Comedians Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, affectionately known as The Two Ronnies, had a comedy sketch TV show on BBC1 from the seventies through the nineties. I can’t imagine how they escaped my notice until now, but I’m certainly glad to have found them, however late to the game I am. These two geniuses of comedy crafted some of the wittiest wordplay I’ve ever heard.

The pair first met in 1963, and hit it off immediately. They began performing together, and by the late seventies, they were making appearances on shows like David Frost’s The Frost Report. However, the story goes that their really big break came when they were tapped to fill in during a technical breakdown during the 1970 BAFTA awards broadcast. Though they were both unprepared, they managed to pull it off, and they were given their own show.

I hope you enjoy these wonderful sketches!