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The fork handles sketch was one of the most brilliant things The Two Ronnies ever did. And it depends for its success not simply on homophones, but on the manipulation of point of view. You can't w...
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2020-01-03T20:41:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T05:45:21Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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2019-12-08T05:45:21Z (almost 5 years ago)
The fork handles sketch was one of the most brilliant things The Two Ronnies ever did. And it depends for its success not simply on homophones, but on the manipulation of point of view. You can't write down a homophone (by definition, they are things that sound alike but are not written alike). But you can manipulate point of view. You could do it by reporting what Ronnie Corbett hears in the sketch (the conversation from his POV), and Ronnie Barker's response when he puts those things on the counter. You could do it by reporting what Ronnie Barker says (the conversation from his POV) and the things that Ronnie Corbett puts on the counter in response. You could do it by putting the story in a frame and having either character relate the incident to his friends in the pub afterwards.
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2016-11-21T15:09:01Z (about 8 years ago)
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