The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole

branie

Anyone here ever read this book as a teenager?

Limerickgal82

Yeah i loved that book and all the others that followed !!!! i think i read it a hundred times Still have it somewhere

sellerbarry

Limerickgal82 wrote: »

Yeah i loved that book and all the others that followed !!!! i think i read it a hundred times Still have it somewhere

Think his girlfriends name was Pandora?;)

Terri26

she was yeah! read the book a few years ago when adrian is an adult didnt really rate it - think it has lost it's magic!

Agent Smith

sellerbarry wrote: »

Think his girlfriends name was Pandora?;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nnSJ1-jrJI

lord lucan

The tv show was great. I watched the show and then read the book after!

Dudess

It was very much a teenage boy in the 80s thing. I do remember finding bits of the TV show very funny all right - the bits that got into the adolescent boy's mind in particular.

Reeni

Yeah read all of those as a teenager. I loved them!

mountainy man

yeah was great made it seem normal all the wierd thoughts and things happening to our bodies as teens have read all the following books as well but started to loose empathy with him as he grew up into bit of a prick ah such is life any one read the queen and i also by sue townsend v funny . anyway loved the first three books still have them in attic just gotta keep them!

Holmer

"I know the risks and I would wear a protective dildo"
Absolutely loved it, got the first three in a combined volume when I was 12 and read it so many times. Enjoyed the grown up sequels too, especially Weapons of Mass Destruction, the best since the originals.

Never knew Ian Dury did the theme song though!

UrbanSea

Funniest book in the world.
Never knew there was a tv show.:(

anplaya

feckin brilliant loved that book lol,his parents pauline and george were dysfunctional as fcuk and bert baxter the auld lad with the alasation.

some of the later books were quite good too,exploring his relationships etc think he had a kid with a nigerian woman as well or something or maybe im imaginging it

lord lucan

1985!!:eek::eek:

I'm feeling old!!

bonerm

I read the books (Diary / Growing Pains) when I was about 8 and then again at 13 and finally at 25.

It was funny because they were totally different books each time I read it. At eight I knew I didn't understand a lot of what was going on, at 13 I *thought* I understood it and the finally at 25 I did understand it.

I remember first buying into his opinion that he was an intelligent intellectual with a superiority complex, even though he didn't seem to be a particularily great student or impressive thinker.

It was funny to read the book as an adult realising that he was actually a clueless idiot, unable to deal with the world and for the large part oblivious to what was really going on around him.

I actually got my hands on the "videotapes" from my "cousin" recently and gave the 12x eps a watch. They're definetly must-see if you're looking for a retro buzz or were a child of the 80's.

migozarad

'These' were a good read when I was in my teenage years.Kudos to Sue Townsend for her witty&often perceptive portrayal of the all-consuming neurosis that male teenagers are in the throes of

Limerickgal82

Never knew there was a TV show i think im going to read them again ! Oh yeah Pandora .. the rich girl

SarahBeep!

Read this when I was about twelve, absolutly blew my mind that teenage boys were this odd =P
Must get my hands on a copy again!

Red Hand

Loved these books. He was still clueless and oblivious as an adult.

BluesBerry

I remember reading Adrian Mole in 6th class I went to an all girls school and we all giggled for hours at the front cover of one of the book's

It was a scene of a bathroom sink and there was a used condom hanging from a toothbrush.....Does anyone remember that?

I cant remember which book it was

Jip

I've read all those books so many times, and still to this day whenever I'm painting around the house I always think of him painting his Noddy wallpaper black and counting how many things are coming through the paint afterwards.

Glenster

I watched Malcolm Muggerdge on the television. I Understood nearly every word. I think I must be an intellectual.

Glenster

bonerm wrote: »

I actually got my hands on the "videotapes" from my "cousin" recently and gave the 12x eps a watch.

What's the subtext i'm missing here? In my mind it's really dirty.

Thomas828

I read the first book when I was twelve (Adrian was 13, going on 14) and I was too young to appreciate Sue Townsend's subtle humour. I don't bother with the most recent books, with Adrian as an adult. He's just a depressing idiot who spends half the time feeling sorry for himself.

stovelid

The funniest part was when the mother has an affair to "find herself" and Adrian finds the anonymous note that her lover sends to (about doing it in the woods) the house - written on the back of his gas bill.

chakotha

I was about a year younger than him. Bert Baxter and his beetroot sandwiches was a ledge.

There was a funny bit IIRC about New Year's Eve and something about "the dog" was sick or something and his dad stumbling into the kitchen b****xed in the middle of the night holding a lump of coal.

Pongxiaojie

I was just gonna say Bert Baxter and his beetroot sambos!!! - he used to eat them in bed and they would stain the sheets - was he a communist too??

chakotha

Pongxiaojie wrote: »

I was just gonna say Bert Baxter and his beetroot sambos!!! - he used to eat them in bed and they would stain the sheets - was he a communist too??

Yeah I think he might have been. Must see if I can find a copy anywhere to read again.

stovelid

Pandora's parents were the communists I think.

Blisterman

I'll have to give the early books another read. Really enjoyed them when I was 12, but I remember believing that he was really smart, and not understanding any of the political references in it.

Incidentally, Adrian Mole is about the only thing most Irish people I speak to know about Leicester. I've had this exchange about 5 times:
"I'm living in Leicester at the moment"
"Oh yeah, like Adrian Mole"

bonerm

Blisterman wrote: »

Incidentally, Adrian Mole is about the only thing most Irish people I speak to know about Leicester. I've had this exchange about 5 times:
"I'm living in Leicester at the moment"
"Oh yeah, like Adrian Mole"

No! What about Gary Lineker .... Walkers Crisps ....... eh? ...... em? ..... and all that other stuff.

Holmer

I mentioned the newer book, Weapons Of Mass Destruction, already. You'd all really like it, I laughed out loud reading it in cafes. He goes to a school reunion and all the old heads are there, like Barry Kent, Nigel, and Ms. Fossington-Gore. Memories!

Son Of A Vidic

Got it as a birthday present back in the day, the OP has now made me feel old.:eek:

r3nu4l

Ah I used to love these books

The first three were the best, after that I lost interest.

I remember wating for the TV show for what seemed like ages after I heard it was first coming out. God, the books really helped me feel more 'normal' as a teenager during those awkward years

Wow, 1985??? I can't believe it was that long ago

Glenster wrote: »

What's the subtext i'm missing here? In my mind it's really dirty.

The subtext is that when people say they got a 'video' from their 'cousin' (usually an American cousin ), they are in fact hinting that they have found the material on the internet and watched/downloaded it from there. Not always mind you, I'm sure there's some chap in Ardfert or somewhere who really does have cousins in America, posting him videos of the latest episodes of top TV shows...he probably feels like he started a trend