American Couple Reacts: Two Ronnies: Four Candles & My Blackberry isn't Working! First Time Reaction
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- American Couple Reacts: The Two Ronnies: Four Candles & My Blackberry isn't working! First Time Reaction!! This is our first time reacting to The Two Ronnies! The 'Four Candles' sketch has been the single most requested video we've been asked to do since we began CZcams! We thought we would add a bonus second video of "My Blackberry isn't Working' and we are VERY happy we did! These were absolutely hysterical! Great writing and clean comedy! Who knew? You all did! Thanks for sharing this with us. We're just sorry we didn't do it sooner. We hope this starts your day off with a laugh! There is an important, special announcement regarding our channel at the end of the reactions. Don't miss it! Please drop us a Like and consider subscribing. Thanks so much to all of you! We truly appreciate you more than you know!
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Go For Friday..
I'll definitely be there...
The two Ronnie's along with Morecambe and Wise were comic genius, the way the comic timing was played out between the funny man Ronnie Barker and the straight man Ronnie Corbert was genius literally genius
Go for Friday!
Check out The Two Ronnies Sweet Shop Sketch.
11:30...I'm afraid this kind of store is long gone in the UK too but was very common all over the country when I was a kid (in the 1970s & 80s). I know you said you weren't gonna do many tv reaction vids but since you seemed to enjoy 4 Candles I still feel obligated to recommend The Two Ronnies 'Racing Duck' sketch but obviously if you can't or feel disinclined to do another reaction then I quite understand 😉😊🥰
Something I wanted to share with you ..I am from UK and on a holiday in Mozambique genuinely went into a store...well shack...with the intention of buying candles...we had a power cut and no electricity. I asked for four candles and the locals fell about recreating this sketch. Thousands of miles from where it originated.
Reminds me of the story of Tommy Cooper on holiday in Cairo
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thats awesome
That's Gold!!!😂😂❤
I think you’re the first Americans to get that it’s supposed to be ‘bollocks’ at the end, great reaction!
Awesome!!!!!! But really?
If you go back and watch the bit at the end Ronny Barker explains the last joke.
@@neilgayleard3842 there was nothing at the end, it ended showing them but then went off immediately
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow 👏👏👏👏
Tbh I’m not sure all Brits would get the end joke - especially because not a lot of people will have heard of bill hooks, so it’s easy to get caught up wondering what they are and thinking there’s a deeper, more cryptic meaning to the joke, than just plain old “b*llocks” 😂 😂
You guys have no idea how loved those two guys are in the uk. They were comedy legends
And absolutely NO vulgarity.
Ronnie Barker often wrote school-boy vulgarity into his sketches. John Cleese said that this was his only slight criticism of Barker's humour - John specifically said that RB tended to go a little bit "Benny Hill" at times. And I agree. It's a small criticism, but the "haha - look! it's a pun about titties!" aspect takes away from the world class genius humour at times.@@darthbuzz1
@@garethm3242 Benny Hill Show was pretty outrageous for its time as well. Many people considered it a fairly low form of humour and he had a pretty divided fan base about it.
I think Ronnie Barker tried to include the Benny Hill type fans, as they were in competition being active TV shows at the same time and all fighting for ratings.
Monty Python had its moments, but I was never really taken with them. Each to their own, I guess. I have no criticism of them, they just weren't my style.
Benny Hill was funny to a point and just got dull as the show wore on with some good moments, but the Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise I found were generally more amusing and talented in general.
Four Candles was written by Gerald Wiley, who provided many sketches privately for Two Ronnies. Wiley was, in fact, Ronnie Barker (the large male shopper). Barker was a genius - a writer and an actor who could play comedy and serious drama equally brilliantly.
So true… watch porridge another genius series.
Most, if not all the writers listed in the Credits were in fact Ronnie Barker.
@@malcolmhouston7932 Except for Spike Milligan and some of the Pythons
Barker once said that he received a letter from a hardware shop owner, who went through a very similar experience, and gave him the basic idea for the sketch.
Barker used a pseudonym as he wanted to avoid preferential treatment when he submitted scripts. It went unknown for years that "Gerald Wiley" was really Ronnie Barker.
Four candles actually happened to a real hardware store owner in the early seventies. He wrote a letter to ronnie barker telling him about it and he loved it so much he wrote the sketch.
As a prehistorical dinosaur, I remember stores like this. A true Aladdin's cave.
Thanks for providing some history behind the sketch. I'm not surprised it was voted their best one ever
That other guy is Harry Enfield. Another legend of UK comedy.
I didn't know that.
Harry Enfield came to the fore in the 1980s. The 'Blackberry' sketch updated and played homage to '4 candles'. I think it may have been on annual TV charity extravaganza 'Comic Relief'. When comedy actors break into laughter, it's also known as 'corpsing'. Peter Cook used to love making Dudley Moore corpse. I recommend Pete & Dud's art gallery sketch. That's even older!
This sketch is so iconic that when Ronnie Barker passed over, his funeral procession carried four candles instead of the usual three. 🙏🌹
And when Ronnie Corbett died, the churchwarden carefully put four candles on the altar for the funeral.
🥰🥰🥰
Just proves you can be really funny without crude, swearing and belittling people.
It’s very clever and funny.
Yet still occasionally swore and belittled people.
@@RichWoods23 No shame in having a small ... dongle (ahem)
The blackberry sketch is very funny but, for me, there's something very emotional about it too. It goes beyond paying homage to the man who taught them everything they know. It's almost like he's there in the sketch himself. Ronnie Barker left a very deep impression. Especially on other comedians.
Yes, this was not long after Ronnie Barker's death and is a sketch in his style on a one-off show called The One Ronnie. The other comedian with Ronnie Corbett is Harry Enfield, who has had several superb sketch series of his own on the BBC over a long period.
I absolutely love the BlackBerry sketch, and The Phantom Flan Flinger of Old London Town. Great guys.
@@christinebrassey7877 It was the Phantom Raspberry blower of old London town - written by the late, great Spike Milligan x
I know I’m biased but I love our British sense of humour and comedy.
Glad you enjoyed it x
Why should that be biased as Brit and also Dutch, you can even get a super combination humor.
As a Brit I love it when you get the British reverences like the Bill Hooks / Bollocks pun.
British comedy in the 1960s 70s and 80s used a lot of ''double entendre'' and innuendo which is great if you are not into rude or vulgar comedy, and it was a great way that the ''mums and dads'' could laugh at edgy humour, but the kids wouldn't get it, so it's very family friendly. A great example of this is the ''Carry On'' films or Dick Emery.
Apparently it was originally "Ball Hooks", but that was considered way too risqué, back 1970's Britain, to go out on air before 9:30PM, so it was reluctantly changed to Bill.
I thought it was “pillocks”.
@markdenio4537 Barker also commented that they prepared a version with door _Knockers_ that also got stopped by the censor as the assistant, who came out to replace Corbett, was a very well endowed young lady
Ooh yes...love both, carry on films and dick emery and benny hill
You had two comedy duos who were top of their game at the same time. ‘ The Two Ronnies’, ‘Morecambe and Wise’. Inspirations to so many comedians that followed them.
Definitely try the Morecambe & Wise "Grieg's Piano Concerto" sketch. Probably their best sketch, but there's loads of great stuff by them, particularly from their BBC series in the 1970s.
Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng were pretty funny too, although their partnership was very much short-lived though.
@@marquonukby Grieg?
To a whole generation in this country four candles / fork ‘andles is a thing and it still unfailingly raises a grin, even after decades. One of the most famous comedy sketches of an era. I don’t know if you have seen Morecambe and Wise doing their singing in the raining but if you like clean silly humour, it might appeal. Not word play, but still very charming
This sketch is so famous it has its own Wikipedia page. At both Ronnie's funeral the normal altar decoration was replaced by 4 candles. Their show was stuffed to the gills with intelligent humour like this. They even had an episodic mini series within the show featuring the PI duo of Piggy Malone and Charley Farley. And who can forget the Spike Milligan co-written The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town.
All highly recommended.
Phantom Raspberry Blower is brilliant. Has Spike's hand all over it 😂
@@Steve-gc5nt you make it sound as though he assaulted the sketch, well done sir 🤣
Ronnie Barker was a prolific script writer. He used to submit scripts to the "Two Ronnie's" under a false name so that they would be accepted under their own merit.
Don't forget The Worm That Turned, featuring Diana Dors.
I had a crazy ginger cat many years ago who I named "Charley Farley".
Ronnie Barker died in 2005 and Ronnie Corbett in 2016. The shopkeeper in the later sketch is Harry Enfield, a legend in his own right.
Ronnie Barker, died in 2005, Ronnie Corbett, died in 2016, Ronnie Barker (the Fat one) wrote the material under another name Gerald Wiley when writing sketches because he wished the pieces to be accepted on merit and not just because he, as a star of the programme, had written them; he continued this tradition with the material he wrote later in his career. Ronnie Barker was also famous for his work on Porridge, and Open all Hours
@@nilgor70 No offence intended it was a description on which Ronnie was which
Exactly, Porridge where he played opposite his co-star Richard Beckinsale, who sadly passed away aged just 31. Richard had two daughters, Samantha and Kate Beckinsale,
@@glenmartin7978I he was the cuddly one❤
I first saw that sketch when I was a little boy, and here we are forty odd years later and I still laugh when I see 4 candles anywhere. Its like an ear worm. Loved it.
So glad you guys are checking out some comedy. It's a huge part of English culture. Sadly both Ronnies have left us now. There was a large team of writers, including Barry Cryer, who dies earlier this year. Ronnie Barker (the annoying customer) also wrote a lot of the sketches, and fora long time he did so anonymously... Even the production team did not know he was the writer.
One must see Two Ronnies sketch is mastermind. A really good example of the traits you admired in these sketches... Simple, clever and perfectly delivered.
Mastermind is my favourite as it's such a great use of language but it hasn't aged well. Lots of 1970's cultural references.
Bollocks is a magnificent onomatopoeic word.
He wrote his sketches under the name Gerard Wiley
As funny and as famous as this Two Ronnies sketch is, it is Ronnie Corbetts priceless acting that makes it legendary. My entire focus is on this guy and his reactions.
As always its about the interaction between them. Ronnie B playing dumb and staring at his every move whilst Ronnie C finds it increasingly hard to conceal his anger
A personal fave of mine.
The Two Ronnie's were a national institution so many clever well written and performed, especially the musical numbers.
Yes, seen this many times and still laugh! Another one is Only Fools and Horses. I laugh every time, especially the chandelier scene and when Del Boy falls through the bar. Worth a watch if you haven’t already.
Deffo the best of their scenes … followed closely by the blow up dolls … classic xx
@@pauline54721 omg yes, a classic! Honestly has to be one thing I never get bored watching.
The bar sketch is classic.
@@jeanninehochet so many to choose from. A show I never get bored of watching.
If you say four candles to the vast, vast ,vast majority of British people you will get a reaction of joy. I think if a person doesn’t react to it then they are probably not British.
You did get bill hooks right.
Or just to young to have seen it .
If young people have not been exposed to this by their parents then they have been neglected…
Maybe within a certain age group, but it's that long ago the majority weren't around or forgot it. 1976! I was around but memory rather hazy to then 🤣
Those of us from "the colonies" get it too
You did very well to get "bill hooks" correct, their comedy was always clean, love your channel xx
The 2 Ronnies were never vulgar, but did use a lot of innuendo, and yes as others have pointed out, you did get the ending, and well done for you, very few Americans get it.
The second video featured Harry Enfield who has had his own comedy sketch shows. One of his recurring sketch characters was made into a movie called "Kevin and Perry Go Large" which did get some play in North America.
Unfortunately both Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker have now passed away.
Odd bit of trivia: Ronnie Corbett (the small one) was good friends with Alice Cooper.
Alice Cooper had great taste in friends, he knew Groucho Marx too
And David Cassidy! Alice Cooper played golf with him & others
Four Candles has been voted the best sketch ever.
If you go to buy candles in the UK and they ask how many, the answer is always 4!
It was written by Ronnie Barker (the customer in this sketch) under the pseudonym Gerald Wiley, he put the scripts in and they were played and he got paid, he didn't tell the it was him for years!
Ronnie Corbet was the shop keeper, Ronnie Barker passed in 2005 & Ronne Corbet in 2016
They were both national treasures.
The Blackberry sketch was after Ronnie B had either retired, or it was after his death.
Harry Enfield was the shop keeper, a dong is slang for a man's appendage!
I really didn't know Ronnie Corbett had died, the end of an era...
@@daveofyorkshire301 he passed away almost 6 years ago sadly, march 31st 2016!
Thank you so much for writing that… was all going through my mind, but glad you saved my fingers! Ronnie Barker… still miss his comic talent even now.
This is comedy gold!
A brilliantly-worded masterpiece written and performed by the late, great Ronnie Barker alongside the equally late, great Ronnie Corbett.
Great choice 😁👍🏻
The same Ronnie corbet that wouldn't open the school fate in kind that he attended as a boy without being paid a professionel fee
@@keancv Oh come on. Do you believe that all celebrities do every public appearance for no fee?
@@alicemilne1444 it was a school fate, to raise funds for the school that educated him. Might that be too much to expect???
@@keancv It might if he had no good memories of the school. Or if he was cash-strapped at the time. Entertainers don't have a regular income.
@@alicemilne1444 regular income, depends. If you want a regular income, a bit obvious. If he had a bad time at school, the old royal high I've never heard of it, a possibility all the same.
The Two Ronnie's always had that clean humour. Ronnie Barker ( the big guy ) usually wrote the sketches but Ronnie Corbett also contributed.
I’m surprised you were recommended this so much because it was first broadcast in 1976. Just shows how much we Brits loved these guys I suppose
Natasha got the 'Billhooks' pun spot on....pumps is an old fashioned name for, what some years ago, were called Plimsoles...basically a canvas gym shoe....you're getting good ladies, another tick towards your honorary Brit citizenships! 😉
Plimsoles precursor to sneakers.....
NB! Pumps are footwear different to the US form
Now called trainers
Nope. Pumps are soft leather shoes for dancing.
@@corydorastube ...now female shoes with a small heel...in the UK they were a canvas beach/gym shoe which preceded the plimsole/tennis shoe back in the day....you can actually see them in the clip.
The Two Ronnies were never vulgar - sometimes saucy though! The guy doing the shopping is Ronnie Barker and he was the genius who wrote the sketches - an absolute master at play-on-words! The frustrated shopkeeper, and again in the Blackberry sketch as the customer, is Ronnie Corbett. Sadly both are now deceased and the level of 'comedy' has dropped 😥. GO FOR FRIDAY! A suggestion: the world knows that the UK gave them Shakespeare, William Wordsworth and many other great writers and poets - but a popular current favourite poet is a lady (now in her 70s) called Pam Ayres. Not 'classical' but her poems are both observational and humorous which together with her distinctive rural North Berkshire accent justifies her being affectionately known as 'the people's poet'. A married lady, a good poem to react to would be "They Should Have Asked My Husband".😅 I'm certain that once you've reacted to Pam Ayres you will get lots of suggestions of her many other poems to try! Take care ladies.
Another vote for Pam Ayres here
@@DanFre40 I wished I'd looked after me teeth.
I met Pam Ayers in about 1997 when she was in Australia. I was expecting a small woman having seen her on TV many times as a kin in the 70's. She looked me right in the eye. I'm 6'4". She's very tall. I'm a huge fan I can quote many of her poems.
Pam Ayres for Poet Laureate!
The larger gent was Ronnie Barker, who was the main scriptwriter, although they did a lot of writing together, occasionally with other contributors. Their main style of humour was always sketches with lots of plays with words & VERY cleverly written. The smaller gent was Ronnie Corbett, who survived Barker by a few years, but has now passed away as well. They both worked separately from each other in lots of other comedy shows, but were most famous as a very popular double act. Well worth checking out their many other sketches on CZcams! :)
The "other" contributors were all Ronnie Barker.
@@malcolmhouston7932 Wrong. Yes, Ronnie B wrote many sketches under the pseudonym, Gerald Wiley, but there were many good sketch writers on their show, including John Sullivan (of Only Fools & Horses fame), Spike Milligan, David Renwick (One Foot In The Grave), David Nobbs (many TV credits), Barry Cryer (also many tv credits including Kenny Everett shows), and several other writers including a few of the Monty Python team.
@@malc2558 Tim Brooke Taylor and Graham Garden as well
@@malphadour I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue
The Two Ronnies.. were national Treasures! They were the best double act Ever!
They were a fantastic comedy duo. You should watch their songs, they're incredibly clever.
Totally agree with you on that
Four candles never gets old. Cheers from the UK!
I cannot tell you how many times in my life growing up in London from the sixties until now i have watched this particular sketch. The enjoyment i get from this is watching you ladies reacting 👍
This is the first time I’ve come across you and I’m looking forward to seeing more of your reviews.
Kind regards, Les.
Two of our finest comic actors . Not comedians but with brilliant actors’ timing. Sheer brilliance.glad you loved it.
I used to work for a large hardware store chain and they actually used the four candles sketch as a training video about understanding the customer and learning to have patience.
But no, you never see those old type stores now that have everything.
The 4 candles sketch is used a lot in customer service training as a humorous demonstration for the need of clear communication and understanding when dealing with customers
My boss needs to watch this. His comms are rubbish.
I've got a certificate from a customer service course which used this video.
You just have to accept that some people will talk and talk without actually telling you what they want.
Got to love working with the public.
Absolute kings of comedy, so many great sketches but this is the most famous. Their word play was ridiculously good.
One of the best comedy sketches made by the Two Ronnies is "The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town" it lasted 4 or 5 episodes that were shown as a part of their Comedy show. They were great especially for me as it was shown on a Friday night when i went to stay with my Grandparents, great times.
"Orange" was a mobile phone network, so "Try it on Orange" means trying the Blackberry on that network. If you want to see the genius of the original Two Ronnies , you must watch the Matermind sketch, a take off of a genuine serious TV programme....
and there are still blackspots of signal across the country
I like the swear box sketch. That's beeping funny.
Back in the day, "pumps" were like trainers - shoes you'd wear for exercise. Also, check out some other Two Ronnies sketches, Ronnie Barker (the Four Candles customer) was a master of wordplay and wrote a lot of the sketches under an assumed name. In particular have a look at the mispronounciation sketch, and the Water pub. He was also a very accomplished actor, and it's hard to believe all his roles were played by the same person. Have a look at Norman Fletcher in "Porridge" and Arkwight in "Open All Hours" as a comparison.
Pumps are plimsolls. Cheap slip-on trainers that kids wear to do PE in primary school. We used to carry them with our PE kit in a homemade drawstring pump bag.
Being Britain, there are regional variations. Some called them plimsolls exclusively.
He was also the voice of the judge sentencing Norman Stanley Fletcher to yet another jail term.
in Wiltshire we called them daps!
Watching you two react to comedy is an absolute delight. I thought I was the only one who found that rather nonchalant drop-kick ridiculously funny.
A true comedy classic. No matter how many times you watch it IT still has you rolling with laughter.
The drop of the letter H is the norm for some people living in parts of London . So handles becomes "Andles " and hose becomes Ose etc:
My first time seeing you two here and loved your reaction to 'The Two Ronnies' infamous sketch '4 candles'. These 2 guys did comedy and serious acting between the 2 of them for almost 100 years. Just so you know the second sketch included the wonderful Ronnie Corbett..asking about his blackberry..now on the other side of the counter. He was the original stressed out shopkeeper in the first sketch..just so you know..
Hahaaa…Well Done You ! Almost no one spots that last joke 👍✨ Thanks for sharing, and yes, someone recommended Morcambe and Wise’s Andre Previn sketch…I recommend it too !! 😁
There is a slightly longer version of that with them at the end at the desk explaining that they had since thought of a better ending. The show was celebrating 25 years (I think) of "The Two Ronnies" (Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett) and they were picking their favourite sketches. Another classic is Crossed Lines about two men on two different phone calls, but it is like one conversation.
I read somewhere that Ronnie Barker (who wrote the sketch under his pseudonym Gerald Wiley) was never happy with the ending as it was obscure. The new ending had a woman coming out saying "what kind of knockers are you looking for".
The Two Ronnies were from a period of British television replete with superb variety comedy.
Their 'Mastermind sketch' is genius and Ronnie Barkers mangled language sketch's a tongue tying hoot.
May i also recommend a comedy duo, that to my and many others were the greatest of them all. Morecambe & Wise.
Just too many classic moments to mention, but two that spring to mind are the Breakfast sketch & their take on the song 'Singing in the rain'.
Solid, clean variety entertainment. A Joy to watch.
Tommy Cooper!! Needs to see him in action....
@@margaretflounders8510 Bloomin' genius
You nailed it !! Obviously you have been educated by person or persons who have a well tuned ear for subtle comedy !
In my experience, 35 years resident in the US and 20 years on a cruise liner that carried mostly Americans.
People like yourselves are, regrettably, few and far between and I am delighted to have found you both. If I may paraphrase the group “Steelers Wheel “ “stuck in the middle with you”Tube.
Now I have to find a play list for you and start binging.
The 2 Ronnies are a fine example of Great British humour.
Another one to try is an Irish comedian by the name of Dave Allen, if you have not done so already.
Please keep up the good work you are doing. I sincerely thank you for it!
Rod
Thank you for posting this. I grew up on Four Candles but I'd never seen the Blackberry one before and you're right it's cunning, daft and funny too.
Well done on getting so many of the smaller details in the 4 candles sketch, having gone over much of the difrances in UK vs US and regional diolects really does pay off, you even got the bill hooks bit and that one escapes a lot of English people as well, think you got the double entendre of dongle in the blackberry sketch as well, so well done! Seen so many American reacts to these and other British sketches where many of the funniest parts just go flying over their heads and they unfortunately missout on the fuller fun of so many sketches so it's good to see some Americans getting the deeper parts of British humor.
Pumps in U.K. are sand shoes, plimsoles, gym shoes... Love the show... 😊 🇺🇸 ❤ 🇺🇦 ❤ 🇬🇧
The Two Ronnies were British comedy legends. Their humour was clean but priceless! Loved seeing your reactions 😊
Four Candles is My favourite comedy sketch of all time .
Great reaction ladies !
glad you found these funny, all three chaps are comedy gold. and the four candles sketch is legendry. the two Ronnies are a national treasure and managed to create very funny sketches while keeping them pretty clean.
Both also did very funny sitcoms. check out: porridge, open all hours and Sorry!
go for Friday
The bit just after where the Four Candles sketch ends featured a bit where they discussed the sketch ending. Ronnie Barker (the larger man) explains he wasn't happy with the obscure reference and vulgarity of the joke (billhooks are little bit like machetes, and yes it a play on bollocks). Barker rewrote the scene so that the assistant taking over is a very buxom woman who asks "What kind of knockers are you looking for?" (you get door knockers, but knockers is also a slang word for breasts).
I grew up with The Two Ronnies...used to watch it with my Dad and we used to laugh our heads off back then. I will always find this sketch hilarious. It's a classic.
You two make a lovely couple. I really like your videos. I love watching Americans react to anything British 🤣 p.s I'm British 🙃
Go for Friday! I'll definitely be watching as I love all your videos! My favourite Two Ronnies sketch is 'mastermind', it's SO clever!
Natasha you nailed the B*llocks ending to the first video, well done 😄💜
It was easy tho! Bill Hooks just looked like Bollocks the way it was written plus all the misunderstood words
Both the Ronnie’s have passed away, Ronnie Barker in 2005 and Ronnie Corbett (the shorter one) in 2016. The second skit would’ve been filmed sometime in between that time. The Four Candles sketch was from way back in 1976.
The Two Ronnies - national treasures in the UK!!! These two gentlemen were giants in comedy here in the UK and they are sorely missed!!!!❤❤
Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett are the UK's favourite comedy duo and are geniuses! You may be a little late to the party but welcome. If you stay with The Two Ronnies, you will never be disappointed. It's always end-of-the-pier type humour which even Grandmother loves! Go for Friday, girls!
Love the two Ronnie's. I have 2 of those shops close by to my home. I'm 54 and I remember going in them with my mum as a small child. I use both of them regularly and they are still in the same families.
Greeting from the uk ladies so pleased you worked out the Bollocks bit well done. Love your channel.
Hi I only recently saw you both watching the funeral of the Queen. It's so nice you are enjoying our sense of humour and you did really well. Hope that doesnt sound patronising. The Two Ronnie's were very very popular and their humour was very special. As you have been told both Ronnie's have passed away now. So it's nice to see these clips again xx
Go for Friday
Loved this reaction the two Ronnies were a big part of my childhood xx
You ladies are great! You've got this spot on, as you do with everything you react to about the UK. You should pay us a visit,you're a breath of fresh air. x
Watching this, I can hear my dad laughing it never got old. Two clever guys ❤
I used to love the song they always did, I think it was near the end of the show. It always involved costumes/wigs/make up & again, very clever play on words. The 2 of them dressed as 80s Boy George is one that I particularly remember 😍
You're the first American reactors I've seen who got the final line of the first sketch, so well done! They later came up with a much better final line and I think they mention it in an interview somewhere. It was knockers instead of billhooks. Both Ronnies have passed away now.
Thank you guys, you always brighten up my day 😊. I am a huge fan of the Two Ronnie’s they were incredibly talented. As a child I especially liked “The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town”.
I love the idea of your new Friday videos, I too love to dive down those internet helter skelters discovering new things.
I loved tuning in on Sunday night to watch the "phantom raspberry blower of old London town.
The writer of the Two Ronnie sketches was mostly Ronnie Barker (the larger partner) who wrote as Gerald Wiley. You were spot on with your ‘bill hooks’ interpretation.
Well done on getting the 'Bollocks', ladies. The two Ronnies were incredibly popular in Australia as well as Britain. The skit was so popular that Ronnie Corbett's (the little Ronnie) local pub renamed themselves the Four Candles. The other Ronnie - Ronnie Barker was brilliant at spoonerisms, and is well worth a look at.
The Two Ronnies, were two of our greatest comedian acts here in the UK. Four Candles is considered to be one of the funniest sketches ever, and a great play on words. In fact, the Two Ronnies often played on words throughout their time together. Sadly both are dead now. But their genius lives on.
The Two Ronnies are comedy Legends in the UK. You need to watch Morecambe and Wise Andre Previn sketch, perhaps the finest single comedy moment on British tv.
Hello from Scotland. This might be the first of your videos I've watched but really enjoyed it. The best bit about the Blackberry clip is when the other comedian is cracking up. That comic is Harry Enfield. He's been going since the mid 80's and has had quite a few successful comedy series on TV in the UK himself. Often partnered with Paul Whitehouse I saw Harry and Paul live in Glasgow and their show was fantastic.
lol you nailed it! so much fun watching you both watch our TV Classics.
Definitely go for Friday. Love that idea for you to do stuff that you find interesting, will give a bit of variety and we’ll get to know you guys a little more too.
ronnie barker the bigger guy wrote all thier materia under a pen name and subnitted it annonymously. It was only when he announced he was retiring he came clean. Their comedy was never vulger but just close to the edge of naughty innuendo. The occasssional reference now may not be PC but it was never meant to insult. Another great play on words is their Mastermind sketch. mastermind is a quiz which has run here for donkeys years. Contestants anser question on their own specalist subjuct then general knowledge. Some the reference wou may not get as they are very britsih but still genius. I'd recomend watching it then after followers have explained anthing you didnt get watch it again. Other may mention it but at the funerals of both men the coffins were flanked by 4 alter boys carrying what else, 4 candles
No he wrote the four candles sketch under a pseudonym to get it a fair hearing, then after that he did become quite prolific in sketch writing but before that script four candles he seldom wrote anything.
Mastermind is brilliant.
His pseudonym was Gerald Wiley.
@@enkisdaughter4795 Thank you. I knew it but it wouldnt come to me at the time i posted the comment.
I’m from England, I’ve watched sooo many times, I still laugh until I have tears running down my cheeks🥳
Well done on getting the last pun of the first sketch.
A Billhook by the way was an old agricultural implement, it was basically a large knife shaped a bit like an inverted letter J, the sharp edge being on the inside of the J, commonly used for hedge laying, a process of trimming the field boundary hedges by partially cutting the larger stems and folding them over, so that the hedge would grow intertwined with the adjacent hedge plant.
These were brilliant.. I remember them from way back 🤣🤣🤣...... yep... you got the end right ✅
We still have a general hardware store like this in our town, they're less common these days but there are still a few to be found.
Ours after over a 100 years is now an Italian Restaurant, now I buy everything off the internet.
Yes we have one in Wallsend North Tyneside. Owned by an Indian couple,
Ronnie Barker plays the role of a hardware store/ shop keeper in the comedy show 'Open All Hours'. One of the best comedy shows ever made in the UK. His co star is David Jason from 'Only fools and horses' and they both have starring roles in 'Porridge'. These 3 comedy shows would be in the top 5 of every Brit's favourite comedy shows. And Harry Enfield plays the shop keeper in the blackberry sketch. He also had his own sketch show called 'Harry Enfield and Friends'. That would also be in the top 5 of most Brits' comedy list. Especially from the 1970's - 2000's
"Fork Handles, Handles For Forks,"
Possibly the most well known and repeated line in British comedy history.
What time is it Eccles? The goons.
Don't tell him Pike!
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Am from the UK and I couldn't stop laughing at your reaction to Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker sketch for two four candles keep up the good work girls love you
Firstly, you are one of the few to get the "bollocks" joke at the end. Ronnie Barker (the tall one) was more of an actor and used to be one of the main writers. ronnie corbett (the short one) was the comedian. Slightly inderrated but it was often his reaction that gave the joke the punch. Barker was very good on word play. I think (but am not sure) that the blackberry sketch was part of a tribute to RB. Harry Enfield (a gifted actor/comedian) plays the RB role. Sadly both RB and RC have both passed on.
OK, I've caught up! Great reactions ladies. Just a note...I have a feeling if Debbie goes into an Apple store with an actual fruit, after the sales assistant has rolled their eyes, they're gonna ask one of two questions. 1) Are you British?! or, 2) Are you a Two Ronnie's fan?! 🤣🤣
Trust us, they wouldn't have a clue who they are. But we'll bring it to America 🇺🇸
These two were so funny, The Two Ronnies was a very special show and the second sketch was Harry Enfield, also a comedy legend, they made mainly comedy sketch shows. Pumps are what we used to call trainers. A billhook is a type of machete tool called an edge tool; a tool with an edge that is generally used to cut green wood (living wood - wood which hasn't dried). and yes they did mean "bollocks"
Would you believe I'd never seen the Blackberry sketch before.
Natasha and Debbie.
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😁 Thank you so much for watching ❤❤
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Soooooooooo impressed Nat got the 'Bill-hooks' gag!!!
We really find it hard to believe that everyone else hasn't??
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Everyone is too young on your channel. But well done girls.
I know you may be fed up with suggestions - and might even have done this one - but the other great comedy pair of that period was Morecambe & Wise, and their greatest sketch involved Andre Previn who was at the height of his stardom. Easy to find, it's often known as 'Playing all the right notes'. Even if you don't do a show on it, just enjoy!
Seconded!
It is a legendary sketch. Previn had no time to rehearse, given his hectic schedule, and read the script for the first time in the back of the car on the way to the studio. Eric Morecambe, who was the ultra-careful one despite his nutty stage persona, was desperately worried. Previn, though, was brilliant. His comic timing cannot be faulted, and there is a point in the sketch where Morecambe acknowledges it. Look at the renowned BBC orchestra behind them, genuinely laughing. Previn said that ever after London cabbies would shout out lines from the sketch when they recognised him in the street.
@@Badgersj I saw the sketch quite recently for the first time in ages, the orchestra behind cracking up was one of my favourite bits!
Andre Previn even dressed up as a BUS conductor, pretending that after the sketch that is what he ended up as. He was a very good sport.
@@derningtona Another one no longer with us. Heaven must be getting fun.
Genius and absolutely well done. The two Ronnies were CLASS!
yes - spot on about the "bollocks" gag at the end of "fork handles"
Hardware stores like this are rare nowadays but you can still find them in some small towns.
my ex-father-in-law ran a DIY/Hardware shop in the east end of London in Hackney. One day he was visiting a friend in South London who also ran a similar shop.
Ronnie Barker - the big one, came in. Ken, always a really funny guy, had loads of anecdotes of the funny things that had happened in his shop over the years, & told Ronnie about them....
A few weeks later, he got a cheque - which is still uncashed & now framed - as a thank you.......
Orange was a big cellphone company back in those days.
Ronnie and little Ronnie were/are national treasures and regularly had audiences of 28million (roughly half of the entire population of the UK.)
It was also notorious for 'black spots' - localised areas without coverage.
Another great programme , the 2 Ronniess where Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, the small one , sadly both both have passed now . The tv series ran in the 70’s and 80’s and was hugely popular .
If Debbie likes it when performers corpse , consider watching Peter Cook and Dudley Moore , they are hilarious.
Or the pet shop sketch live from the various Secret Policemen Balls, which I think the overall tone of those charity stand up shows from the 1980s will be right up: Natasha and Debbie's street.
When I bought my first home in 1993 in Shipston on Stout, in Warwickshire there were two old style shops in the town. The first was a hardware shop there the two brothers running it wore the brown cow-gowns as worn by Ronnie Corbett in the first clip. The second sold women's cloths and haberdashery (British meaning), there was not much on display as you would see these days, but there were plenty of sets of draws and I can only imagine what the stock room looked like. When you walked in you just asked for what you needed and the woman who looked to be in her 90s knew which draw to look in and brought a selection of garments to the customer. I remember my Nan had been looking for flannelette pyjamas and my mother managed to purchase some from this store.
Both closed within a couple of years of me arriving in the town, not because there was a lack of customers, but the owners were retiring well beyond the normal retirement age, and seemingly there was nobody willing to take on the businesses.
It's always great to see someone laugh at things you find funny. Great vid lovely ladies If you want to watch more Two Ronnies sketches, I could not recommend more the 'Name Droppers' which is another play on words sketch and the 'Round of Drinks' sketch.
The bigger guy is Ronnie Barker, he died in 2005, and the smaller guy is Ronnie Corbett who died in 2016. If you watch 'Name Droppers' you'll need to remember the small guy is Ronnie Corbett!!
@Catkin I agree with you - I think the Round of Drinks sketch rivals 4 Candles for top spot imo.
Natasha, you got the ending spot on but Ronnie B was always dissatisfied with the ending and many years later thought of a "better" but ruder ending. After Ronnie C takes the note off him he gives it to a chesty female and she says "Right, what size knockers (a slang word for women's breasts") would you like!!!