Ronnie Barker - Mispronunciation Sketch

[@TheAmericanDane]

Taking all of his work into account, Ronnie Barker is in a class of his own. The best comedian Britain ever produced, in my opinion.

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

Even facing up to Grouty in porridge .

[@janetmckinnon7061]

His witty wordplay was matchless and smutfree unlike most of today's so-called comics. Stand-up couldn't stand up to this!😅

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

@@johnsmith-rs2vk And he was open all hours, too.

[@ThePaulv12]

Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Peter Cook, Rik Mayall????

[@Milamberinx]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@janetmckinnon7061smut free? You’ve been watching a different Ronnie Barker.

[@garfield2279]

Loved watching the two Runnies, brings back many hippy mammories.

[@almishti]

Aye, it furls me with nasty algae a swell!

[@danielriley7380]

I she hoot you did and I implode 😂👏

[@Stormlucy111]

😂😂😂😂

[@rockydavis94]

Imogene him trying to rehorse a few leens from a ply of Shakespee like Humlat. “Alas sore Doric. I mew him, Hellatio.” Or “So fowl and far a day I have nit soon,” from Macboth

[@joncox9098]

Brilliant 👍🤣

[@leopold7562]

It still amazes me that Ronnie Barker could think up ideas as silly as this, write a sketch that is just long enough to fit everything in, and then perform it without missing a beat AND staying dead-pan throughout. A true comedy genius.

[@daremba]

You'll find a lot of the Monty Pythons as writers of the show including John Cleese, Eric idle and Terry Jones :)

[@musamor75]

leopold A true comedy genius he was, and there will never be another. Absolutely word-perfect. How we miss him. RIP

[@notanumber1311]

leopold I stink you mean Rodney Barcode, a blue come and die penis. Dong will he be remaindered and leather thong rotten.

[@bradsmckay]

Terry Gilliam is the only python not to have a writing credit

[@commentfreely5443]

you don't need the right worms

[@rolytnz]

How the hell does he keep a straight face and deliver that without missing a beat for 4 mins. He was a comedic mastermind.

[@crazysoupforever]

I agree. As a kid I loved it. It is only as an adult that I fully appreciate his genius.

[@fifiwoof1969]

Many, many, many years of practice! Single take with a straight face - good luck finding such talent now!

[@janderson2709]

A true heinous of comedy. He will be sorely pissed!

[@simonsmith2779]

+Jacob Anderson Along with Connie Rorbett!

[@cameronyoungcg9270]

I hope you meant missed.

[@simonsmith2779]

Camerons Gaming it's called a joke.

[@peterfluck5636]

Jacob Anderson My. My vmvm m. .

[@dmf1301]

Jacob, you rule... and I'm sure either or both of them would be proud of you too! ;)

[@leicestergirl63]

Utter genius. He and Ronnie Corbett can never be matched. Also, my mum always said a good comedian never laughs at their own jokes, and Ronnie's unbelievably straight face throughout this hilarious sketch proves that point.

[@thomasrussell4674]

Yet Corbett laughed at their own material all the time and it was somehow still adorable and hilarious!

[@TSIRKLAND]

Spoonerisms, Malapropisms, rhymes, alliteratives, homophones, puns, and so many more types of mis-speaking all in one extraordinarily well-written and well-delivered, single take. Beautiful.

[@thedolphin5428]

My friend, please .... It's not "mis-speaking" its dispronounciation.

[@lenicularbensonic4752]

Pispronunciation

[@Dusk.EighthLegion]

When I was a teenager, I have no idea why, but I would come out with the occasional spoonerism, and no matter how many times it happened, it was always hilarious. Trying to to explain who sang "Thriller" and saying Jichael Mackson will always be a very funny memory for me.

[@Axys_0_Rex]

​@@lenicularbensonic4752whispernancynation is a nun fart you nut con sequence of having a linguage lie kinglitch. When so meanie works sand seminar, it's gonorrhea leaf a cup a few thongs.

[@tammygross144]

​@@Dusk.EighthLegion I once told what became a long story, wondering why my family was so captivated, about a problem my dad had that affected his retina. Turns out I kept saying rectum, & they were just waiting for me to hear my own dumb word misappropriation.

[@ceeocknose3295]

To all non-native speakers who understood even a quarter of this: you, sir or madam, are a god(ess) of language learning. Give yourself a gold star.

[@danieljones7843]

There’s only a few things I’m not sure about like what was the proper song that he interpreted as “go rest your belly gentlemen, let nothing rude display.” I’ve lived in Australia my whole life along with my mother’s side but my dad’s side are from Droylsden Manchester so naturally I’ve been brought up watching shows like porridge, open all hours and of course listening to the goon show on long trips.

[@josephsmith2361]

​@@danieljones7843"God Rest Ye/You Merry, Gentlemen"

[@blueheaven4838]

Was Good King Wenslers song popular then

[@alasdairblack393]

It’s all about context. Sadly the quality of spoken English has deteriorated since this was recorded as is even less intelligible.

[@MalevEvans-dw3do]

Well just console yourself by singing the national anthem. It is on the video

[@AndyP26Sept]

Absolute bloody genius! Sir Laurence Olivier once said that Ronnie Barker was his favourite actor (full stop, not 'comedy' actor). The guy was the best...

[@OriginUnknown2]

I'm 14 and The Two Ronnies is in my opinion one of the all time greatest comedy shows :D Ronnie Barker (Genius) R.I.P

[@MikeeyyP95]

How does it feel being 23 dick bag?

[@jamiegray6931]

@@MikeeyyP95 such an unnecessary comment, ha ha! I love it!

[@MikeeyyP95]

@@jamiegray6931 I have hope that maybe one day, Dick Bag will return to this video and will acknowledge my comment!

[@The-Wordsmith]

@@MikeeyyP95 Where do I sign the petition to make this happen? :-)

[@ShaunieDale]

I’ve just arrived from ten years in the future to say I’m glad that the younger generation also like his humour.

[@rockabyebaby6111]

Only the British can make me split my sides laughing while they are sat at a desk without any visual comedy, or facial expressions, I admit I can't keep up with Ronnie all of the time, but what I catch is absolutely hilarious.. wish he was still with us .. RIP Ronnie...

[@franceskronenwett3539]

Ronnie Barker was not only the greatest comedian there ever was but he was also a genius.

[@ladyofthewilds]

Rest in peace Ronnie Barker, you were and are still one of the greatest comdians of all time.

[@dubchile]

Yes, RIP 💖

[@riteshchatur6135]

Yes he was...

[@piero17y65]

Are you still alive?

[@supremefandom6970]

@@riteshchatur6135 He is...

[@benpyne1228]

"Roast in pieces wiv laugh from the Dribble"! 😈

[@L2766W]

I grew up watching the Two Ronnies and other BBC shows and they are still as funny today as they were back then. Both Barker and Corbett are great on their own but are WONDERFUL together. Sketch comedy is a lost art and they were masters of it!

[@paulreddy3851]

I grew up watching British comedies like this. That deadpan expression and the delivery of the lines is absolutely top class

[@mediocreman6323]

This shows how amazing the human brain really is, because we are actually able to _understand_ this, a computer system would be hopelessly out of its league.

[@bobdownes162]

This kind of talking is known as Malapropisms. Taken from character in a Charles Dickens novel, known as Mrs Malaprop, The tem can be found in an English Dictionary.

[@sophiemilton5939]

@@bobdownes162 Not exactly the same, but a true, real-life example - Ringo Starr, the Beatles drummer was noted for saying things in a similar vein and their first film got it's title from one. Ringo said "It's been a hard days night." The song came later, written overnight when the director realised that they had a great film title but no theme song

[@josilvester9159]

@Bob Downes, it wasn't Dickens. It was from a play called 'The Rivals' by Sheridan.

[@G6JPG]

@@bobdownes162 It's not just malapropisms, there are spoonerisms, and other wordplay.

[@bobdownes162]

I'm sure there was acharacter by the name of Mrs Malaprop in a Dickens novel.@@josilvester9159

[@paulfletcher9684]

4 minutes and not a smirk or missed word, superb

[@richardcavell]

I once saw some bloopers of this sketch, showing that it took him a few goes.

[@VineFynn]

He had to repeat himself halfway through.

[@declanhampson1098]

He was great at keeping a straight face, it was Corbett who sometimes struggled to hold it together, like in the rude party guest sketch, where Corbett starts to lose it but Barker improvised and helps keep it under control.

[@GrahameGould]

One mistake. He has too starts at "What we need now ..." Sometime around or before 2:00

[@asterix811]

How would you know if he missed a word?

[@mattinfullvision9598]

Think you very much for uplifting this to Yourtube. Ronnie accurately described the pebbles we face on a daily bosis when we can't say worms currently

[@michaelacoulthard]

I can't take Ronnie Barker seriously any more... I didn't understand it at first, but now I find this sketch absolutely hilarious. Not only that, but I'm in stitches, because of Ronnie.... RIP Messr Barker.

[@stephenstokes8318]

Ronnie Barker was a master of the English language

[@MrObiwan1]

Hands down my favourite comedian. Brings back great memories !!

[@Alan_Mac]

Most 'non Brits' think we do sarcasm best. The truth is that British humour excels when we do dead-pan. This is a rarity elsewhere.

[@TheNulligravida]

The Poms do witty satire. It's the Yanks who do sarcasm dressed up as wit.

[@tradewins]

Not that rare. The Russians excel at deadpan.

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

Absolutely

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

@@tradewins oh

[@Bellesabout]

I would love to debate this issue at length but my baby is in the bath and I don't want the water to overflow.

[@tomd3098]

Utterly brilliant. Being in my 20s the Two Ronnies were before my time but I so prefer their style and execution, in comparison to many of today's so-called "comedians". Thank you for sharing.

[@manos3790]

If you're in your 20's and appreciate Ronnie Barker's comedic genius, then you're obviously a fairly smart person yourself.

[@Aberbrothock1]

Ronnie Barker was, and still is in my opinion the most natural wordsmith and King of spoonerisms.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

"Tale of two cities" 😂

[@27Bluebottle]

This man had raised Deadpan to an art form. Sheer brilliance!

[@madabbafan]

no one could deliberately mangle the language quite like Ronnie B. This is one of my favorite monologues he did.

[@nunuloki]

The fact that he manages to keep such a straight face makes it even funnier.

[@AngelEmfrbl]

The two Ronnie's used to slip up in the ending of the show in their news reel, but this was done on purpose. Those "stories" and headlines were handed to them at the last minute, and the camera purposely landed on either of them as the other finished, meaning one Ronnie would be still laughing at the other's joke when it was his turn to talk. They didn't get much of a chance to look over those scripts before they spoke them, so everything so "natural" in this case.

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826]

I agree!

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826]

I agree!

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

@@AngelEmfrbl Ronnie C: "And it's goodnight from me" Ronnie B: "And it's goodnight from him." B+C "Goodnight!"

[@wyesjcbnwr8606]

This is so brilliant, it's unbelievable. Absolutely outstanding script and delivery.

[@Insider_English]

"Good evening. I’m squeaking to you tonight, once again, as the chairman for the Loyal Society for the Promention of Pismronunciation, a society formed to help people who can't say their worms correctly. I myself often use the wrong worms, and that is why I was erected charming of the society. Firstly, let me put you in the puncture regarding our mumblers. Now, peach and every plum of them have a dickyfelty in conversing with the people they meet in everyday loaf. Their murk waits at the fig tree or the orifice, or even in their own holes-min and wooves, sather and fun, brother and thistle- unable to commainicute. Now this can be an enormous bandy chap to our tremblers at all thyme, especially at bismuth thyme, because bismuth is a season of grease on earth, and pigs-will to all men, when the family all get together to eat, get drunk and be messy, gather round the fireside, cracking nits, smelling torahs and singing old pongs and barrel. How many of our rumblers lose out on these skinful pastimes. A very close fringe of mine, for instance, once went carol slinging with the local church queer. But instead of slinging "Good King Wenslas' arce stuck out,” -and his feet were steaming- and sang “Go rest your belly, gentlemen, Let nothing rude display,” which of course caused havoth amonk the queer and deeply uphended the nicker’s white-f. (That is just one instance of what my tremblers have to stiffer with a lipped upper-stuck.) What we need-what we need now is money to build clubs and calamity centres, where people don’t have to bover with the write worms; places where they can greet each other with a cheery “Good afternuts, how nice to squeeze you…” a place where they can play a game of ping-tennis or table-pong, scribble, or nuts and crutches. Many famous people are patrons of the society -er- priddlytricians like Widdley Whitelawn, Sir Geoffrey Whoo and Mr Dennis Holy. Also famous TV nose-bleeders like Reggie Boozencorps, Anthola Ripen and Anna Floored… and of course Mrs Hairy Whitemouse. Not to be confused with Mrs Woodlouse, the hob dangler. Among the aristocracy there is Lord Longfelt. There is the Duchess of Bedbug and Lord Monteboo Goolly. But patronage is not enough; remember the worms of Willi’n’ Shakes-piece, our great national po-face: “A horse, a house, my kingdom for a hearse.” And of course eventually he got all three. What we need is printed matter. Any sort of printer mutter, no mitter what sort. Send your magazines, nose-papers, dicts and booktionaries. Do it now! Bungle it up in pustules and post it to one of our mini branches dotted all over the Bottish Isles. Minchester, Hirminbang, Loverpill, and as far north as the Firth of Filth. We’re also busy setting up outposts foreign pants too-all over the glob. In fact, we have just opened a branch in Siam. And now, in confusion, I would like you to join me in singing the Siamese notional anthem to the tune of “God Save the Queer” (Posts phonetic Lyrics:) Oh what an arce I am! … Oh what an arce I am! … I am a tit Oh what a fool am I… Oh what a fool am I… Oh what a nut I am … Oh what a nit. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

[@beccastell6439]

+Share your English Good for you! Audio for the H of H! Not enough o that on this yere Toob!

[@Circuitssmith]

I believe it was "I am a twit" at the end. That's just what jumps out. The rest seems fine in general.

[@BartitsuSociety]

"Owa tanit" - "oh, what a nit". "Nit", like "twit", is mid-20th century schoolboy slang for a silly person.

[@Insider_English]

***** yes-mispronounced

[@DieFlabbergast]

"pigs-will" = pig swill "arce" = arse or "ass" pronounced in an old-fashioned upper-class accent Edwardian

[@AbdulKuddus-rm4pd]

The national anthem at the end completely smashed it. RIP comic genius.

[@SwoonMotionography]

A wordsmith true and simple, total legendary. how he did those skits without even a smile every now and then is beyond me.

[@kimvibk9242]

'Dics and booktionaries' - that one had me in stitches!

[@gordontaylor5373]

I know - I laughed until I went dizzy. So, so funny!

[@debbaz7476]

What a fantastic man, many a laugh watching the two Ronnie’s with my dad. RIP a true comedy genius

[@cemalyurtseven8344]

Ronnie barker is the man! I’ve watched every episode of open all hours nearly dozens of times each and still do, and it never gets old.

[@petergreen2552]

Superb. Ronnie Barker at his best. Done in one take too. Absolute genius. He made it look easy.

[@mrpaulreay]

No idea how many times I’ve watched this but I’m creases every time. Best comedy wordsmith I heard. 4 candles wins poles for people who haven’t watched much barker imo this is much better.

[@astront917]

Sather and fun,brother and thistle ! Such a genius, I don't know whether to laugh cause its funny or cry because Ronnie's no longer here. Without doubt a superb comedy genius and a gentleman. Rest in peace Ronnie.

[@britecho8353]

A lot of comments here about the pure genius of this man. What you are seeing here is just a small sample of his work. Our friends overseas may not have seen him in some of his other great works such as Porridge and Open All Hours. The two characters he played in those series were very different, and very different from the character he is playing here. 'Genius' is just too small a word to describe him. Have a look around KZbin for some extracts from those series!

[@magillanz]

the story goes that these were always recorded in one take, Ronnie Barker was such a pro he had it down pat before filming.

[@Mezame9]

"Good King Wesless arse stuck out." ROFL!

[@geraldryan8562]

I laughed so much my sides split, God bless him, what a genius of this world and the next😊😘

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826]

What legends they are. Brilliant comedy from the Golden Age of British Television!!!

[@simonsmith2779]

How the fwuzzle did he just dead pan that? I was piddling myself within seconds!

[@wezzmusic]

A masterclass in understated British humour. Something our American cousins couldn't match. Fabulous.

[@1515327E]

Please don’t say things like that. Abbot & Costello’s Who’s on First and Tim Conway in anything he did were amazingly funny, and it makes us out to be somehow superior, which is unnecessarily unjustified.

[@MrThelegodudes]

When autocorrect strikes

[@waltdefucq6106]

That's part of it :D but I think the jokes here are of three kinds: a) the use of the wrong (but a real) word, that sounds funny in the context; b) the use of a nonsense word, ditto; c) spoonerisms.

Spoonerisms are funny, but almost only when they result in a).

[@robertwright7937]

With a vengeance.😄

[@bridgetchapman5985]

Brilliant! Love the ending song! Intelligent humour, great entertainment in those days. Thank you for sharing 😊

[@jshaers96]

I love how people like to say 'oh, this was a golden age, when nobody used nasty rude words, and it was all good clean fun'. They are all pretty rude in their way, it is just that they go about it by another method. Comedians use single entendre today, whereas in the past it had to be double for very obvious reasons. Listen to Ramblin' Syd Rumpo on Round the Horne and it is some of the filthiest stuff you have ever heard.

[@sanddancer1951]

Spot on. These days, it's all about politics and 'identity'. I doubt very much whether people will remember most of today's 'comedians' in ten, twenty, thirty or more years' time. But I bet they'll still be laughing at the likes of the Ronnies, Morecambe and WIse, Ken Dodd, Bob Monkhouse, Julian and Sandy and Ramblin' Syd

[@craigdawson7564]

If it wasn't for Kenneth Williams I wouldn't know what a cordwangle was!

[@Circuitssmith]

Necessity is the mother of invention.

[@PaddyRoon7]

Literally from the first sentence you already know it'll be a Barker classic lol. He's just incredible at this sort of wordplay and complex line memorization

[@misst.e.a.187]

Absolutely brilliant! You can't beat the Two Ronnies.

[@elliothunter4224]

"To eat, drink and be messy" xD Christmas in a nutshell.

[@mm170391]

he says drunk not drink

[@Circuitssmith]

Even more accurate.

[@elliothunter4224]

I'll admit, he does say Drunk. All part of the fun :-).

Well, if you eat drunk you'll probably be messy :D (*cough*Hasselhoff*cough*)

[@janesgems7]

Or a nitshell

[@foleystephen]

The last time I cried when a celebrity died. A comic genius who is missed by us all

[@fifiwoof1969]

A single take with a straight face. MASTERFUL performance by Ronnie Barker.

[@Over_Sky]

"But instead of slinging 'Good King Wenceles Arse Stuck Out... and His Feet Were Steaming' we sang 'Go Rest Your Belly, Gentlemen, Let Nothing Rude Display'" :D

[@larjanus]

The verbal dexterity of Ronnie B was his trademark...why isn't there a 'LOVE' button on these clips, 'like' just doesn't cut it!

[@ValkyrieDaisy95]

"Good evening. I am the president of the Loyal Society for the Relief of Suffers from Pismronunciation, for the relief of people who can't say their worms correctly, or who use the wrong worms entirely, so that other people cannot underhand a bird they are spraying. It's just that you open your mouse, and the worms come turbling out in wuck a say that you dick not what you're thugging to be, and it's very distressing." I applaud you Ronnie, for remembering all that XD

[@TheUKNutter]

And thanks for writing it all :D

[@ValkyrieDaisy95]

TheUKNutter You are post jelcome. xD

[@TheUKNutter]

***** Hahaha you are fery vunny! ;)

[@ValkyrieDaisy95]

Why Rankyou fery buch!

[@TheUKNutter]

Haha i hope we haven't dyslexic any offended with our remarks! Have you watched the video of Rindercella yet? It's Bucking Frilliant!

[@martinjasper7650]

They were fabolous - The Two Ronnies, so many amazing sketches...

[@superbracey]

I'm always fuddling my mucking words up too.

[@MegaTaylor12345]

I too am always puddling my worms which cause plumbers with my fryers

[@craigcampbell5590]

Genius in its purest form! God bless you Mr Barker. May queers of angles sing thee to your breast!

[@keeperofthecheese]

"Mrs Hairy whitemouse" LOST IT

[@G6JPG]

A contemporary of the singer, Hairy Mopkin.

[@ninarizzo7312]

He was brilliant 😂😅😂😅. They were so very clever and funny together!!! Hilarious as always. Unique❤❤❤❤❤👍😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂💯🤗👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@gashousecreek]

I miss you, Ronnie. Your wordplay is still both beautiful and hilarious. Thank you.

[@SirFailsalot91]

"Good King Wenslas arse stuck out" I'm singing that in December! XD

[@7MatthewJames]

And his feet were steaming

[@LeeLimerick]

You have to admire this man's genius as much as the comedy. Legend! :)

[@Richcelt]

"Good afternuts. How nice to squeeze you." LOL I've got to use that some day.

[@ThreeandAHalfMenBand]

Never will we see comedy like this again. Truly amazing.

[@ianmedium]

And I am so fortunate to have been born in the right one. You know. I was thinking the other day how happy I am that I was born in 1963. I have got to see so many wonderful things in my life. I would not have wanted to be born at any other time!

[@markajonestify]

Ronnie Barker was Great in the Comedy Porridge along with Richard Beckinsale David Jason played the elderly Prisoner Blanco.

[@johngray8249]

They were brilliant, a great loss to comedy. I doubt there'll be an equal to them for years to come.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ikosh1]

goodafternuts, happy to squeeze you I take that back.. the anthem killed me... O wat an ass I am..

[@glensmillie5101]

Their brilliance was unheralded and has yet to be eclipsed, a national treasure they both are, instilling the world with a signature humour unrivalled, Bravo Gentlemen, Bravo!

[@garylyons6859]

"Went carol singing with the local church queer" I was laughing so hard tears were rolling down my face.

[@Bellesabout]

Shh you're likely to upend the knickers wife!

[@robinannaniaz9670]

gary lyons DICKS AND BOOKTIONARIES! xD

[@arguspanoptes9510]

Carol SLINGING

[@AngelEmfrbl]

"Carol Slinging" he said

[@jamesbrice3267]

@@AngelEmfrbl Quite an apt description given they're usually thrown with deadly force.

[@rowley1950]

Genius! That mun wis a Jeans-are-us. Im trying to find the sketch where Ronnie uses Hollywood actors names. All I remember is stuff like ' Good Doris Day, I am feeling nice and Victor Mature' and on and on. Anybody help?

[@elamae2]

Mum and I are sat here both laughing at this! Excellent clip! Love the Two Ronnies.

[@weeblacknorth]

In my opinion the best comediens are not the ones which have potty mouths but rather those who are intelligent and work hard at their art.

[@declansilvine9378]

I was literally about to say the same thing, agree with this 100%

"potty mouth" and intelligence are not contradictions.

[@SpeccyMan]

In my opinion, people who cannot use commas and spell the word comedians should keep their opinions to themselves.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Nick B aah, a grammar nazi, just what KZbin comments section needs .🤣

[@StefanTravis]

Never try to virtue signal until you've worked out which virtues you're trying to signal.

[@moeporcelli1993]

Absolutely loved the Two Ronnies. RIP Ronnie Corbett.

[@deepakpuri462]

Both of them were absolutely brilliant and never giggled through it rip both of them

[@lonmar0612]

that song at the end is absolutely classic. In fact this whole sketch it absolutely classic

[@PLuMUK54]

Ronnie Barker, a min who is gropely pissed. Wrist in peas!

[@alaricbirkett4116]

Ronnie Barker did another sketch on the show about the Society of Pismronunciation which was just as hilarious. He mentioned the Prime Minister James Calor Gas and the Bleeder of the Opposition, Mrs Scratcher. Brilliant.

[@gordontaylor5373]

Yes, he did. I would absolutely love to see that one again. It was so funny! It had me in absolute fits. Gammacrush1971, have you got that one?

[@PalladiumTV]

Ronnie Barker comic genius

[@nigozeroichi2501]

STILL have no clue how he kept a straight face, I remember watching this when I was a wee lad.

[@chegeny]

Brilliant. I haven't seen this in donkeys. We all creased up watching this one.

[@fleageful]

He was a very funny man. The 2 Ronnies was a staple when I was growing up.

[@crazysoupforever]

He was a master with words. His delivery was amazing. How did he manage to keep a straight face with all that laughter? Loved The Two Ronnies.

[@stationsixtyseven67]

He could also do silent (or at least, unspoken) comedy with aplomb. The man was a genius. :)

[@Gideon235]

It's the sort of circumstance where you say one thing but mean your mother.

[@petergreen2552]

The master at work. Done in one take too. THAT is talent.

[@ZER0--]

Barker's best comedy asset was his way with words. He also would write sketches into the BBC anonymously so as not to get a biased view of his material.

[@Jabbatic]

Eg: Gerald Wiley, just one of his pseudonyms!

[@gan9e]

In the early 1980s, a friend & I sneaked into the old abandoned cinema in the town center, a place I'd seen such classics as Bambi & Star Wars in my childhood, I saw the empty screening room, then I ventured upstairs to the projector room whereupon I found some old film on the floor, I picked up the old reel of film and held it up to the light, it was a film of Ronnie Barker next to a pile of oranges, I assumed for some advert or whatever, of course I instantly removed my trousers and laid the biggest stool I could muster, even before I'd secreted the entirety of my dung load my friend came into the projection room and caught me mid-squeeze... basically it was the end of our friendship, I'd just like to take this moment now to say to John, John, I'm sorry I panicked, I'd had egg & chips, I was scared... that's all, Mr Barker wouldn't mind.

[@anthonybg1000]

this is pure genious and ronnie barker is a legend of comedy. R.I.P Ronnie.

[@richardm.4997]

Its these kinds of skits that make me love British comedy so much

[@Th3LightCloud]

Dicks and booktionaries literally sent me off my chair with laughter... if I didn't have tears in my eyes for laughing so hard, I would just stare at it in disbelief, because this is either unparalleled genius, or an unimaginable amount of patiency, but probably both. Fantastic x 1000...

[@gordontaylor5373]

I know - I laughed so much I felt dizzy for an hour!

[@MariaLacsamana-ik3in]

This is genial acting ability to make a comedy show to be successful I wish they make shows like this at BBC thanks for posting this on yt 🙏 😀 😊 👍

[@2sick2care]

First time I watched this was on the BBC in the mid 70's and it buckled me... I was 7! I've not seen it for 37 (!!!YIKES) years, was stoked to find it and it's still hilarious. He was a comic genius, his timing is impeccable, how's he keep a straight face? Wonder how many takes it took to get right??

[@sharonwray5498]

Brilliant my favourite comedian i got my grandad his autograph which is now mine great national treasure ❤

[@gezzarandom]

How does he manage to keep a straight face while performing these sketches? hahaha

[@jamesharvarduk]

Astonishingly well crafted and brilliantly delivered. Knocks the 'ooh-look-at-me-I'm-so-controversial' comedians, well, into a hocked cat.

[@williamparke8868]

How I miss the two Ronnie's comedy still very funny 😂

[@essiebl]

I loved both David and Ronnie in Open All Hours which is still available in Australia. If I ever need cheering up I load Ronnie’s mispronunciation sketch to give myself a giggle

[@starlight76able]

how to this day I wonder how many takes this was to keep a straight face

[@silv3rback87]

Don't know how I got here, but I am glad I did! This was truly entertaining.