One Foot in the Grave

branie2 · 31-10-2014 12:21am #1

Anyone here ever watch the BBC comedy about Victor Meldrew, a grumpy old man who found himself in all sorts of disasters?

branie2 · 31-10-2014 12:22am

Sorry, I mean One Foot in the Grave.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 31-10-2014 12:24am

branie2 wrote: »

Sorry, I mean One Foot in the Grave.

an absolute classic. the one with the skip was hilarious

RobbingBandit · 31-10-2014 12:31am

I don't believe it...

Loved the episode of Father Ted where Richard Wilson makes a cameo and Ted is following him around driving him nuts saying the catchphrase.

branie2 · 31-10-2014 12:38am

RobbingBandit wrote: »

I don't believe it...

Loved the episode of Father Ted where Richard Wilson makes a cameo and Ted is following him around driving him nuts saying the catchphrase.

That's right; and Wilson says it at the end when he sees Ted in the Parochial House!

Ruu · 31-10-2014 4:10am

I didn't realise it ran for 6 series and the specials, might rewatch a few of them again.

lord lucan · 31-10-2014 5:30pm

Great show,loved the finale,classic David renwick,shades of Jonathan creek about it.

branie2 · 01-11-2014 5:56pm

Here are the lyrics to the Victor Meldrew song from the episode The Beast in the Cage:

There's a bloke we can't stand any longer
Always on the bleedin' moan.
Every time we mend his bloody Honda,
He starts groaning on the phone.

First, we fixed his car's ignition,
Checked his brakes and clutch and then-
Overhauled his whole transmission.
He just brought it back again.

Chorus: Victor Meldrew, Victor Meldrew
He can stick it up his bum....up his bum.
He can bugger off 'till kingdom come.

Professey Chin · 03-11-2014 8:39pm

I remember trying to act cool and saying I didnt find it funny to my parents.
Spent more time trying to hold in laughing then anything

Feckin eejit

Lovely Bloke · 04-11-2014 10:29am

Victor is actually my role model.

TheBeardedLady · 05-11-2014 11:00pm

It was the most unfunny television comedy to have ever existed. Or up there with the worst anyway.

madmaggie · 12-11-2014 1:41am

My name is also Margaret, and I do say "Oh God" in the same clenched teeth way as Mrs Meldrew!

ttenneb · 10-01-2015 8:57pm

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Victor is actually my role model.

I constantly refer to myself as a modern-day Victor. My local Tesco hate to see me coming. But I DO also extend praise when I witness a job or service well done.

ttenneb · 10-01-2015 8:59pm

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

It was the most unfunny television comedy to have ever existed. Or up there with the worst anyway.

Perhaps the other Martians who watched with you enjoyed it.

Posy · 12-01-2015 1:32am

I remember the final episode of this was superb- complete with a Travelling Wilburys song during the end credits.

BlaasForRafa · 17-01-2015 3:11am

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

It was the most unfunny television comedy to have ever existed. Or up there with the worst anyway.

You seem to be in a minority of one here. You were probably a Terry and June fan or something.

The episode with the 2 tons of manure on the front lawn was hilarious.

Mint Aero · 25-01-2015 5:30pm

Wait for a wet cloudy dreary Sunday, fire up the boxset of this. Nostalgia Depression

Del.Monte · 25-01-2015 6:26pm

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

You seem to be in a minority of one here. You were probably a Terry and June fan or something.

The episode with the 2 tons of manure on the front lawn was hilarious.

But, I liked Terry & June too.

Skid X · 27-01-2015 6:24pm

It was a Classic, right up there with the best British Sitcoms. So well written - at different times it was surreal, poignant, weird but mostly just hilarious.

You get a lot of people thinking it was just Victor shouting and getting angry, but there is so much more to OFITG. I still enjoy watching it.

One Foot in the Grave

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