Oh No, Its Selwyn Froggit

Beano · 05-12-2014 3:59pm #1

Anybody else have very fond memories of this comedy from the late 1970s starring Bill Maynard? I've been checking out the networkonair.com sale and they have the complete boxset for £7.80. An excellent price for all three series. Heres the thing though. Am i letting myself in for a major disappointment? There is always the possibility that a show that you found brilliant at the time turns out to have aged badly and it ruins the memories you have. Decisions, decisions

Del.Monte · 05-12-2014 4:25pm

I seem to remember it being quite good. Wasn't there an episode where they dig up an unexploded bomb and one of his mates says 'does it have his name on it' and Selwyn says 'not unless your name is Achtung'...

Beano · 05-12-2014 4:27pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

I seem to remember it being quite good. Wasn't there an episode where they dig up an unexploded bomb and one of his mates says 'does it have his name on it' and Selwyn says 'not unless your name is Achtung'...

LOL. I honestly couldnt tell you details of any episodes. All i remember is laughing all the way through.

branie2 · 05-12-2014 11:20pm

I can remember the theme tune

darkdubh · 05-12-2014 11:43pm

I seem to remember it being on RTE in the mid 80s.

Beano · 05-12-2014 11:57pm

Just watched the first episode on youtube. Exactly as i remember it. A definite buy.

Harry Palmr · 05-12-2014 11:58pm

This was one of the first programmes shown on RTE 2 back in the day. I remember laughing a lot but I was only young.

Beano · 06-12-2014 12:21am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

This was one of the first programmes shown on RTE 2 back in the day. I remember laughing a lot but I was only young.

its still funny

Filmer Paradise · 06-12-2014 8:06pm

I was only a kid when it was on & didn't really get much of it.

I do remember though that he used to have a trailer for his bicycle with a 'LONG VEHICLE' plate nailed to the back of it.

To the 8 year old me, that was pretty cool.:)

nlgbbbblth · 07-12-2014 7:31pm

I first saw it on the RTE repeats in the mid 80s that darkdubh mentions. It's hilarious, still "magic!".

I bought the first two series from Network. The complete set is definitely a bargain as it also includes the spin-off series Selwyn (from 1978).

Filmer Paradise · 09-12-2014 1:55am

The excellent Bill Maynard had the lead role in 'The Gaffer' a couple of years after 'Selwyn'.

A series very much of it's time in British terms.

DoozerT6 · 13-12-2014 8:36pm

Very few people I have mentioned it to remember it - they usually try to convince me I'm thinking of Rab C Nesbitt!

padd b1975 · 16-12-2014 6:08pm

darkdubh wrote: »

I seem to remember it being on RTE in the mid 80s.

Monday evenings, RTE2.

Good old-fashioned slapstick.

nlgbbbblth · 16-12-2014 9:42pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Monday evenings, RTE2.

Good old-fashioned slapstick.

That was it,

Around 1987 / 1988 I think.

Why_oh_why · 18-12-2014 3:47pm

"Pint of cookie and a bag of nuts"

"Magic"

spurious · 18-12-2014 3:48pm

My late father used to love it. Just seeing it mentioned makes me smile.

Santa Cruz · 23-12-2014 8:50pm

"Magic" Good show. Like Steptoe, Dads Army etc. many of these had casts that had learned their trade on the live stage up and down the UK in the 30s, 40s and 50s. They were the type of shows families could watch together, no bad language, any sexual innuendo would pass over the heads of kids. Different times I suppose. Often non PC like Alf Garnett talking about Paddies, wogs etc

padd b1975 · 07-01-2015 10:31am

The pilot plus series 1 and 2 are on YouTube.

Oh No, Its Selwyn Froggit

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