Two Ronnies - Hendon Symphony Orchestra

The Two Ronnies, playing in and causing havoc with the Hendon Symphony Orchestra - I think from Series 9 which was broadcast Dec '81 - Jan '82.

[@bobgreenwood6932]

Absolutely brilliant entertainment. I wonder just how many takes it took to piece it all together. I love every skit these two did together. I really don't think any other duo has come close. Miss both of them.

[@martyj.w2875]

A fantastic piece of comedy. If I want a good laugh I 'dip' into here to watch it. NEVER fail to make me smile. What EVER anyone else says, I think it's timeless.

[@sheilas1283]

One of their funniest sketches ever. Simply brilliant.

[@rogerstoryteller]

I can't believe I am only just seeing this for the first time. Fabulous writing and impeccable delivery

[@cappuccinodriverno1]

Sign of the times of the early 1980s. A whole orchestra all male musicians

[@RobertKetteringham]

It takes years to get as Good night from me and Good night from him ❤

[@philliphamilton3591]

Pure genius. We need their humour more than ever today.

[@melchorapablo6800]

Very entertaing these two Ronnies comedies at the same time very hilarious.

[@robertmcqueen289]

Wonderful to see the boys having fun, especially the wordsmith Ronnie Barker. I have at home ' Hooked on classics/Journey through the Classics/Can't stop the Classics' on Vinyl/Audio Tape & CD. Wonder if anyone else has the same!.

[@ninarizzo7312]

Fabulously clever as usual!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤👍🤗😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣💯👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@vsyovomrakenochi8960]

I have absolutely no idea what just happened, but it was funny all the same.

[@davidarundel6187]

English humour in the style of the Two Ronnies. It's a sort of vadaville comedy.

[@vsyovomrakenochi8960]

@@davidarundel6187 I am English, and I still don't understand what happened. I still enjoyed it though.

[@davidarundel6187]

@@vsyovomrakenochi8960 replay it, listen to the words. Double meanings abound - normal stuff, for the Two Ronnies, Kenny Everest, Benny Hill, d similar 'old school' entertainers.

[@jamesrobin]

Best KZbin version of this! Anyone know the name of the first tune?

[@NeilThompson30]

It's the start of Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto

[@jamesrobin]

Thank you very much!!!

[@parisarashidi8583]

Pmsl....

[@D._Eath]

'Tɪs ᴀ ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴅᴇᴍɴᴇᴅ ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇsᴛʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀɴʏ ᴍᴜsɪᴄᴀʟ ᴏʀᴄʜᴇsᴛʀᴀ ᴍᴜsᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ 'ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴅᴏ' ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏɴ ᴀʀᴛɪʟʟᴇʀʏ .

[@steveo7165]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart never scored a goal for Wolverhampton 😅

[@rogerstoryteller]

Where does a line like that even come from? Wonderful.

[@steveo7165]

@@rogerstoryteller It's just the Genius of Ronnie B. He was a wonderful comedian, (Does't get enough credit for being a Great comedy sketch writer) Most just think he was an Actor that performed Comedy.

[@paulnorris1559]

@@steveo7165 Absolutely, he wrote so many things....many of them under other peoples names. A genious and a gentelman.

[@mpw8883]

Check out a piece from the two Ronnie called Tooting Carmen (a parody of Bizet’s “carmen”) and another called The Boys in The Ballet (a humorous attempt at Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite)

[@mikaelabowen5781]

Brilliantly written and performed. I so miss the Two Ronnies.

[@Clavinovaman]

Hooked On Two Ronnies?

[@mojosbigsticks]

Fantastic writing! I heard this once, 35 years ago and I still sing "nuts to the Albert Hall" every time I hear that tune.

[@callmedaniel8260]

Can’t believe I am just discovering these guys...this was brilliant!

[@TheBunduBallerina]

Same here. They were geniuses!

[@philnashbroker5460]

I love how they use real musicians in these sketches

[@lensercombe]

i laughed so much i nearly pissed myself I KNOW ALL THE WORDS and love these two blokes dearly they are irreplaceable

[@lennyp18]

Thanks! I thought I was the only one who knew this verbatim!

[@AJ-tp9bk]

Oh, no! Don't pee pee your pants! Get some Depends just to be safe.

[@markgannett4104]

it's one thing to come up with the words to go along with the music, but to memorize and sing them with such precision is truly amazing to behold.

[@madeleineprice7525]

Search for: The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town. Written by Spike Milligan. The Worm that Turned, featuring Diana Dors. Detective series Piggy Malone & Charley Farley. All were comic series within their comedy sketch shows. The Musical Comedy sketches are very funny too, see Abdication Street. The comedy is "of its time", 'though! You may perhaps like the comic Irish T.V. series Father Ted, too.

[@jmccallion2394]

Innocent fun that is sadly missing today. I used not to like Ronnie Corrbetts big chair monolog but later on I enjoyed it all the better!

[@antmer3954]

The Two Ronnies had a long run on TV for many years, as two of Britain's funniest comedians. Brilliant work here, as always.

[@stanner9077]

Entertaining comedy. Clever pastiche on the Hooked on Classics popularity of the period. Great performances and wit

[@detonator82]

This is simply superb. "The chap with the cello's a terrible fellow and frequently mellow on liquor and drinks, He bothers the fiddles with juvenile riddles and beats the trombonist at tiddlywinks," was my personal favourite bit.

[@rogerstoryteller]

The due to tutu and a big hand on his entrechat was mine

[@paulnorris1559]

Ronnie Barker wrote so many things....many of them under other peoples names. A genious and a gentelman.

[@jourwalis-8875]

Hilariously funny! Just think of it. To be able to "play" in or with a real symphony orchestra! Must have been a sensational feeling!

[@JongleurJ10]

Simply amazing light-hearted comedy talent.

[@MauriatOttolink]

I bet that nobody had more fun than the orchestra!

[@sharoncarter4086]

Thanks for this, needed a laugh this morning 💜💜💜💜More please!!!! Loved the Two Ronnie's and always will xxx

[@TheBunduBallerina]

Absolutely hilarious! Made my day! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@gazbee7251]

Truly talented and well missed

[@thomashaynes4671]

Anyone know what piece of music “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart never scored a goal for Wolverhampton” is originally?

[@DrSauchie]

Dance of sugar plum Fairy

[@27Bluebottle]

It's from Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker Suite", I think the segment is called "The flower ballet".

[@fidelisfaber4961]

It's the Dance of the Mirlitons from the Nutcracker.

[@davidlawes4954]

@@DrSauchie Cadbury's used it in the 70s to advertise Fruit and Nut. They had Fwank Muir singing, 'Evewyone's a fwuit and nutcase. Cwazy for those Cadbuwy's nuts and waisins..' Fwank Muir, like David Bellamy and Jonathan Woss, suffered from 'pwonounciationism'. He couldn't pwonounce his rs.

[@nikajinpusno9563]

“...and they whistled off at Rooney like a rocket.” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@scottking7720]

something most comedy is lacking these days true talent like the two Ronnies.

[@Housephonestimes4]

Hooked on THE TWO RONNIES CLASSICS!

[@jacquelinekalich7463]

Brilliant!

[@gremlinuk1968]

great years, ,early 80s,??

[@AJ-tp9bk]

Oh, God. These two were so cute!!

[@robmartin525]

Anyone out there who can list all the music in the medley for an uncultured swine like me?

[@Thingy0000]

0:03-0:14 Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 0:21-0:42 Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee 0:42-1:02 Mozart - Symphony No. 40 1:05-1:37 Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 1:37-1:47 Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Overture 1:50-2:29 Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker: Trepak/Russian Dance 2:29-3:01 Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker: March 3:04-3:35 Di Capua and Mazzucchi - 'O sole mio 3:36-4:08 Ponchielli - Dance of the Hours 4:08-4:24 Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 4: III. Rondo 4:24-4:56 Bizet - Carmen: Overture 4:56-5:51 Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture Hope this helps!

[@joelaichner3025]

Quality

[@patriciajustice9795]

Almost made me wet my knickers

[@miriampopa5436]

Amazing!⚜💝⚜👏

[@jmmiddup1976]

What's the music called that's starts at 00.42 anyone?

[@markdoran3350]

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[@CatherineTucker-bv8js]

It's the start of Mozart's Symphony no. 40.

[@ianhorsburgh9867]

The P.C brigade would be inuproar if this was today's TV ! Brilliant, very few if any comedy programmes could attain this standard

[@deniseg-hill1730]

Dee Horsburgh Too true

[@ArtyJerjerrod]

what the fuck are you talking about mate

[@Offshoreorganbuilder]

@@ArtyJerjerrod Why do you have to be so crude?

[@ricardosp7975]

Yawn

[@DavidArdittiComposer]

A lot of those visual gags are copied from Spike Jones.

[@Keithbarber]

The 2 Ronnie's had talent and produced some brilliantly comical pieces, but this wasn't amongst their best

[@ghughesarch]

Thought this was brilliant when I saw it as a child. Actually it's crap. Badly written, badly performed - Ron C looks very uncomfortable throughout - and obviously (and badly) edited together from dozens of takes. Written by Ron B, I think, but not at his best. Michael Flanders did a far better job of setting spoof words to the Mozart horn concerto too.

[@lensercombe]

Don't tell me you're up Keith Lemon's ass now sad

[@TheScunneredMan]

No pleasing some folk.

[@lensercombe]

you sound like a fucktard piss off

[@ghughesarch]

@@lensercombe oh, you charmer you.

[@ireneirvine6205]

"No-one has ever erected a statue in honour of a critic." ~ Jean Sibelius