I'm evil me. No really. Look. I'm reely ivel. HO ho ho (dies)
Ahhaaha, no, yes, ahh, so the producer said to me, he said, Ron, there's no way you're going to get your own series now, you're just going to have to do the Ben Elton thing. Which was a disappointment, to be honest, because I've never seen eye to eye with Ben. It's more like eye to chest. No, but anyway...
You know, I really really really like comedy.
Did the 2 Ronnies ever go on tour, or were they just a TV thing? They met up doing The Frost Report, they weren't a double act to start with.
I did hear once that "The Two Ronnies" sort of came about by accident, as the BBC had piloted two solo shows for them in which the other appeared as a major collaborator, and someone somewhere decided that as they worked so well together, they might as well make it a joint venture.
Anyone know any more about this?
They do work fantastically well as a team, and I would have watched a solo Ronnie Barker Show.
I don't think I could have managed watching a solo Corbett show though. Although when he was on Harry Hill's This is Your Life he seemed very nice.
Anybody ever see "The Maginifcent Evans"? A sitcom starring RB as a flamboyant Welsh photographer. It was written by Roy "Last of the Summer Sputum" Clarke and only lasted 1 series, I think. I can remember reading an interview with RB at the time during which he claimed there was a "vast hidden reservoir of comic potential" in Wales.
I think I've proved him wrong on that one.
>Anybody ever see "The Maginifcent Evans"? A sitcom starring RB as a flamboyant Welsh photographer. It was written by Roy "Last of the Summer Sputum" Clarke and only lasted 1 series, I think.
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Sat down to watch episode 1, having been young enough to believe the Radio Times cover proclaiming it to be an autumn highlight for BBC1. Remembered thinking, "Not as good as Last Of The Summer Wine".
Gives you some idea...
Mind you, the monologues. Oh yes. "Pismronounciation" and "Ice Cream PArlour" are two highlights from my earliest comedy favourites. And "Porridge", obviously.
So, all in all, forgiven, I feel.
>Mind you, the monologues. Oh yes. "Pismronounciation" and "Ice Cream PArlour" are two highlights from my earliest comedy favourites. And "Porridge", obviously.
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>So, all in all, forgiven, I feel.
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I forgive him virtually everything. Except Clarence. That was truly bad.
It had moments.