The One Ronnie suffers from the same problem The Two Ronnies had. Namely, having a singer in the middle of it.
I don't care for Charlotte Church in the same way I don't care for Barbara Dixon. I want to see Ronnie Corbett, that's why I'm watching the show.
What we have to remember is that 22 years have passed since The Two Ronnies finished and Ronnie C is now 80. What we expect is always going to be tainted as we are used to seeing him perform when he was far younger. Whatever we think he looks great for an octogenerian.
We have to cut the show some slack as it's basically a living tribute and the material positioned to fit his limitations. It was obvious in the James Corden sketch that Ron was reading off the autocue like Hancock did in the Blood Donor.
The BBC clearly knew it wasn't perfect because of the early scheduling but I'm not too disappointed. I just think the performers loved the opportunity of playing opposite to their childhood heroes and I don't see too much wrong with that. It was one last hurrah and a bit of nostalgia that the whole family can watch together.
I only saw the end but it was inoffensive enough. Might even work as a mainstream series rather than just as a one off special.
A few bits were rather cheesey, but overall I rather enjoyed it.
I enjoyed it. Good fun, and comfortably better than the Two Rons' later output.
I'm a huge fan of Ronnie Corbett but . . .
This star-studded sketch show included some potentially very good sketches most of which ended with a sad whimper rather than with anything resembling a comedic bang.
The best sketch for me was not a new one but the one set at a party with Richard Wilson. It was originally done decades ago (and very much better) by the TWO Ronnies.
I find it hard to believe the cast couldn't have come up with several better endings for every one of those sketches.
I quite enjoyed it but it was pretty pail and dated nowdays. I watched a Two Ronnies ep with my ten year old and was struck how dated it looked and how modern experiences differ, I had to explain to my lad what a milkman was!
Quote: Tuumble @ December 25 2010, 10:26 PM GMTWhat we have to remember is that 22 years have passed since The Two Ronnies finished and Ronnie C is now 80. What we expect is always going to be tainted as we are used to seeing him perform when he was far younger. Whatever we think he looks great for an octogenerian.
We have to cut the show some slack as it's basically a living tribute and the material positioned to fit his limitations. It was obvious in the James Corden sketch that Ron was reading off the autocue like Hancock did in the Blood Donor.
The BBC clearly knew it wasn't perfect because of the early scheduling but I'm not too disappointed. I just think the performers loved the opportunity of playing opposite to their childhood heroes and I don't see too much wrong with that. It was one last hurrah and a bit of nostalgia that the whole family can watch together.
I have to agree with what Tuumble says really.
I think they certainly led by putting their best foot forward (Blackberry ) but there were some other good moments in there too.
Just a nice bit of modern nostalgia really (eh?) and fair play to the wee man for still being so on the ball.
We still have a milkman.
I really like the What! sketch.
I thought it was dire. The constant namedrops of Lady Gaga and Beyonce were just embarrassing. The sketches were too long and featured boring, predictable gags.
Oh and why is Catherine Tate still getting so much work? She sounds like Stacey Solomon and is about as funny as the plague.
The sketch with her in wasn't very funny. But I don't think she wrote it.
Quote: zooo @ December 26 2010, 1:44 PM GMTWe still have a milkman.
They seem very rare down here, let alone uniformed ones like we used to have...
I don't know if ours has a uniform. Probably not!
They're probably all independent now.
Quote: Joey Moose @ December 26 2010, 3:02 PM GMTOh and why is Catherine Tate still getting so much work? She sounds like Stacey Solomon and is about as funny as the plague.
The plague was always good for a laugh...
I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would, although it was clear that Corbett was struggling at times. Understandable of course. James Corden gets a lot of stick but I thought he was good.
