Only Fools & Horses

valoren

The one where Rodney is estranged from Cassandra and is getting ready to meet a girl at the pictures to Del's disgust. Del telling Albert to pretend he is shocked to guilt trip Rodney but he keeps missing his "cue" and even David Jason struggles to keep a straight face. Brilliant.

Seve OB

Lefty Bicek wrote: »

One of my faves, Grandad horrified...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIMv8ZyfnJ8


Great show.

Guessing you aren’t the biggest fan. That was great uncle Albert

Sephiroth_dude

My favorite fools and horses moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63rcdLeXiU8

Greyfox

It has so many moments that had me in tears laughing, the jolly boys outing episode is comedy perfection.

davyboy1975

I wouldnt drink that water del, not after what I have been doing in it.

The peckham pouncer.

So many great episodes and guys who went onto be stars such as jim broadbent and max from eastenders

tastyt

Brilliant comedy , especially the first 7 or 8 seasons.

The best times were when del & Rodney were ducking and driving trying to score a big winner.

Might sound sexist but the whole show went downhill when the two lads were coupled up. The spark kinda left the show and Cassandra & Raquel were two painfully unfunny and wooden characters / actresses.

But the earlier series are absolute gold!!

davyboy1975

Also loved the tony angelino episode. I cant listen to crying by roy orbison in the same way since 😀

Agricola

Great show. The self contained episodes of the earlier seasons were fantastic, the writing was incredible. So many memorable setpieces that have gone down in tv history. Think my favourite was "To Hull and back" where Del and Rodney get in on a diamond smuggle from Amsterdam.

tastyt wrote: »

Might sound sexist but the whole show went downhill when the two lads were coupled up. The spark kinda left the show and Cassandra & Raquel were two painfully unfunny and wooden characters / actresses.
But the earlier series are absolute gold!!

Agree. It did loose its way in the later seasons. I suppose the natural progression was for them to get married/settle down, but it was definitely at it's best in the early years.

Ted_YNWA

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

My favorite fools and horses moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63rcdLeXiU8

That scene wasnt in the original script, Roger Llyod Pack (who played Trigger) was filming something else in the studio beside this one & asked was he needed for anything.

A quick rewrite gave the best scene ever. Priceless face on Trig.


I havent heard Plonker be used in any other show.


This time next year ......

Ted_YNWA

davyboy1975 wrote: »

Also loved the tony angelino episode. I cant listen to crying by roy orbison in the same way since ��

Cwwwwwwwying ........

kenmm

Andrew00 wrote: »

One of the best TV shows every made.

Wouldn't get away with making it now due to the PC Climate Change snowflake brigade

Its a great show, but you wouldn't 'get away with it' because it is (in places) highly racist, sexist and homophobic.

Thats not got f-all to do with snowflakes, its just highly offensive to non whites, women and gay people.

It is still possible to say its a great show, while also acknowledging we were a bunch of ignorant feckers back in the day!

Woke Hogan

Andrew00 wrote: »

One of the best TV shows every made.

Wouldn't get away with making it now due to the PC Climate Change snowflake brigade

I’m cringing reading this. As if only Climate Change deniers like Only Fools and Horses.

Timberrrrrrrr

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Cwwwwwwwying ........

The gween gween gwass of hooooome :pac:

Zebra3

Some great stuff in it, but some of the racism was shocking.

davyboy1975

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

The gween gween gwass of hooooome :pac:

Followed by a medley of wock n woll

davyboy1975

I knew you was cheating. Coz that wasnt the hand that I dealt you

rtron

For me when watching these episodes they were entertaining and funny and setup well, so that you wanted to know what was going to happen.
Then on a second watch you are somewhat in on the joke and it's just as funny.
Thats writing gold.
E.g When del stole the Microwave (or something) and Slatter wants him as his informant.

WhiteMan32

"What is that funny noise...........?"

Ken.

Rod- I can't tell a lie
Del- Raquel can tell a lie, as soon as one leaves my lips.

Gary!

893bet

I love the one where Rodney is dating the older woman whose husband is in prison.

Del finds out her age (40 I think?) and goes

“She is even to old for me Rodney”


Granddad pipes up from the corner

“Even I would have to think twice”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovgp7ScCv3w

893bet

Can anyone tell me why my YouTube links don’t embed?

Lefty Bicek

Seve OB wrote: »

Guessing you aren’t the biggest fan. That was great uncle Albert

Ha ha. Ooops.

Alright, Dave ?

Ken.

893bet wrote: »

Can anyone tell me why my YouTube links don’t embed?

You only put the bit after the 'v=' between the youtube tags.

theoneeyedman

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Is dave a nickname then ? That again shows the genius of John Sullivan in the recurring gag which wasn't lashed into but over time was just genius.

Sullivan's writing made this series, added to good actors like Jason etc delivering the lines.
The development of the characters over time wa brilliant, weaved in social changes over the years, characters like Denzel who was treated with suspicious early days by the gang, gradually painted as a straight shooting recurring character, reflecting the growing acceptance of Afro Caribbean people over a 30 odd year period into British society.... Works on so many levels, but first and foremost was damn funny over an extended period.
Wouldn't work now..... not for the perceived PC mentioned, but modern viewers, especially the YouTube generation, will not invest 30-40 minutes in a developing story line like those in Only Fools. The likes of The Big Bang Theory has 'laughs' every 40 or 50 seconds, not funny laughs, but the canned type.

endacl

UDAWINNER wrote: »

You mean Dave:D

I love watching the reruns on Rodney.

dmc17

valoren wrote: »

The one where Rodney is estranged from Cassandra and is getting ready to meet a girl at the pictures to Del's disgust. Del telling Albert to pretend he is shocked to guilt trip Rodney but he keeps missing his "cue" and even David Jason struggles to keep a straight face. Brilliant.

suicide_circus

what makes it great is that the brotherly love comes across as absolutely genuine. there is a good sprinkling of sad bits which is vital too.

Church on Tuesday

Sad thing is, Only Fools would not get made now in this bitter PC climate.

Sure some of the jokes have aged better than others, but there is a good naturedness to it which was always part of the charm.

Itssoeasy

davyboy1975 wrote: »

Followed by a medley of wock n woll

I love that line because Nicholas lyndhurst bursts out laughing in what I'm convinced was a genuine laugh.