Only Fools & Horses

Wendy House:


Fancy a curry?


Then Rodney tries the same thing - Fancy an indian?



Who's Rachel?

My all time favourite show. Never gets old in my eyes. I read recently that the looney left were attacking it for infringing their rights somehow.

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

The scene in the elevator with Del and Rodney after Cassandra lost the baby was heartbreaking but genius.

Absolutely. That scene to me shows the brilliance of John Sullivan and David Jason and Nicholas lyndhurst because it's done to perfection.


That scene also shows that the underlying theme is family. Yes the show involves del wheeling and dealing and yes the two brothers don't alway see eye to eye but when push comes to shove they will be there for each other.

Brilliant comedy with real heart and brilliantly written.

Stuff like Granddad's funeral with Rodney absentmindedly throwing a hat into Granddad's grave (what seems like a solemn gesture of a grief-stricken relative) only for the vicar to politely enquire at the end of the service a few minutes later "has anyone seen my hat".

Posy wrote: »

I loved it right until the end when they became millionaires.

Then they brought it back, had then lose all their money and it was terrible. I try and pretend those episodes didn't happen.

I didn't mind those episodes at all.

The only real duds in my opinion were the Miami Twice episodes.

Posy wrote: »

I loved it right until the end when they became millionaires.

Then they brought it back, had then lose all their money and it was terrible. I try and pretend those episodes didn't happen.

But sure knowing the show they had to lose the money as if they came back and kept the money it wouldn't be the same show.

I loved the last episode with the last scene being at the grave of their mother given how much of a massive part of the story she was even if we never saw her. The only issue I had with the return specials is how they completely altered the backstory of Freddie the frog and all that went with it. We are supposed to forget about the the coffin buried at sea and triggers aunt(played by the brilliant joan Simms) and the funeral director. That was annoying.

What did people think of the Prequel Rock and Chips ? I liked it even if some of the actors didn't get the characters they were playing.

kenmm wrote: »

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!

Not exclusively non white, some of example off the top of my head where they slagged the Irish

Passing a cement mixer- that’s an Irishman’s tumble dryer

Then there was the Irish builder Brendan- Paddy McGintys Ghost

the shamrock Club- The Paddy’s Molina-Rouge (sic)

Doesn’t bother me in the slightest, I watched this show back to back for years, not so much now. For me it all turned sour when they came into money and walked into the Nags Head, Mike calls Del sir and says he will but all the sandwiches coz Rodney got the rolls, so I never rewatched passed there but easily still my all time favorite show

I also loved how they mixed with he serious with the humorous:

Grandad: They took Nobby away and . . . tortured him! You could hear his screams echoing through the night!

Rodney: Woke you up at one point didn't it?

Grandad: The last thing on my mind was sleep Rodney! But no matter what they done to him Nobby wouldn't say a word!

Del: I bet he didn't ever have his Callard and Bowser to suck on did he!

Grandad: Then it were my turn!

Rodney: They . . . they tortured you?

Grandad: No! But they would have done if I hadn't told them everything I knew!

'Who's Rachel ?'

The post about the torture above grandad reminded me( I think it’s the same episode) where Grandad got arrested for jaywalking but del and Rodney don’t know that and we get the brilliant story of the fact Grandad was barred Spain and all its territories for ****ing gun running in the Spanish civil war.

There was the story about a cigarette box that was held by another family member during the battle of Rorkes drift. And how the it saved him from being shot through the chest but went up and blew his brains out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G7foe3IGwc


The paragliding episode, absolute laugh out loud comedy gold.

Posy wrote: »

Rodney's wedding episode is one of my (many) favourites.
The hilarity of Del getting a mobile phone up his nose, then later on, the poignant moments where we find out Del got a hiding from the Driscoll brothers because he wouldn't give them the money he had promised Rodney for the deposit on a flat, and Rodney leaving Del alone as he leaves for his honeymoon.

Rodney's middle name.
Then the fantastic ending "You don't live here no more!"

Charlton Heston ? No Charlton Athletic!