Gazza Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 I liked the Two Ronnies and RB in particular. Others were; Steptoe & Son, Up Pompeii, Till Death Do Us Part, Q, Michael Palin's Ripling Yarns(?), Pete and Dudley (Not Only But Also(?)), The Worker, Citizen Smith, probably many more that I can't think of at the moment. I never used to like the 'Carry On' films when I was a kid but wouldn't mind watching them now if only just to see some, or perhaps most, of the now departed Brit comedians. Thanks for all the laughs guys past and present. Credit also to the oft unsung heroes of BritCom, the scriptwriters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Mist Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Open all hours, was my favourite, goodnight Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insight Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 A classic I can hardly remember from Porridge years ago went something like: Fletcher: I knew a boxer once. Played too many fights - got to him in the end. He was a shell of the man he used to be.... Mackay: What happened to him? Fletcher: He became a prison warden RIP Ronny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachcomber Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 .oh for some more of the genius of doddy hancock round the horne the navy lark dads army are you being served perrin allo allo bernard manning morecombe and wise i'm sorry i havent a clue victor meldrew fawlty towers etc etc. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes the oldies are the best. Some of these gems are being aired on BBC Prime (UBC) and BBC Radio 7 which is available on - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain . I enjoy them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessorFart Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 When I ttry to think of great sit coms of the last 20 years I run out after naming 10 or so. Compared to the 60s and 70s where I could go on all day I think thats a shame. Last 20 years I can list Red Dwarf Father Ted Black Adder League of Gentlemen The Office Bottom The Young ones Only Fools Drop the Dead Donkey 2.4 Children Now I'm struggling, which is bit of a poor turnout for 2 decades. If I were listing great comedy from the 60s and 70s I would be here all day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxexile Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 spike milligan !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 How come nearly all the 'Classics' are from the BBC? ITV had the likes of Benny Hill and ermmm......errrr.....have I just answered my own question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udon Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 Did you know that Ronnie Barker wrote most of the scripts under an assumed name.? What a brilliant Pommie to lose.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TizMe Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 When I ttry to think of great sit coms of the last 20 years I run out after naming 10 or so. Compared to the 60s and 70s where I could go on all day I think thats a shame.Last 20 years I can list Red Dwarf Father Ted Black Adder League of Gentlemen The Office Bottom The Young ones Only Fools Drop the Dead Donkey 2.4 Children Now I'm struggling, which is bit of a poor turnout for 2 decades. If I were listing great comedy from the 60s and 70s I would be here all day! Better take the young ones out of your list. They were more than 20 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Received this in an email today thought everyone might appreciate it In memory of a great man. Ronnie Barker RIP. -------------------------------------------------------- This was originally shown on BBC TV back in the seventies. Ronnie Barker could say all this without a snigger (though god knows how many takes). Irony is that they received not one complaint. The speed of delivery must have been too much for the whining herds. Try getting through it without converting the spoonerisms [and not wetting your pants] as you read ... -------------------------------------------------------- This is the story of Rindercella and her sugly isters. Rindercella and her sugly isters lived in a marge lansion. Rindercella worked very hard frubbing sloors, emptying poss pits, and shivelling shot. >> At the end of the day, she was knucking fackered. The sugly isters were right bugly astards. One was called Mary Hinge, and the other was called Betty Swallocks; they were really forrible huckers;they had fetty sweet and fetty swannies. The sugly isters had tickets to go to the ball, but the cotton runts would not let Rindercella go. Suddenly there was a bucking fang, and her gairy fodmother appeared. Her name was Shairy Hithole and she was a light rucking fesbian. She turned a pumpkin and six mite wice into a hucking cuge farriage with six dandy ronkeys who had buge hollocks and dig bicks. The gairy fodmother told Rindercella to be back by dimnlight otherwise, there would be a cucking falamity. At the ball, Rindercella was dancing with the prandsome hince when suddenly the clock struck twelve. "Mist all chucking frighty!!!" said Rindercella, and she ran out tripping barse over ollocks, so dropping her slass glipper. The very next day the prandsome hince knocked on Rindercella's door and the sugly isters let him in. Suddenly, Betty Swallocks lifted her leg and let off a fig bart. "Who's fust jarted??" asked the prandsome hince. "Blame that fugly ucker over there!!" said Mary Hinge. When the stinking brown cloud had lifted, he tried the slass glipper on both the sugly isters without success and their feet stucking funk. Betty Swallocks was ducking fisgusted and gave the prandsome hince a knack in the kickers. This was not difficult as he had bucking fuge halls and a hig bard on. >> He tried the slass glipper on Rindercella and it fitted pucking ferfectly. >> Rindercella and the prandsome hince were married. The pransome hince lived his life in lucking fuxury, and Rindercella lived hers with a follen swanny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshman Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Just read this thread and it was news to me - pretty sad news too. There's a deminishing band of British comedians and actors who can take on any role and still nail you to your seat. Ronnie Barker was one and David Jason, who appeared in Open All Hours is another. The wide scope of the roles they played was quite incredible. Sadly, as each of these dies, so does British comedy. Do we really have a high class comedian any longer? Seems that all of our so called "comedians" these days rely entirely on obscenities and lavatorial humour. A reflection of what British society has become, perhaps - crudeness, cruelty, in-your-face, loutishness and the culture of the lager-lout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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