# Bank robbery comedy sketch clip: which show is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991 "2018-08-21T18:20:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greymarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f6c823/32.png) [@Greymarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greymarch)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/1 "2018-08-21T18:20:59Z")
My friends and I are stumped. Been doing google text and image searches in every way I can think of. Someone please answer this ASAP: from what TV show is this comedy sketch? Feels like its from the 70s or even late 60s. I've ruled out Monty Python (I could be wrong about MP of course.) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/2 "2018-08-21T18:25:23Z")
The disguise and the false moustache don’t make it easy, but that _looks_ like Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. j ---
**Author:** ![Greymarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f6c823/32.png) [@Greymarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greymarch)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/3 "2018-08-21T18:26:45Z")
The woman in the center of the sketch is quite clearly a person who was born a woman and remained a woman. That’s definitely NOT a man playing a woman, which I know was rather common for british comedy sketches 40+ years ago. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/4 "2018-08-21T18:30:13Z")
When I type “dudley moore bank robber sketch” in YouTube it finds this clip… for whatever that’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/5 "2018-08-21T18:32:33Z")
Pete and Dud for sure. Try this one… [Peter Cook & Dudley Moore (In the pub) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQq_tqB0jA) ---
**Author:** ![Greymarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f6c823/32.png) [@Greymarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greymarch)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/6 "2018-08-21T18:33:24Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > When I type “dudley moore bank robber sketch” in YouTube it finds this clip… for whatever that’s worth. Answer is The Two Ronnies, which makes perfect sense now that I know to do a search for The Two Ronnies bank robbery sketch. ---
**Author:** ![Greymarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f6c823/32.png) [@Greymarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greymarch)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/7 "2018-08-21T18:43:31Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > Pete and Dud for sure. > > Try this one… [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQq\_tqB0jA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQq_tqB0jA) Answer is The Two Ronnies. You posted a video that wasnt even in color and had nothing to do with a bank robbery. Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/8 "2018-08-21T20:12:06Z")
I think the link in the OP is actually to _Dave Allen at Large_. > [@bob\_2](#): > > Pete and Dud for sure. > > Try this one… [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQq\_tqB0jA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQq_tqB0jA) Only time I’ve ever seen Peter Cook break character. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/9 "2018-08-21T20:32:07Z")
Since this is about a TV show, let’s move it to Cafe Society. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/10 "2018-08-22T00:02:44Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I think the link in the OP is actually to _Dave Allen at Large_ Seems very likely. The little guy with the moustache is Ronnie Brody, and the woman is Jacqueline Clarke. Both were regulars on the Dave Allen show, but then they did seem to be in an awful lot of comedy shows throughout the seventies. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/11 "2018-08-22T10:46:43Z")
> [@Greymarch](#): > > Answer is The Two Ronnies, which makes perfect sense now that I know to do a search for The Two Ronnies bank robbery sketch. How is it the Two Ronnies? None of the people in the clip looks anything like Ronnies Corbett or Barker. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/12 "2018-08-22T11:07:54Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > How is it the Two Ronnies? None of the people in the clip looks anything like Ronnies Corbett or Barker. Plus, of course, they never did one-gag blackout sketches like that — it’s just not their style. I don’t think Pete and Dud did them, either. It could plausibly be from a Benny Hill show, or Russ Abbott (though it looks too old), or any of several other shows from the period that featured quick-fire sketch comedy. But the two featured actors were regulars on Dave Allen at Large, and that show had a lot of short sketches in between the monologues. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/13 "2018-08-22T23:08:02Z")
This [one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN2FqrTtgKM) (from Carol Burnett) is better. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/14 "2018-08-23T02:32:40Z")
…the video comments (recently updated) point to Dave Allen, which looks likely to me. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/15 "2018-08-23T02:43:12Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > It could plausibly be from a Benny Hill show Benny Hill’s go-to actress for crabby women roles was Bella Emberg. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/16 "2018-08-23T03:24:18Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > How is it the Two Ronnies? None of the people in the clip looks anything like Ronnies Corbett or Barker. I’m guessing the OP plugged “Two Ronnies” “bank robbery” into Google and saw that the very first return is the clip in question. Which means almost nothing. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/17 "2018-08-23T07:50:58Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Benny Hill’s go-to actress for crabby women roles was Bella Emberg. Russ Abbott’s, too. I wasn’t really meaning to suggest them as sources of the sketch, more as people who did that _kind_ of sketch. ---
**Author:** ![androide\_peru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@androide\_peru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/androide_peru)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991/18 "2020-09-06T19:54:47Z")
You are probably referring to the Bank Robbery sketch at Dave Allen at Large.