Sunday 9 October 2005

One of the Greats

People are still discussing Ronnie Barker days after his death. The Independent looks at sketch shows and comedy groups and asks if there is another Ronnie Barker out there somewhere. The article features this ludicrious quote from one Brian Luff, head honcho of The Sketch Club, in Crouch End, "When somebody like that goes, we all move up one." What on earth are you talking about?

Al Murray hails Ronnie Barker's genius. Richard Briers remembers 'one of the greats'.

His biographer Bob McCabe talks about the accidental meeting of the two Ronnies. Ronnie Barker's quest to discover how to make mistletoe grow on apple trees.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

How weird, I was just reading this.