Ted and Ralph - part 2 of 4 (from The Fast Show)

[chrisfercheetham]

The greenhouse sketch is probably the best one. How Ralph starts out by having a go at Ted, feels remorse halfway through at having had a go, and changed it so that it was in fact his fault! Fantastic.

[hardcoredub13]

a fire??? what a life you've led

[gamesbok]

It's rather better than 'Broke Back Mountain'.

[marginallymental]

The Drainage In the Lower Field....best excuse ever.

[Queenofdeathandevil9]

"HE KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS!" XD Priceless! xxx

[BexBissell]

"HE KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS!"

Lmao, brilliant.

[Eztoez]

the great this is, is that Paul Whitehouse is actually a very good actor. I don't think a pure comedian would be able to pull off the full range of emotions portrayed by the charater of Ted, particularly pathos

[Eztoez]

The greenhouse sketch is pure genius

[robert140602]

@Eztoez

One of my all time favourites too mate :)

[techstyle123]

mrs ted lol

[PeteGeeza86]

A collection of sea food poched in a.......

LMAO!

[ClearlyBlazed]

i love 7:28 lol

[paul20motorbikes]

One of the best bits of comedy ever written...simple as....

[robert140602]

The greenhouse sketch is on a par with any comedy scene ever written.Absolute class.I cried laughing at it.Brilliant.

[FranBMan]

Ralph sounds like he rehearsed that speech.

[CakeholeCat]

My 3 favourite Ralph & Ted sketches have to be: the silent one where Ralph walks up and can't actually drum up the courage to say anything; the Greenhouse one where Ralph talks himself out of being cross with him; and the absolute best *ever* Fast Show sketch, the Drinking Game. ["turnip n-dead" KILLS me.] Also, I love how they were initially more ambiguous [the tina turner... you didn't know for SURE how Ralph felt] until later it became more obvious, lol. Adore these two.

[ExidoSutrin]

I could just cry! Poor Ralph! xD

Hilarious, though.

[Lutsch]

anyone know the which song is in the background when Ted's wife is burried? it's the last episode of the thirth season. There's some classical music in the background when Ralph is talking to Ted and when they leave the cemetery

[skippyisirish]

someone here said it was elgar nimrod

[pwalker88]

It is a piece called "fantasia on a theme by thomas tallis" by Ralph Vaughn Williams - beautiful and sad at the same time, totally fitting for the scene, i thought

[rkzenrage]

I love this stuff, but the canned laughter ruins so much of it!

[DragonNexus]

I don't think it's canned.

I've heard enough of BBC canned laughter to identify it (seriously, they have, like 6 laughter tracks).

This was from an age when the BBC filmed the show, then played it in front of an audience to get a genuine response, instead of requiring an audience to laugh at the same bits over and over if a take went wrong.

Of course, NOW they just use canned laughter...and that really does drive me insane.

[nonoo]

Brilliant!

[paul1979uk]

Love the greenhouse sketch, Ralph just doesn't have a nasty bone in his body does he.

I still don't get it though, is it unrequitted love or is Ted the father figure he's always wanted and he's just trying too hard to break down Ted's over developed sense of proprietry? I suppose that's what's so clever about it.

[FranBMan]

Absolutely. Presumably it's a combination of those things. I think Ralph is Gay and therefore his initial desire for a father figure as a child developed into a sexual and emotional attraction (Ted literally being the only man in his life).

The greenhouse sketch is inspired. Give Ralph long enough and he'll somehow divorce Ted of any blame. Again, I think that's what's so clever about it. He completely hero-worships Ted.

[Queenofdeathandevil9]

lol! My favourite sketch is the Greenhouse! So funny!

[GunnerGraham]

The sketch involving the heating of the greenhouse,is my favourite.Absolute class.

[taketheleftone]

too funny, every scene.

[taketheleftone]

too funny, every scene.

[Danialla137]

thank you for the videos :)