Talk:The Two Ronnies

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Contents 1 Barker on the initials of BBC TV 2 Humphmeister's little known second symphony 3 It's Goodnight From Him 4 Fair use rationale for Image:The-2-Ronnies-sketches-book.jpg

[edit] Barker on the initials of BBC TV

In a Two Ronnies comedy skit, Ronnie Barker once explained that on-screen warnings would now appear on broadcasts in Britain.

Using a magnetic board and letters as a visual aid, Barker said that from now on a "V" would appear for violence, a "BB" for big bosoms, and "CT" for curvaceous thighs.

Barker further stated that while these warnings would appear singularly from time-to-time, they of course would NEVER all be used simultaneously. While saying this, he was looking at the audience while inattentively attempting to clear the letters to the sides of the magnetic board, but accidently moving the letters into an arrangement that spelt out BBCTV.

72.82.208.18 15:02, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Er, thanks for that. (?) Bob talk 15:05, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Humphmeister's little known second symphony

who knows the name of the fabulous sketch in which Barker plays a BBC critic who eventually finds out that he is in the wrong concert hall? also, is it available anywhere? --Bernie 21:06, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] It's Goodnight From Him

I'm sure I have heard Ronnie B say (or it could have been written somewhere) that he loathed the newsreader scenes as he had to play himself. He was really only comfortable appearing in public when playing a character. Hence the 'him' in the line is this 'other' Ronnie Barker, the one doing all the work in the rest of the show. Crucially from an encyclopaedic point of view, I can't remember where or when I came across this and therefore can't provide a citation.217.154.66.11 12:49, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

This point is made several times by Ronnie C in his bigraphy of the Two Ronnies, "And It's Goodnight From Me".Mike1971inter 12:05, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:The-2-Ronnies-sketches-book.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:42, 12 February 2008 (UTC)