Another celeb dies - Ronnie Corbett R.I.P.

Timberrrrrrrr

So now Ronnie Corbett has passed on, is it just me or are there more celebs than normal dying this year?

(For those too young to remember him he was one half of the two Ronnie '. .....Google it)

Dr Strange

Oh no, RIP.

Valetta

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

So now Ronnie Corbett has passed on, is it just me or are there more celebs than normal dying this year?

(For those too young to remember him he was one half of the two Ronnie '. .....Google it)

It's goodbye from him, so.

R.I.P.

paulbok

And it's goodnight from him......

The 2 Ronnies, have to be up there as the best comedy duo since Laurel and Hardy.

Nailz

Looked great for an 85 year old. Had a great career in comedy.

Entertainers/important folk are dropping like flies this year.

Menas

He came across as the kind of fella that would have you creased over laughing if you met him in the pub. A natural funny man.

Menas

Menas wrote: »

He came across as the kind of fella that would have you creased over laughing if you met him in the pub. A natural funny man.

And he would've been in fits as well.

VinLieger

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Is it just me or are there more celebs than normal dying this year?

With the likes of Facebook twitter etc it just seems that way because its more visible, however also if you think about it it makes sense that more would be dying anyway as celebrities are becoming more and more numerous so it makes sense that more will die as a result

jack presley

Homework for everyone today should be to watch the four candles sketch.

KKkitty

R.I.P. Ronnie

silverharp

jack presley wrote: »

Homework for everyone today should be to watch the four candles sketch.

also the worm that turned , I remember that from when it was shown originally

Thought he was fantastic in Extras at the BAFTAs.

RIP.

Badly Drunk Boy

jack presley wrote: »

Homework for everyone today should be to watch the four candles sketch.

I wasn't a huge fan of his (or the Two Ronnies in general) but that was a great sketch. And I could easily see how others would love his work, even though it wasn't my cup of tea.

maudgonner

He knew his place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2k1iRD2f-c

Loved the mastermind sketch too.

murpho999

Sad to see him go.

Love these 2 clips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VRx_Uv7liE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaGpaj2nHIo

I loved his cameo in 'Extras' as well.

I never knew he was Scottish until today either.

Beefy78

I loved watching the Two Ronnies growing up. RIP.

murpho999

murpho999 wrote: »

I loved his cameo in 'Extras' as well.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2qzdkd

Christy42

A world with him in it just feels like it would be that bit happier.

A true genius.

RayM

jack presley wrote: »

Homework for everyone today should be to watch the four candles sketch.

When you say 'four candles', do you mean 'four candles' or 'fork handles'?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cz3ybhsXDY

razorblunt

That Mastermind sketch is only fantastic.

The fall off the treadmill in Peter Kay's video, while unintentional was also hilarious.

RIP

fryup

remember his armchair monologues ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxQrp0VQlCI

RIP

wilhelm roentgen

Beefy78 wrote: »

I loved watching the Two Ronnies growing up. RIP.

Me to, a typical joke from Ronnie C.


"After a series of crimes in the Glasgow area, Chief Inspector McTavish has announced that he is looking for a man with one eye. If he doesn't find him, he's going to use both eyes."

Posy

razorblunt wrote: »

The fall off the treadmill in Peter Kay's video, while unintentional was also hilarious.

He insisted they left it in the final cut because he knew it looked really funny.

It was hard to fathom that he was in his eighties; he never seemed to age much.

RIP Ronnie

Insect Overlord

Before my time, really, but with the likes of UK Gold and old VHS tapes my dad still made sure I saw some of the Two Ronnies (and other greats of that era like Dave Allen and Tommy Cooper) when I was younger. Wonderful entertainer. R.I.P.

IamtheWalrus

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2qzdkd

sligeach

Just heard the sad news. R.I.P. The four candles sketch is definitely the best.

Yamanoto

paulbok wrote: »

And it's goodnight from him......

Had to be the thread title, surely.

RIP little Ron.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

So now Ronnie Corbett has passed on, is it just me or are there more celebs than normal dying this year?

(For those too young to remember him he was one half of the two Ronnie '. .....Google it)

No it's just that all the good comedians are from the same era. The comedians today are not in the same league as the Two Ronnies, Little and Large, Dick Emery, Tommy Cooper etc etc Their comedy was simpler slapstick stuff.

Rest in peace Ronnie.

kfallon

Deleted User wrote: »

Thought he was fantastic in Extras at the BAFTAs.

RIP.

"It's just a little something to blow away the cobwebs...."

Fav ever Extras episode!

RIP, The 2 Ronnies were amazing, you know you're a good double act when your comedy is timeless, still as funny now!

Aglomerado

He kept himself up to date, too. I love this modern version of "Four Candles"

RIP

etoughguy

Beefy78 wrote: »

I loved watching the Two Ronnies growing up. RIP.

You must be quite old then if you saw them growing up

(sorry couldn't resist!)

RIP indeed

My maternal granddad had boxed sets of VHS tapes of The Two Ronnies, Morcombe and Wise, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, and loads of other old comics I would otherwise never have heard of, and some of my earliest memories are of sitting on Granddads knee while he laughed his rumbly belly laugh at some old shows. To be honest, they were mostly too old fashioned for me to be interested in at the time, but I do appreciate them more now.

Anyone who could make my granddad laugh like that is alright by me. RIP.

Ruu

Fork Handles!

I was aware of the Two Ronnies but was before my time and only recently started going back and watching the DVDs.

That Mastermind sketch is genius.

"What's a jockstrap?"

"A nutcase".

Unsettling. I had only just watched him recently on you tube in "Would I lie to you" And strangely I had only been watching Paul Daniels just before the news about him too. I think I should stop using You Tube.

Seemed a nice guy. Some good sketches like the all famous Four Candles. Probably more from my parents era than mine though.

Timberrrrrrrr

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Unsettling. I had only just *watched him recently on you tube in "Would I lie to you" And strangely I had only been watching Paul Daniels* just before the news about him too. I think I should stop using You Tube.

Seemed a nice guy. Some good sketches like the all famous Four Candles. Probably more from my parents era than mine though.

*locks down youtube channel :eek:

recylingbin

Funny story about Ronnie...

I was Oxford St one evening, well, I say I was on oxford St, actually I was just turning onto oxford St, having just been at a bakery on Bond St where they sold the most delightful cheesecake. A woman from Cumbria it was that owned it and her and her daughter ran the place having bought it after the untimely death of her husband in a rodeo accident in Spain...

Anyway I digress...

There I was turning onto oxford st when a cab comes around the corner. I remember thinking thatvit was travelling a bit fast, 30mph being the speed limit in central London at the time. They'd changed it 3 years earlier, but even so, I remarked to no one in particular that someone was in a hurry.

Anyway, as I turned away from the cab I saw a woman dropping her ice cream cone to the floor. A 99, I'd imagine, with a flake and some of that red too swirled around the ice cream part. It was quite a funny incident. Just then, a dog came over and started licking it up. As I chuckled I caught the lady's eye and saw that she wasn't as amused as I was and as I looked away, my eyes met the window of Curry's which had several TVs in the window showing repeats of the two Ronnie's.

RIP Ronnie.

Timberrrrrrrr

A touching tribute on 98fm

http://i67.tinypic.com/v4xt8x.jpg

Sir Osis of Liver.

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mzungu

RIP Ron.

dublinman1990

My mam only told me the news about him a few minutes ago. I didn't expect it at all tbf.

He was a wonderful entertainer who had brought a great sense of wit and joy to everyone around him. I will miss him as one of the other Two Ronnies as he was one of the greatest legends in his comedy era.

R.I.P. Ronnie Corbett .

Discodog

The flying mouse

RIP, I quite enjoyed him, he was very funny man.

Spanish Eyes

You know, for a little guy he bucked the trend didn't he? Let's be honest here he was small in stature and that matters in showbiz. Fair dues to him for getting on with it. Talent outshines everything though I suppose.

May he rest in peace.

mikeym

R.I.P

fleet_admiral

Four Candles

Legend

RIP

Yillan

Was Ronnie Corbett in Teletubbies, the animated show? It is being reported all over the Irish media. RTE, Independent.ie, Irish Mirror... But no where else. Not on his Wikipedia. No where.

Actually a search there reveals that there never was an animated Teletubbies. But it's in several Irish based tributes. Obviously one of them had the obit up first and then the rest just paraphrased it, like a college essay. I had a look on his Wikipedia page and there isn't any mention of a teletubby related edit in the past few hours.

Was it some sort of joke he wanted done posthumously? Once I'm dead, make sure all the Irish news websites read that I played the part of Po in Teletubbies? An early inappropriate jump on April Fool's Day?

imme

People die all the time.

This might shock you but hold on: Everybody dies


sorry to hear about little Ronnie all the same

youtube!

Oh No! I only just heard a few minutes ago... hadn't the news on at all today...

I have the lovely memory of actually meeting him in summer of 2011 when I was in London with my daughter.

We took a trip to Harrods just to show her what a proper department store looked like and on the way out as we took the escalator to ground level who should walk in the door only the great little fella himself, I was both shocked and delighted all at once and as he walked towards me to take the escalator all I could think to say was "Language Timothy! " (Google it)

Ronnie gave me a broad genuine smile and said "Sorry Mother " and hopped past me, even though I am middle aged man I got such a thrill to meet the guy and had the dumbest beaming smile on my face for ages afterwards...I tried to explain to my daughter just how much of a legend that little fella was but she just didn't wanna know sadly...RIP Mr Corbett a true legend indeed...

old_aussie

RIP Ronnie.

Thanks for all the great memories and laughs.

wil

Not just another celeb, I raised my glasses to a comedy legend.

Good knight. RIP

4candles