAS right.

[@johncocking7981]

siobhan cosgrove i

[@alexandralusco]

Ronnie Barker has brought me so much joy and laughter all my life! I miss him 😢

[@davidelliott5843]

Ronnie Barker’s spoonerisms were a scream. Rindercella really was broadcast (but never repeated).

[@pkd6369]

I think Ridley scott composed the score !

[@vincentharriman3283]

No. He directed the original advert but the music was taken from The New World Theme by Dvorshack (not sure of the spelling).

[@jennifersmall1998]

I tried to walk up that hill once. One of the most difficult things I have ever done.

[@gordontaylor5373]

I can imagine! It must've really hurt your knees! It nearly snapped mine in half!

[@edwardmeadley3799]

I run up it every other week with my nine year old son...I’m fifty three and still beat him to the top,just 😆

[@thesound-chameleonman3580]

is it very steep? it looks it! where is it in Lancashire?

[@rodjones117]

@@thesound-chameleonman3580 It's not in Lancashire, or even the north. It's Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset. My Mother's family all came from Shaftesbury, and I live in Sherborne, 15 miles away. No disrespect to the Two Ronnies, but it always used to really annoy me that they used a northern voiceover in the advert.

[@paulsowney771]

How can you be so funny without saying a word till the end ???? Easy Man was a absolute genius. Just so many sketch’s rip ronnie. You still making us laugh sadly missed

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

No words . . . . the short comedy, "Futtocks End", about a country house party weekend, was in the same vein. Look it up!

[@ComradeWolfy]

Try staggering up it after a few beers. Takes forever!

[@andrewcreed4558]

It's a great little pub at the bottom of that hill!

[@googleuser8347]

Andrew Creed - If you live further down the hill!

[@tedwarden1608]

Google User the brewers at the bottom and the miter at the top:)

[@StellaAsh]

Watching this in October 2020 - I bet Ronnie Barker would have had something pertinent to say about the state of the western world at the present time

[@GJP1169]

What great comedians

[@danieljones1856]

The original voice was done by actor who played Wally batty in last of the summer wine

[@missasinenomine]

Really? I though it was Dennis Skinner!

[@keithbemrose3876]

Joe Gladwin

[@vincentharriman3283]

Not the advert this parady was based on. Later Hovis ads could well have been Joe but the original 1973 ad had a Dorset accent

[@manofbeard]

Oh how I miss these comedy geniuses of the 70’ and 80’. Along with Morecombe and Wise. Mike Yarwood but to name a few. Today’s comics don’t even come close.

[@karlconnolly3994]

Everything is better when you’re younger...it’s not the “comedy geniuses” you miss ...more the youth ..the expectations..the mystery..a story untold..all gone..like the taught skin and beauty of the smiling girl at the bus stop ..never to return..like Eric and little Earn..[laugher fades..an infant child is heard crying while the empty pill bottle falls from her mothers small limp hand] Fin.

[@SiLatics56]

@@karlconnolly3994 Maybe Man Of Beard knows more than you about what he misses.

[@karlconnolly3994]

Simondo81 Maybe!...maybe?..don’t you see I know..who he is ..what he likes and his age ..he liked Mike Yarwood ffs and thinks he’s better than today’s comedians ..Jesus H Christ ..a first years phycology student could put this together..it’s simple..but not to you..this person is old and grumpy and yearning for his subtle years back..he’s not happy with modern life..he hasn’t progressed..probably sneers at the youth culture. So put a fork up his ass and turn him over...he’s done. It’s from outside the picture that we see what’s going on..for certain people..not you..you’ll probably be..if not already a grumpy old curmudgeon too.

[@SiLatics56]

@@karlconnolly3994 Think it's time for your pills. I wouldn't put Mike Yarwood in the same category as The Two Ronnie's. A world apart in terms of quality, but that's my opinion. To say you KNOW who this person is is a bit of a stretch. If you know someone inside and out from a few words on a comments section then you must be a genius! A genius in psychology (and not a "first year psychology student" either 😜). The good old left and right divide eh? Things are not perfect but you lefty loons like to criticise don't you? No reasoning, no seeing anyone else's perspective. Extreme people on both the right and the left are the main reasons why the world isn't exactly brilliant. You and I are no more important than God's good old green and pleasant land (before humans set about destroying it) but your sense of self importance stands out like a steaming turd, left on a shoe and left in the sun, so pungent and vile.

[@karlconnolly3994]

martin webb I think you might be right..what should I do?

[@OFFSHOREDOUG]

What idiots gave this a thumbs down? This is class.

[@matthewmelling6831]

So desperately sad we have lost most of the true greats of British comedy. How much more can us Brits take

[@laverdajota8089]

M Bolland , we have also given up with TV and licence , poor reception and absolutely nothing worth watching .

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

I thought he was going to say "Damn, I forgot the milk" and start down again.

[@jacquelinerogers6492]

I half expected Ronnie Barker would drop the loaf then watch it roll all the way down the hill to the bottom with a look of exasperation on his face!😏😂🤣😀

[@phampton6781]

I expected at the end for him to realise he'd forgotten his bicycle.

[@ZER0--]

Better punch line than this one.

[@MrDaiseymay]

or---BLOODY HELL--DIDN'T THEY HAVE SLICED?

[@Philshki82]

P Hampton We used to play football on this street all day every day,non stop through the summer holidays,and all the other days too. Sometimes we would play at night with a black ball,just to push our fitness levels to the limit,as we found playing in the day was to easy. I'll never forget the day the new mayor Mr Arkwright banned football on the hill,he had ties with the illuminati we later found out. Being a local made it easy for me to see the hidden symbolism in this advert. The reference to 9 11 is frightening.

[@stuartsinclair6269]

My dad lives just 5mins from here, The amount of top movie stars visited this Gold Hill, at the time we didn’t have camera phones, it’s still the same there now, I have biked it up it once, when I was a young lad, summer time they do the cheese rolling run down hill.

[@raypurchase801]

The same location was used in the movie, "Far from the Madding Crowd".Terence Stampe on horseback. Later the pregnant Fanny struggling to the work house in a storm.

[@priscillaheron5269]

Loved the two Ronnie's still do. 😂😂😍

[@AnInsideJob-mynewbook]

Dorset...beautiful part of the world.

[@leonwp60]

And they all think it was filmed "int north"

[@leonwp60]

@Chris Murphy both lovely guys as well

[@susanbrown2909]

Not to me.

[@wretch1]

Interesting fact. Ridley Scott directed most of the Hovis ads from that period.

[@krashd]

Actually just this one.

[@vincentharriman3283]

Ridley only directed one, the ad this parody is based on.

[@bigowl9408]

We don't get good comedy like that any more! I suppose its because the BBC are frightened to offend any one.

[@MrDorbel]

@Jack Greb Can't you chaps watch anything without having a moan about PC and snowflakes (whatever they may be)? The world has tried to move on from the days when racial prejudice was OK and women being beaten up by their husbands was "a bit of domestic" and gays went to prison or killed themselves and kids were routinely thrashed with sticks. PC has had a lot of positive benefits and if it's meant that Bernard Manning and Jim Davidson no longer have an act, bloody good job. Can't see why you had to wheel it out for Ronnie Barker walking up a hill though!

[@normancurragh768]

@Si G-T True comedy went out the door when Ben Elton and his ilk came in, very few comedians can give you a good laugh today,( with exception of BILLY CONNELLY) and a few others you never see on TV today, SAD.

[@pyeltd.5457]

Norman Curragh Peter kay

[@normancurragh768]

@@pyeltd.5457 Yes, He's brilliant but you don't see enough off him on TV, CHEERS.

[@pyeltd.5457]

Norman Curragh yea. He is 90s 2000s

[@bushmanPMRR]

IIRC the original Hovis advert was the directorial debut of that utter genius Ridley Scott, better known for the original Alien movie as well as many other great fils.

[@mysterycambodia]

I was expecting the bread to roll down the hill

[@fortyfour1654]

Then itd be a bread roll advert!

[@geoffreyadlam4586]

Well done RONNIE. BARKER YOU. DID. IT. GEOFF STOCKPORT REDDISH CHESHIRE

[@nuthutch1]

I have always loved this skit

[@njd2342]

Ah yes, the New World Symphony by Dvorak. Premiered in New York. Yes a long way to get a loaf of bread.

[@albionmyl7735]

Gold hill shaftesbury I have been there....I am german and love England deeply 🇬🇧♥️

[@gordontaylor5373]

Thank you very much for saying how much you love England. I love Germany - although I've never been there.

[@fritula6200]

He said at the end..." My grandad used to say, a bloody long way to go for a loaf of bread"