The Two Ronnies: TV Symbols

The Two Ronnies
Series Three (1973)
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[@johnrowley3140]

"But what about those with a nervous disposition? Well, we have this!" I still wonder how many in the audience jumped when the gun went off?!! 😄

[@robertflanagan1364]

Always goes with a bang

[@NickJay]

*I* did! lol

[@joysynmonds9082]

Lol. I did !!

[@hmocreations1120]

Me too!😀

[@thegamingotaku78]

Your assuming there is an audience and it's not canned

[@robadams5799]

I love the way he hastily pulled off the symbols that spelled out "BBCTV." Like he was surprised.

[@hugoagogo9435]

Ah comedy. I remember it so fondly. Pity it doesn’t exist now

[@BandenIndarys]

As an American, I have always found British humor to be much more appealing and creative than American humor. Growing up, watching Mr. Bean, Are You Being Served, Black Adder, and other British comedy shows on PBS was much more enjoyable than anything Hollywood could churn out.

[@davids8449]

How about not as an American

[@ahsenkhan5386]

just say you love british humor geez

[@johndavis7944]

And always will be.

[@davidlaw3096]

Its because Americans don't like to make fun of themselves, their country or their culture. We Brits love making fun of ourselves, and we are damn good at it

[@davidelliott5843]

Big Bang Theory was American so they can get it right- sometimes

[@RandomButBeautiful]

his deadpan abilities are almost supernatural! The wonderful Ronnie Barker. RIP legend.

[@PaulDavis-jb1bx]

Just brilliant , where are comedians like. this today

[@deborahmurphy112]

DANGER KNICKERS AHEAD!!!!! Almost pissed me pants laughing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@andynightingale7335]

An absolute genius with words and comedy timing.

[@chris-rfs]

The two ronnies were brilliant and as a teenager i watched them on a saturday night with my dad.We laughed so much,this comedy is pure genius and is understood by children and adults. Loved it and miss them. Great memories.

[@MelliaBoomBot]

I never realised how talented he was. He was just fantastic!

[@martyncarroll5035]

He played various characters In the wonderful comedy series The navy Lark My Favourite Character Was Lieutenant Queeq Who was hms trout ridge Engineer officer Who down in the engine room And didn’t no how the mechanical gubins worked And had to ask the lad who was Running to and from the toilet Because he eaten food that Disagreed with him Like today people at the top what is going on and they Don’t know Politicians Please Note

[@mikaelabowen5781]

Pure brilliance. There has never really been anyone who can compare to the great two Ronnies.

[@muhammadsaadmansoor7777]

In English probably your right. But in Urdu we had fifty fifty (name of the program, not a pun)

[@peterbishopisascumbag3596]

There are many that can be compared to them, but few, if any favourably.

[@JontheBerean]

Ronnie Barker was the comedy genius, not Ronnie Corbett

[@peteratkinson922]

@@JontheBerean But Corbie brought his size and stentorian scottish tones to the mix. Kind of like a small beaitifully marked male Ginger Rogers to give Barker/Astaire an indispensable bit extra.

[@turnman02]

What about David Jason? I don't know if he's a writer, but he's a pretty good comic actor. I liked him in Open All Hours. Only seen one sketch from Only Fools & Horses

[@mariansaldo1]

I've only just discovered The Two Ronnies yesterday but I can't get enough! They are so damned funny!

[@kennethmeyer7863]

Dial in my blackberry is not working,super plus many more .They were brilliant.

[@jazzman1626]

The streets around my area were deserted when they were on.

[@gromit3315]

David Hill, and the one with Ronnie Corbett dressed as an Arab in delicatessen shop. ‘C off ee’ and ‘chocoloty mouse’ 😁

[@seanmcdonald5859]

I am actually inordinately pleased that in thia day and age, someone has just discovered the Two Ronnies and is enjoying them still. A testament to their craft.

[@sultanjaksel9624]

the beauty of 1970s and 1980s britain they are... the 1990s onewards.. just can never mimic their success

[@brianartillery]

Both now sadly gone. I have their shows on DVD, and, no matter how many times I watch them, they still make me cry with laughter. Great writing and performances, and a great rapport with each other.

[@itsnotrightyouknow]

Yes as we're Eric and Ernie

[@owenfitzgerald8944]

Absolute genius, timeless, and classic comedy gold.

[@TallysVids]

A true comedy genius at work. RIP Ronnie B.

[@RockyGully]

Their humour never gets old!! Priceless!

[@toobasaurus23]

Barker is the greatest comic genius of his day. I've been watching old episodes of 'Porridge', 'Going Straight' and 'Open All Hours' the past few weeks. Still very funny after four decades.

[@turnman02]

My favourite Two Ronnies sketch would have to be Fork Handles. It's on you tube if you want to see it. Very cleverly written & performed

[@baabaabaa2293]

@@turnman02 you mean four candles!?!

[@turnman02]

@@baabaabaa2293 That's the one

[@RhamanaChan]

Four Candles and Swedish Made Simple are my two favorites!

[@Sideway8]

The look he gives after firing the gun is killing me lol

[@danielberry7074]

Love the two Ronnie's 😂

[@davidmunns135]

This sketch is a sign of pure comedic genius truly worth watching but Tv has changed so much that is it

[@juans6639]

I remember watching them in the 1970's May they R.I.P.

[@simonwootten5821]

Genius. One of the most brilliant comics ever to grace this earth.

[@eIucidate]

What great a testimony to the timelessness of road signs that those very signs are still in use today and don't look outdated at all. The BBC logo itself is about 18 years old and looks very modern.

[@romainsavioz5466]

And they made thoses with a small team

[@janach1305]

I loved watching the Two Ronnies on Canadian TV when I was growing up. 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

[@brunoB1980]

In the 2020s its even more brilliant

[@peopleddiagram2920]

Outstanding.

[@WaxingRadiance]

The planets most consistently funny man. Decade after decade of getting laughs like you hear coming from the studio audience.

[@ron1martens]

Blue Peter the auto laughter is quite annoying. The two Ronnie's didn't need auto laugher. Lucy Ball and many others used auto laughter in their series. I guess it was commonly used in the earlier days. Never liked BBC. Although Benny Hill, the two Ronnie's and many other programs. Notice Ronnie Barker mentioned BBC programme. That's because television is a programming station. Programs people's minds.

[@krashd]

@@ron1martens If by auto laughter you mean canned laughter, it has never been used in the UK as it is misleading and thus banned. Ronnie was performing in front of a live audience, hence his pauses as he waited for the laughter to stop. Also who the fuck is Lucy Ball?

[@garycurtis294]

@@krashd I think he meant Lucille Ball, as in "I Love Lucy"

[@turnman02]

​@Rob Fraser I assume he means Lucille Ball

[@robertkelly469]

I have got to get the two Ronnie's on DVD, i just love the show it was great growing up in the seventies watching them.

[@borleyboo5613]

Pure genius. The house when smoke came out of the chimney...........fuming!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@quizmaster85]

"Sorry, they should be down a bit." 😂

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Danger knickers ahead😂😂

[@quizmaster85]

@@JaneDoe-ci3gj Or was that "Not Tonight, Josephine"?

[@gdj6298]

"This is because this is a family show and I will not allow smut into your homes" kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKC5eGeVoJx7mMU

[@scotty193]

Aye pull the panties down a wee bit more................Pure Gold Comedy....sorry knickers.

[@rooneye]

The gunshot is just... 🤣🤣🤣 There has never been a funnier discharging of a weapon ever!

[@SirWhig-esq.]

‘A bald headed man dreaming of two well developed ladies’ 🎉❤

[@michaelmacdonell4834]

I love these PSA clips.

[@stephenphillip5656]

Not for nothing was R B known as "The Guv'nor". Much missed from golden age of British TV comedy.

[@rich_rich90]

"If you are offended by rectangles". Probably not that far off in today's world 🤣🤣

[@moonmelder2965]

I love the serious look at the start!

[@johnrowley3140]

Particularly when he states,"...One: I am very handsome...." !

[@kathrynpitt4973]

Brilliant 😂 every second of this sketch is beautifully timed

[@Lee0568]

Oh how I miss she comedy greats

[@ludibund4665]

"Mrs. Whitehouse is watching, and she's fuming. This means she's beside herself..." Brilliant!

[@dca-Letsplay]

I love the BBC sticking it to that bitch, she caused a lot of trouble for them, and honestly i only saw one instance where it was a bit far, and that was once out of like 10 years, the women basically had the ideology of "I don't like this, so no one should watch this"

[@michaelbootes4822]

DCA - Lets Play ever see the goodies episode where they are commissioned to make a Mrs Whitehouse safe Sex Ed video?

[@zapazap]

A "fucked up old hag" she is -- or a least I've been told.

[@RabbiHerschel]

@@dca-Letsplay It turns out she was right about everything.

[@Dustshoe]

The world needs Mary Whitehouse today, in the internet age.

[@frankirvine316]

Still doesn’t get any better than the humour back then✅ the shows would be super popular😀😀😀

[@liammccarron8191]

Ronnie Barker. Just brilliant.

[@g.macgregor5416]

Intelligent humour, great command of the language and the quickest team I’ve ever seen.

[@liammccarron8191]

Yep! He wrote most of the two Ronnies shows. Very sharp,intelligent mind.

[@MrDebkumarbasu]

Writing of the highest level

[@Choober65]

Ronnie Barker had a master of the English language that was above and beyond.

[@Aran-vc7rx]

I love the gun part. That always goes with a bang

[@HawreKoyi1]

Originality and real comedy.

[@colincharlton9339]

Absolutely brilliant..

[@Spankypenguin1]

The gunshot really made some of the audience jump!

[@ianworthington2324]

Inspired, I suspect, for those who don't know, by Mrs Whitehouse 's campaign to ensure that all late night programs worth watching had a pink triangle in the corner. Whitehouse was the most ridiculously British thing ever to happen to British TV.

[@AlexanderMacAoidh]

The gun bit was genius, the master of comedy Robbie barker

[@Know-Expert]

Robbie Barker.... ha ha, another one who can’t pronounce his worms correctly.......

[@scopex2749]

the 2 Ronnies.......simply..........GENIUSES!

[@austinl169]

Used to watch them on the PBS station in Chicago on Sunday nights before "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Loved them. Very different style from the Pythons. Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett used much cleverer humour with some visual gags - imagine Demitri Martin wearing the Union Jack. 😆 The Python troupe dealt much more in satire with some emphasis on the surreal and absurd. They were delightful complements to each other.

[@philt4346]

That's a cool double bill they wouldn't go for on the Beeb, I'm pretty sure. They have some common history as well, Cleese worked with Ronnies in the previous decade in skit shows, satire mostly but you could see the germ of something Pythonesque. Perhaps uncuriously, The Two Ronnies stuff has aged better for me, though much of it goes against the grain of today's sensibilities.

[@madabbafan]

To quote Lilly Savage - 'This programme MAY contain scenes of violence' that really annoys me 'MAY contain', does it or doesn't it.

[@krashd]

Violence is subjective, I don't consider pushing someone to be violent but you might, hence why 'may' is correct. The network has no idea what you find to be violent.

[@DMMJBSM]

He really was a genius.

[@DrakeGamer85]

Great sketch this - Really good humour!

[@stuartsutherbaker]

Very clever, miss you Ronnie

[@lewisjabbawocky9058]

Stuart Suther-Baker i

[@euanshanks]

Pure comedy genius

[@fossseseptique]

He nearly lost it when he fired that gun! Genius…

[@bluedragon7925]

These days they would run out of symbols!

[@ThStg]

Even if Ronnie hadn't wrote this sketch. Ronnie manages to put it across in such a way that using symbols that would be used for other things generally seems so, so natural Ronnie B was certainly the more facial expressive one of the two Ronnie's. ( Well I thought so personally when he said something a little bit saucey 😮😁). Nevertheless they were ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC TOGETHER!!! But, Ronnie B was always my favourite of these two he had so much persona.

[@gdj6298]

Agreed. There has to be a chemistry for a double act to work. There wasn't so much of a "funny man / straight man" situation with these two, but one would generally be a foil for the other in any given sketch. As Peter Cook said (paraphrasing), "Don't knock the straight man - Dean Martin makes Jerry Lewis funny, Ernie Wise makes Eric Morecambe funny, Dudley makes me funny. "

[@gamethingstuff]

who doesn't love a show with a bit of CBT

[@omambianelson4853]

😂 😂 I like the way they play with the BBC...

[@WilliamShevels]

Proper comedy

[@NeidalRuekk]

Stop Children is about family planning. Utter gold!

[@brendanhill8029]

NeidalRuekk The Plank

[@plug4uk696]

Sadly we don't have comedy like this anymore, pure masters of the art ;-)

[@annicemahmood6462]

Humour par excellence!👍👍👍❤️

[@KlingonGamerYT]

miss the good old days no swearing knickers

[@Angel-eq9tq]

🤣🤣🤣

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Ronnie Barker invents the TV ratings system.

[@what-uc]

Channel 4 adopted this idea in 1986 with the Red Triangle. It was very effective in attracting viewers to explicit films they might otherwise have ignored

[@Wintro]

Another Classic... :D

[@neilangus4401]

Just pure and effective humour A little bit naughty but always clever What ever happened

[@pressureworks]

Meanwhile at some point in time The Young Ones were being filmed in the next studio. The cast and crew meeting in the Canteen.

[@soslunnaak]

im american and the bbctv joke still had me dying lmao

[@Elysianism]

Too bad ,it didn't help your English!

[@duckduckgoismuchbetter]

@@Elysianism Your comma is in the wrong place. Please correct it. I'm similarly triggered as you were.

[@Chris_Sheridan]

That's Ronnie Barker predicting his own demise in Porridge.

[@sylviadugdale1035]

Oh how much fun ronnie would have with todays madness

[@bretthovey5634]

1973 I was only 2

[@theart8039]

When Ronnie Barker starts to look young, then you know that you're getting old

[@Wilkins_Micawber]

The greatest comic actor ever.

[@mariaefelices6543]

The master !!!

[@JarrodBaniqued]

“Not tonight Josephine”

[@wibblywobblymadman]

This is great!😂

[@altvamp]

This was actually quite visionary and how more apt is it today, especially the BBC gag.

[@scotty193]

I love Derek and Clive most but Two Ronnies harmless charm was brilliant .

[@firecarrier1]

Never heard of them!

[@krashd]

@@firecarrier1 You've never heard of Dudley Moore and Peter Cook? Derek and Clive were their comedy personas. They were huge, one of the few talents of the 60's and 70's who found as much success outside the UK as they did in it.

[@ikarikid]

Mary Whitehouse watched. She fainted 109 times.

[@46metube]

Incredible word play.

[@zenbudhism]

Ronnie Barker wrote everything

[@27Bluebottle]

For viewers of a nervous disposition, we have this. (Thumps side of head) That one always goes with a bang(!)

[@GerardHammond]

Fabulous

[@NuisanceMan]

Pure signplay genius!

[@johnwilson783]

When television was worth watching

[@malcolmmarshall4371]

That is still very funny😂😂😂

[@iancarter4196]

Two Ronnies are hilarious and do not need canned laughter to be added.

[@haroldbrown3782]

It wasn't canned laughter. It was a live audience.

[@capcompass9298]

It tells the PC nutters when to get offended.

[@Black.Sabbath]

@@capcompass9298 Nah, you're not funny

[@capcompass9298]

@@Black.Sabbath ...and you're offended.

[@krashd]

Good thing canned laughter was never added then.

[@exup35]

I still love The Phantom Raspberry blower 😂😂😂

[@wisteela]

Genius

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I miss the Two Ronnies.

[@lpsp442]

You know, I never realised how old those road symbols are

[@biro24]

The way the world is going I can see this actually happening 😩

[@peterowen9183]

David Jason, who of course worked with RB on many programmes, always referred to him as The Guvnor. We shall not see his like again.

[@Mar-enfrance]

Love them! They're among the best. Hate, absolutely hate, the loud utterly unnecessary canned laughter which spoils everything .

[@Over_Sky]

1:05 Had me in knots 😁

[@shine01120]

Fantastic! Do you have the sketch of Ronnie B deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics?