American Reacts to Slim Pickman and Polly Parton classic musical number from the Two Ronnies

[@millyjames7891]

Difficult to envisage Polly as Fletcher isn't it? What an amazing actor.

[@knowlesy3915]

Their musical numbers are often overlooked now over the sketches, but they're as good and technically way more difficult.

[@OntheBusesDatabase1]

Comedy legends they really are. Their work still remains as funny now as it was then.

[@garyhiggins6718]

There were really only two couples at the top, these two, and Morecambe & Wise! Both pairs were lifelong friends, they both rehearsed in the same studio, and between both sets there was never a cross word! There was a subtle difference in their comedy, they appreciated that, and all four appreciated the others! Ronnie B had a great series on his own called Poridge, set in a prison,I am not sure how well it would translate to an American audience, but give it a try?

[@777petew]

We Brits can never be described as having no sense of humour. It's amongst the best.

[@101steel4]

I can remember watching these as a kid with mum and dad, we'd all be laughing like crazy lol happy memories.

[@777petew]

You spoil these videos, because I find it difficult to choose between watching the sketch and watching you laughing. Great appreciation.

[@TheRealSquirrel]

When I started reading this my heart sank. Glad it turned around 😂

[@777petew]

@@TheRealSquirrel Your reaction was wonderful. I've watched this on your site a few times, and it's heart-warming.

[@jules.8443]

Slim Whitman was a singer/songwriter (who died in 2013) and that's who Slim Pickman is supposed to be. (Slim Whitman was born at Oak Park, Tampa, Florida.)

[@j.dmetalhead7517]

The two ronnies make my friday just a bit brighter. Thank you Squirrel 🤘

[@romystumpy1197]

I thoroughly enjoy their musical segments so unique and creative just great

[@steevenfrost]

Love that Dolly Parton custom made guitar.

[@karentaylor8487]

I have just come across your KZbin video, featuring the absolutely amazing Two Ronnies. I grew up with these on the telly and still find them hilarious. Scoot forward to now, 2023, and there is no humour any more. Everybody takes offence at anything. And we now have a cacophony of weirdos who are biological men, insisting that they 'identify' as women. Please take me back to the good old days, when boys were boys, girls were girls, everybody could explain what a woman was. We are now living in a dystopian society, where everything we grew up with, has now turned upside down. I'm so glad you enjoyed the Two Ronnies, they are legends

[@madabbafan]

The 'third Ronnie' is conducting the band. It's Ronnie Hazelhurst who wrote their theme tune (and many others) and arranged the music for many of the musical numbers.

[@BlameThande]

Also did the theme song and the amazing incidental music from Last of the Summer Wine among much else.

[@highpath4776]

Looking very like ( not James Last but the German on - maybe beards compulsory in the 1970s)

[@jiggermast]

Just love your reactions Squirrel, so genuine & honest. I wish there were some UK reactions to your own US Greats.

[@lynette.]

It is such fun watching these with someone new to it all. You can rely on them for a good laugh.

[@gremlinuk1968]

Grew up as a kid in the 70s watching the 2 ronnies with my late gran, loved the ronnies,! I was born 23rd May 1968, from northern Ireland UK,

[@margaretnicol3423]

Good morning Squirrel and Squad. Looking forward to this.

[@kathybates8844]

I DO BELIEVE IT IS . DOLLY PARTON AND SLIM WHITMAN.. THESE 2 RONNIES ARE SO FUNNY. LOVE YOUR REACTION. THANK YOU

[@charlieemslie7708]

These two wrote the sketches and how they performed without breaking up is absolutely fantastic.😜😜

[@martindunstan8043]

It's official you can't catch covid on Friday we're all indoors waiting for squirrels 4 ronnies😂😂🐿️ this is such a tonic my friend! Funny as hell they were so able to take any situation and make hilarious. I just bust at the breast adapted guitar 😂 thank you so much for your reactions to these very clever gentlemen ✌️🇬🇧✌️🇺🇸🍻🍻

[@redline700]

His guitar keeps getting smaller. Genius.

[@briancollins3071]

Thank you very much Squirrel for bringing back so wonderful memories

[@margaretnicol3423]

That's the way to start the day. Be happy folks!

[@20kingsize]

Glad to be a member of the Squirrel Squad - and happy they make you smile as much as I did back in the day. Incredibly talented entertainers, and it's good to know they're appreciated in another era. A great reaction.

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

I can heartily recommend The Worm That Turned which was an series of sketches that ran for a whole season that told a story. It’s set in a dystopian future where women took control of the world and men were forbidden from being masculine.the two Ronnies played a couple of housewives who rebelled against their oppressors and wore dresses through most of it. I believe that someone has put all instalments in one video on KZbin somewhere. It’s a hoot.

[@markchapman6576]

Worm

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

@@markchapman6576 I’ll edit that now. Everything I type these days seems to get auto-corrected to a word that I didn’t want to use, which is very frustrating. Thanks for pointing it out for me.

[@michael6401]

How funny was that 😂 I’ve been laughing out loud with you kidda 😂

[@robertomoi2044]

I could watch this a million times and still laugh.

[@wordsmith52]

Ye haws all around! So glad you did this one. How about doing one of their 'musicals' every week? Next one could be their Russian State Choir skit, which of course was just as hilarious!

[@Bazroshan]

Respect to all the great musicians who were willing to play second fiddle to the Two Ronnies!

[@kyotocoversjimanderson782]

First time I've seen this one. The performances, innuendos, props (those guitars and ukelele!)... great entertainment, and a great reaction.

[@The.Android]

It can't be a mere coincidence that The Two Ronnies show used to be televised on Friday evenings. 🤔

[@DruncanUK]

"The Inventors Convention" is another 2 R's sketch you should check out.

[@timglennon6814]

Nothing beats the 2 Ronnie’s. It must have taken ages to do some of these sketches.

[@timglennon6814]

@@johnlloydgriffith3842. You obviously can’t read properly. I didn’t edit it. It’s just you who can’t read properly.

[@sidrat2009]

Dolly Parton may not be tall in stature but in the UK on the TV she was massive. I mean a massive hit and draw. This was when a TV Episode drew 20+ Million in the UK alone.

[@shellyandtimbell9574]

Ronnie B, Actually said that he hated dressing up as a woman.🤣🤣🤣

[@TheEulerID]

I'm sure Dolly would love this too. She has a great sense of humour.

[@matthew-Williams]

Slim Pickman was based on Slim Whitman. the country singer in the 60's/70's

[@Brakdayton]

Yep. My mum had one of his records. Ronnie Corbett must’ve had the same one because that’s exactly what he looked like.

[@jacknewberry-edwards1775]

As much as you love the two ronnies ( and us brits always did ) you should check out Porridge to just see the breadth of RB's talent. A classic comedy series. Look up Norman Stanley Fletcher and his cell mate Godber.

[@captainpeacock4442]

I agree,porridge was a great series with Ronnie Barker also Open All Hours and Clarence!.

[@grahambarlow1308]

The two Ronnies were the Stars of a golden age of British TV comedy, with most of the great comedians having served their apprenticeship through the late 1940s , 1950s 1960s. We had an amazing crop never to be surpassed I am sure. Today the audiences wouldn't know they are alive, and most of the material used would upset and offend all the little flowers we now have making up the delicate population.. Coupled with this crop of great comedy actors was a whole host of very talented script writers Their material is too hot for today's dull audiences, if they can cancel J.K Rolling.. Keep up the good work Squirrel!

[@capcompass9298]

4:10 "Dolly's not tall. Why is Barker playing her?" Could you imagine Corbett as Dolly Parton?

[@TheRealSquirrel]

😂😂

[@claregale9011]

Omg that cheered me up no end , bloody funny 😂❤

[@steveoliver4418]

Amazing!!!! Thanks Squirrel that's made me laugh so much, Ronnie's RIP

[@keegan773]

It’s called talent, and they had tons of it.

[@susanashcroft2674]

I'm laughing at you laughing at them while also laughing at them too if that makes any sense! So laughter all round I guess. 😂 😂

[@TheRealSquirrel]

🤣🤣

[@lynneivison5773]

Thank you. I have never seen that before. Absolutely brilliant.

[@aaronmicalowe]

It would be so epic if they're looking down from heaven and laughing with you. That would make a lifetime of suffering worth it.

[@neilmacdonald9843]

Slim Whitman & Dolly at their finest....classic find Squirrel

[@helenbailey8419]

Loved the way you said thank-you Ronnie and Ronnie.

[@peterhall6514]

Best time of the week for me. 4 ronnie's takes me back soooooo much!!!

[@Not_really]

"...a little lady who's big all over...Polly Parton !" Hey, Ronnie C, watch your mouth. She is big in the right places, not all over !! Those Ronnies, eh...🤣🤣🤣.

[@peteredwards338]

The backing singers are delightful !

[@mikesheldon1957]

If you haven't already you need to react to Fawlty Towers, was ONLY 12 episodes made and starred John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs and Connie Booth who at the time was John Cleese's wife. Was filmed in Torquay about a fictitious hotel that was based on a real one in Torquay and is hilarious, look for the hotel name at the start being tampered with by the kid with a black eye in the title scene, can remember him re-arranging the letters to say 'flowery twats' and 'watery tarts' at the start of two of them. Also Peter Kays 'Car Share' is also another one to watch. The episodes had signs at the road side or on buildings spread through the road journey that were saying funny things, blink and most missed them. Remember one sign at the side of the road saying: 'Lost, cheating husband. Last seen entering a whore, if found phone xxxxxxx' lol

[@FENCYCLIST]

That is one of my favourite 2 Ronnie's, great take of of Slim Whitman and Dolly

[@deniseperryman2814]

I’ve just been crying my eyes out with laughing boy do I feel better for that it’s so sad that we’ve lost so talent I don’t care 🤷‍♀️ what anyone says I think we’ve got the most talented comedians in the UK 🇬🇧 and sadly we’ve lost so many to but they’ve left us so much great memories please don’t forget about Ronnie Corbett sitcom Sorry I can’t wait for you to see it you’ll absolutely love 💕 it Love 💕 from Denise in Yorkshire England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😂😂😂👍👏👏👏👏👌👋

[@annashear7331]

Love fours Ronnie's Fridays made my week as been ill this 2eek

[@sirpercy6969]

New sub from the UK… found your channel by accident but I am loving the Two Ronnies Friday love ins…! Great content…

[@wordsmith52]

One of the running comedy features of the 2Rs involved Corbett's small size. Giving him that huge guitar was done to emphasise this, as an opening gag, and although it was (as you indicated) rather 'over the top', it was kind of funny when you think of this aspect. (Not PC in these times, I suppose, as some might say it offends people of 'challenged height'. So I understand that some might not find it funny at all.)

[@anneedwards664]

Love your comments, and reactions to British comedy. Yes, it is unique and us Brits love it. Come visit us!

[@ellesee7079]

Awh, that was great! Don't remember that one, but I was young back then. Er, very young. OK, I'm kidding myself, I probably just missed it! Thank you!

[@matspurs1629]

if that band was Live they were great

[@ruthfoley2580]

They were.

[@corringhamdepot4434]

It's nice to see that the Two Ronnies are still appreciated. I lived through the UK's "Alternative Comedy" era in the 1980s when all the old comedy was mocked and derided. When comedians had to be PC social & political commentators. Check out the "Two Ninnies" sketch on KZbin. This sketch was said to have really upset Ronnie Barker at the time.

[@vinnyganzano1930]

It was extremely disrespectful but that was just a foreshadowing of the woke garbage to follow.

[@BlameThande]

Ben Elton later regretted that and talked about how he reconciled with Ronnie B when he did the Ronnie Barker memorial comedy lecture, which is worth watching.

[@lem01uk]

You need to watch Morecambe and Wise - especially the Andre Previn sketch and The Stripper sketch. They have so many classics.

[@nouvalari]

What we used to call......family entertainment!.........thanks!

[@GinaBeana_Tootsie]

I luv the Ronnie’s that F’n hysterical thank squirrel 🐿 💖§§

[@jimbeam3280]

You might want to react to the Monty Python chocolate box sketch . There is a live verion at the Hollywood bowl. It's hilarious.

[@lindylou7853]

The singers were in load of TV shows back in the day, so used to not cracking up!

[@kathyharze4308]

They were so funny Ronnie Barker is my favourite he was so versatile thank you 😷✌👍

[@shellyandtimbell9574]

Have you seen The Two Ronnie's Do Camden Town.Sorry can't remember the proper title.Its hilarious.

[@highpath4776]

Think its the Dinnerladies sketch , but not certain.

[@lilyliz3071]

Loving four Ronnie's Friday,hope you stick with it

[@davidkersey2414]

It's always a great end to my shit week.. they are so funny.. I look forward to 4 Ronnie's Friday.. its great..

[@ArtByJulieE]

Thought this was you and Creators spotlight Mike for second 😂🤣💕 Love your reaction vids bro!🥰💕

[@stevemccullagh36]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Brits in Drag.

[@shellyandtimbell9574]

Just googled,It's called The Cleaning Ladies.

[@theresagrano9711]

Comedic geniuses, brilliant

[@woofgbruk5947]

Ronnie Barker`s guitar cracks me up every time!

[@777petew]

You already know we laugh at the ridiculous. If it isn't, we make it so. :-)

[@bodionafun3441]

Our love of silliness is what makes British humour what it is. The Goons, Peter Cooke and Dudley Moore, Spike Milligan, Monty Python, Kenny Everett, etc. There is a rich tradition and love of stupidity in our comedy. You should deffo check out some Spike Milligan. He was a genius.

[@timranachan3224]

1970s, every Saturday night, 7pm either Two Ronnies or Morecambe and Wise. You need to check them out Squirrel. Enjoy!

[@goldylocks3904]

Surely Slim Pickman is Slim Whitman!

[@mikemikemick]

I grew up with these two Gems on TV, mum loved them, and a couple you have reacted to I have not seen before, thank you for that, I have seen you have reacted to Rowan Atkinson, but does not look like you have reacted to, Rowan Atkinson - Toby the Devil, please give that a go when you have time.

[@kennyb6591]

Slim Whitman.

[@richardwillcox3571]

brilliant enjoyed this one

[@traherne6726]

Really enjoyed this one ! 🇬🇧✌🏼

[@rutgervangestel]

Slim Whitman another country singer.

[@bexsta7766]

Please please watch Morcame and Wise playing "All the right notes in the wrong order" with the famous Andre Previn. Only short and sweet but makes me giggle x Sorry to bother ya as I damp imagine you have loads of requests lol x

[@eturfrey]

He even looks like Slim Whitman

[@davidgeorge8521]

I think their best musical number apart from the one you already did was called sailer Gals but as far as I can see there isn’t a decent version on KZbin

[@jewelbox1000]

Slim Whitman was an American Country singer !

[@glenngill8716]

Am sure that someone has probably said this but if you want to see classic British inuendo & double entendres you have to watch clips of the Carry On films. Kenneth Williams "I'm the representative of wonder tours, Stuart Farquhar" Peter Butterworth "Stupid what?" 😂🤣

[@ebantink4843]

good to hear you giggle

[@TheMadTatter]

I never noticed how bad Ronnie Corbet was at pretending to play the guitar, now it's all I can see! 😂

[@highpath4776]

Yep,

[@mjg123mg]

Good clean fun. No need for bad language when your that clever and funny 😄

[@VoiCeSbeHinDtheWaLL]

FRIYAY. Lets plan old school hangout brother. Much love! 💙

[@jewelbox1000]

Have you seen The two Ronnies St. botolph country dance team (Morris Dance) and the Plumstead Ladies male voice choir (supposed to be a welsh accent).Very funny !

[@TheRealSquirrel]

I’ll add them to the list of future episodes

[@777petew]

I know Ronnie C gets your goat pretending to play guitar. But consider Monty Python and the Holy Grail where they used coconut shells instead of horses. No one was a qualified horseman, and it would have taken too long to train them. So, the extra comedy was decided upon. It was also a consensus that people might not even notice. 😀. Artistic licence my boy, artistic licence. 😆

[@mikehines4707]

You gotta have a look at McCleary's gold. Great video

[@robertreape]

Their cleo laine and Johnny dankworth sketch is worth a look

[@jewelbox1000]

Also St. Petersburg State choir !

[@livestocknetwork320]

Slim Whitman, who was before your time. Come to think of it he was before my time too...

[@annedunne4526]

I love Ronnie Barker as a woman. Of course Dolly Parton isn't tall but Polly Darton is.

[@Sara_Kane]

Ronnie C was only 5ft 1, and that is likely why he always made for a more convincing looking woman than Ronnie B. For comedic reasons though, it made more sense to have Ronnie B doing the Dolly parody. 😂 Some of the Ronnies' musical numbers were awesome, and were all part of what made their shows so special. You should check out "The Vagabond Lover" and "Majorettes" for some more great comedic songs from them.