RIP Gordon Kaye

[Mince n Tatties]

Rene in Allo Allo 75.
Was quite funny in its day.
"I will only say this once"

[bog]

It was very funny in its day. Gorden as Rene only needed to look at the camera and he would get a laugh. I recall he had an horrendous car accident. I still laugh at the French copper who would say 'Good moaning....'

RIP.

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[Holders]

I saw it on stage and it was hilarious - e.g. Flick turning cartwheels whilst playing the fiddle...

Anyway, I was on a town-twinning trip to France about two weeks before they were due to get it on TV there and one of the hosts asked me to explain it - in French. I'm not sure I got the message across, particularly as the emphasis was going to be changed when dubbing it into French. The laughs were on the British and the Germans anyway but I think that anyone seeing it without knowing the series it was inspired by would miss a lot.

As an additional twist,  and perhaps less well-known, apparently Flick is French slang for rosser, plod, old bill.

I was sorry to hear that Gorden was in a home when he died - at 75, that seems a bit young.

[Fulham Tup North]

 092.gif   Watched this filmed live a few times.  Very funny in it's time.
RIP Sir.

[grandad]

My wife was a patient at Unstead Park Rehab Hospital recovering from a major spinal operation. Gordon Kaye was admitted there at the same time after his bad head injury. He never really fully recovered his old sparkle.

[Holders]

A friend used to be chef there.  That was 1987, wasn't it? 

[Mince n Tatties]

Accident was due to the gales,great billboard got blown through his windscreen.

[Andy S]

I never found it or him funny. It's strange how if we find something something funny and years later are embarrassed by it we say it was of its time. No it was Truely awful comedy as was Terry and June and a few others that I am happy to forget. However RIP Gordon Kaye

[Neil D]

I never found it or him funny. It's strange how if we find something something funny and years later are embarrassed by it we say it was of its time. No it was Truely awful comedy as was Terry and June and a few others that I am happy to forget. However RIP Gordon Kaye

Spot on dude.  I never found it funny then and still less now.  Relying on cheap national stereotypes for humour is always a sign of desperation and absence of true writing talent.  Think 'Mind Your Language'.

[Burt]

The strangest thing is that it was a minor hit in...Germany! Go figure.