Gavin & Stacey finale

swordfish

Enjoyed it, but I'm not sure these types of endings with desperate dashes to stop someone from going will be used that much in future when the first thing everyone and anyone would think of nowadays is to get in touch or message via mobile. Made for good TV though and got away with it, just. 

Algarveaddick

Caught up with it last night. Loved all of it - the stag/hen dos were deliberately cringing, of course. Bryn's rant at Dave coaches was brilliant. 

For the first time, all the top 10 most watched shows on Christmas day were on the BBC.  

MuttleyCAFC

swordfish said:

Enjoyed it, but I'm not sure these types of endings with desperate dashes to stop someone from going will be used that much in future when the first thing everyone and anyone would think of nowadays is to get in touch or message via mobile. Made for good TV though and got away with it, just. 

It reminded me of trigger point. When they raced to save the politician in a meeting, got to the building, ran up the stairs and were just out of time when the brief case exploded. A phone call to reception would have saved all the victims of that horror. I think the Gavin and Stacey episode just needed the detail of Smithy continuously trying to ring her but her phone was off.

jimmymelrose

siblers said:

They made Sonia too much of a c***. She had no redeemable qualities whatsoever.

You’ve made me think about this and if you look at things from her viewpoint you realise that if it were real life she’s been made to accept some pretty weird shit:

1. She visits some people with her boyfriend at Xmas  in 2019, one of whom one is an ex-girlfriend. They all look confused because unbeknown to you, your boyfriend doesn’t really speak the way you think he does. Then they all talk secretively about some fishing trip and then everyone receives a tap from his ex girlfriend.  She actually is quite nice to everyone. Surely, making an excuse to leave is not that unreasonable (?)

2. For your hen- night with your 20s friends you kindly accept that these weird people, including 2 over 50s, come on your hen-night. Why? Who would want their fiance’s ex girlfriend and friends to come? Then, as your having a good time, they have the cheek to spoil it by getting a stripper in, something that she and her friends don’t like, which is fair enough. Who wouldn’t be pissed off?

Of course, this is a comedy, so it’s ok. But if we’re assessing her character, she does have the quality of being nice to, and trying to accept, these strangers. In real life only the fiancé’s son would be invited.

EastTerrace

Irrespective of the above and their ‘clique’, from what we see, Sonia wasn’t very nice to Smithy though, regarding his weight and trying to change him, whilst Nessa takes him how he was.

Sonia and her friends are portrayed as superficial. I thought this was quite a harsh critique of this kind of societal behaviour, not that those that it was critiquing may realise this.

JustFloydRoad

Gribbo said:

Going to talk to mine about the famous Tottenham United

North Lower Neil

Unrealistic thing with Sonia was her waiting 5 years between engagement and wedding  she didn't seem the type to be kept waiting before her big day.

They could have explained it away by saying Smithy was confused etc after the Nessa proposal and so didn't propose to Sonia straight away, then did 2 or 3 years later when she pressured him.

But suspension of disbelief and all that!

MrOneLung

North Lower Neil said:

Also Sonia was wrong trying to get Smithy to wear black shoes with a blue suit.

Not the worst thing she did, admittedly, but being snobby whilst in the wrong isn't a good look.

I didn't see the belt he was wearing. If it was black, then brown shoes are a no go.

DaveMehmet

MrOneLung said:

North Lower Neil said:

Also Sonia was wrong trying to get Smithy to wear black shoes with a blue suit.

Not the worst thing she did, admittedly, but being snobby whilst in the wrong isn't a good look.

I didn't see the belt he was wearing. If it was black, then brown shoes are a no go.

Well he certainly wouldn’t have been able to see his belt either 

AddicksAddict

siblers said:

They made Sonia too much of a c***. She had no redeemable qualities whatsoever.

When she found the stripper embarrassing and tasteless, she went up in my estimation. 

AddicksAddict

MuttleyCAFC said:

North Lower Neil said:

jimmymelrose said:

MrOneLung said:

Gavin and Stacey was NEVER about Gavin and Stacey. They were just the tools to bring the rest of the cast together.  

Tool? Well, Gavin is the only person, fictional or real, that I've ever seen stitch a badge over another team's shirt badge. Seriously, has anyone seen or heard of that being done before?

Thought it was a nice touch tbf, supported his mate and also his club in a funny way!

Agree. I was thinking, even if it was a mates stag do, I couldn't do it but that was a good way round it.  Funny that. I can wear a shirt of a foriegn club but no way could I wear one of an English club other than Charlton. A Millwall or Palace shirt would react with my skin and give me a nasty rash I'm sure.

Did you get a Dukla Prague away kit for Christmas?

AddicksAddict

jimmymelrose said:

siblers said:

They made Sonia too much of a c***. She had no redeemable qualities whatsoever.

You’ve made me think about this and if you look at things from her viewpoint you realise that if it were real life she’s been made to accept some pretty weird shit:

1. She visits some people with her boyfriend at Xmas  in 2019, one of whom one is an ex-girlfriend. They all look confused because unbeknown to you, your boyfriend doesn’t really speak the way you think he does. Then they all talk secretively about some fishing trip and then everyone receives a tap from his ex girlfriend.  She actually is quite nice to everyone. Surely, making an excuse to leave is not that unreasonable (?)

2. For your hen- night with your 20s friends you kindly accept that these weird people, including 2 over 50s, come on your hen-night. Why? Who would want their fiance’s ex girlfriend and friends to come? Then, as your having a good time, they have the cheek to spoil it by getting a stripper in, something that she and her friends don’t like, which is fair enough. Who wouldn’t be pissed off?

Of course, this is a comedy, so it’s ok. But if we’re assessing her character, she does have the quality of being nice to, and trying to accept, these strangers. In real life only the fiancé’s son would be invited.

You mean it’s not a documentary?

Karim_myBagheri

"Great news Owain Hughes" 

still don't get it...

MrOneLung

Karim_myBagheri said:

"Great news Owain Hughes" 

still don't get it...

My Gavin & Stacey joke was just a red herring'

00:47

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Steven Meo's role as Owain Hughes in Gavin & Stacey left viewers scratching their heads.

"Hi, nice to meet you. [I'm] Gavin Shipman," Gavin tells his new colleague Owain, after starting a job in Cardiff in series three.

"Owain Hughes," responds Owain, adding: "And before you ask, no I don't!"

The apparent joke prompts laughter from Owain and the boss, while Gavin looks baffled.

What did the joke mean? According to Meo, absolutely nothing.

"It was literally just a red herring designed to wind people up," he told the BBC.

Hear more from the Gavin & Stacey characters who brought the show to life in The Gavin & Stacey Experience, available now on iPlayer.

Hartleypete

Watched last night, thought it was predictable ending but jogged along nicely without being hilarious.

Wife loved it so alls good.

golfaddick

siblers said:

They made Sonia too much of a c***. She had no redeemable qualities whatsoever.

Bridezilla.

IdleHans

MrOneLung said:

Karim_myBagheri said:

"Great news Owain Hughes" 

still don't get it...

My Gavin & Stacey joke was just a red herring'

00:47

e

Steven Meo's role as Owain Hughes in Gavin & Stacey left viewers scratching their heads.

"Hi, nice to meet you. [I'm] Gavin Shipman," Gavin tells his new colleague Owain, after starting a job in Cardiff in series three.

"Owain Hughes," responds Owain, adding: "And before you ask, no I don't!"

The apparent joke prompts laughter from Owain and the boss, while Gavin looks baffled.

What did the joke mean? According to Meo, absolutely nothing.

"It was literally just a red herring designed to wind people up," he told the BBC.

Hear more from the Gavin & Stacey characters who brought the show to life in The Gavin & Stacey Experience, available now on iPlayer.

When I was at college living in, we all had little slots on our doors to put a name card in. The bloke across the corridor from me, who I didn't know at all, wrote his name in his thus: Duncan Beales

One evening after a light ale or two, I wrote underneath it "Does He?"

He just left it and I thought no more about it until some open mic night several months later when a couple of blokes sang a college-related comedy song they'd written, the last line of which was "Duncan Beales. Does he?!!!"

Perhaps it's a bit like that.

Carter

I thought it was class, I could chair a James Corden is a wanker club and given her other solo work I get the impression the more subtle observational stuff comes from Ruth Jones and given how the gluttonous bastard would explain every single otherwise amusing anecdote or joke on league of their own I suspect the more simple and obvious stuff was his work. 

Now thats out of my system, I thought his acting was good. The writing and the dialogue was beautiful especially anytime Rob Brydon or Stefan Rhodri was on screen. Larry Lamb also played Mick to a tee. Hits a soft spot for me as he reminds me of my dad but the character is great. Julia Davis always made me laugh with the way she spoke to Pete, "Oh shut up ya pre-op" and we were treated to some great stuff there. 

I dont usually get too emotional over tv programmes but this show was something I stumbled on when it first aired in a very different stage of my life at a time when you could still accidentally find gems like that on BBC3 and E4.

Afternoon Delight

I was glad for Dave Coaches, always felt he has had a bad time of things.

soapy_jones

Never seen an episode in my life, but my daughter was highly excited about it, so we wound up watching.

For someone so vilified as Corden, I thought he was quite watchable in this instance. I enjoyed the whole experience and that Ruth Jones says more with her eyes than many more celebrated actors.

SporadicAddick

Pretty sure I’ve written this before on another thread which mentioned Corden…I go to an industry awards ceremony every year and it always has a comedian host. One year it was Corden. I know the people that run it and they always give me the lowdown on what they were like to work with. Some are divas, some are absolute tossers, some are great and brilliant to work with. Corden was very much in the latter camp. Also made a point of working the room and doing the whole selfy thing when he didn’t need to (no-one did it before or since). 

Plus his missus is an Addick.

guinnessaddick

SporadicAddick said:

Pretty sure I’ve written this before on another thread which mentioned Corden…I go to an industry awards ceremony every year and it always has a comedian host. One year it was Corden. I know the people that run it and they always give me the lowdown on what they were like to work with. Some are divas, some are absolute tossers, some are great and brilliant to work with. Corden was very much in the latter camp. Also made a point of working the room and doing the whole selfy thing when he didn’t need to (no-one did it before or since). 

Plus his missus is an Addick.

He spoke out about Roland & what he was doing to the club.

Macronate

So why can’t James buy our club, including The Valley as a present for his wife?

Mendonca In Asdas

Thought Gavin and Stacey, was 10 x better than the Outnumbered Christmas special, which was absolute garbage.

sirjohnhumphrey

Not sure if this had been answered on another thread somewhere, but what is it that makes so many people hate James Cordon? I’ve seen a Stewart Lee clip about it, which frankly makes Lee look like an arrogant twat but what has Cordon done that I’ve missed?

Carter

sirjohnhumphrey said:

Not sure if this had been answered on another thread somewhere, but what is it that makes so many people hate James Cordon? I’ve seen a Stewart Lee clip about it, which frankly makes Lee look like an arrogant twat but what has Cordon done that I’ve missed?

I don't hate him, I think he has probably behaved like a lot of people behave when they go from being the lampost to being the dog. I don't know him personally I just suspect he is a drama school kid who got very lucky working with Ruth Jones but who also clearly has grafted, and if nothing else I respect that. What I cant stand about him is how he feels the need to explain stuff, jokes are not funny when they have to be explained. 

oohaahmortimer

He’s been an arrogant disrespectful twat in restaurants in the past talking down to staff and up himself .
Apparently he’s chilled in older age and is no longer a knob. 

Ferryman

siblers said:

They made Sonia too much of a c***. She had no redeemable qualities whatsoever.

Would ya, though?

SporadicAddick

sirjohnhumphrey said:

Not sure if this had been answered on another thread somewhere, but what is it that makes so many people hate James Cordon? I’ve seen a Stewart Lee clip about it, which frankly makes Lee look like an arrogant twat but what has Cordon done that I’ve missed?

I’m afraid if you don’t find Stewart Lee funny in absolutely everything he does then it’s a sign of intellectual weakness. Can’t you see how he “weaves subject matter” throughout his monotonous diatribes so that his audience can recognise not only the superiority of the comedian, but through interpretative osmosis, their own as well?

Algarveaddick

I like Stewart Lee and I like James Corden. Neither has done me any harm, both have made me laugh (Lee to the point of nearly passing out).