American Reacts to Crop of the Flops (The Two Ronnies) | Comedy Reaction | Four Ronnies Friday

Great take on top of the Pops. Three separate music acts, Enjiy the reaction.
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[@TheManInTheLongBlackCoat]

Oh, jesus, Squirrel, they’re dressed as Jimmy Savile and don’t look him up because that’s not a rabbit hole you want to enter.

[@cyberash3000]

now then now then now then

[@TheRealSquirrel]

Had no idea what the two jimmies meant. Wow

[@cyberash3000]

The worst bit is everyone loved jim

[@captainadams8565]

@@cyberash3000 Not everyone, I always thought that he was a bit of a creep. Then again Fred West wasn't a bad builder.

[@Sara_Kane]

The Ronnies did an even more hilarious impersonation of Chas n' Dave in their 1982 Christmas Special. The real Chas n' Dave loved it apparently. lol :)

[@Llanchlo]

Original Chas & dave Rabbit for comparison. Certainly helsp to know the originals in this sketch : kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3ixoJ18btZ-iZI

[@MrsMillwall]

I love love love Chas and Dave, went to Dave's memorial gig, was sad and lovely and fab am at once butt I gotta say I never thought I would see the day when I saw Eric Clapton playing the Sideboard Song and was loving it!

[@Sara_Kane]

@@MrsMillwall I've seen that whole concert online, and it was a wonderful tribute to Chas. It was a heartbreaking moment when Dave Peacock started to cry during the outro to "There Ain't No Pleasing You", but it was a great concert. Seeing Eric playing Sideboard was priceless! hehe

[@CaptainBaptainMusic]

The Ronnie barker character is a parody of Buster Blood Vessel from the band Bad Manners. He used to do the tongue thing too

[@Llanchlo]

Check out the Can Can and see where RC's inspiration came from !! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZrVeaKbf5qHmpo One oof those rare occasions where the original is funnier than the parody.

[@samkershaw8474]

Bad Habits is based on a ska band called Bad Manners. Listen to Lip Up Fatty and you'll see more of the parody.

[@booth2710]

I thought it was an Alexi Sayles take off for a minute

[@badgastein2]

His name was Buster Bloodvessel.

[@IanDarley]

The musical style that sounded like reggae (the bit that was a Buster Blood Vessel parody) was ska; a reggae pre-cursor, which had a bit of resurgence in the UK in the early eighties.

[@KarmasAbutch]

Lip Up Fatty

[@jonathanperrins8432]

The only thing missing is the notorious TOTP camerapersons constant cut to some good looking girl, usually from a down the top or up the skirt-ish angles lol

[@wordsmith52]

Benny Hill's parodies took care of that side of things.

[@margaretnicol3423]

They were only doing what the viewers wanted.

[@yvetteadshead4212]

😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@pennypink3759]

@@margaretnicol3423 yeah what perverts wanted 🙄

[@annother3350]

@@pennypink3759 acceptable in the 80s...

[@CaptainBaptainMusic]

An Adam and the Ants, first 7” single I ever bought, stand and deliver

[@richardjohn658]

mine was kings of the wild frontier

[@jules.8443]

They named it after Top Of The Pops which is a long running music show. They inform us every week which songs sold the most records and give us a run down of the music charts. It's basically a music poll.

[@rhondafoy7403]

I saw bad Manners a few years ago. When they started with Lip up Fatty all the middle aged men in the audience started jumping up and down. Was brilliant. And the tongue thing was no joke, plus he kept swinging his thing from side to side whilst wearing very loose shorts. How weird coz Chaz and Dave performed on that night too. Was a great time

[@annother3350]

did he do the can can in that dress?!

[@rhondafoy7403]

@@annother3350 lol not this time, he was quite happy in his baggy shorts 🩳

[@walboyfredo6025]

2:13 that was sailing close to the wind since he (Saville) tried it on one of the Nolan sisters.

[@j0hnf_uk]

I recorded part of this on audio cassette on the Monday evening it was originally broadcast in 1982, (I think), and listened to it many times to the point where I knew it off-by-heart for a number of years after. Having looked it up on the ol' KZbin, years later, I remembered every single word as though I'd only listened to it yesterday. It's all based on the popular music programme that ran for many years on the BBC called, 'Top of the Pops.' Hence the titles being that which were used at the time. Probably best not mention the presenter of the show they were emulating between songs. Anyhow, the, 'acts', were all of pop groups who were prominent at the time. Namely, 'Bad Manners', (with the eponymous, 'Buster Blood vessel', being parodied as, 'Bad Habits', and, 'Buster Gut.' Then, there's Chas & Dave, who were a very popular duo based out of the east end of London. The last act is based on Adam & The Ants. Another popular band at the time.

[@GreyHulk2156]

This honestly is not as random as it must appear to an American. :) "What's up with the tongue?!" - An honestly accurate portrayal of Buster Bloodvessel and Bad Manners. He does appear more than a little 'demented'. Bad Manners on yer actual Top of the Pops - kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4iUhqxumtl-sNE Chas & Dave "Rabbit" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYe0lqCEmauqbpo Adam and the Ants - kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6rdZYKYhqiqesU The joke at the end is a reference to this ad campaign - Jimmy Saville "Age of the Train" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6WZdWBnltCDldk

[@ListerDavid]

It’s a massive shame this was removed for the DVD release, the musical parts are fantastic.

[@GedUK]

This section specifically? Hardly surprising considering who they're dressed as

[@johnsymons8246]

Not sure about that

[@mikeblake1000]

Four Ronnie's are still not enough ...keep them coming

[@marcot5386]

Two Ronnies .. The Pink Rupee Rap ... Hendon Symphony Orchestra ... both hilarious

[@NorthernCoins]

It's not aged well, with them dressed has Jimmy savile, but that aside bad habits is a play on a band called bad manners, lip up yourself I think

[@AnglOsAxOn2]

Back then this was funny not now, had forgotten about this sketch

[@NorthernCoins]

@@AnglOsAxOn2 me too

[@ftumschk]

Bad Manners' big hit was "Lip Up Fatty" :)

[@NorthernCoins]

@@ftumschk sorry my bag,

[@KarmasAbutch]

@@NorthernCoins ‘bad” 🤣

[@MitchHillerMusic]

It's a spoof on a TV show we had in England called Top of the Pops.

[@ftumschk]

They had Top of the Pops in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland too.

[@MitchHillerMusic]

@@ftumschk sorry guys ..it was a British show

[@rancidbhoy]

Bad manners was the band that got me into playing 🎺 trumpet "Lip up Fatty" buster bloodvessel

[@knowlesy3915]

Please, please do the Phantom raspberry blower of old London town, it's somehow so Victorian horror and silly as all heck

[@michael6401]

And written by Spike Milligan and a gentleman lol

[@gabbymcclymont4167]

I remember the Phantom Raspberry Blower so fondle, the raspberry’s were blown by David Jason. The other fantastic mini series they ran within there show was The Worm Who Turns with Diana Daws, hilarious 😂.

[@michael6401]

@@gabbymcclymont4167 Charley Farley and Piggy Malone spring to mind 😂

[@margaretnicol3423]

I saw the thumbnail and though ''oh dear''! :-)

[@SpideyVids]

It's a parody on Top of the Pops, Squirrel, and the first band is a take off of Bad Manners, whose lead singer called himself Buster Bloodvessel. 😂

[@annashear7331]

Yet another awesome four Ronnie's Fridays

[@annedunne4526]

Thanks for doing these . It brings me back. My father loved the two Ronnies and we never missed their show. He's been gone 21 years now. Still miss him.

[@michaelharrison8115]

Thanks man, it's great to look back at stuff I grew up with and see it with fresh eyes as you watch it for the first time giving your own thoughtful and articulate response. Great stuff.

[@martyfeldman3269]

Rabbit and pork is Cockney rhyming slang for talk, shortened to rabbit. Just in case you wondered why they were singing about rabbits.

[@charlieyerrell9146]

Well done squirrel .putting the two Ronnie's on . These two are the best of British comedians.

[@annedunne4526]

Because Ronnie Barker was funny and clever, it's easy to forget he was a very good actor. He's amazing in " porridge".

[@annother3350]

the guy from bad manners famously had like a 9 inch tongue or something

[@HeartSight62]

That was so hilarious...i loved it

[@mikemikemick]

Ronnie B was spot on with his Buster Blood Vessel, plz just for fun, KZbin Bad Manners Top of the Pops, you will love them too. No tongue in cheek, lol.

[@DruncanUK]

Their impersonations of Buster Bloodvessel, Chas & Dave and Adam Ant were all spot on. (A bit unfortunate they had Jimmy Saville in there though)

[@Robbie3004]

Re the closing gag, "The Age of the Train" was an actual advertising campaign, fronted by Jimmy Saville, promoting British Rail's new "InterCity 125" trains.

[@allenwilliams1306]

...which are only now being replaced! The ghastly Savile also did TV ads to persuade us to use seat belts in our cars “Clunk-click: every trip”!

[@Robbie3004]

My dad and I both worked for the Central Office of Information (COI), the civil service department that used to handle all government advertising, including public information films. Trying to explain to my Grandma what the COI did, he used the "Clunk-Click" ads as an example. From that point on she was convinced he worked with Jimmy Saville!

[@hixyhicks]

Hello from the uk,love the Ronnies look up Dick Emery .

[@helenbailey8419]

Oh you are awful,but I like you..brilliant.

[@jamesmcbride6304]

He is actually imitating a guy called buster blood vessel who had a few hits in the seventies eighties.

[@nirvilchigs7871]

This is a parody of Bad Manners. They were actually a fab group. Buster Blood Vessel is legendary.

[@GongaMeister68]

😂😂 squirrel, it's loosely based on a group called "Bad Manners" they were a Ska/Reggie group, and the tongue thing is what the lead singer used to do. The lead singer went by the name Buster Bloodvessel. 😂

[@what-uc]

3:30 Jimmy Savile drove a convertable Rolls Royce, that could have been a dig at him.

[@davidkersey2414]

Both of them dressed as Jimmy Savile. 🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣

[@retrohoundstu]

The Bad Habits skit was a direct sendup of the SKA influenced band Bad Manners whose lead singer was Buster Bloodvessel you can catch one of their videos here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGfJgqGKrqqhn68

[@Payne2view]

It takes the fun off things knowing that the DJ they impersonate in between songs was later to be revealed as the most prolific child abuser on TV in the 70s & 80s. Some accurate parodies of the singers though. Buster Bloodvessel of "Bad Manners" was similar to Ronnie B's portrayal and Chas & Dave did a real song called "Rabbit", which was the inspiration for the Two Ronnies here. I'm not sure Ronnie C's "Adam Ant" was that convincing but he always put the effort in.

[@ruthfoley2580]

Not just kids. Allegations about possible abuse of elderly patients were also made.

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

And dead people.

[@Striker0760]

I have never seen this clip before. It's a brilliant parody of the pop charts and artists of that era. The presenter character Jimmy Savile, I will not comment on, but suggest you Google him. But another brilliant reaction video. Love it!

[@mickmackem1479]

Jimmy fixed it for me to milk a cow blindfolded

[@rlosangeleskings]

Lip Up Fatty/Can Can/Strange Brew/Lorraine would be ideal follow ups for the Bad Manners parody alone...just to see how close Ronnie B got to this...

[@kalinaphillips9779]

Hi Squirrel. As you like Peter Kay watch his stand up about old people. By the way his grandma is in the audience. Very funny.

[@willmark100]

well done with Adam and the Ants! lol

[@johnsweda2999]

The first act was a Mickey take out of bad manners singer is Buster Bloodvessel a ska band, the second two artists were Chas and Dave cockney duo, the song is a real song you got more rabbit than Sainsbury's.

[@neilmacdonald9843]

Classic Bad Manners/ Buster Bloodvessel parody

[@dianeferguson3555]

When it started I thought oh shit where is this going, didn’t see it back in the day. Loved the bad manners bit. Love your reaction Squirrel. I think SNL probably used two Ronnies material and adapted it for a US audience

[@annother3350]

Spider woman was so fucking ambitious

[@kathyharze4308]

They were so good thank you 😷

[@ELOnut142]

They perform three eighties combos Bad manners Chas and Dave Adam and the ants

[@Gambit771]

I'm impressed you've heard of top of the pops.

[@robertphelps1574]

Chas and Dave played on a song by Labi Siffre called I got the and their part was later sampled for Eminem’s My Name Is

[@jamesleate]

The character is based on Buster Bloodvessel from Bad Manners.

[@colinseymour3761]

He's taking the piddle out of Buster Blood vessel and Bad Manners

[@michaelharrison8115]

Buster once opened a guest house in Brighton and called it Fatty Towers.

[@winchy162]

He opened a guest house but it was in Margate

[@michaelharrison8115]

@@winchy162 That's the one!

[@ericg5791]

I think u know by now who Jimmy Savile was. Why The Two Ronnies are dressed like that. He was known for his tracksuits,oversized cigars,blonde hair,and he presented Top of the Pops. ,but back then his perversions were not revealed.

[@romber58]

They couldn,t call themselves the Two Jimmies nowadays lolol.Look up Jimmy Saville whom they are paroding as the D.J hosts.hahaha

[@barbieblacksheep8440]

Ronnie Barker was portraying a funny version of the bad Bad Manners singer Buster Bloovessel.... check them out LOL they were a SKA band....

[@weedle30]

Incase you weren’t sure of Chas n Dave’s (god luv ‘em, they were just fab!) Rabbit song - it’s Cockney RS rabbit n pork = talk… ‘excessive bunny’ or ‘rabbiting on’ = just someone who won’t shut their “norf n sarfff”! 🤣

[@lynette.]

Original sketch Ham radio on Hankcocks half hour used guessing end of sentences. Smith and Jones used it too.

[@adamdalton3492]

Bad manners was a great ska band lol up fatty , wooly bully , more than a feeling , special brew . Just too make a few lol the singer was called buster blood vessel

[@ellesee7079]

The Chas and Dave bit sounds like they only changed the versus and kept the original chorus. I bought my mum the record for Christmas as a joke. She didn't talk to me till March! 🤣🤣

[@jasonking1284]

Bad Manners: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGfJgqGKrqqhn68 Adam and the Ants: kzbin.info/www/bejne/anOVkmmia9yAaM0

[@alistairpurdy3208]

for future reference give a wide berth to Rolf Harris and Gary Glitter as well peace and love

[@KarmasAbutch]

Good point.... Brits reacting to vintage Bill Cosby would be similarly awkward in USA

[@jontaylor1587]

it's a bit weird seeing this and those impressions of jimmy Saville after many years! working at the BBC you've got to wonder if they knew of stories of what Saville was doing. but you've gotta love their chas n dave impression and the rabbit song!

[@lextex3280]

If you check out the band Bad Manners you will see who Ronnie Barker was imitating with the bold head. Then they did the one together, imitating chaz and dave. Yes, he did do Adam and the Ants. They always bring back great memories.

[@southendonseaarts]

Its a piss take of a 80's band called Bad Manners with a lead singer called Buster Bloodvessel and they also do Chas and Dave and they actually sing their big chart hit Rabbit, and their Adam and the Ants - they may have even shot it in the Top of the Pops studio at the time. Clever Jimmy Saville presented TOTP and did the ad campaign The Age of the Train great stuff.

[@Jobladesuck]

Wow never seen this before and I have to say that was so surreal, and this is from a huge vic and Bob fan too 😂

[@traherne6726]

Please react to the original singer from Bad Manners, who he’s impersonating. “Lip up fatty” is the song, the other song is Adam and the Ants - “Ant Music”.

[@sidrat2009]

I loved Adam Ant, so flamboyant, great voice and awesome videos. All these tracks are parodies of existing content.

[@richardhunter7363]

The three music acts were fairly accurate for the time. BTW - loved the interview with EB - it got me through a gym session without having to find anything else to listen to.

[@ericg5791]

Chas and Dave were cockney legends in London's East End,with their local nostalgia songs.

[@rojavida]

I still remember an excellent sketch they did about an ice cream shop. I’ve not seen it for ages though, not sure it’s on KZbin but we’ll worth checking out.

[@peterdurnien9084]

Second song is a take off of Chaz and Dave's Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit.

[@EastonUlster]

Chas and dave is no 2, funny they look like them lol

[@robertobrien5709]

You really need to check the group Bad Manners with their lead singer Buster Bloodvessel then you will get the Bad Habits and the real duo Chas and Dave with their song Rabbit and Adam and the Ants with their song Prince Charming.

[@davewolfy.5932]

Really funny

[@timglennon6814]

Look up the duo Chaz and Dave who the Ronnie’s are taking off. Chaz and Dave are a London Cockney singing duo. Had a few hits in the 80’s.

[@TheMadTatter]

"Bad Habits" is a parody of Bad Manners a UK Ska/Reggae band of the time, their lead singer was called Buster Bloodvessel, and as you'd probably expect Ronnie B nailed his mannerisms. Check out Lip Up Fatty by Bad Manners to see just how well he got him down. The UK has a pretty rich history with Ska, Reggae and other West Indian/Carribbean musical styles due to a lot of immigration from those territories historically. A lot of white working class people could relate to the people and their music and so acts like Bad Manners, The Specials, The Beat, and probably most famously, Madness furthered the popularity of the music even more. The music also resonated with the Punk/Skinhead scene, so the idea of skinheads being racist was actually not the case in every instance, a lot were also ardent supporters of racial diversity as a result of the cultural similarities they found through music. A similar thing happened with Chuck Berry in the 50's (I think) - in a very real sense music did a lot to help combat racism throughout history in this country.

[@andrewclayton4181]

The chas and dave song was very close to the original - Rabbit.

[@tonycasey3183]

Jimmy Saville was a regular presenter of TOTP. He's very much persona non grata now! Buster Blood Vessel of Bad Manners was the first parody act that Ronnie B performed. The second song was a parody of Rabbit by Chas n Dave. It's an Excellent parody btw. If you get chance to listen to Ain't No Pleasing You by them. It's an absolutely fantastic song. Oh god! Ronnie C as Adam Ant of Adam And The Ants is both atrocious and genius at the same time!

[@GinaBeana_Tootsie]

Bad habits ROTFL 🤣 😹 spider women WTF 😳 the Tracksuits😁✌🏼🐿§§

[@michaelfarrant5148]

The Chas and Dave skit was so good. They found fame in a beer commercial, Courage bitter.

[@helenbailey8419]

You are right about Ronnie Barker looking like a bond villian

[@andrewclayton4181]

If you like humerus songs check out Jake Thackeray - Try Oh Sister Josephine , or Brother Gorilla. The Bantam Cock, or The statues. Ulysses, or up my family tree. All hilarious and very clever writing.

[@alangriggs6355]

They were doing chas n dave a great London band you should try their London girls

[@animatedAL]

LLOL hadn't seen this one, great share!

[@captainadams8565]

Only a short comedy clip but try giving Only Fools and Horses, Batman and Robin, ago.

[@002DrEvil]

They really managed to imitate the looks and styles of the acts. Other music parodies by other comedians don't even come close to this. Everyone from Benny Hill to French and Saunders have done this sort of thing but never as well.

[@Paul-hl8yg]

Pure brilliance lol Think Key & Peele are like a modern version of The Two Ronnie's? They're great too! 👍 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@MrTrevisco]

A brilliant sketch all the way through, I saw most of the Two Ronnies at the time but missed this one, never knew they referenced Spiderman (altered to Spiderwoman for copyright purposes) as I was a big fan of those Marvel comics at that time.

[@stevevids1608]

I think this was made before we all found out about Jimmy Savilles antics

[@tonygriffin_]

5:35 - Perfect Chas 'n' Dave parody - In reality, they were 2 cockney blokes who sang the sort of jokey communal sing-along songs that, apparently, were sung in the pubs of the East End of London (a lot of pubs had pianos back in the day). I saw them once, at Knebworth in 1979, as one of the support acts for the headliners, Led Zeppelin. Bit of a contrast - a bloke with a piano and a bloke with a guitar and then the band that, at the time, were in The Guinness Book Of Records as the loudest band on the planet! Top Of The Pops was a weekly TV show showcasing the Top 20 singles charts. Good memories of the original (we didn't know that Jimmy Saville was anything more than a tracksuit wearing, cigar smoking children's TV presenter at the time, not the sick paedophile he turned out to be).

[@j.dmetalhead7517]

The 2 jimmies 🤢🤮 The rest hilarious 😅🤣😂 Loved the Busterbloodvessel parody

[@bobthebomb1596]

This was made before details of Savills "activities" were known.

[@j.dmetalhead7517]

@@bobthebomb1596 I remember it being broadcast on telly so yeah I know, but still looking back at it makes my skin crawl

[@bobthebomb1596]

@@j.dmetalhead7517 I can't say I don't get similar thoughts, but I can separate this from the the reality that was Savile. Lets face it, we are likely of similar age and have probably attempted the same impersonation ourselves before we knew?

[@neilmacdonald9843]

Adam and the ants...check out the 3 real acts brilliant

[@MarekNah]

Ronnie barker was doing Buster Bloodvessel and Bad Manners - a ska band

[@tonytresigne5929]

Hi fella I hope you're good. Yeah as others have said, not your fault at all- I love smiling along with you watching these clips but the guy they were parodying in the blue tracksuits wasn't a good person to say the least. Take care and all the best

[@richardwalton4713]

Hi squirrel just watch Two Ronnies doing good skit on English pop group Madness starring buster Bloodvessel crazy crazy crazy but they could actually play does the show carry on PS we saw a funny big Orange thing in the sky today what could it be!!

[@johnnyrvf]

Two Ronnies, Saturday Night Fervour and Ronnie Barker Ju Jitsu skit.