The Two Ronnies - The Tortoise

Now with subtitles.
Corbett visits Barker's veterinary surgery to complain about his inactive tortoise.

[@shoutinghorse]

I lived in South Yorkshire for 20 years and I can vouch that there are people in that part of the world that do talk like this. Eey-up

[@madwatermelon1316]

Sound more like they're trying to impersonate Lancashire accents to me, possibly from the Bolton area.

[@Criticalthinker1912]

Nowt wrong with that 😂😂😂

[@coconuciferanuts339]

..trouble up mill..

[@keithnaylor1981]

Turning the pie around was a super move!

[@davidmurrydixon]

They are both sorely missed on TV. They gave us so much. RIP

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

P Steele I agree

[@somebody8779]

ditto

[@davidhughes211]

I personally preferred the 2 Ronnie's to Morecambe and wise. But a shame comedy is like this anymore.

[@ruadhagainagaidheal9398]

I used to have a tortoise With eyebrows long and wispy My father came home drunk one night And said “ mmm… that pie was crispy”. I scribbled that little ditty on a scrap of paper while sitting in a register office waiting for my sister’s wedding ceremony back in the 60s. She was only 17 , pregnant and was very nervous, I thought it might help her relax and put the piece of paper into her hand. It did. She collapsed in helpless giggles and sailed through the ceremony with a huge grin and without a hitch. We lost her 30 years ago, and I still miss her every day. This sketch brought back happy memories.

[@littleredwitch]

🤗🌺

[@abbeyroadstudios4999]

These two are in a class of their own, brilliant.

[@philip2595]

One of their best sketches I think. Their accents are great, Barker is the best.

[@dtvfan24]

loved this, saw corbett as he lived locally, wonderful friendly guy

[@bobwallacejnr6852]

no he didnt

[@peterdavies2960]

Barker’s reaction to the meat pie is just priceless 😂

[@deusvult7311]

I’m 17 and wish I was around back then to watch comedy like this.

[@garyrichardson8934]

The entire series of the Two Ronnie's including all the Christmas Specials are available on DVD. Showing ALL the sketches, ALL the serials, ALL the song and dance performances and ALL the jokes. If you get the box set you will not be disappointed.

[@22Phantasm]

We all expected Ronnie C to turn the pie around but it was still hilarious.

[@paulcoulthard8654]

Never seen this one - very funny. As a born & bred Northerner, I can say they made a reet gud job o' the accents - (though some sensitive natives will dispute it)

[@MrAndrewFarrow]

The accents are a cross between extreme Barnsley and outrageous Blackburn.

[@GudieveNing]

Cannot believe I missed this one, priceless! - In particular the bit when he turns it around. Ha!

[@mahulad7298]

There will never ever be another two Ronnie's so happy I grew up watching these two classic comedians.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@mahulad7298 Ronnie Barker was so much better than Corbett though. Much better actor and much better Voice artist. Corbett is shite basically.

[@keepgoing1973]

Take a moment to admire the acting . These 2 were brilliant I'm from the Birmingham and I can understand it. God help the rest of the world. Haha

[@zarasalim8106]

RIP Ronnie Corbett, you brought so much laughter to our lives xxx miss you so much 1930-2016 xxxxx

[@joannalees1711]

This is one of my Favs of these special pair of Ronnies.

[@roberthughes513]

Kings of comedy.

[@Paul-zh2nw]

"I swear on me mother's whippets grave" :-))))

[@Harbaksh1234]

Absolutely the best comedy duo! 🤣🤣

[@enthusedtosing9655]

"Whatav'I left in thoven..."

[@peterdavies2960]

Should’ve gone to specsavers, Ronnie Corbett 😂

[@MariaLacsamana-ik3in]

Classy fun time lovd you guys thankx fod posting them 😅😅😅😅😅

[@Grahamgusbull]

Thirty years later,while watching Bumble and Fogle checking a tortoise on Animal Park,I said to my wife,”Who was it who said Toitoice?”....we soon clicked on this wonderful sketch,thanks to KZbin!

[@EditorOfSL]

*Humble and Fogle.

[@Grahamgusbull]

@@EditorOfSL ..She’s always Bumble to me and I love her to pieces!

[@scotty193]

Lettuce test hahahahahahahahaha Gold.When he spins the pie round hahahahahahahahaha

[@ADELAIDE7ify]

Brilliant ,an absolute classic

[@Echo024]

98 Tortoises disliked this video

[@reevethomas1083]

Ronnie walks through the door Audience does a hard laigh

[@annettebertora4434]

THE BEST OF THE BEST !!!!!!!

[@sarahstrong7174]

Thankyou for sharing.

[@Cyba_IT_NZ]

Could see the last gag coming a mile off but still hilarious. Esp. RB's facial expressions. :)

[@bobwallacejnr6852]

no you couldnt

[@robertpamler5372]

Just brilliant...

[@vincent7520]

This sketch reminds me of one of our history teacher in my French school who pronounced the few english names and places with such a bad accent that all the students chucked. At one point he said : "don't you worry, whatever your accent is, you'll always find a place in England where they will understand you as it will match perfectly their own accent !…"

[@joanekins123]

PMSL,,, I don't know how they keep a straight face...

[@fuffoon]

I love it! Hilarious.

[@MaskedMan66]

"Yon's NONE a tortoise."

[@kamrankhan-lj1ng]

NOON a tortoise

[@GeorgiNM]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaah

[@chrismoule7242]

2:50 - just one man in the audience gets this next joke, when RC quite clearly [because of the voice stresses] says "Let us test"...

[@daimosori]

that's a tartle.

[@asherloat8570]

Yon's not a tartle. Yon's a tortoise

[@GeorgiNM]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahah

[@michaelingham17]

Just brilliant

[@MaskedMan66]

Ronnie C looks a bit of a tortoise himself in this sketch. :-)

[@MaskedMan66]

There's nowt like as maybe yer right, there.

[@charliehinde1701]

The OG Specsavers Ad xD

[@Minotauro_di_Chieti]

My eyes are aching!!!

[@Synbious]

I've always been curious why a doctor has a random piece of lettuce sitting in his practice, lol.

[@malcolmdale]

That's probably because he's not a doctor he's a vet.

[@moonshinesa8234]

of course, that makes sense of it all. :-)

[@DieFlabbergast]

He's a vet - not a doctor! So he'll have lettuce to feed to rabbits, guinea pigs, and, yes, maybe tortoises!

[@leehutchinson1955]

.....and meat pies!!

[@bobwallacejnr6852]

some things just work.

[@RS14988]

sounds like their auditioning to be the next wurzel gummage or something lol. brilliant stuff as always though xD

[@terencebarrett2897]

Absolutely wonderful magnificent brilliant superb real honest true skill talent art superstars of acting ,brilliant

[@moonmelder2965]

1:23 .... LOL .... din't expect that!

[@Thursdaym2]

Wonder if foreigners...ie: south of Stafford understand the dialogue.

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

I'm American and I understood enough of it to think it was hilarious. And there was a big piece of machinery making a racket in the background where I'm at. Still it was easy enough to get the gist of even the parts I didn't precisely understand. These guys are awesome.

[@christineparsons9631]

I am a Yorkshire lass an they are not 100 per cent accurate with the accent but I wouldnt expect them to be, it all adds to their type of humour.

[@timobrien2738]

H

[@MichaelJohnson-kq7qg]

Was it supposed to be Yorkshire? I spotted elements of everything from Lancashire to Leicestershire. I think it's just supposed to be a 'rural' comedy accent.

[@kyawkyawwin1]

Silly, low class pedant.

[@EditorOfSL]

You know they’re doing it on purpose, right?

[@johncaldwell-wq1hp]

I swear on my Mothers Whippets Grave !!--HA !-HA!-HA!--I was an Aussie,-working in Sam Smiths Brewery-in Rochdale-1972-took me 6 months to find out what they were saying !-"Put-wood-in -thole-Lad"--(close the fn-door)--best people in 'th world-tho !!

[@Classictv90s]

my guess when this Two Ronnies Tortoise sketch was originally shown in would be - the mid 80s.

[@Horsley-Green]

Yes, 1985

[@MaskedMan66]

RC: Has ever seen owt look so dejected? RB: Well, only in a British Rail buffet.

[@DieFlabbergast]

It's not "aught", it's "owt". The Northern English pronoun comes from "aught" but the pronunciation is different.

[@MaskedMan66]

+DieFlabbergast My bad! Correction made.

[@JongleurJ10]

I'll be honest, these two can be bland and Morecambe and Wise can be brilliant, but 9 times of 10 or so it's the other way around. They must have great fun doing the accents for this scene!

[@chrismoule7242]

I can easily find room for both

[@stephenguppy7882]

You cannot compare them to M&W. Totally different.

[@JongleurJ10]

@@stephenguppy7882 Ha I used to watch a Steve Guppy at Wycombe matches.

[@stephenguppy7882]

@@JongleurJ10 I know him but it ain't me!

[@lizsavage5154]

Hilarious

[@ChrisBreemer]

Ahahaa that punch line :D

[@Vbee3]

Aw yes Ronnie Corbett reminds me of someone?

[@williamhoughton6541]

Looks a decant pie !!!

[@hemisphere903]

Interesting an upload of a recording off tv, with a bad aerial at that.

[@passiton3801]

Long before the days of PC world...

[@MaskedMan66]

PC? How does that figure in?

[@passiton3801]

@@MaskedMan66 Political Correctness, my man....

[@MaskedMan66]

Yes, I know what it is; what I asked was, "How does it fit in?"

[@MaskedMan66]

+Pat Terson They weren't saying anything against Chinese.

[@Dallass66]

gosh i need subtitles for this accent only understood 25%

[@ruggernutter03]

Is this the 3D version? :-)))

[@timocibulitavu7235]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dozzybeadle9265]

this must of been film using Corbetts' Glasses as a lens XD

[@uriituw]

I reckon he put the tortoise in the oven.

[@CamcorderSteve]

All it needs now is for some American to do a reaction video on it - not a chance!!

[@chrismoule7242]

There are now several up on YT. Funny to watch.

[@GrrMeister]

*It shunt appen to vet Lad, tek this time and will com'to*

[@shirokumaotaku]

What'd you name your Tortoise? 🐢 Bentos

[@Synbious]

lol tortoise, i wondered where adrian and rik got that from.

[@robshearing2131]

is this monty python the dead tortoise sketch ??

[@obviouslytwo4u]

X-ray Pi vision how did he know it had dead body parts in?.sorry for you who don't know that is meat.

[@mizzyroro]

What part of England does this accent come from?

[@lynnblack6493]

Oh no...

[@jg353d]

does anyone know what english accent is this?

[@vaughnschnelle4682]

Yorkshire I believe (or close enough to it).

[@jg353d]

@@vaughnschnelle4682 oh thanks hahah

[@rodrigoarayap1995]

"If John's a tortoise, I'se a Chinaman"

[@DieFlabbergast]

+Rodrigo Araya "If yon's a tortoise, tha's a Chinaman."

[@kyawkyawwin1]

Yon, not John, missie.

[@jestermoon]

Take A Moment Relax and Enjoy Genius at play 0:34 😂 Stay Silly Stay Safe Stay Free 1:12 No god's required 🙏

[@Jayzehip]

cant

[@SandraDeJager]

😂😂😂😂

[@bingcro]

thats a lancs accent

[@DieFlabbergast]

Is it buggery! Sounds Yorkshire to me. Considering neither of them are from the North, it's a pretty good attempt.

[@moonshinesa8234]

It's definitely not a South African accent.

[@twatinahatsmith7428]

@@DieFlabbergast Thought barmpot was more Lancashire area. In west Yorkshire we used wazzock more.

[@mizofan]

such a sad punchline

[@kyawkyawwin1]

It's a comedy sketch, you silly, low class missie.

[@raresaturn]

What accent is this?

[@jessesands4099]

😆🥟🐢

[@danielhughes2014]

Awful accents from the posh lads. One of the best sketches ever.

[@a11csc]

this would go down a treat (not) with the snowflakes of today

[@sambofreak12]

sounds more like a stoke accent than yorkshire

[@paddyp3457]

Definitely some Stoke in there

[@joeritchie7286]

Yons a meat pah

[@caroletraynor8763]

This is no Lancashire accent, so I assume they are trying to take a Yorkshire one off, not doing it very well, they are talking too slow. but it's still funny.

[@robinstephenson8337]

Oh for gods sake, what does it matter if they are not dialect perfect? It's as near as makes no difference a Yorkshire accent and a brilliant sketch.

[@robertbrynin9451]

It's quite funny, but making fun of regional accents, which is really what they are doing, is not.

[@anushanush2254]

idiot - its funny

[@N13TheGeneral]

It was fine 40 years ago. Back in the day, where SJWs were you know what fuck it I cba to get involved. Just shut up and enjoy the comedy.

[@Cyba_IT_NZ]

Eat a bag of cement powder and harden up man! ;)

[@EuphemiaGrubb]

Isi teck as lack!

[@DieFlabbergast]

Yes it bloody well is! Everybody's accent is funny to someone with a different accent! And British comedians never stop making fun of non-regional accents (i.e. Received Pronunciation, or BBC English to you!).