This sketch needs quite a lot of British knowledge to get all the references. The Sun is a newspaper which used to have a topless woman photograph on page 3 every day. Hence the clue answer is ‘tits’ with its double meaning. Tits as in bluetits. They commonly pecked holes in the foil tops of glass milk bottles which were commonly delivered to people’s doorsteps each day (they liked the cream at the top) Noddy and Big Ears are British children’s story characters.

By 'rubber' the nun meant an eraser so she could change her crossword answer to 'grit' and was in no way referring to a condom.

Tits are very common birds in the UK, we have Blue Tits, Long Tailed Tits, Marsh Tits etc. but my favourite of all are the Great Tits, I absolutely love Great Tits! 😁

Ronnie Corbett’s face when he thinks he’s got the ‘rose’ answer is superb.

Our millk bottles in the 1970's,80's & 90's had aluminium foil tops.

Loved you losing at the Nun asking for a "rubber", the misunderstanding was hilarious! Loved the reaction. 😂😊

Don’t worry, there’s some very British references you wouldn’t get. Ronnie Barker is reading the Financial Times, which is the type of paper that a big city banker (no, that’s not rhyming slang) would read, while Ronnie Corbett is reading The Sun, which is more popular with the working class. The perception here is Barker is the smart, intellectual, who is looking down on the ignorant, common man. When Barker scoffs and says “The Sun, people only buy that for one thing, or rather a couple of things” he’s referring to Page 3 Girls. It was traditional for The Sun (and other newspapers in the same demographic) to feature a photo of a topless woman, which was always on the third page, therefore the models where called Page 3 Girls. You can guess what the “couple of things” he was referring to are, and the subsequent line of “there you are, see what I mean” when Corbett says “2 across”. “They peck holes in your milk bottle tops” is referring to the morning delivery of milk, where bottles were left outside your home (remember the episode of Father Ted, where Dougal becomes a milkman and someone plants a bomb in his vehicle.). These bottles had a foil top and birds would often peck holes in it to get to the milk. Corbett says the answer is “four letters. Something something T S”. The answer is “Tits” which are a common type of bird, with an obviously amusing name. This is why Barker suggests to look at Page 3 for the answer, which is where the aforementioned topless woman would be. For the clue “Where fish are kept”, Barker thinks he’s put “coop”, but he meant “Co-op”, because that’s the name of a supermarket and he’s thinking of frozen fish that you cook. The clue “He always plays with Big Ears” is a reference to an old children’s series of books The Adventures of Noddy in Toyland. The two main characters were Noddy and Big Ears, and it had a policeman called PC Plod. The gag at the end, where the nun asks for a rubber, she’s not asking for a condom, that’s what we call an eraser. The joke being that the nun had put what we all thought the rude answer was, “sh*t”.

Hi King Boomer! The references to 'The Sun' are to a daily 'tabloid' newspaper, which from Nov 1970 to Jan 2015 featured a topless model on 'Page 3', hence the clue would be 'tits', also type of small bird found here! It was also well-known for its often sensationalist headlines, such as the infamous 'Gotcha!' when the General Belgrano was sunk during the Falklands War! 😊Of course what we Brits call a 'rubber', you call an eraser!

My husband was a friend of Ronnie Corbett.He would meet him in North Berwick in Scotland with my sons two daughters when they were approx 5 and 9 years old and Ronnie would buy them ice cream.One of the kindest and funniest men you have ever met.

The nun asked for the rubber because she put shit down 😂

lol, don't think I've ever seen KB misunderstand so much in a reaction! A few because they're British references, but at least a couple because he's just a muppet in a chair. Thanks for the laugh!

Milk bottles use to be delivered in Glass bottles to your doorstep, by a milkman. The lids were tin foil and the birds (sparrows etc), use to peck at them if they were left outside too long. They were after the cream which use to sit in the kneck of the bottle. Happened all the time as milk was generally delivered around 6am before most people were up... Yes I'm over 50 ..lol

'Coop' (pronounced co-op as in cooperative) is a grocery store here in the uk

Hi K.B., your sound only when you were speaking was crackling. The Birds renowned for pecking holes in milk bottle tops, of doorstep deliveries were Blue Tits. The Sun newspaper, used to be renowned for having a topless model on Page 3 of their paper. With that knowledge listen to Ronnie Barker`s comments about the Sun again. :)

My mum, God bless her soul........Once filled in the word ''wig'' when the clue was ''falsehood'' and the middle letter was ''i'' 😀

I love how well acted this sketch is.

They never really get into fisticuffs in their sketches. Generally avoiding violence they don't go past the level of a heated argument. However they do get a bit physical in a piece called "Bold Sir John" that pokes fun at English Morris dancing. It should be on KZfaq.

The Two Ronnie's are always brilliant!

I loved Enid Blyton books as a child, same with my daughter now as a Grandmother hope she reads The Faraway Tree to her daughter too.

There is one perfect two Ronnie's. The four candles react to that one. Doesn't get much better than that

In the UK, a rubber is an eraser. The nun had written shit, rather than grit.

A pencil eraser in the UK and Ireland is called a rubber

We used to have our milk delivered on the doorstep. Some bottles had tin foil tops and the birds used to peck holes in to get the cream off the top. The usual birds that did this were called Tits. The Blue Tit, Brown Tit and the Great Tit. Thats why he said you will find a couple of them on page 3. Page 3 of The Sun newspaper always had a topless pic of a model. As for the nun she wrote shit intead of grit She asked for a rubber which is an eraser in UK.

Rubber means eraser, not a condom! lol. It was funny not for the reason you thought, but because she'd obviously guessed "shit" and thought she'd got it wrong.

T I T S ! Hence the reference to Sun Page 3. And co-op is a suermarket. Your audio was crackling by the way.

Loved watching the Two Ronnies when i were a kid, most of the jokes would fly over my head too but it was still funny.

A similar joke to the end clue… 1st Man “Four letters for a woman … something-U-N-T.” 2nd Man: “AUNT.” Nun: “Aunt! Of course… do you have an eraser ?”

4 candles is a good scene from the 2 Ronnie's

The two Ronnies are as timeless as Laurel and Hardy.

in england we have milk delivered to the front door and birds peck holes in the top of the bottle to get to the cream..the top is foil

To be fair the Times and Telegraph crosswords are a lot more difficult that the ones you'd find in a tabloid.

The nun meant an eraser (which we call rubbers here). Asking for a condom would make no sense in this sketch.

Do more 2 Ronnie's, they're brilliant

The Rons were great. ❤

Have you seen Mick Miller's 'drunk reading Noddy' yet?

Just to check, does he know 'rubber' is what americans call an eraser?

half the jokes were UK specific references

If it's mad punch ups you like, you need to see the Monty Python "dirty fork in restaurant" skit!

Page 3 three of our Sun newspaper used to be known for two things, and they also flopped around a lot.

Rubber - eraser.

The reality was KB that the whole sketch passed you by - which made it funnier 😁

The Two Ronnies are the best British comedians ever with Les Dawson and Bernard Manning. God bless them all safe in the After Life.

It’s very funny when you understand the references, you can’t be expected to with these

You won't get 50% of thrle references until you are fully immersed in how life was in Britian in the 1970/1980s, my daughter was born in 2000 and I'm sure she wouldn't understand a lot of it. I had to explain why my mum always got the top of the milk in the morning lol.

The nun meant eraser when she said rubber, thats what they often call it in britain

Your mic is broken. 🔇

The Sun and Page 3 comes up in a lot of our gags, especially Benny Hill 😊

If you are checking out The Two Ronnies then you should definitely take a look at their serials "The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town" and "The Worm That Turned."

The 'Noddy' series of books was written by childrens' author Enid Blyton in the years 1949 to 1963. Noddy was a small boy who wore a conical blue hat with a bell that rang whenever he nodded (hence the name), and who drove a yellow and red sentient car around Toyland. Other regular characters included Mr Plod the policeman, 'Big Ears', an elf and Noddy's best friend, Tessie Bear, a female teddy bear and another of Noddy's friends, and 'Bumpy', a dog who lives with Tessie Bear. These books are considered modern classics of British childrens' literature, aimed at the four to seven year age range. A 'stop-frame' animated TV series was also very popular. The 'rubber' requested by the nun was, by the way, what Americans call an eraser. Clearly, despite her prim and propper appearance, she also thought the word was 'sh*t' and not 'grit'!

She asked for a rubber, an eraser

We have a bird in the UK called a blue tit they learnt to make holes in milk bottle tops and eat the cream. This was when most milk was delivered early in the morning say 4am and left on the doorstep in glass bottles with foil tops. The Sun is a working class newspaper that used to have a topless woman on page 3 each day hence called page 3 girls they no longer do this.

"It smells" could of course be "nose". That's why the joke works :]

Always reminds me of: "Question in my crossword: heavily laden postman" "How many letters?" "Too fucking many"

Ruffle toffle ha! You mean p-off 😂

Years ago people used have their milk delivered, was outside their door, a Blue tit, a UK bird used to peck at the top to get to the milk

I grew up in Sydney, Australia in the 60s and 70s. If you didn’t get to the milk (left outside the front door by the milkman) before dawn, the magpies would pierce the aluminium caps in order to get at the cream.

I think you misunderstood every single joke in this one mate 😂, which was actually comedy in itself 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🧡

we used to get milk in glass bottles deivered to the doorstep ..they had foil tops which birds used to peck at to get the milk if left out too long lol

Ruffle Tuffle 🤣🤣

The sun was famous for having pictures of topples women in it. For the non British people who watch this, they were called page 3 girls (the pictures were on page 3), so that's what he means by people only buying it for a couple of things. It was more a gossip rag than a proper paper.

Back in the days of milk delivered by milkmen the tops of glasses were silver foil - birds would break the foil to steal the cream

A rubber is what you call in the USA an eraser. What pecks hole in the milk bottle top was 'tits' as in bluetits which are birds. He says page 3 of the 'Sun' as they had topless women on that page.

What a lovely pair of nats!

Grit, not sh**, hence the Nun asks for a rubber (eraser).

You need to watch the one where corbett plays a rich arab and Barker a shopkeeper

Rubber is in American, and eraser. Bottle top, is a bird called a blue tit, or a tit.

it's a tit. In britain we used to get milk delivered outside our doors, A tit is a small bird

If you haven't seen the Two Ronnies sketch about playing squash YOU MUST watch it. It is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT The only thing to know is that Botham and Willis were very famous and quite brilliant England cricketers, and the Oval is a very famous cricket ground. Thats all u need to know to enjoy that sketch.

The sun was famous for page 3 (girls with top bollox out)

Boomer, you should react to "How to Care for the Sick" from the Two Ronnies. It's very goofy and random!

Of course a rubber is an eraser, you have to Google a kids TV programme in the 60s for Noddy. And blue tits us a British bird that sometimes do peck at milk bottle tops brought by a milkman in thd morning. 😊

King B...Many have told you about the British references below. Where's your note pad to jot them down? The Two Ronnies comedy is pretty much a trip through British comedy culture. Ronnie Barker wrote most of their material and incredible with word play and a master of the double entedre. Barker and Corbett were two completely different types but they really worked incredibly well as an act.

NO American will get 80% of these jokes to be honest!

We used to have a milkman deliver to our house in the 90s, had a small crate he'd leave the bottles in. If you left the milk out too long the birds would peck holes in the foil lids and drink the cream that collected in the top. I think he had "ts" wrong from another crossword.

noddy and big ears were cartoon characters

Ooh crackly!

Straight over the head bless him 😂

Rubber = eraser

One problem with the 2Rs is the reliance on 1970s UK cultural references

You should watch the 2 ronnies water bar sketch

Page 3 of The Sun newspaper used to have topless models hence a few of the jokes.

The page 3 jokes are right in front of your eyes 👀 you wish 😂😂😂😂

t*ts (i)

You should watch some Middlesbrough football chants

You obviously didn't get the reference to the sun newspaper. It's a working class newspaper , and every day on page 3, it has a photo of a top less model, and a rubber is an eraser, also there is a bird in the UK called a ( tit ) and there are several varieties. Now you can play it again to yourself.

Haha Boomer, this sketch was completely lost in translation and our old British cultural knowledge, LOL

Can you review The Wurzels? They're a popular folk band here in the deep south

I miss page 3 😆

Have you ever reviewed Jimmy Carr ... hes a British comedian who is very "Close to the edge" his best clips are easily found on you tube but may have to be "Edited" sound wise !!! although if their on you tube anyway you wont get de monetised. He`s funny !!!

Hi, I think you need to check your microphone etc, as your words were breaking up, but the 2 Ronnies sound was perfect

The bird that pecks holes is a tit, so the answer was 'tits', what you in the US call ' chickadees'.

🐻 the old ways are the best ,we taking america back 😂

Think of a four letter word for boobs ending with its ..ts think bluetit yellowtit. Body in toy land is a children's animated series from the 1960s that still run today in the uk I think. For you a rubber is an eraser. As the nun wrote Sh*t instead of grit ps you 🎤 is miss connected and crackling,. Good excuse to do a re,review of this with the wife. Can't recall but did watch four candles two Ronnies?

Sorry miss spelling Nody in toy land

Look up page 3 of the SUN

Your mic is popping at the end!

can you watch Green Street please

Something weird with the audio in this video. Did anyone else have any problems with it?

Right over your head, mate.

Really king, BIRDS sheeeesh don’t do a brit crossword?