These jokes are timeless. It was a joy to watch these 2 every week especially when they did things like this. I love watching the 4 candles. I grew up watch the 2 Ronnie's and they were hilarious and watching it now it never gets old, I will be 66 this year and still love watching the old time great comedians 😅😅😅😅
it always amazes me what attention to detail the props department had, we really did live in houses like that in the seventies, right down to the black mark on the water heater, signifying that its probably gushing out tons of carbon monoxide.
Comedic geniuses, the Two Ronnies!!! I'm so grateful for You Tube. Otherwise this American might never have even heard of the Two Ronnies. I've always been a huge British Comedy fan but never even heard of Ronnie Barker nor Ronnie Corbett before I discovered them on You Tube. So funny, the both of them.
Chad, Porridge is an absolute classic comedy my friend - you will really enjoy it, it is all set inside a british prison- also watch the follow up - called going straight
I loved it when Ronnie Barker struggled to contain the laughter. They're both master's at keeping a straight face. I laugh my head off before I get to the punchline.
Look at 3:20 and 4:45 for example. Without even looking at each other, they both instinctively know how long to let the laugh run before doing the next gag. Masters of their craft.
This is just one of so many brilliant sketches the Two Ronnie's did , brilliant writing and comedy the likes of which we'll never see again . Ronnie B was a comedy genius and also a talented actor .
I am glad I was born in the late 1950s; I think we had better comedy, better music, and, despite criticisms about non PC jokes in our era, people were more respectful generally!
@@NeverKnowinglyUndersouled Perhaps - but compared to our modern culture of consumption, instant gratification, social media indulgent horseshit, I'm not sure what's worse.
If anything its funnier now than in 1979, simply due to the collapse of contemporary comedy into a black hole of ironical self loathing and vile hatred of all mankind and existence.
Actually just watched this sketch on BBC4s 2 Ronnies Sketch Book. They said John Sullivan went on to make Only Fools and Horses with some inspiration from this sketch. You can see where Del Boy and the dodgy dealings came from with the Victorian watches ect. Barker was absolutely brilliant at writing. And how he could do the sketches without cracking a smile is bloody phenomenal
For me this brilliant sketch was only a tad less in quality than. Four Candles. Tears of laughter when Corbett brings the duck in. Wonderful. stuff. RIP in comedy heaven guys
Utter masters of their craft along with the script writers inc. Ronnie B himself. Ronnie B was also one of the finest serious actors too according to none less than Laurence Olivier.
