Between 1971 and 1987 Messrs Barker & Corbett made 93 episodes of The Two Ronnies spanning twelve series. They absolutely dominated Saturday night TV, pulling viewing figures most weeks around 18.5 million - quite staggering. Yet for vast majority of the populus their prolific partnership seems to have been distilled down into one sketch they recorded in 1976. Yep, you know the one.
But they were so much more. Take the Sweet Shop for instance. Admittedly it runs along similar lines but this time with the shopkeeper/customer roles reversed. It's one of my all time favourites.
The Two Ronnies - Sweet Shop (1980)
Don't remember that sketch at all. They were brilliant at this kind of thing.
ReplyDeleteGreat writing. And great performers. It's all you need.
DeleteI like the one where the increasingly tiddly Ronnie B tries to order a round of drinks:
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Priceless!
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