Comedian Ronnie Barker Dies

[Gazza]

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.

[Pink Mist]

Open all hours, was my favourite, goodnight Ronnie

[Insight]

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

[Beachcomber]

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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.

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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

[ProfessorFart]

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!

[taxexile]

spike milligan !!

[Gazza]

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?

[udon]

Did you know that Ronnie Barker wrote most of the scripts under an assumed name.?

What a brilliant Pommie to lose....

[TizMe]

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.

[withnail]

Received this in an email today thought everyone might appreciate it

In memory of a great man. Ronnie Barker RIP.

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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 ...

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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.

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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.

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He tried the slass glipper on Rindercella and it fitted pucking

ferfectly.

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Rindercella and the prandsome hince were married. The pransome

hince lived his life in lucking fuxury, and Rindercella lived hers

with a follen swanny.

[Welshman]

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?