The Two Ronnies - Space Wars

[@buckieloon]

Many happy memories of 'The Two Ronnies' through the 70s. Bless you Ronnie, a real gent !

[@takharov1]

Thank you so much for posting all these musical numbers. The scriptwriters and Messr's Corbett and Barker are comic geniuses par excellence. I haven't seen any of these before but they all have me in stitches.

[@andypitchless]

I haven't seen this since 1980. Thank you. Now to show it to my millennial friends.

[@huhtime]

Two Ronnies + Star Wars =Surreal

[@danielwilliamson6180]

One of The Two Ronnie's best sketches. A brilliant parody of Star Wars.

[@UKMikey]

I remember watching this as a fourteen year old and thinking the production values were pretty good for the BBC. The Top Of The Pops sketch was even better regarding costume design as I recall.

[@bylokonnor]

Tell me this isn't happening! The first time I saw this I really did fall off my chair from laughing!

[@bhangrafan4480]

Hilarious! I always loved the musical numbers best on the Two Ronnies.

[@MaskedMan66]

Rest in Peace, Mr. Corbett; the Force is with you.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

2:55 That was one of the geniuses of the Two Ronnies. They take a famous song (Frequently Knit Knack Paddywhack) and they change the lyrics.

[@vap-chan]

The final song is to the tune of "Silver Heels", if anyone's wondering.

[@martinbauer8395]

like the idea of the Duluks (a parody of the brand name Dulux and the Daleks from Dr Who ) and how they said "Redecorate" instead of "Exterminate".

[@Steve_P_B]

Still better Star Wars than the sequel trilogy

[@nymphofwater]

@takharov1 glad you like it. got to love ronnie barker and ronnie corbet.

[@aaron75fy]

still better than Disney's entries

[@Mojosbigstick]

That theme at the beginning sounds more like "Born Free".

[@Cool2BCeltic]

+Mojosbigstick Exactly what I thought.

[@UKMikey]

I suspect it's what happens when you turn the sheet music upside down.

[@MaskedMan66]

It is; they couldn't get the rights to John Williams's music, so they got something with a similar tune.

[@gaynor1721]

It is Born Free.

[@MobiusBandwidth]

John Williams wrote Born Free, and then literally turned it upside down, actually, backwards, to write Star Wars, an old composer's trick.

[@nymphofwater]

@bylokonnor I do that all the time when it comes to the two ronnie's.

[@philipmonihan8222]

Who else wants to see Daleks let loose in Star Wars.

[@nymphofwater]

@gd070510 you are welcome. I love the Two Ronnies

[@giantsquidrule]

What is the tune at 1min30? Sounds like Gilbert and Sullivan

[@chrisnorton4382]

From Gaîté Parisienne by Offenbach.

[@giantsquidrule]

@@chrisnorton4382 Thanks! I've been on tenterhooks for 6 years!

[@walsallmatt]

was this before or after empire?

[@martinbauer8395]

Same year as The Empire Strikes Back, i.e. 1980

[@sunyangsghost9523]

they alwas made sure to include a bird with cracking norks

[@haydnelf]

hahahahahahahahah :D

[@codyevaristo8029]

Nothing like rifts from offenbach

[@therioters5645]

C-3p0 and r2 d2 both disliked this xD

[@MaskedMan66]

Actually, I'm sure Messrs. Daniels and Baker fell about when they saw this.

[@radagastaddams3703]

Rise of Skywalker is out already 😳

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Not until December.