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Only Fools And Horses...The Early Years
Posted by kidpresentable on 4 July 2009 - 10:50am.
What does anyone make of this idea?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8132949.stm
Years ago I used to love Only Fools And Horses, but given the quality of the Boycie spin-off I can't say I'll be expecting many laughs. I shall wait and see.
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Rearrange
horse, a, flogging, dead
Then
disinterring said equine corpse and pissing all over it
Just think ...
... all those wonderful cafes in resorts from the Costa del Sol to the Greek Islands will be be able to show something new when serving up your full English Breakfast!
Quite fitting
I think the title sums up anyone daft enough to go on watching this cack.
"Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Chips"
It's not a good start.
revising and reviving Just William
seems quite a nice idea to me.
It was hopelessly out of date even when I wor a lad - so interesting to see how they re-imagine.
Maybe he'll be hoodied up and carryin' a shank. Happy slappin' Violet Elizabeth Bott and postin' on Youtube
Just William
It was hopelessly out of date when *I* was a lad, too - longer ago still, I fear - but that didn't detract from my enjoyment.
If they mess it up I'll thcweam and thcweam until I'm thick.
Or just not watch it, feeling curmudgeonly and disgruntled.
NB, sheev, I *do* like the idea of William happy slapping VEB (would any jury convict him?), even though that would almost certainly count as messing it up by my criteria.
the more anachronistic the better I say
Bring back Bunter too - Yarooh! I say Wharton!
The out-of-datedness is most terrific!
I'm expecting a postal order from Pater shortly
Apologies for the appalling stereotype, but...
You are Hurree Jamset Ram Singh - or the Fat Owl of the Remove. You seem to have a bit of an identity crisis going on - and I claim my five pounds.
Or the postal order (should it ever arrive). Whichever is the larger amount will do nicely.
C'mon, it may turn out well
so let's give it a chance. As long as they don't call it "Only Fools and Ponies." Although it does smack of either a lack of inspiration or a desperate attempt to win some ratings by resurrecting an old favourite. And I agree with kidpresentable: if it's anything like the limp effort that was the Boycie spin-off...
To be honest, I'd rather they tried to update the characters and see how Del and Rodney have adapted (or not) to the Noughties. I suspect that might be more interesting, plus it would put Messrs. Jason & Lyndhurst back in the saddle and they, when all is said and done, are who Joe Public really want to see.
Or even
let Del, Rodney and Albert totter off down that metaphorical yellow brick road in peace after finally becoming millionaires. Us sentimental gits would gladly have settled for that, especially after the scripts almost exponentially worsened for the final few series.
Can't imagine Dickens thinking: 'Ah sod it, let's bring Copperfield back for a couple more books - and mebbe have a spin-off series with betsey Trotwood. Now where's me quill...?'
And I quote
"BBC head of comedy Mark Freeland said the prospect of "once upon a time in Peckham" was "incredibly tantalising".
"Nearly 30 years since Only Fools And Horses hit our screens, now we'll have the chance to see the vivid, bittersweet drama that underpinned the iconic series," he said."
Has anybody told him that this isn't actually real, that it's not a documentary?
Be careful
He's still bruised after discovering EastEnders wasn't a reality show
Three words
Minder. Shane. Richie.