High Hopes

"This is my autobiography, the exciting story of how I, Ronald Corbett the son of an Edinburgh baker, became convinced that I had to seek m y fortune and become an actor, of how I pursued that goal, found fame on television as one of The Two Ronnies, and managed to meet a fabulou s cast of extraordinary people along the way. First I'll take you back to my schooldays and reveal the technique I developed for estimating the height of a girl before daring to ask her to dance. Then, for the first time, I'll fearlessly tell of my arrival in London and of my jo b of night club barman. I'll explain how I first met David Forst, John Cleese and Michael Palin, and shamelessly reveal how I once played othello to Danny La Rue's Desdemona, having just had dinner with Laurence Oliver. And then there was The Two Ronnies, an incredibly success ful television show with a man in glasses who, rather spookily, had the same first name as me. You can find out about how we tried to avoid becoming a double act, and why it was always goodnight from me and go odnight from him, but never ever goodnight from us.
I'll also tell you about the time I was suddenly struck down by a mysterious illness which destroyed my sense of balance and prevented me from going on stage for several years. Altogether I must admit, it is a truly dramatic story. I only hope my