RIP...

[Tom S]

...Arkwright.

 

Well Ronnie Barker, anyway.

[Arkwright]

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Tom S said:
...Arkwright.

Well Ronnie Barker, anyway.

Really sad news, he was a comic genius.

[Football Man]

One of the best comedy character actors ever. Fletcher, Arkwright, Clarence, various characters in the Two Ronnies sketches. Carrying off such different personalities and making you believe that they are all different people requires exceptional versatility. A comic genius. He will be sadly missed.

[lovely stuff]

Here are some Ronnie Barker gags...

 

"There was a strange happening during a performance of Elgar's Sea Pictures at a concert hall in Bermuda tonight, when the man playing the triangle disappeared."

 

"Next week we'll be investigating rumours that the president of the dairy council has become a Mason, and goes around giving his colleagues the secret milkshake."

 

"We'll continue our investigation into the political beliefs of nudists. We've already noticed a definite swing to the left."

 

"The man who invented the zip fastener was today honoured with a lifetime peerage. He will now be known as the Lord of the Flies."

 

"The toilets at a local police station have been stolen. Police say they have nothing to go on."

 

"In a packed programme tonight we will be talking to an out-of-work contortionist who says he can no longer make ends meet."

 

"The prime minister held a meeting with the cabinet today. He also spoke to the bookcase and argued with the chest of drawers."

 

 

"The West Drayton man who has kept himself awake every night for 17 years by snoring has at least found the answer. He's going to sleep in another room."

[MbrunoB]

And it's goodnight from him! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/bow.gif" alt="" />

[Tom S]

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"We'll continue our investigation into the political beliefs of nudists. We've already noticed a definite swing to the left."

For some reason that one, coming from you, gave me an extra chuckle <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

At the risk of being accused of poor taste (as if that bothers me)...
"G-g-g-g-g-g-granville - fetch yer shroud."

[Jim Cunneen]

My favorite...

 

Their was arobbery today at the butchers where a thief made off with a half a mile of sausages - police are on the look out for a long thin van.

 

Jim

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[Ron Merlin]

RIP Ronnie. You brightened my childhood. Thanks mate.

 

[TopGun]

Sad news he was a genius , Porridge was my favorite .I still watch it sometimes on U K gold and it still cracks me up.

[Hawkeye Pierce]

"Norman Stanley Fletcher, you have been found guilty by this court and it is now my duty to sentence you. You are an habitual criminal who accepts arrest as an occupational hazard and presumably accepts imprisonment in the same casual manner I therefore sentence you to the maximum term allowed for these offences you will go to prison for 5 years."

 

Or something like that...

 

God bless to a truely brilliant comic genius.

[The Invisible Man]

Yes, a genuine funny man. The world is a better place for his having been in it.

[Keep the £]

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"The West Drayton man who has kept himself awake every night for 17 years by snoring has at least found the answer. He's going to sleep in another room."

Topical as well LS (West Drayton nearest station to Uxbridge). How do you do it?

[Keep the £]

Best Ronnie Barker moment for me was 'Four Candles'. My favourite sketch of all time. RIP Ronnie.

[ETFC-jaymz]

my dad got me into ronnie barker at a very young age,ooooh way back in the 70's when i was about 5 or 6 id imagine & about the same time he got me following EFC.always watched his tv programmes since & followed the family tradition ;o) "four candles" sketch was totally brilliant skript writting & its a sad loss to light entertainment R.I.P

[lovely stuff]

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Best Ronnie Barker moment for me was 'Four Candles'. My favourite sketch of all time. RIP Ronnie.

It was intersting to her Ronnie talking about that sketch recently.He said after he recorded it, his biggest regret was not coming up with a good punch-line to finish the sketch. The best he could come up with at the time was the obscure Bill-Hooks ending.He realised later, that a busty woman shop assistant should have come out of the storeroom right at the end, and he could have finished with...and a pair of Knockers

[lovely stuff]

Nearly got it right.

 

Here's Ronnie Updated script .Minus 'Bill-Hooks'

 

 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-1810361,00.html