Discussion » Ronnie Barker RIP

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Posted by Sul_DUPE1, around September 2005:
 
Not that he done anything all that good recently but :( all the same.
Posted by Brock, around October 2005:
 
:(

He was great.
Posted by ellipse, around October 2005:
 
he was beyond great
Posted by Brock, around October 2005:
 
He was 'Great' in the true, less used sense. Rather than as in "I liked him a lot" that people use it for these days.
Posted by WarHead, around October 2005:
 
He wasn't looking very well when he did that recent 'best of' show with Ronnie Corbett. But the man was a comic genius, both as a writer and performer. 'Open All Hours' and 'Porridge' stand among the best British sit-coms ever produced, and The Two Ronnies was always a class show.
Posted by syl_DUPE1, around October 2005:
 
You guys get all the cool stuff. I am sooo jealous.
Posted by Doctor Lucid_DUPE1, around October 2005:
 
Yeah, it`s very sad.

But heck, i`ve got piles! i`ve got bigger things to deal with than some late comedian.
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around October 2005:
 
your piles are bigger than ronnie barker's corpse? ewwwww
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around October 2005:
 
Posted by syl_DUPE1, around October 2005:
 
Yeah, Doc, duuude. You need to eat more.