Editing Chesney and Wolfe (section)

===''On the Buses''===
Their next series was [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[On the Buses]]'', which ran from 1969 to 1973, leading them to be called the Other Two Ronnies.<ref name="Smith"/> Rejected by the BBC,<ref name="BBCWolfe"/> it was commissioned by Frank Muir, now Head of Entertainment at the then recently established [[London Weekend Television]], who said it was "rather at the baked beans end of my menu".<ref name="TimesChesney">{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/ronald-chesney-obituary-kj627vtn0 |title=Ronald Chesney obituary |work=[[The Times]] |date=30 April 2018 |access-date=30 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref> The series had an audience of up to 20 million, and was more popular at the time than ''[[Dad's Army]]''.<ref name="Gaughan"/>

It starred Reg Varney as bus driver Stan Butler, with [[Bob Grant (actor)|Bob Grant]] as his bus conductor Jack Harper.<ref name="Standard2011">{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/on-the-buses-writer-dies-after-fall-at-home-6380075.html|title=On The Buses writer dies after fall at home|work=London Evening Standard|date=19 December 2011|accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref> [[Doris Hare]] was his Mum (originally played by [[Cicely Courtneidge]]),<ref name="Stubbs"/> [[Michael Robbins]] his brother-in-law Arthur, [[Anna Karen]] as his plain sister Olive.<ref name="Hayward2011"/> [[Stephen Lewis (actor)|Stephen Lewis]] as bus inspector Cyril Blake, usually referred to as 'Blakey', delivered the series' catchphrases "I 'ate you, Butler" and "I'll get you for this, Butler".<ref name="Dixon">{{cite news |last=Dixon |first=Stephen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/aug/14/stephen-lewis |title=Stephen Lewis obituary |work=The Guardian |date=14 August 2015 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref> Both Varney and Grant's characters were womanisers. As David Stubbs wrote for ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2008, Grant and Varney were playing "two conspicuously middle-aged men" pursuing "an endless array of improbably available 'dolly birds'".<ref name="Stubbs">{{cite news |last=Stubbs |first=David |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2008/nov/17/reg-varney-on-the-buses |title=Reg Varney reaches the end of the line |work=The Guardian |date=17 November 2008 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref>

The series, although a rating success, was nevertheless critically derided at the time of its first broadcast. It led to three film spin-offs, which Chesney and Wolfe both co-wrote and co-produced. [[On the Buses (film)|The first of these]] was more successful at the British box office than the year's [[James Bond in film|James Bond]] film ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'' (1971).<ref name="TimesWolfe"/> ''On the Buses'' American remake, ''[[Lotsa Luck]]'' (1973–74), ran for a season on [[NBC]].<ref name="Hayward2018"/> When ''On the Buses'' ended, Wolfe and Chesney followed it with ''[[Don't Drink the Water (TV series)|Don't Drink the Water]]'' (1974–75), which starred Stephen Lewis's Blakey character abroad in Spain with his sister (played by Pat Coombs).<ref name="Stage2011"/> It lasted for two series.