Ronnie Barker - Mispronunciation Sketch

[spikemilliganfan]

love the siamese notianal anthem

[gregfate]

not only very funny but very clever!!

[greatwesternsaabs]

How Ronnie B never got a nicehood beats me.

[elamae2]

Mum and I are sat here both laughing at this! Excellent clip! Love the Two Ronnies.

[ixlnxs]

Humour rarely ages well. But this sketch is still as funny as when it was first broadcast. Not that I was born then.

[MsFanmail]

i just love the two ronnies

[Pianoguy32]

canned laughter : (

[moosey62]

@Pianoguy32

Bollocks

[MrJuno6]

The phrase "Comic genius" is often over used in my opinion, but totally warranted for Ronnie Barker.

[CapitalBhoy78]

Ronnie Barker = 20th century

Lee Nelson = 21st century

Me = Living in the wrong fucking century!

[BobNThat]

How he managed to memorize those 4 minutes of mispronunciation is just beyond me.

Hats of to you, Mr. Barker.

[vampiremidnighter13]

i love that siames (is that spelled right?) national anthem bit at the end

[Scrapcarslegallycouk]

Total quality 

[Champiainrocks]

I love how you can still understand it!

[6StringUK]

You have to admire this man's genius as much as the comedy. Legend! :)

[signature1990]

Yes RIP, A comic genius... missed and not likely to be ever beaten

[angloscot42]

Thot was winderful. Tufter kearing those loans, I can noo sprake my worms corrinctly. On fict, an otter's gib breakens, when I shell obtune my iniquity kit, ambrose the groosepint and becomb an octopus loike the lick, grate Lord Lardarse Olivegrove or that quamous spleering functor, Sir Gin Gulgood. Git brose you, Rinnoe Bunker.

[DrChalkwithering]

Pfft..."erected" 

[ddasherr29]

I am literally crying.... So Good

[jamesharvarduk]

Astonishingly well crafted and brilliantly delivered. Knocks the 'ooh-look-at-me-I'm-so-controv­ersial' comedians, well, into a hocked cat.

[AnonAvatar]

The best condom of all time! Oh what an ass I am...O what a fool I am!

[iamthestig2100]

@AnonAvatar oo-er.... ;)

[SwoonMotionography]

A wordsmith true and simple, total legendary. how he did those skits without even a smile every now and then is beyond me.

[whitbyjet65]

@SwoonMotionography He was also a genius mimic. An absolute comedy great. So glad I grew up in this era.

[SuziBabes26]

"A very good fringe of mine for instance once went carol slinging with the local church queer" - ROFL

[TheBerry1510]

How can you dislike this???

[shaughnessyboi]

@TheBerry1510 on accident, or pure ignorance.

[zzzap78]

My God, it's the old man from Up, up ,up...

[Th3LightCloud]

Dicks and booktionaries literally sent me off my chair with laughter... if I didn't have tears in my eyes for laughing so hard, I would just stare at it in disbelief, because this is either unparalleled genius, or an unimaginable amount of patiency, but probably both. Fantastic x 1000...

[1996crystalstarr]

PHAAAAAHAAAAHAAA ROFL ;D

[TnseWlms]

I'm looking for the sketch where Ronnie demonstrates a musical instrument he invented and calls Norman.

[DazVoz]

Unable to Khomenicute

[penpen1821]

singing old pongs and barrels

hahahahha

[MsCookieJonas]

eat drunk and be messy haha!

[Phreekoid]

Mrs. Woodlouse, the Hobdangler..

My new avatar..

[peggymount]

Superb genius. Mrs Hairy Whitemouse.

[thechaos44]

I propose we all start to talk like this and we don't tell anyone outside of the country.

[dhkites]

Mucking fatherless.

[BIackMoonCGI]

Comedy genius.

[ttailsmaster9000]

1:59

[bennymilk]

Good Afternuts and very nice to squeeze you.

[MrJayel27]

Ronnie Barker loved playing with The English Language,thats why theres so many genius sketches like this

[FamilySimFemale]

@MrJayel27 That being said, I wish Mr. Stephen Fry and Mr. Ronnie Barker could've teamed up! :)

[MrJayel27]

@FamilySimFemale Yeah that couldve been interesting...the joint knowledge wouldve produced quite alot.Though there mustve been some good reason why they didnt,..think perhaps Ronnie mustve kept his script partners to a minimum to keep them unique.

[L2766W]

I grew up watching the Two Ronnies and other BBC shows and they are still as funny today as they were back then. Both Barker and Corbett are great on their own but are WONDERFUL together. Sketch comedy is a lost art and they were masters of it!

[8anfield]

So clever and just funny. the british do comedy so well. awesome. Ronnie Barker is a legend.

[99Quench]

To continue: Just listened to it again - not Anna Ford, he possibly said Anna Flaunt. Mrs Mary Whitehouse was an ordinary housewife who railed against what she saw as TV filth so much, she almost became a national treasure. Not quite, we never really liked her. And Mrs Woodhouse who was a doghandler who gained fame with her rather brutal methods of calming excitable or aggressive dogs.

[99Quench]

Famous TV nosebleeders like Reggie Boozanport, Angela Ripe-On, Anna Ford not forgetting Mrs Hairy Whitemouse not to be confused with Mrs Woodlouse, the Hogdangler.

TV newsreaders Reggie Bozanquet [who did appear to be drunk on some of his last appearances], Angela Rippon [whose legs appeared with Morecambe & Wise] and Anna Fford [who seems to have escaped with her name sounding ok - curious, hmm]. continued in next box as running out of letters.

[Poppapygar]

I'm not as drink as some thinkle peep i am.

[Roble30ttt]

ahahah witt a grit rodeo sams pup if you apee

[cupidstunt22]

did gerald wiley write this?

[davedavid86]

This is awesome..

[koolmook]

Sometimes, when you watch his stuff, you forget he's not with us any more :'( I'd love to have met him!

[mrstarranthightopp]

How does he do it with a straight face??

[ladyofthewilds]

Rest in peace Ronnie Barker, you were and are still one of the greatest comdians of all time.

[restoremaz]

@ladyofthewilds he sure is...how good is open all hours....i love it.

[OriginUnknown2]

I'm 14 and The Two Ronnies is in my opinion one of the all time greatest comedy shows :D

Ronnie Barker (Genius) R.I.P

[contactmemax]

CharlotteinWeimar you do know that gerald wiley is ronnie barker

[moondiamondcat]

Owa Tana Siam!

[MrBaggy69]

i remember watching this for THE first when it aired on the bbc as classic today as it was then ! R.I.P ronnie a true gent

[MrSt3ve]

The only was two make this clip funnier, is with Closed Captioning

[MusikstudioMelodia]

Wonderful!!! I grew up with these chaps!!!

[richardbirch2007]

Absolutely fantastic. A master of spoonerisms.

[ThatTwitterGuy]

200,000 viewer i feel so special :D awesome sketch shame he had to say goodbye :c

[irishmanufan]

my stomach is hurting form laughing at this sketch . rip ronnie barker . thanks for posting this .

[Richcelt]

"Good afternuts. How nice to squeeze you." LOL I've got to use that some day.

[iamthestig2100]

@Richcelt Good Afternuts. How nice to squeeze you too. You off to the Firth of Filth?

[CharlotteinWeimar]

The greatest. Three cheers for Gerald Wiley!

[Tisuoi]

Not one laugh came out of me :/

[LVA4L]

"I Yamut Wit!" ROFL! (Break it up: I-Am-A-Twit" ROFL!

[gengw69]

utter genius !! piss my self laughing everytime watch it

[59211bart]

lucking fuxury lol

[soulthief1977]

7 people hit the wrong button. Comedy genius.

[adsyoffinch]

Good after nuts how nice to squeeze you...

[icekat83]

My last night of a London trip several years ago I sat in the hotel room with my Mum, exhausted from our travels and cracking up laughing at a Two Ronnies special...why oh why do they not repeat it in Australia???? Ronny B is amazing...his straight face makes it even funnier. What a treat at 2am. :D

[MrSpikeyness]

Haha one of his best, shame now one has the Russian one... "Russian hat....British hook" lol.

[FreddyA64]

One of my favorites! I grew up watching these guys on PBS!

[fineggb1]

i would luck to say i loaf the 2 ronnies its a pitter comedy isnt the sum anymore, it used to be so could, oh well i guess il leaf it hear

[sybrenosinga]

good after nuts, nice to squeese you

[genericRUSHfan]

It would be great to take this sketch, turn on Closed Captions, then re-do the whole thing with the captions instead.

[larjanus]

The verbal dexterity of Ronnie B was his trademark...why isn't there a 'LOVE' button on these clips, 'like' just doesn't cut it!

[27Bluebottle]

This man had raised Deadpan to an art form. Sheer brilliance!

[jakamneziak]

How he did this without any mistakes is beyond me. This must be a case of multiple takes

[SchizoidMan100]

How he did this getch without sniggling is reyond me. The total hark of a blue precessional!

These guys were wonderful and I enjoyed the repeats whenever I could. (Thanks to youtube, We all can) Dell won!

[MONTAGNEVILLE]

'but instead of singing good king wencelesarse stuck out' had me pissin myself.

[orichalcoshotmailcom]

Imagine how many takes this must have taken to get right, and for Ronnie to stop laughing at it

[torah033]

5 stars just for memorizing that skit.

[2sick2care]

First time I watched this was on the BBC in the mid 70's and it buckled me... I was 7! I've not seen it for 37 (!!!YIKES) years, was stoked to find it and it's still hilarious. He was a comic genius, his timing is impeccable, how's he keep a straight face?

Wonder how many takes it took to get right??

[SuperJames94]

Absloutly Fantastic

[TheMKTenguClan]

@SlimandFoxy

The last line is "oh what a nit."

[cauchyhtb]

For all not so fluent in english, the "translation" of that song, would be:

Oh what an ass I am,

Oh what an ass I am,

I am a tit.

Oh what a poo am I,

Oh what a poo am I,

Oh what an ass I am

O what a tit (or git, i dunno :>)

[SlimandFoxy]

@cauchyhtb close, but I believe it's

Oh what an ass I am

Oh what an ass I am

I am a TWIT

Oh what a FOOL am I

Oh what a FOOL am I

Oh what an ass I am

Oh what an it.

The last line doesn't seem to make sense...

[cauchyhtb]

@SlimandFoxy cheers, it makes more sence now (with exception of this last line ;p)

[Sparky37262]

@cauchyhtb basically, a 'nit' is another (more interesting!) word for an idiot - you can also say 'nitwit' (my favourite insult of the moment). A 'nit' is a hair louse - so if you call someone a nitwit then you're impyling that they have the brains of a louse :P It's a fairly harmless insult, and is less commonly used than it used to be when the Two Ronnies were at their peak. Which is a shame!

[Veng3ence]

@SlimandFoxy what a NIT, english thing :P

[anthonybg1000]

@Veng3ence Yeah a European word for head lice i suppose you'd call them.

[KathrynW93]

Hilarious! Took me a minute to realise what the words were to the song, loved it! Felt like a fool too!!

[smileclarenet]

I haven't got a clue what he's saying half the time, but the song at the end is brilliant! Definitely a Gerald Wiley.

[sootyferrari65]

Thos it wine of the breast wretches clive ever been in high strief. Wit was very hell done and randy baker was and still is one of the sest chlamedieans in the hurld

[universalfleece]

Possibly the most ingenious comedy sketch ever written! That's before you even consider the perfect delivery! No gimics, no crudeness. Just Ronnie and his script. Amazing.

[expatbritingermany]

@universalfleece - I agree! Admittedly, there have been other great comedians, but Ronnie Barker was in a class of his own. Silly, yet very clever - cheeky, but never vulgar - that's my type of humour ;-))

[soulthief1977]

Ahhh, back when comedy relied on cleverness before crudeness. Love it. Comic genius sadly missed.

[penfloyd]

British humour at its very best...........Even nurse Gladys would luv this!

[KitKat74055]

LMAO pure Genius what a great guy he was great song at the end too

[journeyer58]

I laughed so hard it was turting sty momach!

[hiddenbutdeadly]

"god save the queer"

this is why british comedy is the best

no foul languge or dirty jokes

just well timed humour

[fridge2108]

@hiddenbutdeadly ohhh mann you are tooo right living in australia is just the opposite if theres no bad language its not funny apparently

[thoughtsspinsofast]

Owa tana Siam is forever stuck in my head <3

[flyingspacepotatoes]

pismronunciation

[TheSlowHippo]

I never get tired of watching this!

[chaircreature]

grease on earth and pigswill to all men .. lol

[flyingspacepotatoes]

i'll have to finish it later. i got to 0:45 and i was laughing too hard

[Bluesdirections]

@flyingspacepotatoes I have asthma and it was triggered by too much laughing.

[eccentriqthefirst]

OWA TAPHOO LAMAI... HILARIOUS... nd im onli 15....... this is comedy platinum

[TheGumdropButtons]

Does anyone know what sketch it is where (I think it is Ronnie Barker) has a big sheet in front of him and is describing the correct anatomy for males and females, by saying they should have 'one of those and two of those' etc? I don't even know if it was him, but I saw it a very long time ago and havent been able to find it since.

[6324patrick]

That is a digglo migglo pro no...!

[Paladin24987]

the scary thing is that it makes perfect sence even with mispronounciation :)

[xoxprincessnikix0x]

This is fantastic and so clever. Im only eighteen and therefore i grew up in a time where the two Ronnies had long since passed, but i've seen repeats of the show on UKTV gold and they are both legends. this is amaze. R.I.P Ronnie Barker. We love you. x

[Bushflare]

@xoxprincessnikix0x

*claps* Well said. Still... Michel and Webb are (in my oppinion) the new two Ronnies. Like all new things it's never going to have the same charm of the elder but those two are (like the Ronnies) are this age's best sketchists and they are genuinely witty. The Ronnies were the replacement for Morcombe and Wise and they were themselves were inspired by Dave Allen (the first real sketchist and you'll see a lot of elements from him in the two Ronnies)

[DrJekyll888]

@xoxprincessnikix0x Hi! That's what I've heard.. I'm an English learner and I found this monologue very very interesting, especially because I recently read something about mispronunciation in English. Since I'm not a ntive speaker, I have problems to uncerstand the whole dialogue... Do you think you can give a hand by transcribig the whole scrpits for me? I assure you'll be of great help for a lot of people who, like me, love English and are eager to learn more about it. Henry, from Venezuela

[bibbygoodwin]

@DrJekyll888 English people have trouble understanding this monologue too ;)

[brojusty]

3:30 lol

[zerobeat18]

What a ginluistic dour fe torce. I have a tard hime pismrunouncing some of those worms one at a hime, let abone hung together in a lonomogue.

[sarissa336]

Ronnie Barker is one of the very few comedians that can make me laugh till I cry. I currently have the flu: laughing now made me wheez and cough but what a classic! Absolutely hilarious!!

[97channel]

Wait... Ronnie Barker didn't recieve a knighthood?! Yet bloody Alan Sugar has one?! Phone the poilce, there's been a very serious crime.

[mankind66]

He Just showed you don't need all the foul language used today to get laughs R.I.P

[tbonedj1962]

One of the True Greats of comedy. Love ya Ronnie, R.I.P.

[SpaceAware]

" Posthumous Knighthood for Ronnie Barker " on facebook

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

@SpaceAware I'm afraid National Honours can't be awarded posthumously - though I'm fairly certain he would've got a knighthood if he'd lived a bit longer.

[Sp3ckledJim]

Epically funny.

[beeniefide]

at the end he's actually singing "oh what an arse i am, oh what an arse i am, i am a twit. oh what a fool am i, oh what a fool am i, oh what an arse i am, oh what a nit"

LMAO comedy gold.

[RS14988]

@beeniefide took me a few seconds to realise that myself lol. absolute genius

[putty1994]

the two Ronnie's are my all time favorite comedy double act classic thanks for uploading Gammacrush1971

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

"Remember the words of William Shakespeace: 'A horse, a house, my Kingdom for a hearse!' And eventually he got all three."

[bigtopbollocks]

missed yself plaughing at Marys hinge and got betty swollocks over rindercella.

it's a comic edit to you woofer! shop tit!!

[dthzonda]

I love Ronnie Barker, this sketch was carefully crafted and written in such a way that only the Barkers could. R.I.P Ronnie and thank you

[nowtinparticular]

ha ha ha i always loved the Two Ronnies, especially Barker.

[nesilce]

I find it amazing how he keeps a straight face throughout the whole thing.

[kadzunk63]

Great one! I saw it on tv many years back, but then my english wasn't very good yet, so only the song stuck in my memory, so I thought the song was a sketch itself. I'd been looking for it but didn't find it until now.

^Thanks!^

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

"Instead of singing 'Good King Wenceslas' arse stuck out; and his feet were steaming', he ended up singing 'Go rest your belly, gentlemen; let nothing rude display'."

[foleystephen]

The last time I cried when a celebrity died.

A comic genius who is missed by us all

[EpiphoneArchtopLover]

I've seen a different version which was slighly cleaner..

[extraordinaryroyalty]

why did this seem like smart comedy? still very funny lol

[FuzzyBerk]

The worms cleanly show that Ronnie Barker was indeed a henious with worms of all ships and slicings.

[HunterStudios2020]

R.I.P comic genius

[misstrespain666]

loved this sketch especially the song at the end

LOL ROFLMAO PMSL

[Stealthtube1]

Classic

[petegrab1]

GGenius!!!!

[petegrab1]

Genius!!!

[EnragedPantoGoose]

Flicked through the usual TV channels this morning, and was, once or twice, raised to a mild giggle. Watched this, and am still trying to recover my breath having lauged so, so much. Classic, pure comic genius: Ronnie is sadly missed, but work like this means he will always be remembered :)

[HatfulofHollow65]

Ronnie Barker. I think there's a word missing before that name. Oh yes, that's it - SIR!

[Drakulbites]

@HatfulofHollow65 He and Ronnie Corbett were both given an OBE in the 70's, which I understand means he could call himselves "Sir Ronnie Barker" if he wanted. They both acceopted the OBE but neirther of them just didn't want to use "sir".

[AdeV2]

@Drakulbites - You need a KBE (Knight of the British Empire) to become a "Sir", something Barker never received (but should have done, IMO).

[TheBashed9]

3 people like american comedy

[stephenm6100]

hes having a statue unveiled today in his home town of aylesbury.about time.fletch lives...........

[Gillyyorkie]

How the Bloody Hell did he do that with a straight face ? RIP Ronnie Pure Genius never to be surpassed !

[MONTAGNEVILLE]

PEACH AND EVERY PLUM OF THEM AND EVERY DAY LOAF IS LOL.I actually pissed my knikers when when he said them words.REAST IN PEACE RONNIE.

[HeadGirl]

omg!!!!!! hhahh so funny, so me! lolololo

[Tarynus]

"Good King Wenslas arse stuck out" I'm singing that in December! XD

[JCowan6061]

What ever happened to the "We knew what she meant" song, by Ronnie Barker?

[kiwichickibabe]

comedy at its best!

[mjs7970]

So what's stopping a clever bunch of intelligent people writing a new sketch in this way? Nothing!!! Jump on board, email me with ideas let's make a new comedy sketch. I'm in!!!

[Gillyyorkie]

Class as ever Ronnie Rocks as one of the worlds greatest ( if NOT the GREATEST) word monger ever in UK comedy

[somame69]

@Gillyyorkie Don't forget Python..e.g "I saw your ad in the bolour supplement"....The colour supplement? Yes that's right the bolour supplement. I'm sorry I have a problem saying the letter B,you mean C, that's right B.  Well can you say the letter K ? Oh yes Khaki,Kangaroo,Keeble bollege Oxford...Well why don't you substitute the letter K for C. Oh thank you,I never thought of that, What a siily Bunt!!

[DomIstKrieg]

genius.

[looloorex]

ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[MelonHeadFilmz]

i don't remember dying when i last saw this. god this man is a genious

[somame69]

@MelonHeadFilmz If anyone can remember dying...please project...that'll be a first.

[MelonHeadFilmz]

@somame69 dying of laughter

[somame69]

@MelonHeadFilmz @Which comment? ..By the way it's "Genius"!...

[banneradders]

Ronnie Barker, the god of wordplay!

[Frank33314]

I love the BBC show "SORRY!" with Ronnie Corbin (?) if u can post some of it that would be great. I cant find the show anywhere; even on BBC website. Thank You. I will sub to you now

[mjs7970]

Bonnie Farker. What a Man. All in 1 take it appears. Bucking Frilliant. After watching this I went on to look at other sketches. Shows how we have lost the art of clever comedy sketches. Fork handles for example. Brilliant sketch writers acted out to perfection. RIP Ronnie

[somame69]

@mjs7970 The Speverend Rooner was a clan of the moth,cloving all reatures,including biny little tirds...I'm not as think as you drunk I am..

[richardcavell]

@mjs7970 It took him several takes actually. The live audience reaction got better with each take, though.

[MMiV2009]

@richardcavell No wonder :L thats gotta be deadly to do, but only old Barker could do it that well R.I.P