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The Royle Family

  • 07-10-2009 12:44pm
    #1
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,485 ✭✭✭✭


    Anyone else loved that show when it was on. Classic british comedy. What u think of the specials that happend in 2006 and 2008.

    Are they goin to be a new series


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  • #2
    CUCINA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 692 ✭✭✭CUCINA


    It would definitely have to be in the Top Five of comedy programmes, IMHO. (Can't see the number one comedy programme of all time ever being knocked off its perch...that programme being "Faulty Towers", of course).
    One of the great features of "The Royle Family" was that it was done in "real time", a continuous unbroken half-hour of life in the household. And the guys responsible for creating the set must have had great fun picking the most ghastly wall-paper they could find, and assembling the clutter in the kitchen etc.
    It was one of the few shows that I would go out of my way to watch. Haven't heard of any plans for a new series but it would be welcome if it were to make a come-back...


  • #3
    Shane10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 785 ✭✭✭Shane10


    classic classic comedy. loved the show and have the boxset..somewhere. didnt really love the specials though. not as good when things moved on.


  • #4
    Morgans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Morgans


    The last special where Denise is making Christmas Dinner was a travesty. The three series initially were absolutely top class. More than just a comedy.


  • #5
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    Can anybody tell me what was so funny about abunch of fat,ugly people on a sofa living in filth?


  • #6
    Morgans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Morgans


    Those who get it dont have to ask the question, i think.

    The fact was that despite the scenario you describe was the setting, and it still managed to be funny as well as tender is the sign of superb writing and fantastic acting.

    But if groups of sexy twenty/thirty something year old spouting a line of predictable gags, where there characters change week on week to match the punchline is what you like, then maybe its not for you.


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  • #7
    major bill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,421 ✭✭✭major bill


    loved the show have every episode, shame there wasnt any more series of it. i think everyone in ireland has a jim royle in their family.
    The spin off early doors was nowhere near as good


  • #8
    todolist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 815 ✭✭✭todolist


    I thought it was a dull repetitive show.A one trick pony that was flogged to death.Same as the awful 'Only fools...'


  • #9
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,316 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    todolist wrote: »
    I thought it was a dull repetitive show.A one trick pony that was flogged to death.Same as the awful 'Only fools...'

    Oh sweet Jesus.


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