framheim Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 ronnie barker is dead:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4307216.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ()Papaspyrou() Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 Rest in Peace!This year really has been riddled with saddening deaths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 I just read that on the Beeb...oh me, he was one of my first fave comedians, he was just like my grandad...that's a real shame...at least we will get the two ronnies repeated all week...r.i.p ronnie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted October 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 open all hours was one of my fave programs as a kid. still is. absolute legend and will be sadly missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tv tanned Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 a comic genius.and it's goodnight from him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 Poor Sod. And where was his knighthood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToasterCoaster Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 I used to love Poridge, and the Two Ronnies was fantastic.It's a shame, and I'm sure he'll be missed by many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-matthEw- Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 damn shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroppycow Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 I loved the Two Ronnies as a kid - some of their epic musical sketches were utter genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Logan Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 Sad news indeed.Poor Ronnie... He certainly is a comic legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stamina Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 If I was a religious person I'd go to church and light four candles.Farewell Ronnie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 If I was a religious person I'd go to church and light four candles.Farewell Ronnie. shamelessly lifted. brilliantIn a hardware shop. Ronnie Corbett is behind the counter, wearing a warehouse jacket. He has just finished serving a customer.CORBETT (muttering): There you are. Mind how you go.(Ronnie Barker enters the shop, wearing a scruffy tank-top and beanie)BARKER: Four Candles!CORBETT: Four Candles?BARKER: Four Candles.(Ronnie Corbett makes for a box, and gets out four candles. He places them on the counter)BARKER: No, four candles!CORBETT (confused): Well there you are, four candles!BARKER: No, fork 'andles! 'Andles for forks!(Ronnie Corbett puts the candles away, and goes to get a fork handle. He places it onto the counter)CORBETT (muttering): Fork handles. Thought you said 'four candles!' (more clearly) Next?BARKER: Got any plugs?CORBETT: Plugs. What kind of plugs?BARKER: A rubber one, bathroom.(Ronnie Corbett gets out a box of bath plugs, and places it on the counter)CORBETT (pulling out two different sized plugs): What size?BARKER: Thirteen amp!CORBETT (muttering): It's electric bathroom plugs, we call them, in the trade. Electric bathroom plugs!(He puts the box away, gets out another box, and places on the counter an electric plug, then puts the box away)BARKER: Saw tips!CORBETT: Saw tips? (he doesn't know what he means) What d'you want? Ointment, or something like that?BARKER: No, saw tips for covering saws.CORBETT: Oh, haven't got any, haven't got any. (he mutters) Comin' in, but we haven' got any. Next?BARKER: 'O's!CORBETT: 'O's?BARKER: 'O's.(He goes to get a hoe, and places it on the counter)BARKER: No, 'O's!CORBETT: 'O's! I thought you said 'O! (he takes the hose back, and gets a hose, whilst muttering) When you said 'O's, I thought you said 'O! 'O's!(He places the hose onto the counter)BARKER: No, 'O's!CORBETT (confused for a moment): O's? Oh, you mean panty 'o's, panty 'o's! (he picks up a pair of tights from beside him)BARKER: No, no, 'O's! 'O's for the gate. Mon repose! 'O's! Letter O's!CORBETT (finally realising): Letter O's! (muttering) You had me going there!(He climbs up a stepladder, gets a box down, puts the ladder away, and takes the box to the counter, and searches through it for letter O's)CORBETT: How many d'you want?BARKER: Two.(Ronnie Corbett leaves two letter O's on the counter, then takes the box back, gets the ladder out again, puts the box away, climbs down the ladder, and puts the ladder away, then returns to the counter)CORBETT: Yes, next?BARKER: Got any P's?CORBETT (fed up): For Gawd' sake, why didn' you bleedin' tell me that while I was up there then? I'm up and down the shop already, it's up and down the bleedin' shop all the time. (He gets the ladder out, climbs up and gets the box of letters down, then puts the ladder away) Honestly, I've got all this shop, I ain't got any help, it's worth it we plan things. (He puts the box on the counter, and gets out some letter P's) How many d'you want?BARKER: No! Tins of peas. Three tins of peas!CORBETT: You're 'avin' me on, ain't ya, yer 'avin' me on?BARKER: I'm not!(Ronnie Corbett dumps the box under the counter, and gets three tins of peas)CORBETT (placing the tins on the counter): Next?BARKER: Got any pumps?CORBETT (getting really fed up): 'And pumps, foot pumps? Come on!BARKER (surprised he has to ask): Foot pumps!CORBETT (muttering, as he goes down the shop): Foot pumps. See a foot pump? (He sees one, and picks it up) Tidy up in 'ere.(He puts the pump down on the counter)BARKER: No, pumps fer ya feet! Brown pump, size nine!CORBETT (almost at breaking point): You are 'avin' me on, you are definitely 'avin' me on!BARKER (not taking much notice of Corbett's mood): I'm not!CORBETT: You are 'avin' me on! (He takes back the pump, and gets a pair of brown foot pumps out of a drawer, and places them on the counter) Next?BARKER: Washers!CORBETT (really close to breaking point): What, dishwashers, floor washers, car washers, windscreen washers, back scrubbers, lavatory cleaners? Floor washers?BARKER: 'Alf inch washers!CORBETT: Oh, tap washers, tap washers? (He finally breaks, and makes to confiscate his list) Look, I've had just about enough of this, give us that list. (He mutters) I'll get it all myself! (Reading through the list) What's this? What's that? Oh that does it! That just about does it! I have just about had it! (calling through to the back) Mr. Jones! You come out and serve this customer please, I have just about had enough of 'im. (Mr. Jones comes out, and Ronnie Corbett shows him the list) Look what 'e's got on there! Look what 'e's got on there!JONES (who goes to a drawer with a towel hanging out of it, and opens it): Right! How many would ya like? One or two?(He removes the towel to reveal the label on the drawer - 'Bill hooks'!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachie Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 That is really really sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingin' Ryan Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 Richard and Judy had a fittingly good tribute on their show with some great clips.The stolen tin of Pineapple Chunks episode of Porridge is a classic. Open All Hours was great aswell. Makes you realise how much of an absence there is of good prime-time sitcoms anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Maverik Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 Awww man! I loved Ronnie Barker. So sad. Rest in peace. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull Commander Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 He was a very funny man. A great loss to the world. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jake Wifebeater Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 Sad news indeed. The man was a class act. "Open All Hours" is probably my favourite "old-school" comedy show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 I was shocked when I saw it across the paper this afternoon.Damn shame that, he was a legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 Ronnie Barker is my favorite Comedian of all time.Porridge is the ultimate in Sitcoms Bleedin nerksRIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvin Starclusk Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 That tribute made me nearly cry. I always nearly cry when (good) comedians die. I nearly cry when I read books about Dean Martin. I nearly cried when Ernie Wise died. I *actually* cry everytime I watch Man on the Moon and Andy Kaufman dies.God help me when Bobby Ball dies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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