American Reacts to The Two Ronnies Courtroom Quiz

[@landyandy270]

You really do need a considerable knowledge of 60s, 70s UK game shows to truly appreciate this. Hilarious stuff for those of us old enough.

[@zarabada6125]

Most of these are references to UK versions of US gameshows of the same period. Knowledge of US gameshows would allow you to pick up more than half the jokes.

[@kiwihib]

@@zarabada6125 First one was What's my line, second was Mastermind.

[@zarabada6125]

@@kiwihib Yes. What's My Line was created in the USA. Mastermind was created in the UK.

[@joppadoni]

Don't forget Blankety Blank... My mother-in-law.. what a great sketch :D

[@davidgriffith8292]

It was a play on many 1970’s game shows - Call my bluff, The Price is Right etc.

[@graveperil2169]

mastermind, give us a clue, Blanketly blank

[@hexkid6351]

It's actually using the format of the game show "What's My Line?" where you had a series of questions to identify someone's profession.

[@PaulEcosse]

@@hexkid6351 Just came to say that. The uk had their own version of What's my line much later. Blankety Blank was a uk version of the us show Blankety Blanks.

[@androsiller9423]

@@PaulEcosse The US version was called ‘Match Game.’

[@PaulEcosse]

@@androsiller9423 Match game, right.

[@paulmaxey6377]

They are all old British gameshows. In order the ones I know: 1. What's My Line (guess what job the contestant has), 2. Mastermind, 3. Call My Bluff, 4. Blankety Blank, 5. Give Us A Clue, 6. Jokers Wild, 7. The Price Is Right and (not sure if this was meant to be represented) 8. The Good Old Days.

[@andrewdking]

All that mallet banging was definitely from The Good Old Days.

[@ListerDavid]

The Judge is Patrick Troughton best known as the 2rd actor to play Doctor Who, and the priest in the first Omen film. Brilliant sketch with so many game shows thrown in.

[@GeordieAmanda]

Agreed. It's probably one of the most difficult sketches for a none Brit to fully understand though. A lot of 'local knowledge' is required for that one. Maybe a musical one like this would be a good universal sketch? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYvUi5qjpdZkpNk

[@josefschiltz2192]

This is about the time that Patrick was playing the Punch and Judy man, Cole Hawlings, in the BBC adaptation of John Masefield's 'The Box Of Delights', practically reusing his old man 'Roddy' look from the 'All Creatures Great and Small' episode 'Hair Of A Dog'. Such a distinctive looking individual as Patrick, with an equally distinctive voice but, such was the skill of the man for making them 'real', you bought into every single character he created. And what a wonderful Doctor he created, following on from William Hartnell.

[@gaynor1721]

2nd not 2rd.

[@ListerDavid]

@@gaynor1721 I always make that mistake. 😆

[@Aw-zc2lt]

Seen this loads of times but i never clicked that it was Troughton!

[@januzzell8631]

As much as I loved Eric & Ernie - my heart always belonged to the Two Ronnies ^*^ - they are stacking SO MANY different game shows from the 70s/80s in here! Mastermind, Call My Bluff, Blankety Blank, Charades, and they're playing the Joker from It's a Knockout!

[@jjcustard6378]

Are you sure thats not the joker from play your cards right? There was also whats my line

[@jasonbrown9327]

Wasn't the "come on down" bit from "the price is right" ?

[@BazzSelby]

@@jasonbrown9327 No, it was, obviously, from 'Come on Down', Duh! lol

[@BazzSelby]

And at the end, 'The Good Old days'.

[@rmcguire7033]

@EB the Quiz is based on a tv progamme called Mastermind

[@paulbanks223]

Old uncle Sid was unlucky. He was once up in court for stealing a calendar, he got 12 months. If that wasn't bad enough, on his death bed he confessed to two murders then he got better.

[@devilvidel86]

Watching the Two Ronnies is like receiving a huge hug :)

[@catinabox2878]

That's a great way of looking at it.

[@paulwalsh9680]

The two Ronnies were experts at turning things on their head. You start off thinking it's a courtroom sketch but then they fire all these references to games shows at you. The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise were the finest double acts to grace our TV screens for many years. We'll never see their likes again

[@jillhobson6128]

This was nothing to do with courtrooms! It was a skit on gameshows, some of which were American

[@dave_h_8742]

Yes got to agree with you it's the Vaudeville/Variety training from children for M&W and sheer brilliance from X2 Ronnies. Wonder if Corbett was in Variety on the stage at a young age too ?

[@harryzero1566]

This and other losses is why the BBC is in a spiral decline.

[@sgtspanky0]

Everything in this sketch was based on different game shows from the 70's and 80's, some of them were, "Call my Bluff", "Blankety Blank", and I believe you have/had "The Price Is Right" in the U.S. ,as well as some others

[@PHDarren]

Quiz shows parodied were What's my Line Mastermind Call My Bluff Blankety Blank Give Us a Clue (Charades) and of course The Price is Right.

[@lynette.]

You missed one Play your cards right playing the joker.

[@TheShildonparker]

@@lynette. The Joker is from It's a Knockout, were if you played it in a round you got double the points.

[@lynette.]

@@TheShildonparker Joker being played in quite a few quiz/games shows even going back as far as the game on Sunday night at the London Palladium. Great sketch to watch with other people checking out the quiz shows. Live on my own now so this has been fun Thank you.

[@j0hnf_uk]

@@TheShildonparker Agreed. That's the most likely reference as that particular show was very popular at the time this sketch was originally aired.

[@arniepetrie2866]

Your laugh is so contageous it literally makes my day to chuckle and howl along with you. These are trying times and im so glad i fiund your channel. Thank you Sir 👍

[@wolfie5]

Price is Right - It's a Knockout - Mastermind - Call My Bluff - Blankety Blank and other favourite game shows :)

[@briancollins3071]

Has anyone noticed that the judge is Patrick Troughton, who played the second Dr Who

[@GeordieAmanda]

In the 60s and 70s we had a lot of parlour games that were translated into a tv format, where celebrities or audience members could win....er.....a pat on the back and the satisfaction of winning. I suspect in the USA people were winning Airstream caravans and nice cars at that time. This sketch is a homage to those halcyon and innocent days of cheap, erudite and intelligent game shows.

[@mustardtopdog9064]

🤣🤣🤣 reminds me of bullseye 😂😂 you've won a shit speed boat 🤣🤣🤣

[@timg5011]

"I suspect in the USA people were winning Airstream caravans and nice cars at that time." And then watching their tax bill go through the roof, I believe.

[@steviep7706]

As many have said, the whole sketch is based on various key phrases/points of various popular game/quiz shows of the 1970's.

[@devilvidel86]

Huge mixture of gameshows/quizzes in the sketch - Play Your Cards Right; Price is Right; Charades; Mastermind; Blankety Blank [essentially Match Game in the US] and more!

[@Payne2view]

Play your cards right wasn't on TV yet when that was made. I think the use of the "Joker" card was a reference to "It's a knockout", the UK version of "Jeux san frantier". The Charades was "Give us a clue".

[@stevored1989]

@@Payne2view the original french version of it's a knockout was called jeux sans frontières, which translates to games without borders.

[@DenisHuaHin]

It's a play on the very early TV shows " Whats my line " , Call my Bluff, Master Mind and a few others.

[@andrewmccormack4295]

I absolutely love your state of confusion,and your laugh.These are bits and pieces of old game shows that were on tv back in the day,this is hilarious,keep up the great reactions.

[@expatpiskie]

The show where they guessed the occupation was What's My Line? They also had Mastermind, Call My Bluff, Blankety Blank and Whose Line is it Anyway? There were some others in there too I think.

[@sensiblenurse]

Charades

[@expatpiskie]

@@sensiblenurse that's why I said Whose Line is it Anyway? They played charades in one round of the game. Having said that, they played Charades in Give Us a Clue with Lionel Blair too.

[@METALFREAK03]

@@expatpiskie Would "Whose Line is it Anyway?" be after this was filmed though? As I remember it from that but I thought there was a game show specifically for things like that and also another round was guess the phrase etc

[@Robr1701]

@@METALFREAK03 Yeh, Patrick Troughton died in 1987 , Who's Line Is It Anyway started '88 .

[@jamesmason3348]

I think it's referencing Give us a Clue

[@MARKSTRINGFELLOW1]

This is homage to a load of 70,s quiz shows One of my favourites was Call my Bluff which was a bit like Would I lie to you

[@Flitterbug18]

This almost made me nostalgic for old British tv game shows (Nice to see you! To see you, Nice!). There were so many. This sketch took them to the next level (your warm laughter being the giggle on top lol!) I guess today’s version would be a spoof on reality tv, the 21st centuries over saturation shows. Imagine what they’d do with those. I miss these two.

[@rogermorris9696]

Blanket Blank was called The Match Game in the states.

[@DeneF]

It's many different game shows but they put it in a court room scenario. Lolol. Brilliant

[@deadcatthinks6725]

Pretty accurate representation of our courts.

[@DeValiere_]

Gosh, Patrick Troughton as the Judge. My second favourite Doctor (Who). Ah, those were the days...

[@corringhamdepot4434]

"Call My Bluff" was the panel game where they gave alternative definitions for obscure words. When the other team picked which one they believed, they held up a "True" or "Bluff" card.

[@StalwartShinobi]

I love how it gets more absurd as each question is asked 😂

[@eaglebeagle1408]

Blankety Blank. Mastermind. Call my bluff. The price is right all game shows put to a court room setting. Never seen it before so thanks Alan for reacting to it, incredible sketch from the two Ronnies. Masters of comedy.

[@Tim_3100]

Love this sketch

[@karenpanait449]

🤣🤣🤣 so funny, never seen this before, skit on the game shows love it

[@sandrabutler8483]

We had a Court Room Drama in the daytime way back called Crown Court,then the rest of it is made up from various game shows

[@thecraggrat]

Fantastic sketch! Even better, it is one I hadn't seen before; though how I missed it I don't know as the two Ronnies were always watched when on.

[@reggriffiths5769]

Twenty Questions; What's My Line, Call My Bluff, Charades, The Price is Right, Play your Cards right etc etc. - all TV gameshows from the 60's. 70's and 80's.

[@christianbuczko1481]

Theres a tv show where people guess someones profession, then a 2nd quiz show with similar formats ect

[@expatpiskie]

The show where they guessed the occupation was What's My Line? They also had Mastermind, Call My Bluff, Blankety Blank and Whose Line is it Anyway?

[@Osk.S57]

There was a radio game show called 20 questions. People had to guess someone's occupation with only those questions.

[@deirdremacnamara9885]

Iconic duo. So good. We will never see the like of them again. Sadly missed. 👍

[@madabbafan]

They have gone through a number of quiz shows. What's my line (guessing the job) Mastermind (the 30 seconds of questions) Call my bluff (what the word meant) Blankety blank / match game (bullets or cartrages) Give us a clue (charades) It's a knockout (playing the joker) Price is right (come on down)

[@philc2729]

The 1 Counter he flips over reminds me of the very old Game Show, What's my Line. For every incorrect answer by the panelists the contestant earnes $50 in 1950-60s money. As I watch it again, we have skits with Price is Right, Family Fued, and Password. Very clever.

[@GinaBeana_Tootsie]

I luv the Ronnie’s playing a game show in court 😂😹

[@flotiggy]

It's so simple EB I'm amazed you didn't get it. Imagine if court rooms were run like game shows. This is what it would be like

[@holydiver73]

This sketch should translate well over the pond as the game shows parodied here ‘what’s my line’, blankety blank’, (match game), ‘The Price is Right’ are all Goodson Todman game shows that originated in the US. The only references Americans probably wouldn’t get is ‘mastermind’, ‘call my bluff’ ( a more conversation based version of ‘to tell the truth’) and ‘give us a clue’ (charades). And the ‘playing the joker’ part was a reference to ‘It’s a Knockout’ which doubled your points in a round if you played the joker before it started.

[@madmark1957]

It's a courtroom spoof using a number of popular British gameshows of the time.

[@karenward267]

Budgerigares are often known as parakeets in the US. Growing up in the UK, we used to call chicken a budgie.

[@jillhobson6128]

A budgerigar is a small parrot - like bird often kept as a pet. In the UK, it is not the same as a parakeet

[@wolfie5]

Game of Blankety Blank (check it out) Guess the word instead of the blank. Blankety blank would be an old British game show I think you would love. Has a panel of 6 celebrities and the person has to choose which celebrity guessed the word - or get as many to agree depending on the round

[@TheZeroAssassin]

THe Two Ronnies is just a guaranteed fun time

[@dylanwolf]

Have you heard of the parlour game "Twenty Questions"? One person pretends to be something or someone (say a bicycle, or Keanu Reeves, or a pterodactyl or the Tower of Pisa) and the other player has to guess who or ahwt they are by asking a maximum of twenty yes-no answer questions. The audience applauds when they get a "yes" answer to their question. The sketch had the trial immediately descending into a game of "Twenty Questions" as soon as council realised that the wrong man was being asked to give evidence.

[@matthill3293]

OH MY GIDDY AUNT!! I seem to recognise the judge from somewhere =D "I see you've been doing the court room up a bit, I don't like it!"

[@bromley001]

I started watching, and after a minute or so I thought, 'oh my God, is that Pat Troughton?!' :D

[@peterjones6733]

Combination of old programs: 20 questions (to guess his job), mastermind, call my bluff, blankety blank, crown court, give us a clue, play your cards right, come on down.

[@neillaw9867]

You won a Blankety Blank check book and pen😂

[@PeteSimpson]

He appears to be rattling through some classic UK gameshow titles, four examples are *blankety blank, call my bluff, give us a clue and also the price is right* just to name a few lol 🤣

[@madabbafan]

The judge is Patrick Troughton - the second doctor who.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

It's a court trial which turns into themed old game shows. What;s My line is from the 1950's, Mastermind and Call My Bluff began in the 1970's, Blankety Blank is the UK version of the Match Game

[@daveofyorkshire301]

Haven't you seen the TV show "What's my line"? It was on CBS from 1950-1975. The dimming of the lights and spot light on him with fast questions is "Mastermind". The card saying bluff cones from "Call my bluff". Blankety Blank was a British game show... The mime is from "Give us a clue" a TV show based on charades. The Joker is from the TV show "It's a knock out". "come on down" is from "The price is right"...

[@margaretnicol3423]

Very old program called What's My Line, i.e. guessing what line of work they were in.

[@craoutdoors6827]

Two Ronnie's swedish for beginners is a must watch for you or swear box. Both are brilliant

[@R20966]

Was a show called Blankety Blank. Another called Mastermind. Give Us a Clue. The Price is Right

[@JonathanReynolds1]

Some of the gameshows they referenced included “Through the Keyhole”, “Mastermind”, “Blankety Blank”, “The Price is Right” and some others I don’t recognise.

[@numbersix8336]

I’d forgotten about this clip! Thanks beard for reminding me

[@eddhardy1054]

Good sketch starring the Two Ronnies (of course) and my second favourite Doctor, Patrick Troughton.

[@marydickinson2917]

Thank you for the walk down memory lane. I watched a lot of the programs with my mam and dad as a teenager

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

5:20 They've used the scenarios of about 5 different UK gameshows from Call My Bluff, Blankety Blank, What's My Line, etc.

[@wildwhippet]

It's a compendium of classic British game shows!

[@neilmacdonald9843]

What's my line, call my bluff, give us a clue, price is right and Its a Knockout..were some of the influences used here. Classic

[@brianbell2550]

It's a play on "what's my line". Old American show from 50s and early 60s.

[@lordfrazerirwin990]

Ah, 20 Questions! That brings back memories. One could say a fore runner to Mastermind.

[@cornishbluebird]

lots of UK game shows... at the 2nd Doctor playing the judge.. Patrick Troughton

[@andrewmckee8874]

The Price is Right, Mastermind, who's line is it., Blankety blank. To name a few. A courtroom sketch based on the game shows at the time

[@halcyondaystunes]

As others have said, it is a take on UK game shows called Give Us A Clue....just a TV version of tue game Charades and also Mastermind, Price Is Right. Love The Two Ronnies...intelligent comedy and hilarious

[@willrichardson1809]

Call My Bluff, Blankety Blank, Give Us a Clue, The Price is Right, Play Your Cards Right and more, all rolled into one sketch, genius.

[@StefanRLion]

lol mastermind played in court so funny...

[@havantpal]

Theres a few references to UK TV game shows of the time...very clever comedy is what you get from Ronnie Barker.

[@jakubfabisiak9810]

Seriously - if you're doing two ronnies, do "the jujitsu skit", "archaeology", and "sports commentary" - you'll love it.

[@ianshepherd3090]

What's My Line - a long running US game show but there was also a British version. Mastermind Blankety Blanks Charades ... and some others.

[@mumff1]

they were all popular game shows at the time

[@johnbunyan5834]

In the 1950s , the US had a panel game : What's My Line, also this merges into Mastermind.

[@stephenwaters3515]

A couple of the game shows in there you may not have had in America . A game show in the seventies where two teams of celebrities played charades it was called "Give us a Clue". the other "Call My Bluff" two teams of three players. where a team would take an obscure word from the dictionary and give three different definitions for the word and the opposing team had to work out who was telling the truth and who was bluffing. Hence when Ronnie Barker described the creature as a giant greenfly and the Judge said surely it is a Type of Yak. Ronnie Corbett said I will have to go with the Greenfly explanation and Ronnie Barker showed the Bluff.

[@windjunkiehippy]

Love how eclectic beard keeps coming back to the two Ronnie a lol.

[@thedukeofnuts]

I recommended this sketch to Electic Beard a couple of months back. Whether anyone else did as well I don't know. Glad he decided to do it!

[@JohnSmith77777]

great to see you have the White Rose of Yorkshire behind you. good work!

[@GeordieAmanda]

I think you might be an honorary Third Ronnie Mr 'Beard'

[@JustAboutTime]

Wow .. Pat Troughton as the Judge?!? .. That’s pretty wild.

[@tomhaskett5161]

It's a spoof on the old show 'What's my Line' at the start.

[@geoffrey_gamer]

Man I really enjoy these videos man. I could pick your laugh out of a million man line up 🤣🤣

[@TheEclecticBeard]

Cheers man, hope all is well your way.

[@BedsitBob]

The Judge is played by Patrick Troughton, the second Dr Who.

[@Carwyn.Morris]

Ahh Patrick Troughton. Bloody Brilliant actor.

[@tonygriffin_]

This is a parody of 'What's My Line' (mostly, though other game shows are in there too), which began and ran on USA TV through the 50's and 60's. A panel would be blindfolded and a famous guest brought in and the panel would ask questions of the guest, which the host would answer, and they had a limited number of questions they could ask and then they made guesses about who the person was.

[@alanjones1759]

Based on our old TV shows like Call my bluff Come on down Mastermind The good ol days, etc etc

[@thedarcbird]

So far I've recognised "Call My Bluff", Mastermind and Blankety Blank

[@helenbailey8419]

Nicholas Parsons was an English actor

[@joannewoodward3480]

This whole skit was a combination of references to among others What's My Line, University Challenge, Call My Bluff, Blankety Blank etc. You're at a disadvantage because many of the references are for British programmes and also very much of the time.

[@andyp5899]

The saddest thing about the US gameshows was the avaricious nature of the US Tax system many of the winning contestants never enjoyed their prizes often having to sell their prize to pay the tax bill. Unlike the UK where most prizes are not subject to tax

[@AndrewHalliwell]

What's my line, call my bluff, give us a clue, mastermind, the price is right... Maybe a couple of other ones that slipped past me.

[@bromley001]

Play Your Cards Right is in there too (he plays his Joker).

[@AndrewHalliwell]

@@bromley001 that might have been it's a knockout.

[@Doug5524]

Yes it's a take on Mastermind here in the UK the Price is right

[@paulfaruga]

You really need to see the two Ronnies MASTERMIND unless of course you already have.

[@glenjones6980]

I almost wish there was a take on Sale of the Century and The Generation Game in there too.

[@joandar1]

RIP Dr Two and the Two Ronnies. John, Australia.

[@samaitken5819]

they used to be a show call my bluff were people in unusal jobs and the panel had to find out what job they do and mastermind and other game shows

[@thedarcbird]

Talking of Blankety Blank, check out the show when Les Dawson was the host. He was brilliant!

[@robertcreighton4635]

Call my bluff spoof lol so surreal. The Mastermind bit is funny. I guess you have to be British of a certain vintage to understand what's going on

[@itsonlyme9938]

There was on British radio or TV program called My Bluff the the panel had to guess what the contestant was trying to hide what they did for a hobby or job or any other thing. There is on you tube clips from a TV show called Would I Lie To You the contestant tells a story and then panel has to guess is it false or true it is very funny I would highly recommend this to you its right up you street. I know you like British humor

[@kategray9]

It’s a take off of What’s My Line. An old quiz game.