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You really got this sketch. So refreshing to see someone actually understand it. It's old humour and British references so it's not easy, and It goes over most reactors heads.
I totally agree. Many people miss the jokes. The only thing I never understood was the use of the word “pantyhose”. This is an American term for “tights”. I never understood why they used it in this sketch, it just felt out of place.
@@musefan12345 Because no one could mistake the word 'Os' for 'tights, only for pantyhose.
@@heliotropezzz333 ah yeah, I know that, they had to use it for the purpose of the joke. I was just pointing out that it sounded weird in a skit full of British terms.
It’s painful watching some reactions to this. I don’t even think it’s an accent or cultural barrier because these things sound the same just in the English Language in general. I’m glad she got it too
To be honest, I had to think about it and plus he's in a hardware store. Why would he ask for eating forks. lmao
I think you’re the first American I’ve seen who’s understood the double-meaning point of the sketch… AND who seems to have genuinely enjoyed and appreciated it!!! Well done! 👍🏻
Also, I’m so glad that - unlike most others - you’ve had the instinct to watch the addendum at the end in which Ronnie B gives his take on the better ending he came up with but was unfortunately too late for the tv recording.
True I thought that too
Yeah I've seen a few Americans react to this sketch and they usually just laugh along with the audience laughter and it's so obvious that the humour is going straight over their heads.
This reaction seemed honest.
Excuse me Daniele but how have you got twice as many likes for, effectively, saying the same as me ? :(
I think your usage of "addendum" swung it for you. haha
When Ronnie Barker had his memorable service at Westminster Abbey when he sadly passed away, and while the cross was in procession in the aisle of the abbey, it was accompanied by four candles instead of the usual two, in reference to the Four Candles sketch and when Ronnie Corbett passed away, Four Candles were displayed at the back of the altar.
They have a HUGE body of work! They are national treasures in the UK. The last bit about 'Bill Hooks' is wordplay for Bollocks (testicles).
This is one of their most famous sketches. But yes check out more of them, you won't run out of material on them any time soon :)
I remember Karl Pilkington using that word "Bollock". 😄
@@TysheenOrane Haha yes, he uses that a lot :)
In the UK Pumps are also known as Galoshes (rubber soled canvas shoe that pre-dated trainers), while Bill Hooks are a cutting tool similar to a machete. This sketch is made even better by Ronnie Corbetts (the shop keeper) reactions. The looks he gives, and his mutterings of discontent and rising anger are perfect. Ronnie Barker (the taller) was a prolific comedy writer and artist, writing most of the Two Ronnies shows as well as appearing in other comedy series such as "Porridge" (set in a prison) and "Open All Hours" where he is a small shop keeper.
The BBC commissioned project Seven Of One in 1973, in which Barker starred in seven different situation comedy pilot episodes. The most successful would then be made into a full series. In the end, three of the pilots became series.
The GREATEST comedy sketch of all time, it celebrates its 46th birthday on September 18th when it was FIRST broadcasted back in 1976.
This show was so funny, I have to watch more. lmao😂😂😂😂😂
Tysheen, it is them, the footage taken at the end of the clip is from The Two Ronnies Sketchbook back in 2005 relieving their favourite sketches, sadly Ronnie Barker passed away 6 weeks later after this broadcast.
They are hilarius. The two ronnies have many sketch like this. I love them.
I've always said that it's the reaction each time of little Ronnie that makes it so funny.
The worm that turned - The Two Ronnies
Yes that is them. Both have passed away now.
The last mistaken word 'billhooks', which is the metal cutting part on a long-handled tool that was used to cut hedges and tree branches (look up the medieval pole-arm weapon a 'bill' to see what the military version looked like) is meant to sound like the mild swear-word 'bollocks', which can mean both a good thing 'the dog's bollocks' = something to be proud of, and an expression meaning 'nonsense' in a mildly profane way.
I believe there was a non-profane US word 'bollix' which means to mess or foul something up, also equivalent to 'balled up'.
Bollix was clean enough to use in episodes of the 1960s TV series 'Lost in Space'.
RIP two Ronnie's. Best of British
There really were stores like this in England when this sketch was made in 1976.
this is fun watching an american woman trying to be sensible watching the two ronnies doing sketches
“Boring Accountant” is another Two Ronnies classic
Seen quite a few reactions to this, you caught on what this skit is about pretty quick, quicker than most.
You're also one of the only ones who has actually watched it until the very end which I think is appreciated.
There's quite a few skits by these two, Mastermind will be a good one to do.
Trust me, I had to think about it. 😆
😄👍 thanks for the chuckles 👍🥰
I miss them both so much!
Your reaction to that was perfect. I've watched this scene dozens of times in my life. When i saw you posted it, i saved it in my to watch youtubes for Friday night.
As soon as Ronnie Barker walks in the smile on my face happens
This sketch is often used in the UK for training purposes in public facing jobs to show the importance of clear communication.
ALLELUIA ! AT LAST someone with the intelligence to play the WHOLE clip. You would be amazed how many reactors miss that studio sequence and so do not get the "Bill Hooks" original joke. as "Bill Hooks" sounds like the British swearword "Bollocks!" lol The Guy explaining WAS the writer and the customer in this and he was so popular that he sent scripts in for years under the pseudonym of "Gerald Wiley" because if The Producers knew it was him then they would automatically accept the script as he was a comedy genius. The show that ran for a long time was called "The Two Ronnies" and there are endless brilliant, clever sketches of them on here.It really WAS their last show and the writer died not long after sadly.
I agree on all you’ve said, except that I wouldn’t really put “bollocks” down as a “swear word”. I’d put it in the same ‘sub-swear’ word category as “tits” and “arse” for example.
Well, that's a load of old.....Oh! I see what you mean, yes you are right, Daniele..***
***My Mum told me decades ago that my life would be a whole lot easier if I agreed with what a Woman says.....and 30 years later....she was right:)
I've anticipated you watching this for some time now. Hope you enjoy it :) Tysheen, this is what in a rural community is called a General Store where they have a bit of everything. Ours had everything from groceries to clothes, tools, ammunition, motor oil, livestock feed, garden seeds, school supplies, greeting cards, radios, flashlights, kerosene lamps and lanterns....they were like WalMart just on a much smaller scale and not as big a selection. Ours even had a gas pump out front and a kerosene pump. They had a small sandwich deli in the back of the store and several old wood chairs around an old coal stove they heated the place with in the Winter. They didn't have indoor plumbing. There was an outhouse behind the store and no, this wasn't many years ago as the store only closed down in about 2007 or 2008. They only closed because the owners were in their 70's and ready to retire and couldn't find a buyer.
I love it, I will do more.
It wasn’t called a “general store” here in the UK. They were called “Ironmongers”. Very few left anymore, what with the advent of the likes of B&Q etc. There were loads around when I was a kid in the ‘60s snd ‘70s.
I was brought up in a “general store”… my dad’s shop sold everything foodstuff-wise such as ice-cream, groceries, sweets and also tobacco and some tots and small gifts.
Sounds like your store was more along the lines of an ironmongery store.
@@BlueShadow777 Perhaps not, but then, I'm not in the UK, and our version here in the US is indeed the general store.
@@BlueShadow777 Where I live now near Northampton there are a few general purpose shops/post offices called village stores. I didn't think the example by Rebel was American but yeh probably not called 'general store' anywhere - then again I don't recall anyone calling them ironmongers. Just call them hardware stores.
The ending of this clip emphasizes the enormous investment the British public has in this pair. For many of us, we grew up with their comedy and although necessary changes in attitudes have doomed some of their skits to history, at their best they were kings of comedy - secondary only in the British Isles to Morecambe & Wise.
My twin sister worked in shops (classy UK ones) for more than 35 years and always said the worst thing about the job was the customers, especially in the Christmas period. When visiting old friends who want to take her shopping 'for a treat' she says, very politely, "no thank you!"
Tysheen, in the UK, this type of shop is called an Ironmongers...
I am amazed at how quickly you picked up on the accent of the words! and what they mean. You also get the jokes really quickly
The guy who wrote that sketch (The guy on the right) was on a long running BBC radio show called The Navy Lark playing a character called "Unable Seaman Johnson", LOL!
There is enough material. They produced 13 seasons 6 or 7 epsodes per season and epusodes were between 45 and 60 minuts long. So they produced over 50 hours of material. The show contained comedy sketches, musical numbers, short movies and detectives.
Two comedy legends. Rest in peace. We will always remember them
Yes. We will always remember them. 🙏
Ronnie Barker isn't deliberately messing with him, he's just a basic labourer on a building site fetching a list of supplies for his boss....I think and can't communicate very well. But it's pure genius word play.
The only American that I’ve seen so far who understands this sketch, and finds it funny!
It's funny, I have to do more.
Of the Two Ronnies' work, (there's a LOT of it), one of the very best is a sketch called 'racing duck', where they both invent two whole new characters for the length of it, once again.
Both of these men succeeded in TV series where one was the star: Ronnie Barker in 'Porridge' itself a pun on prison slang for 'stir' meaning 'doing time' meaning in 'prison'.
Also 'Open All Hours' about a miserly, stuttering but entertaining shopkeeper and his shop-boy and neighbours.
This ran for many years and has a sequel 'Still Open All Hours', in which the shop-boy inherited the shop and the same actor still runs it (the possibility that the shop-boy was an illegitimate son was an -ongoing joke).
'Clarence' was less successful, but he is essentially a 'handyman' who can fix almost anything, but is 'handicapped' as he is almost unable to see or hear what he's doing or his customers.
Barker also made several TV movies around the idea of a ex-rich lord who opens his country house as a hotel (later copied as 'Fawlty Towers').
Ronnie Corbett made TV series as well, such as 'Sorry' around a small, kind, intelligent, apologetic man who still lives with his mother and attempts to escape her.
Racing duck or Argentinian racing pigeon?
In the old hardware shops they would sell anything, everything, if you wanted 1 nail they would sell it to you, its a sort of everything store
That was their last ever show Ronnie Barker retired. Ronnie Corbett Look out for their sketch with John Cleese and another sketch with Stephen Fry. Sadly in 2005 Ronnie Barker died and sadly in 2016 Ronnie Corbett died.
They had a show full of sketches that went on for years.
many youtubers don't show the ending part, happy to see you did, the crossword sketch is another good one - no matter the one's you do watch / react to, hope you enjoy them Tysheen / love your reaction ❤
Tysheen, Ronnie Barker - the customer in this sketch - was just about the finest comedy writer ever in the UK, and wrote quite a bit under pseudonyms. That level of writing skill just seems to have disappeared, sadly. Very pleased it gives you a simple, genuine laugh!
It hasn't disappeared at all! There are excellent comedy writers working today. John Finnemore, for example, is an absolute genius!
@@quasarsphere You're quite correct about John Finnemore of course, but I think that there are too few like him. In fairness, those responsible for commissioning this type of work are perhaps looking over their collective shoulders these days and seeking out work that sits more on the left of things, and can tick every box at every occasion. Not an easy skill for a writer to master, I would imagine. And there never used to be any political slant to family humour on television did there - not even Yes, Minister - but we're all slaves to it these days. The first series of Spitting Image was hysterical, the latest attempt an abysmal failure because the writers were constrained by 'modern' considerations. I wonder how much brilliant work we are destined never to see or hear because someone decides it isn't reflective enough of current thinking. Sad. Regards
I’m so happy that you “got” this. A lot of the jokes go over US reactors heads, due to some of the Britishisms involved.
Two comedy legends, the man on the right was a comedy genius and a prolific sketch and joke writer, he was also what you might call a wordsmith and loved to play with the language.
I remember a sketch where he created an entire conversation consisting of words each represented by a single letter of the alphabet.
Ths Two Ronnie's----- pure gold . They were on TV for years . 🇬🇧
It's a play on words lol and well done for understanding.
The store shown in this sketch is an old fashioned British corner shop (so named because they were usually on the corner of a street). They were like a general store which sold many different kinds of items from behind the counter as shown here.
This type of store has mostly been phased out in the UK in favour of the mini-supermarket type of stores we see today.
Yes TYSHEEN that's them at end two British legends and bill hooks. Gag at end means bollocks one or two clerk said
There used to be actual stores like the one in the sketch many years ago
The Two Ronnie "sweet shop sketch " is funny. React to that one 😃
Tysheen if you liked that you'll also like this one from Ronnie Corbett on his own, similar wordplay czcams.com/video/kAG39jKi0lI/video.html
The Orange gag, 'try it on Orange', Orange is a mobile operator in the UK
Just one more reason for you to pack yer bags and get over here, British comedy is the best.
They were meant to be, bless them. They’ve done loads of stuff together. One of the iconic pairs of British comedy. Very clever. Catch ya soon 😉
You caught on really quick that it was a play on words and pronunciations. We tend to drop our H's hence the confusion over, hose, hoes and 0's. The bill hooks at the end is a similar sounding word we use when cursing, you say b*lls, we say b*llocks.
The sketch was from the 70's, and at the end were the 2 Ronnies more recently recapping some of their popular material.
The expressions on your face were priceless.
Ronnie Barker, Britain’s (and therefore the Worlds) finest comedy Actor/Writer. No one comes close. He became the character with each new role, and you instantly forgot the others he did, he was a complete chameleon.
Do check out their “Sweet Shop” sketch…!!! Very funny! Also the “Confusing Library”.
The Two Ronnie's are true British comedy legends, sadly both of them have passed away, Ronnie Corbet starred in a sitcom called 'Sorry' & Ronnie Barker starred in Porridge ( a sitcom set in a prison) and Open All Hours ( a sitcom set in a corner shop)
Love how you understood this sketch, unlike a lot of people who react to it. What made me laugh was even after the Tins Of Peas, you were surprised at them selling shoes in what you thought was a hardware store 😂.
Shops like this used to exist in the UK, maybe before my time, but just small shops that sold absolutely everything.
The 2 Ronnie's were prime time for over a decade in the UK. Ronnie Barker also wrote and starred in some successful comedy series (porridge, open all hours).
And agree with others many US reactors don't get the whole sketch but you got it!
I have to check out more of their work, Theses guys are funny. 😂
Tysheen, have you reacted to the Only Fools and Horses clip with Del Boy and Trigger in the wine bar? Also Del Boy and Rodney as Batman and Robin. Lols galore!
The Mastermind sketch is brilliantly written and well worth watching - although it's *very* quickfire, and has a lot of cultural and political references that a lot of British people won't get, let alone someone from the US. But I'd love to see what you make of it!
Ronnie Barker was the writer of the sketch but in his generosity he's actually allowed diminutive partner Ronnie Corbett the entire glory in this sketch. His timing is the stuff of legend and it's never better than here.
The ambiguity of language and pronunciation. Slow burn humour. Their marching band kit is very clever
I recommend 'Racing Duck' and 'Crossword'. You might also like to see them playing 'Jehosophat and Jones'.
This is one of the best
I agree
Loved your reaction...You need to react to "My Blackberry Isn't Working" by The Two Ronnies.
The phantom raspberry blower of old London town and the racing duck
I`ll tell you what I`m going to do now. I`m going to tell you how it was back then, living and growing up in northern parts of England in the `70,s. It was great. It was marvellous, and that`s that !
We were the free- est kids in the world.
See The "Two Ronnies Mastermind." Available in YT.
Pretty good reaction you got 90% of it. At the end “billhooks” rhymes with “bollocks” (balls).
The Two Ronnies are the masters of short comedy sketches. Very much beloved comedic duo, sadly both are dead now. BUT their legacy lives on, entertaining people worldwide.
Their work will live on forever.
Must repeat what others have said in that you are the first American reaction that understood first time the complex and many British accents . One of those accents involves the dropping of the letter H at the start of a word hence ...Fork Andle , and also the T H [which can become an F as in fort meaning thought] .
Nomination for the Crossed (telephone) Lines sketch.
They have lots of material
Hardware shop in the uk they sell anything
Love your reaction. But Ronnie Corbett's character (the little one) probably isn't the equivalent of 'the clerk', he's probably the owner, hence his reaction at the end.
Try the Two Ronnies “The Strange Case Of Mrs Mace” and “Boring Accountant”
The p's, with the 00s spells a rude word. 🇬🇧 😅
Tysheen. Just accept that this is a comedy sketch, a segment of one the the most successful shows on British TV. It is simply a "Play on words" to show how the English language is so diverse. So please just forget about "What YOU would do" and accept it as a comedy sketch..
Hi Tysheen, if you do more of The Two Ronnies, how about The Argentinian Racing Duck!
Hi Tysheen a great sketch by the two Ronnie's is PRONUNCIATION PROBLEMS its hilarious, hope you react to it
Try the 'Ice Cream Parlour' sketch.
Please react to the Crossword sketch with these two! They have so much to delve into but some of their sketches were so brilliant on wordplay that it can take a few seconds for the joke to sink in. They were masters of quick wit and intelligent humour. Both passed now though, bless them.
Pure class...
That is them, but it was much later
10/10 for that reaction, you must be a Brit and not know it. Belated Happy New year.
He could have said it more specific from the start but then you wouldn’t have an irate shop keep or a skit.
it is nice of him at the end to explain the ending of the script was obscure ,even many brits wouldnt get it , i didnt ,we dont even know what bill books are
5:30 i wouldnt care ,i get paid per hour and go home on time regardless how awkward a client is :) i work in retail and the second my shift ends i drop everything and say " sorry sir/maam my shift ends now "
If you like when people don't understand each other, there's a clip where some norwegians make fun of the Danish language (it has English subtitles, and they speak english here and there).
czcams.com/video/wGGX5gmwVbA/video.html
They have 100's.
Both now sadly gone.
Oh noo ☹
ALLELUIA ! AT LAST someone with the intelligence to play the WHOLE clip. You would be amazed how many reactors miss that studio sequence and so do not get the "Bill Hooks" original joke. as "Bill Hooks" sounds like the British swearword "Bollocks!" lol The Guy explaining WAS the writer and the customer in this and he was so popular that he sent scripts in for years under the pseudonym of "Gerald Wiley" because if The Producers knew it was him then they would automatically accept the script as he was a comedy genius. The show that ran for a long time was called "The Two Ronnies" and there are endless brilliant, clever sketches of them on here.It really WAS their last show and the writer died not long after sadly.
Watch open all hours with Ronny Barker. You will recognise his nephew.
Last off the greats
😂😂😂😂😂
careful with 70s comedians, its a deep dark hole that will suck you in.....till eventually you meet bernard manning.......
Omg. It’s just a sketch. A play on words. It’s just to make you laugh
Would you like to react to the movie Tarzan The Fearless? It's on CZcams
When comedy was really funny, i dont see anyone can make funny videos anymore.
You planning to react to movies?
Sweetshop isn't that funny, imho. Try Mastermind sketch - absolute gold
Billhooks sounds like bollocks.
This is so old, both Comedians are Dead.
🇮🇪🇪🇺
I've never found this funny. It's a one joke sketch that increasingly grates on my nerves as it goes on, and has no comedic pay off.