I don't know how many folks remember The Two Ronnies, from the 1970s and 1980s (with Ronnie Corbett), but it was a very funny, gentle-humored British series with two outstanding comics. Barker was perhaps the better actor of the two; I've seen him in one or two other, non-humorous roles, and he was exceptionally good. After a life spent in the theater, he retired in the late 1980s to run an antique shop in the English countryside, and only ventured back to movies and television very occasionally.
He'll be missed.
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Ronnie Barker dies
To the Righteous belong the fruits of violent victory. The rest of us will have to settle for warm friends, warm lovers, and a wink from a quietly supportive universe.
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I remember watching "The Two Ronnies," with my parents years ago....
They were wonderful... Right up there with Dave Allen, though in a slightly different vein.
They were wonderful... Right up there with Dave Allen, though in a slightly different vein.
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I thought when I was little I watched a rerun of this... well this is a little sad... 
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Delivering newspapers this morning, I noticed not one of them didn't have some kind of tribute[or notice] to him on the front page. I think that a lone pays homage to him, as a comic genius. I'll never forget the first time I saw his hardware store sketch, and it is one of the few things that makes me laugh, without fail every time I see it. He will be missed.
Mag: Don't remember much at all of last night do you?
Me: put simply.... No
Mag: From what I put together of your late night drunken ramblings? Vodka, 3 girls, and then we played tic-tac-toe and slapped each other around.
Me: put simply.... No
Mag: From what I put together of your late night drunken ramblings? Vodka, 3 girls, and then we played tic-tac-toe and slapped each other around.
[QUOTE=Osiris]My favourite Ronnie Barker series was "Porridge", a comedy series set in a dour prison environment, with Barker playing an old lag, Fletcher. [/QUOTE]
Agreed Although 'Open All Hours' was another fine comedy I would watch if I caught it. RIP
[/QUOTE]Agreed
Although 'Open All Hours' was another fine comedy I would watch if I caught it. RIP"I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!"