The Two Ronnies - 'London Rail Stations' sketch 

For anyone interested, my son and I counted 55 railway stations mentioned in this brilliant sketch. We could have missed even more!

To be honest, I think the genius of the Ronnies is the joy of the wordplay. Especially from Ronnie B. That man was incredible!

These two were almost part of the family for a lot of us back in the 70s and 80s..🇬🇧♥️🇬🇧

With respect , who have we today that is actually funny and clever. Thank goodness we can enjoy funny humour and sad we have to go back many years to enjoy it.

This is pure genius...an absolute delight...easy to forget how fabulous they were..

This represents a different time, and I ache for it.

I loved: "Turnham Green that will"

The scripting and the comedy acting genius on display here! It's one thing to write such a master piece (it has Ronnie B's brass bands all over it) but the recall and timing of the acting is so impressive - you imagine trying to do that. As usual Ronnie C's comedy acting is the icing on the cake. Without him it would not have worked. Ronnie Barker had a slightly sinister edge about him in my view (hence why he played Fletcher in Porridge to perfection, Fletcher had to have a whiff of sulphur about him as well as a sense of mischief) and needed a comic actor to balance against. Ronnie Corbett just converted everything he did to comedy gold. They both instinctively knew this.

Genius writing and perfectly executed by The Two Ronnies. As usual.

Nerdish fact: this sketch is from 1982. By the end of that year a number of stations mentioned here were no longer tube stations as the Bakerloo line stopped serving them. Earl's Court up me Hatch End could not be said a year later!

This sketch will be stopping at the following stations. Please mind the gaps; High Barnet, Mornington Crescent, Strand, Longstreet, Regents Park, Barking, Chorleywood, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Dalston Junction, Epping, Euston, Fairlop, Marylebone, Tottenham Hale, Highbury, Dolis Hill, Chigwell, Elephant and Castle, Greenford, Queensway, Brent, Nottinghill Gate, Theydon Bois, Wapping, Islington, Raynes Lane, Wembley Park, Covent Garden, Bayswater, Turnham Green, Dagenham, Arnos Grove, Bushy, Kew Gardens, Vauxhall, Watford High Street, Earls Court, Hatch End, Becontree, Putney, Angel, Rickmansworth, Maida Vale, Totteridge and whetstone, Hammersmith, Aldwych, Hamstead, Pimlico, Rotherhithe, Aldersgate, Cockfosters, Tooting Bec, Arsenal, Watford, Barbican.

I grew up in London and am a bit of an LU enthusiast, so I know of a lot of these stations. I have a fairly good knowledge of the tube. This is pure genius! I should try it on people who aren't tube enthusiasts and see what happens. They might find it funny, but I wouldn't Bank on it.

Brilliant. These two could conjure wit out of the most mundane of subjects.

Very clever. These two were absolutely remarkable for their ability to juggle with words, not just on this sketch but many many others.

What a wonderful duo the two Ronnies were ! I will always miss your comedy shows on BBC TV. Old days good old days ! This sketch brings back happy memories from my student years in London. 😥😥😥😥

Hahahahahaha. "Earls caught up in me hatch end" Been looking for this one for ages!

Brilliant, just like pretty much everything else they ever did. God how I miss the two Ronnies.

The genius of this sketch is that, even as a Yank with little kowledge of the place names, I still know when a "tube name" is mentioned, and the logic of the conversation is still vey funny. I think these guys are funnier than Python because they are more real to me.

My favourite shetch of all time , absolute genuis , as good as Fork handles . Never recognised as such sadely.Thank you Alan so much for posting, I waited years to see this on you tube.

“Oh yeah, I heard that, yeah, he was going around with the Theydon Bois at one time, wasn’t he?”

hadn't seen this; this is quality... absolute quality ! (Epping nuisance, they are!)

I can't believe I have not seen this very funny sketch before. The Ronnies in my opinion are the best double act of all time. Well maybe alongside L and H.

Genius and so many references to stations close to my old home in Watford. Great stuff!

How about 'She's gone on holiday to the Swiss Cottage with Victoria and her Seven Sisters'

Absolute Genius, I have been looking for this for years. I only saw it once on TV but has kept me in giggles ever since. Thanks for posting

"Vauxhall as a matter of fact!" 😄

Sounds like a foreign language. I understand it about as much as I do Dutch. Glad you Brits get such a laugh out of it. I read online that these guys did a charity performance for a 62 year old in Shropshire would had had an accident that has left him paralyzed. The money was used to modify a home for him and his wife to live in, after he had been in the hospital for 15 months. Well done, guys!

These two men are unrivalled in their use of the English language.

Pure brill didn't know we had so good when we were growing up with class comedy like this

I wish comedy was still this good.

The saddest thing about a team like this is when one of them dies and then half of the whole is missing.

"She know a lot about Kew Gardens?" "VAUX-hall!"

Yeah, I too missed this one first time around. Genius script writers.

pure quality

Classic sketch. My favourite bit was the end bit Wait you left your Barbican, Silly Arsenal

This is better than four candels and first time ive seen it brill

Timeless sketch with brilliant wit.

I cant fathom the genius this sketch....................I do but the minds behind it WOW

Damn, that took all my powers of concentration to follow!

Brilliant, a very tough act to follow! ❤❤x

Still very funny lines after all these years I always laugh the moment I hear their jokes 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😂 thanks 👌 😊 😘

Pure genius in the writing, pure class in the delivery #legends

Simply Brilliant!

Haha, just great! "They call him Upton Park, two stops short of Barking" (A knowledge of the superb London Underground system and London humour and slang is required to get the most from this.)

Absolutely brilliant! And so unpc! Love it!

Word play was one of the best things about the Two Ronnies

Very funny sketch, written by Kit Galer.

Love their word play sketches. I think that the Pub water sketch is the best for this.

never seen this one before!! Takes a long time in "the buisness" to get to this standard of comedy. Rarely seen these days!!!!

Landis & Gyr was at North Acton, I think. "Alight ye here, for Landis and Gyr"

Both gone now, bless 'em. Difficult to believe really....

When I first saw the Two Ronnies repeated on telly the East London line was closed. There was no Dalston Junction. But now it's back and this sketch is timeless again. :)

Pure talent!!!

Earls Court up me Hatch End

😂🤣😂🤣😂 @ ''I have to get down on my Hampstead and Neasden if I want to go for a Pimlico y'know.'' --- That really made me laugh. Fantastic sketch. Loved watching the Two Ronnies when I was a young boy. And having lived in London for nearly 29 years and about to leave this was a real treat. Tooting Bec 👋 ~ 29th January 2023.

Love the genuine tea can, all they need now is a Bardic lamp.

It's the inclusion of "Theydon Bois" and "Maida Vale" that make this.

Absolutely brilliant 👏

Brilliant - Gerald Wiley I bet.

Earl's Court up in the hatch end

Theydon Boys/Bois.....timing perfect.

So, so good....brilliant!!

Brilliant!! I also love the Irish Pub sketch.

The two Ronnie's simply the best

This is comedy So much better than today's offerings.Innocent,non offensive and funny

Jesus, you really have to concentrate on this one.

With scenes like this, The Two Ronnies should have double duetted with another comedy pair. Would be great if they both filmed with Harlesden and Stanmore. With the amount of pub scenes they all did, it's like they were Maida Vale. Now I think about it, somewhere in the back of my mind they did a scene like this filmed between Cannon Street and Balham. Tufnell Park luck that it will never happen now.

I actually have a "King Cnut" hoodie. It is magnificent.

God I miss this type of comedy.

Always brilliant.

I will always love these two ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Best of British

We all get our Earls Court up in our Hatch End sometimes :p

i missed this sketch when i was a lad. Superb, definitely up there with the fork handles and round of drinks sketches. v funny

So clever, but they were, glad I grew up watching them.

amazing discourse

I didn't get most of this, but it is still funny. I figured out that the whole conversation was the Underground stops names. Clevah!

Fantastic sketch, especially if you know your underground well.

0:46 Greenford... I use to live there for almost 11yrs...recently moved,this year.

Ronnie Corbett gets out at North Acton, if the back projection is anything to go by

Brent as Notting hill gate

Genius is the word.

They were so clever in their comedy.

Excellent ❤

Simply brilliant!

awesome

This is genius, so soooo talented

"Bit of an Aldwych your old lady"...

Yeah them pains in me Dalston Junction - kept me awake all night they did.

the silly arsenal cracked me up

What other country could write/perform sketches like this,even without the undergrounds help.

one of my faves

Incredible.

Pure genius!

Imagine having to learn the lines for that one...

They are so good at it. Did they memorize the whole thing? Man..

Love the dialects.

I think he must have had his Earlsfield, i know Harold Wood.

love it

incredible !!