Was it the 2 Ronnies that did the sketch about the tall looking down on the short and the short looking up?

Question

to the tall. remember " I look up to him because....

and....... " I look down on him because "

It may have been some other show can you remember?

Answer 1

Definitely was. John Cleese was the tallest guy. It's a VERY important sociological sketch and I would highly reccommend that anybody who has not seen it, should find it SOON.

Answer 2

Yes, the sketch in question came in a TV show called Frost over Britain.  Here it is. . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIMzWHdKx...

Answer 3

Yes, the original gag was Barker and Corbett, joined by John Clease. I like this a lot as it had three of my favorite funny men all in one sketch.

What a lot of people may have missed is that the Ronnies reunited in 2000 and did a really neat update on this gag. Stephen Frye is in the spot that John Clease was orignally.

Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JSahEDRj...

xx

Answer 4

Yes it was the two ronnies along with john cleese.

Here's a link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV218WaFJ...

Answer 5

It was Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett and John Cleese - From a short sketch on the Frost Report

Answer 6

Yes, along with John Cleese. It was a sketch in the Frost Report

Answer 7

It was the two ronnies but it was on the Frost report - the tallest guy in the sketch was John Cleese

Answer 8

It pre-dated "The Two Ronnies" show and was, in fact, the first time they had been paired up, although not as a double-act (which they never were anyway). The sketch you refer to, in which they appear with John Cleese, was from "The Frost Report".

Answer 9

Yes it was, they had John Cleese doing the really tall one.

Classic comedy.

Answer 10

It was originally from a classic David Frost Show sketch from the 60s.

Picture the scene. Standing, left to right, are John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett.

Three Men on Class



    

Cleese:

    (In bowler hat, black jacket and pinstriped trousers) I look down on him (Indicates Barker) because I am upper-class.

Barker:

    (Pork-pie hat and raincoat) I look up to him (Cleese) because he is upper-class; but I look down on him (Corbett) because he is lower-class. I am middle-class

Corbett:

    (Cloth cap and muffler) I know my place. I look up to them both. But I don't look up to him (Barker) as much as I look up to him (Cleese), because he has got innate breeding.

Cleese:

    I have got innate breeding, but I have not got any money. So sometimes I look up (bends knees, does so) to him (Barker).

Barker:

    I still look up to him (Cleese) because although I have money, I am vulgar. But I am not as vulgar as him (Corbett) so I still look down on him (Corbett).

Corbett:

    I know my place. I look up to them both; but while I am poor, I am honest, industrious and trustworthy. Had I the inclination, I could look down on them. But I don't.

Barker:

    We all know our place, but what do we get out of it?

Cleese:

    I get a feeling of superiority over them.

Barker:

    I get a feeling of inferiority from him, (Cleese), but a feeling of superiority over him (Corbett).

Corbett:

    I get a pain in the back of my neck.

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Answer 11

John Cleese, Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett. It was on TW3 in the sixties.