Four Candles

December 21, 2007 | 6 comments | permalink

The original hand-written script for one of British TV’s classic comedy sketches just sold for £48,000. The Two Ronnies may have passed comparatively un-noticed by those not of these shores, but for us Brits they remain comedy gods. Whoever bought this got a bargain.


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  1. Comment from Mark on December 21st, 2007 :

    Absolute genius - a bargain indeed. Have you read “And it’s goodnight from him…”, the autobiography of The Two Ronnies by Ronnie Corbett? It’s lovely - very touching and funny. The two of them hardly had a crossed word during their career. Remarkable.

    Corbett tells the story of a few of the classic sketches and prints one of his monologues in its entirety (despite appearances, they were very tightly scripted).

    Here’s another favourite sketch:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq8ZnQ95cKk

    Now I’m feeling Christmassy…

  2. Comment from Olly Scott on December 21st, 2007 :

    Solid gold…

  3. Comment from David Brain on December 21st, 2007 :

    Mark,

    I DID read that book yes. I am a huge fan of theirs. Thanks for the extra clip as well. I love YouTube for these sorts of things … . could amuse myself all day. Cheers and have a good Christmas.

  4. Pingback from Last Christmas, I gave you my heart « Another flamin’ blog on December 21st, 2007 :

    […] I’m now starting to feel Christmassy.  It began this morning, when David Brain postedabout The Two Ronnies.  I watched the Four Candles sketch, then the Mastermind one, then Swear Box, Hieroglyphics, Crossed Lines, Opticians…and before I knew it, I’d built myself a Christmas special.  Brilliant stuff. […]

  5. Comment from Stephen Davies on December 21st, 2007 :

    Can’t beat a bit of Frank Spencer:

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lFLpwRMS00g

  6. Comment from Ellee on December 24th, 2007 :

    I interviewed the mother of Ronnie Barker in Cambridge once, I came across her when I was out off-diary and had to come back with a notebook full of stories. I went to her house and she had a pic of her son on the TV. They were identical, could have been twins.

    Have a great Christmas David.

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