The Two Ronnies - their classic 1978 'Hovis' Advert 

He had an incredible memory too as seen in many of the sketches.

​@@johnmc3862 The one where he's ordering drinks at a party and 'muddling' the orders over and over was brilliant 😂

Laverda Jota - and yet you couldn't be bothered to get his name correct.

Mark fox , unfortunately I’m dyslexic and struggle very hard to put down in writing what I’m trying to say .apologies for not being so precise , you seem to be much cleaver and astute-than me , I wish I was as cleaver as you . Keep up the critical comments in the future

Not sure about the no swearing. My mother would have kicked my arse if I ever said "bloody" like Ronnie Barker does in this sketch.

Graham. I must admit I missed that , I will have a listen for it next time I watch ,

@@laverdajota8089 Good on you for trying. The Two Ronnies was one of the best shows on the BBC. I don't bother to even have a TV these days, nothing worth watching.

john barton might of left this world but will never leave our hearts

Why have we got this inane epidemic of people like the one here, using "Of" instead of "Have"? It's might have left this world dear friend, might of makes no sense.

@@Zeitgeist971 thank you

@@Zeitgeist971 I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds this extremely irritating. I think it's developed because the contraction 'might've' SOUNDS like 'might of'. Regardless, it's downright annoying.

Great people are immortal!

Certainly tough on the knees!

Must be a bugger on icy days

Is that Torrington in Devon?

@@jesoby Gold Hill, Shaftesbury

Where is this hill

I'm glad .....❤️🌷🌺🌹

That bit was just comedy brilliance. He knew he had to break up the monotony of just walking up the hill. The shot of his feet is classic too. I’m old enough to remember the original Hovis ad but this just makes me cry with laughter

GatesENyuhPhuhPhaize

Ronnie says “Cheers, me old mucker”.

No offence in the 70s? That statement itself is offence to anyone like me who had to endure it

Good humour and no offence? You probably think Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile would have made outstanding primary school teachers.

@@Bianchiboy Well, they certainly would have been 'hands on' teachers.

THE most Yorkshire hill lies in Shaftesbury, Dorset!

So I guess it had nothing to do with the fact that the Hovis advert was filmed on exactly the same hill

@@Moltenbramley Martin did say it was a story "behind original advert" - he wasn't referring to the 2Rs' spoof.

Yep, I visited that street this year in Dorset. Very steep even for the fit.

@@pqrstzxerty1296 where is It please

The best. Had recorded some of their series last year when shown again. Was laughing that much I felt I was going to explode so turned it off. Brilliant.

My parents introduced them to us in the 90s - we spent them either in school or on the floor deadened with laughter!!! Cartoons were secondary!!!

Christmas for me is the two ronnies repeats, still hilarious to this day

They’re part of my childhood. Do you remember The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town? 😂

@@oleggorky906 Absolutely remember that. Also, The Worm That Turned. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GcMd1F1acSo.html

I don’t think either of The Two Ronnie’s was in Heartbeat ! (We British still feel the need to have the occasional good natured dig at you Americans because of the War Of Independence)

@@colnuttall9035 OMG ! this just popped up .. And made me laugh so hard. I wish they had made a movie named heartbeat.. It would be new to me ;)

@@foodstick Glad you saw the funny side of it. By the way, the ‘Heartbeat’ I referred to was a very popular TV series starting in 1992 and running for 18 Episodes. It portrayed a North Of England small town where the main characters were a husband Policeman and his Doctor wife. It was set during the sixties and was a nostalgic piece that people of a certain age adored. To my knowledge there was no movie made, but given your remarks, you may enjoy it. It’s not a comedy, though there are amusing characters and situations. It’s intentionally naive compared to other cop shows and captures a pivotal time when things were more gentle. If you want to see Ronnie Barker, who I adored, in his final serious acting role, check out ‘My House In Umbria.’ Dame Maggie Smith and some other good actors are in it and the scenery is fantastic, if you like Italy.

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​@@colnuttall9035it ran for 18 series, not 18 episodes

You missed one of the best out rising damp

You should have spent your time learning English.

Only 3 TV Channels, I believe. Channel 4 started in 1982. And we had a black and white TV in those days.

We would have kept a lot of that contentment if social media hadnt happened.

LLaregub JINKS no bro, far from it mate

As long as we can do it without the degrading canned laugh tracks.

@@mikejohndonovan9444 I remember watching snooker on our Black & White TV

Well they do.do you live in a worm hole?

Chris Bradbury ...maybe.... but it was a pisstake of a Hovis bread advert... we all remember it, that’s why it was so funny. You could mock a company without being sued..

@@franceleeparis37 Gradely stuff tha knows.

You have not heard of the bucketlist family XD

Quite right Chris a individual has to slog and trudge to procure their daily bread,' bloody long way to go ' but it also conveys that life should therefore be lived with joy and abandon without worrying.

@@anuradhainamdar8967 Don't forget it was just after t'war (WW1).

Shame the laughter drowned it out.

@@gwynnethcoan761 I've googled it and listened ten times, and I'm still not sure what the line is. It's something like "Grandad always used to say it were a bloody long way to go for a loaf of ??????", and the last bit isn't "bread" or "Hovis". 😕

The 70s were fun.

@@michele4195 thanks for the reply glad you enjoyed it as much as me.

I watched these in the 80s. ..amazing comedy

@@ismailmiah1446 thank you for your reply yeah amazing.

@@stevepettit2064 my personal favourite was only fools and horses

i thought she would say she wanted white, lol

Me too!

@@blodspage what country do you live in?

@@howardmckeown7187 Brown Loaves Matter ;-)

Or.. “I told you, I’m on a carb free diet”

I totally agree, there's nothing funny about it. I watched it and wondered what the heck was supposed to be 'comedy gold'. Not Ronnie's best by a long way.

No, YOU just don't get it and perhaps never will.

It's about context. This was shown back when the Hovis advert set on this street was a familiar sight on TV. From the opening g moments the audience understood they were watching a parody and the laughter builds as we wait for the pay off at the end - which is the reverse of the romantic nostalgia of the advert.

Gosh |I would never have guessed that till you patronizingly told me! That's for nothing!

Wasn't meant to sound patronising. Just a bit of information behind how the advertising people must've put the original Hovis ad together. That's all. Take it or leave it, as you wish sir. Sorry, Lord.

David Jason wasn’t in Porridge.

@@raftonpounder6696 he was, he played old Blanco Webb in three episodes.

@@ValiantWrestling I stand corrected!

​@@raftonpounder6696 Oh but he was.

@@skylined5534 see above.

glen tipping ... it’s a pity he didn’t say ‘I’m going to the shop for ‘fork handles’.. would have creased me up..

Francelee Paris lol me to don’t know if they had done that sketch when I met him still brilliant tho

@@mrmrst9020 I never met either of these legends, but I had a chance encounter with Norman Wisdom many years ago when he came into the pub I had chosen for a bit of lunch for the same reason. It was really nice to see that everyone there recognised him, and nodded to him, or tipped a wink, but had the decency to leave it at that and give him peace to eat his meal. He was all smiles and seemed to appreciate the fact that he was acknowledged, but not harassed. I was sitting close to the door and saw him first, he saw me recognise him and I gave him a big smile, and he just winked and headed for the bar to order his lunch, nodding and smiling at the other patrons who responded in kind. I would have loved to have told him I loved his comedy and thanked him for the years of belly laughs, but I knew I didn't need to disturb him as he already knew everyone there thought the world of him just because they obviously recognised him, but gave him his privacy while still acknowledging him. One of my favourite memories.

Moondog 1970 that was really nice what a lovely encounter another comedy legend gone but never forgotten love watching all these great people when life was so much funnier and carefree 👍

@@mrmrst9020 Comedy was definitely more carefree. I've laughed at Ben Elton and his angry standup, Loved The Young ones and Hale and Pace, French and Saunders, Bottom, Fry and Laurie, Absolutely Fabulous, The Comic Strip and many, many more comedy shows. (too many to mention) I stil think the likes of the Two Ronnies, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and even Only Fools and Horses and Open all Hours were more comedic than the later shows. I get that I'm an old bloke, younger people will find younger comedy funnier, that's just the way it goes, but I'll just throw in that my daughter born 1991 thinks the second funniest show on TV is Father Ted, and the best ever is the Two Ronnies. I had no part in teaching her that, she found it out all on her own. In my own opinion the funniest show ever broadcast is Blackadder. My daugther (comedy chops aside, doesn't get it) But I love every episode from beginnning to end.

My God I walk like that 😩

Pendulous knackers

I know. I once tried to climb it - and that is NOT an easy task! My legs were aching for nearly a week - and my knees swelled up.

Agreed!!! I'm English, living in USA. Haven't had TV for 20+ years due to the endless adverts, bottom-of-the barrel content, and channels which used to be decent & are now total dross....

Not every Two Ronnies sketch was funny, as this one demonstrates! That dreadful canned laughter doesn't help either.

@@MrDorbel Every comedian will do the occasional sketch which isn't their usual standard. The Two Ronnies are one of the funniest acts ever. IMO there were only a couple of sketches that were slightly below standard and this isn't one of them. This sketch is hilarious. Also, it isn't canned laughter. Their shows were made in front of a live audience. The filmed sequences such as this one were made first and shown to the audience during the show and the audience laughter was recorded and added to the soundtrack of the sketch.

@@MrDorbel I know what's funny about a man walking up that hill??

@@paulgriffiths6344 Here's the original Hovis bread ad for context. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6Mq59ykPnAE.html The Ronnies were taking the p155 out of a very famous advertisement.

Not forgetting Norman Fletcher!!!!💙

Hello Rachel, How are you doing?

@2 ? 😂

Ha-ha. That would have been much better!

Yes,that also is typical Ronnie humour! Lol!

Lol, that would have been great too :D

BedsitBob and others in this thread, I love your thinking and these two BRILLIANT MEN. My thoughts along a similar line was ( you forgot the Milk). Perhaps said prior to me, all the best from John, Australia. Cheers Mate.

BedsitBob . Me, likewise.

They just don’t understand real humour.

Because it's not unfunny leftist bollocks dressed up as comedy - 99.9% of modern comedy.

The original and very iconic advert and 90% of the joke, which shows how good it is. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6Mq59ykPnAE.html Yes and it is That Ridley Scott of Napoleon, Gladiator and Alien fame.

People are offended by everything these days aren't they you bastard.

@@goonerinSP Yes you little twat.

George Carlin was arrested in 1972 for his "Seven Words You Can't Say on Television" bit, while The Richard Pryor Show was cancelled in 1977 after only four episodes because it was too offensive for the average American household. So...nah, brah, peeps got offended plenty, often by even dumber shit than they get offended by now.

Yeh, they were only bothered by the colour of your skin, who you loved and what god you believed in.

I suppose you didn't hear how the church reacted to the Monty Python Life of Brian film then? Of course people were offended by humour in the past, even centuries ago. Roman satirists were killed if they made the wrong joke at the expense of the Emperor!

@The Last Penny No comedy duo could touch the two RONNIE'S, and I think you know who I mean, nuff said.

@@nn-ro1lv I agree and will say they do not know what clever humor is!! Cheers, John, Australia.

joandar I disliked it - I thought it was lazy , just a spoof of an old advert, with a poor punchline

@@rodchamp7510 Rod you are entitled to your opinion as we all are. Thanks for expressing your thoughts. Cheers from John, Australia.

@@rodchamp7510 When this sketch came out the Hovis Ad was contemporary not old .

Bollocks. People took offence all the time. But it was straight white people taking offence at minorities, as opposed to now. People always bang on about the "good old days," but they weren't better for anyone but THEM. You could molest a woman, throw racist and homophobic insults around, and generally treat everyone like they were inferior in the sure and certain knowledge you'd not be punished. thank god we're moving on from those days.

@@peterclarke7240 and you are how old???

@@stuartmorton1279 44, and old enough to remember Benny Hill, Jim Davidson and the Carry On films.

@@peterclarke7240 So you weren't really around in the 70s when everything was non offencive, you're more of a late 80s and 90s person when things started to change for the worse, when the politically correct idiots started raising their ugly heads and ruin our once great humour. By the way I left school the year before you were born.

How anyone can use a Two Ronnie’s sketch about bread… into some small-minded bigoted commentary on the state of society. You have it the wrong way around… The Two Ronnies didn’t cause offence, and that is why we STILL love them.

@Pat Terson Leftists have no sense of humour.

Ingleprop Noosegarm Au contraire..the right wing has no sense of the self..no deep understanding of love and humanity..things essential to perform..our greatest gift.. love.To be human is to communicate with others profoundly ..it’s in that place we discover truth and beauty with the jester seeing all the angles and the absurdity..then holding up the mirror.. speaks..”look..LOOK!..LOOK!!!..up your own arsehole..for that is where your head is” Power To the Workers..ya daft ole goat.

Pat Terson Why..thank you. Stay safe.

@Pat Terson I would say first and foremost they did sketches where the words, timing and jokes were the funny part. You can nitpick all you like but things were different back then regarding what was offensive and what wasn't. Timeless comedy, great men.

@Pat Terson When did they sexually assault anyone in their sketches? Think you have dreamt that in your fragile mind. I love the Two Ronnie's and yet with their massive output of material over many years, they were bound to sometimes get it wrong. There is some poorer stuff in their back catalogue. Blacking up on more than one occasion looks silly, looking back. Also, they used attractive women a fair bit in their sketches, partly for titillation purposes. However, I never saw any sexual assault. They were different times back then and more things were allowed but nothing they did was done to harm. They certainly didn't promote any sort of hatred and were both by all accounts, decent people. I don't understand where you have got this from.

The Two Ronnies. No apostrophe!

There’s no way you’d drive up or down or walk. Even with grit.

I think you will find out that this wasn't actually an audience. The BBC in the seventies had a nasty habit of adding 'canned laughter' to their shows, and it often implied more comedy was occurring than was actually present. That's not to say that his performance and the situation wasn't amusing, its just that the laughter was forced for the benefit of the British public that the BBC thought were incapable of seeing something that was funny for the sake of it being amusing. You will find the same 'abuse' of canned laughter in many of their shows of that era, Fawty Towers, Some Mothers Do Have 'Em, etc. This use of canned laughter continued on until the late seventies, and finally, thankfully was discontinued during the Eighties so shows like The Young Ones, Not the Nine O'Clock News, etc. didn't include it - with some notable exceptions.

That’s cause the laughter is not real.

I thought it was a profoundly sexual performance..all types I guess?

David Gigg it's not an advert; it's a parody of an advert.

That would have been funny!

And me to.

Me too, I thought that was going to happen, that or the Mrs was going to say she wanted white not brown bread

I was waiting for that to happen as well: was in suspense!

That might have happened, many times, with the building materials, when they were building those cottages.

right there we had the best comedians and music

And they all think it was filmed "int north"

@Chris Murphy both lovely guys as well

Not to me.

I was expecting a comment about fork handles.

No words . . . . the short comedy, "Futtocks End", about a country house party weekend, was in the same vein. Look it up!

Lol

I'm a Yorkshire man , the advert was a Lancashire accent as it was Joe Gladwin who did the original voice

@@andybenstead7240 hmm...doesn't sound much like a Lancashire accent to me ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tIOGkIw4CQo.html

@@RevStickleback Read my comment again , i stated the original which up here in the north had on our TVs in the early 70s, Hovis bread we nowt teken out , Joe Gladwin a Lancastrian actor , famed for last of the summer wine as Wally Batty

@@andybenstead7240 There may have been an earlier Hovis advert, but this particular one, filmed by Ridley Scott on Golden Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset, is the one being talked about - with 'original' in this case meaning the actual advert this sketch was based on.

@@RevStickleback up here we had the same advert with Joe Gladwin's voice must be a regional thing

Thank you very much for saying how much you love England. I love Germany - although I've never been there.

Ian Johnstone. Exactly. Ronnie Corbett to me was just not funny at all. It’s Barker all the way! Porridge, Open All Hours....

Everything is better when you’re younger...it’s not the “comedy geniuses” you miss ...more the youth ..the expectations..the mystery..a story untold..all gone..like the taught skin and beauty of the smiling girl at the bus stop ..never to return..like Eric and little Earn..[laugher fades..an infant child is heard crying while the empty pill bottle falls from her mothers small limp hand] Fin.

@@karlconnolly3994 Maybe Man Of Beard knows more than you about what he misses.

Simondo81 Maybe!...maybe?..don’t you see I know..who he is ..what he likes and his age ..he liked Mike Yarwood ffs and thinks he’s better than today’s comedians ..Jesus H Christ ..a first years phycology student could put this together..it’s simple..but not to you..this person is old and grumpy and yearning for his subtle years back..he’s not happy with modern life..he hasn’t progressed..probably sneers at the youth culture. So put a fork up his ass and turn him over...he’s done. It’s from outside the picture that we see what’s going on..for certain people..not you..you’ll probably be..if not already a grumpy old curmudgeon too.

@@karlconnolly3994 Think it's time for your pills. I wouldn't put Mike Yarwood in the same category as The Two Ronnie's. A world apart in terms of quality, but that's my opinion. To say you KNOW who this person is is a bit of a stretch. If you know someone inside and out from a few words on a comments section then you must be a genius! A genius in psychology (and not a "first year psychology student" either 😜). The good old left and right divide eh? Things are not perfect but you lefty loons like to criticise don't you? No reasoning, no seeing anyone else's perspective. Extreme people on both the right and the left are the main reasons why the world isn't exactly brilliant. You and I are no more important than God's good old green and pleasant land (before humans set about destroying it) but your sense of self importance stands out like a steaming turd, left on a shoe and left in the sun, so pungent and vile.

martin webb I think you might be right..what should I do?

Wow 🙄

where is that hill? street name?

@@MrCallingoccupants It tells you at the sub headline at the top!

Hallo HoneyBee, it's TreacleFly here! WOO WOO Blondson!👍🍺😁👍

What brought me here is I was reading a facebook post where someone spelled Covid as Covis. Suddenly remembered this sketch and saw your comment.

@Kev Dale Brown Loaves Matter ;-)

I can certainly imagine that!

What are you talking about? Just spouting absolute nonsense.

Yeah..more freedom..except of course for women and minorities..it was a good strong mans white Britain..right?

Don't worry, just another pair of plonkers. I'd tell them to bugger off, but they've got nowhere else to go.

Irrelevant, and non sequitur.

@@karlconnolly3994 Superb comic actors and Barker a true great writer. You appear a lot on these comments, so what's the problem? You can't appreciate clever humour because you are too busy looking for things to be offended by. Maybe you should go and watch something else.

I can imagine! It must've really hurt your knees! It nearly snapped mine in half!

I run up it every other week with my nine year old son...I’m fifty three and still beat him to the top,just 😆

is it very steep? it looks it! where is it in Lancashire?

@@thesound-chameleonman3580 It's not in Lancashire, or even the north. It's Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset. My Mother's family all came from Shaftesbury, and I live in Sherborne, 15 miles away. No disrespect to the Two Ronnies, but it always used to really annoy me that they used a northern voiceover in the advert.