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Arthur Wilkins
AS SEEN INThe Man Who Repeats Things

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Arthur Wilkins

Played by Ronnie Corbett

Arthur Wilkins is the pub customer played by Ronnie Corbett in The Two Ronnies sketch The Man Who Repeats Things, also listed as The Compulsion to Repeat. He introduces himself to George Protheroe, repeatedly echoes his remarks and claims…

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Arthur Wilkins is the pub customer played by Ronnie Corbett in The Two Ronnies sketch The Man Who Repeats Things, also listed as The Compulsion to Repeat. He introduces himself to George Protheroe, repeatedly echoes his remarks and claims that the habit follows a pattern, turning their conversation into a verbal endurance test.

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