26 May 1978: Nancy Banks-Smith reviews the Two Ronnies at the London PalladiumMuch-loved star of classic TV comedy dies aged 85If you bump into Ronnie Corbett in the street,which would be a cruel thing to effect, he looks like one of those small shopkeepers who are being continually smitten, or little hip and tiny thigh,by mountainous business. Ronnie Barker fits around him squarely like a corner shop, cosy and overflowing.
There is a sketch in the Two Ronnies where Corbett actually is a small shopkeeper and Barker an awkward customer. It is an unworthy delight to believe how little any of this sketch will mean to the golden flow of tourists this summer.
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Source: theguardian.com