NFR Drink up Trig, we're Leaving

[Peabody]

Just watching a repeat of Only Fools & Horse. The one were Del falls through the bar hatch. Still very funny.

[Northern Cottager]

Just beats the chandelier one to best moment that!

[epsomraver]

magical moments, people still refer to triggers broom he had 20 years and it had had 12 heads and 4 new handles," look after your broom" he said, Del boy says " and your broom will look after you"" no" says trigger," just look after your broom!"

[Burt]

One of those programs that you never tire of, no matter how often you see it.

Anything to do with Trig calling Rodney "Dave" does it for me.

[Peabody]

Still ranks for me as the best ever series. Can't decide whether this one today or the chandeliers was the funniest.

[Mr-ska]

Del boy falls through the bar

[watfordwhite]

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[The Equalizer]

Rodders: "Where did you get that gun from?"
Del Boy: "Iggy Higgins."
Rodders: "but Iggy Higgins robs banks!"
Del Boy: "Yeah I know, but today is a Saturday!"

Genius.

[Rupert]

It's one of those series that works because they do not intentionally play it for laughs, well, they do, but it doesn't appear to be that way. The situaton is funny, as are their reactions, but they tend to be the sort of thing that could, just about, happen to anyone.
One I recall is where they had just buried the grandad, Del sees grandad's hat on the hearse and, in a tender moment, drops it in the grave, just as it starts to be filled.
Seconds later, along comes the vicar, oh, has anyone seen my hat?
Brilliant mix of pathos and slapstick.

[LBNo11]

...not a series I was ever an avid watcher, but I did like to dip into it now and again. As Rupert mentions the comic genius was interspersed with pathos which always go hand in gauntlet together.

The episode where Rodney marries Cassandra and everyone leaves the reception and Del boy is on his own in the function room and the Simply Red song "Holding Back The Years" is playing always gets to me ("it's all right, I've just got something in my eye" moment). I loved reading that the  Producer Gareth Gwenlan recalls during filming of the scene writer John Sullivan anxiously commenting "Nobody's laughing." Gwenlan replied: "That's 'cause they're all crying."

Brilliant...

[Peabody]

Plus it's author John Sullivan, also wrote that well known Fulham supporter, Wolfie Smith, better known as Citizen Smith.

[Banstead White]

Plus it's author John Sullivan, also wrote that well known Fulham supporter, Wolfie Smith, better known as Citizen Smith.

Whilst on the subject (well close) who remember budgie bird ......another TV fulham fan.

Wolfie smith lost the faith when he turned out to be a derby fan in real life......

[Mr-ska]

Plus it's author John Sullivan, also wrote that well known Fulham supporter, Wolfie Smith, better known as Citizen Smith.

Whilst on the subject (well close) who remember budgie bird ......another TV fulham fan.

Wolfie smith lost the faith when he turned out to be a derby fan in real life......

Was Budgie Adam Faith..  i remember talking to him about a year before he died about Fulham. His daughter was in a Netball competition that my then girlfriend was in...  and we stood together for about 30 minutes and talked Fulham. About 1986

[Banstead White]

Plus it's author John Sullivan, also wrote that well known Fulham supporter, Wolfie Smith, better known as Citizen Smith.

Whilst on the subject (well close) who remember budgie bird ......another TV fulham fan.

Wolfie smith lost the faith when he turned out to be a derby fan in real life......

Was Budgie Adam Faith..  i remember talking to him about a year before he died about Fulham. His daughter was in a Netball competition that my then girlfriend was in...  and we stood together for about 30 minutes and talked Fulham. About 1986

Yes he was....Charlie endell was the villain I think.....when I used to go and watch my old dad at the driving range at Esher I used to see him there.....Adam Faith wasnt his real name either of course......:)

[grandad]

Rodders: "Where did you get that gun from?"
Del Boy: "Iggy Higgins."
Rodders: "but Iggy Higgins robs banks!"
Del Boy: "Yeah I know, but today is a Saturday!"

Genius.

In that episode I loved it when Del fired from the hip with the sawn off shotgun at clay pigeons

[grandad]

"Whats the French for duck Rodders?"
"Canard Del"
"I know it´s hard but what is it"

[PLB]

Come on, no mention of The Groovy Gang?!

Rodney! Don't go mad! ...as he's winning a skateboard race!

[epsomraver]

bat man and Robin coming through the mist was classic, as was Del's " Pratmobile" "Rackell" says " we have to drive with all the windows up in the hot weather so you can pretend you have air conditioning" Every body knows a " Dell" I know  the real trigger who Sullivan based his character on, he was bloke called Colin who he had been friends with since their childhood in Balham.

[gang]

cwying does it for me, I can't even listen to Roy Orbison singing it without thinking of that episode.

[Peabody]

Just a question to our Americans, was the series ever shown over there and if it was, how was it received?