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* [[Acceptable Targets]] (Besides Corbett himself for being short - the two later observed in a documentary that "You can't do 'stupid Irishman' jokes anymore, but you can if you just change them to being about 'yokels', because no-one's going to call in and say 'I'm a yokel and this offends me!' Hence the two yokel characters)
* Bogus News (the start of each show)
* [[Can't You Read the Sign?]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]
{{quote| '''Corbett:''' So it's "Goodnight" from me.<br />
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] (A LOT)
* [[I Thought It Meant]]: The basis of the ''Four Candles'' sketch.
* [[Lady Land]]: One of their drama segments is set in a dystopic fascist England ruled by female supremacists. They have to escape over the border to Wales, aided by--of course--[[Eek!
* [[Offer Void in Nebraska]]: One episode of the serial "Death Can Be Fatal" opened with a recap of the previous episode, then added "Except for viewers in Scotland, where the story goes like this:" and repeated the recap with everybody wearing traditional Highland dress.
** This was a reference to BBC Scotland's annoying habit of pre-empting network programmes with (usually inferior) local content.
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* [[Once-Acceptable Targets]]: The second episode contains a scene involving blackface, and one where Benjamin Disraeli is played as a Jewish stereotype. These were edited out of the 2005 repeat.
* [[Smith of the Yard]]: Ronnie Corbett as Inspector Corner of the Yard
* [[The End -
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Sergeant Bowles is usually played by Ronnie Barker. Halfway through one scene, Spike Milligan takes over the role; halfway through the next scene, Ronnie Barker takes over again.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: The Home Secretary, whose voice has a built-in echo.
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