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The Best of The Two Ronnies (BBC) [1971]
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On the DVD: The Best of the Two Ronnies on disc is presented in 4:3 TV ratio and also includes artist profiles plus a helpful, stills-driven menu, but no other extras. --Roger Thomas
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
How could there not be a Best of the Two Ronnies? After all, there isn't any worst. The only conceivable gripe anyone could have with this collection is the usual how-could-they-have-left-out-so-and-so problem that is bound to beset a comedy programme of such high quality. However, pretty much every one of the 25 items on this generously filled release is an unmitigated joy. The duo's talent for quickfire wordplay is well to the fore in such sketches as "Nuts Milord", the phonetic "Swedish Lesson" set in a restaurant ("F-U-N-E-X?" "S, V-F-X.") and in the classic "Ice Cream Parlour", in which Corbett's request for cheese and onion ice cream is met with Barker's endless list of alternatives delivered at auctioneer-like speed. They also excel at manipulating the whole concept of how dialogue works, as in "Crossed Lines" (two halves of two different telephone conversations heard at once) and "Mastermind", in which Corbett's special subject is "answering the question before last". All told this is an unmissable collection; so in the words of the St Botolph's Country Dance Group (featured in the wonderful song-and-dance finale), "Sod off, sod off, so doff your hat I pray".
A laugh a minute
Review date: 2006-02-05 Rating: 10 out of 10
You do not need to review this item you just know that it will be excellent entertainment.
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Reviews
Two Ronnies
Review date: 2006-01-05 Rating: 6 out of 10
I purchased this item I hoped for the four candles/fork handles sketch which I think is great was disappointed to fine it not on this dvd, they are a few good sketches but most are just OK the two ronnies have done a lot better sketches.
Not the very best of the Two Ronnies
Review date: 2001-10-20 Rating: 4 out of 10
I don't know who assembled this collection but I find their choices somewhat surprising. Not included are many of the classic sketches which many people remember the Two Ronnies for (eg no 'Fork Handles' or 'Rook Restaurant'). Not included either are any of the 'series', such as 'The Worm That Turned' or 'The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town'. And amazingly, there are no news items which appeared at the beginning and end of every episode. Instead there are some rather obscure sketches, some of which may have been topical in 1983, and some of Corbett's less memorable monologues. I also would have liked the collection to be longer (there's certainly enough material), and more than one musical piece.
The collection redeems itself on the inclusion of sketches such as 'Nuts Milord, 'Mastermind' and 'The St Botolph's Country Dance', hence two stars, and it's still better than the other Two Ronnies DVD which is available.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Ronnie Corbett
April Walker
Ronnie Barker
Claire Neilson
Carol Hawkins
Creators:
Ronnie Barker (Primary Contributor)
Ronnie Corbett (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
EAN: 5014503108823
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Full Screen, PAL,
Release date: 2001-10-01
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 85 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1971
Language: English (Original Language)