Two Ronnies - Seaside Songs - Ices Ices Winkles Whelks and Crabs

[crazyoboist]

No just strawberry, choc ice or vanilla!

[FinalFreek]

out of interest what the ACTUAL name of the tune they use for "around the peier" becuase a acapello group called "Coope Boyes and Simpson" use it in one thier CDs

[Zeebrugge1918]

@FinalFreek the tune is "Mademoiselle from Armentieres", an old song sung by the Tommies in the First World War based on an older French soldiers' song

[RosciusAtrox]

I don't remember this from the original shows. Thanks for giving me a good laugh!!

[mujawooja]

They were always brilliant in everything they ever did.

bernie

[BodderzUK]

I agree @jonniog88 - gorgeous!

[JONNOG88]

Saw this BBC 1 last night.

Still humming it now.

Dam, there's some fit women on this.

RIP

Ronnie Barker. Thanks for the laughs.

[grimTales1]

They also use Oh I do Like to be Beside the Seaside, My Grandfather's Clock, and Titwillow (from Gilbert and Sullivan). I don't know the others (Funiculi, Funicula aside).

[Jez32uk]

@grimTales1 they also use inky pinky parlez vous , i wish i knew which song forms the bevvy of beauties bit .

[Azreal667]

I don't think this is their funniest song, but it is by far my favourite. The tune is catchy, the lyrics are perfect, and they're both using their singing voices to their fullest potential.

They're not just comedians, they're artists! :-D

Rest in peace Ronnie Barker. We'll miss you.

[ladyenjolras]

Can someone tell me the name of the song they're using here? I know it's an opera aria, and I'm going nuts trying to remember!

[crippmeister]

@ladyenjolras There's several, I know the one at the beginning and the end is Funiculi, funicular by Luigi Denza

[Geshreeyeh]

I recognise that beach, but I don't think it's Brighton. Maybe it's Hove or Portsmouth?

[wasp27]

@Geshreeyeh Probably a combination of all 3, with a bit of Morecombe and Margate thrown in...very good for a studio set! ;oP

[davidjshirley]

I moved to the US 5 years ago and this is my way to explain to my children of 2, 4 and 6 what it means to be English.

[Freethinking2010]

Just fantastic. Pure talent. Forget about all those unfunny new comics on BBC/ITV who use obvious comments as "humour". The Ronnies' generation beats them all hands down.

[Daveh01]

They all get tutti fruitti and my winkle's in demand!

[ChildOfTheWilderness]

The Two Ronnies along with Flanders & Swann were the best at writing comedy songs

[nasa06]

Ronnie Barker said " I hated writing the scripts but i loved writing the songs"

[Stereovaccine]

The absolute highlight of my week when I was a kid. Still as funny now.

[Gillyyorkie]

This is PRICELESS! Thanks for posting

[Waterwings1978]

The actual date that Ronnie Barker was 3 October 2005 and was aged 77 if that is any help to anyone. Ronnie Corbett you can find doing the voiceover for Ant & Dec's Push The Button on a Saturday on ITV1.

[lukes01]

The best comedy duo ever! Comedians, musicians, writers - they have it all!

[fartman11]

the best double act ever in the buisness legends

[rossmcl177]

wonderful.

[kevkonk]

brill...

[swirlykid229]

soooo funny

[napsuta]

There are other good comic duos but none to match these 2 'The 'Two Ronnies'

Ron Barker (taller one) wrote a lot of material for the shows. He died last year and England lost some of its smile.

Thanks for posting this

[VideoChannel08]

Ronnie Barker died in 2005, not last year.

[Cool2BCeltic]

@napsuta I'm pretty sure Ronnie B would have written this one. One of his hobbies was collecting saucy seaside postcards.

[bigpmc]

@napsuta indeed its a shame that he often wrote under a pseudonym so unless you are a fan its unlikely you will know that he wrote a lot of the stuff. Apparently he was always fond of tongue twisters-like the mispronunciation sketch

[Bushflare]

@napsuta

To us, these two were, are and always will be two of England's greatest heroes. They never won war medals. They never went to Vietnam and fought for the right to be free. But they brought joy to millions of people for decades and even after Ronnie Barker died we honour him every day with every laugh we have because every single giggle we give and get makes us happy and in the end... that's what these two devoted their lives to. Making the world just a little bit brighter.

[MidnighWolf]

They really are geneius!

And they can probably spell it right too...lol

[hvjs123]

Brighton hasn't changed...!

[topbon2ndvalve]

"...look at big Betty who's fond of spaghetti, she's built like a jetty and married a peer..." I nearly spat my coffee all over the computer screen, genius!

[DoubleOhSammy]

Well I nearly pissed myself when he did the line about everyone dying for a pizza....LOL

[topbon2ndvalve]

Most of these songs were written by Ronnie Barker, what a genius! A true wordsmith!

[skitzitilby]

fantastic!!!!!

they are briliant

thanks for the memory of Xmas's past

[senseit2007]

Hilarious! Thanks for posting!