The Two Ronnies – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com Sight through thought Thu, 15 Sep 2022 17:26:15 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://bensonium.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NewEYEIcon-100x100.png The Two Ronnies – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com 32 32 Week 25: Dr Death, The Two Ronnies https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-25-dr-death-the-two-ronnies/ https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-25-dr-death-the-two-ronnies/#respond Thu, 15 Sep 2022 23:00:14 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?post_type=comedy&p=5649 So staying with the two Ronnies for another week this sketch seems strangely appropriate given death is on everyone’s mind given the sad passing of the Queen. This sketch also has quite a dark tinge to it now given the dreadful reality of one of Britain’s most infamous mass murderers Harold Shipman. It is ironic to think when this sketch was made, he had probably already started murdering the many victims. As I said in my introduction to this collection, we live in a dark world where comedy gives us a powerful respite from the reality of our present existence.

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]]> https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-25-dr-death-the-two-ronnies/feed/ 0 Week 24: Small Talk, The Two Ronnies https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-24-small-talk-the-two-ronnies/ https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-24-small-talk-the-two-ronnies/#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2022 23:00:34 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?post_type=comedy&p=5602 Time for change of comedy genre. The two Ronnies are the type of comedians that you could safely take you neighbourhood monk to and they would probably not be offended. Ronnie Barker was very gifted at coming up with clever ideas for sketches and this one, while not a play on words, is nonetheless clever in its execution. It also has a nice little punchline to bring the sketch to a fitting conclusion

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