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Derek1952
Derek1952 Posts: 779
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Just seen The Story of only Fools and Horses on t.v.Does any one else not find fools and horses funny.Stupidity and Slapstick never found amusing.
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  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,622
    Derek1952 said:

    Just seen The Story of only Fools and Horses on t.v.Does any one else not find fools and horses funny.Stupidity and Slapstick never found amusing.

    No, just you. 18m watched the xmas special when they sold the watch & became millionaires.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,732
    Derek1952 said:

    Just seen The Story of only Fools and Horses on t.v.Does any one else not find fools and horses funny.Stupidity and Slapstick never found amusing.

    Definitely just you
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    It's genius. Nothing like it. I wish they could have made more!
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,484
    Timeless comedy. Watched a few of Blackadder recently, first time in ages, forgot how good it is.
  • petetheaddick
    petetheaddick Posts: 375
    pure genius comedy, it made us actually care about the Trotters. Although I though a couple of the "specials" were a bit flat.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,219
    Had a proper belly laugh at some of the one liners as we watched a few old episodes on Monday night. I miss it.
  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,082
    petetheaddick said:

    pure genius comedy, it made us actually care about the Trotters. Although I though a couple of the "specials" were a bit flat.

    Always loved the " Jolly Boys Outing"!
  • king addick
    king addick Posts: 3,698
    Iconic TV moments (Chandelier smashing, Del falling through bar to name a couple) can watch any episode and laugh still even though I must have seen them all 5x over!

    Watched some Open All Hours the other day which is brilliant along with Porridge! All timeless.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,810
    greatest TV comedy ever made, my favourite programme ever, can still watch episodes now and laugh every time
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,409
    Grandad trying to get BBC2 on the microwave. :smiley:
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  • petetheaddick
    petetheaddick Posts: 375
    Trigger and his broom
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,907
    edited August 2017
    It's good but it's no Fawlty towers.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,148
    edited August 2017
    Derek1952 said:

    Just seen The Story of only Fools and Horses on t.v.Does any one else not find fools and horses funny.Stupidity and Slapstick never found amusing.

    Yes, someone else does not like it, I have met one other person in my entire life (and I have met a lot of people) who didn't like it.

    I don't get your reference to slapstick, apart from a couple of brilliantly staged memorable moments? I don't recall much custard pie throwing, buckets of confetti or slipping on banana skins? And the root of most comedy is in stupidity, surely?
  • up_the_valley
    up_the_valley Posts: 4,186
    Greatest show ever. The combination of script writing and casting is second to none, with even upsetting subjects getting a laugh. I have the box set but still always watch when on tv.
  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    It's a Bic.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Play it cool Trig, play it cool.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,916
    slapstick ? More like genius timing and 1 liners that will be remebered for a long time ! One of the best things ever to grace TV. Heartwarming charachters and proper belly laughs... plus a few tears along the way too.
  • up_the_valley
    up_the_valley Posts: 4,186
    edited August 2017
    Valiantphil said:

    Grandad trying to get BBC2 on the microwave. :smiley:

    "I didn't ask much of ya did i. All i asked you to do was put the tub of neapolitan ice cream in the freezer, and the box of wine in the fridge.... But no, you get that ass about face dont ya. So come tea time all I could offer her was a bowl of gunge and a Beaujolais ice lolly". :smiley:
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    Some of the funniest ever TV comedy moments are on OFAH - classic British comedy but I can't imagine it would go down well abroad - for a start how would you translate 'luvley jubbly' or 'plonker'?

    Brilliant acting as well.

    But for me Blackadder 2, 3 and 4 beat it.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,737
    It's a classic no doubt.......but they did drag it out for far too long.
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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
    SuedeAdidas said:

    It's a classic no doubt.......but they did drag it out for far too long.

    This.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,435
    Should have ended with the watch. Up to that point, it was consistently the funniest thing ever screened on British TV.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,737
    New series of Curb Your Enthusiasm in October. Really looking forward to that.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,241
    The facial expressions, the witty retorts, Del boys complete lack of self-awareness, the unspoken stuff like Del always touching up Marlene in front of Boycie, the stitch ups, piss-taking relentlessly and some incredibly touching moments.

    What does aggravate me is the constant mentioning of Del falling through the bar and bits like that when there was so much more to it that made it funny

  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,364
    Only Fools and Horses will never be topped. Genius storytelling and the characters were absolutely brilliant. Not many sitcoms are that good where you genuinely feel as though you know and care about the people involved.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,223
    The Christmas specials of OFAH were a bit tedious and drawn out, two one hour shows and the best parts you had seen in October on the BBC trailers.

    Other than that an excellent sitcom.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,916
    Leroy Ambrose said:

    Should have ended with the watch. Up to that point, it was consistently the funniest thing ever screened on British TV.

    THIS
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    edited August 2017
    Watched this the other night, despite not being a Ben Elton fan (politics) and him looking remarkably like Tony B-Liar nowadays.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b092l7pq/the-ronnie-barker-comedy-lecture-with-ben-elton

    It was interesting and made some good points about sit-coms. Put my foot through the TV whenever Miranda was mentioned but... that proved his basic premise I guess.
  • Jensenwasclass
    Jensenwasclass Posts: 835
    I also watched the Ronnie-Barker-Comedy-Lecture.
    Very disappointed, was mainly Elton spouting on about
    his own shows not much about Ronnie Barker at all.
    Should have realised can't stand the narsisestic Elton at all.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Best 5 British Sitcoms:

    1) Fawlty Towers
    2) Porridge
    3) The Office
    4) Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
    5) Dad's Army

    There you are, that's that sorted.

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