Reply to: Rock and Chips

[NotAllThere]

And where was young Marlene?

Phworrr. Worra scorcher!

[The Central Scrutinizer]

And where was young Marlene?

[George Parr]

Well, after all these comments I thought I'd find out for myself so I fired up iPlayer and checked it out.

Certainly this program was nothing like Fools and Horses but being forewarned of this I wasn't expecting too many laughs. However there was a sense of awkwardness about the whole execution to me as it couldn't make up its mind if it was a comedy or a social commentry and struggled to be either in stark contrast to the way in which Fools and Horses so often effortlessly blended comedy and pathos.

Nick Lyndhurst wasn't convincing playing a womanising villain who always gets what he wants but the performance of his opposite number (Del and Rodney's Mum) was engaging as her story unfolded along the familiar line of tired marriage leads to encounter leads to consequences.

Best line for me:
Minge? MINGE? I'M LOOKING FOR A MINGE.

And that wasn't really that funny.

[Alf W]

Worth watching for the "have you got any toilet paper?" gag alone. Maybe I have a puerile sense of humour but that generated a good belly laugh.

[AtW]

I dont like the idea of being beaten to it by you

The battles are won and lost before they ever fought mate...

[wobbegong]

I didn't bother (and reading these comments makes me glad I didn't), it sounded like flogging a dead horse to me.

[MPwannadecentincome]

yup a disappointment - could have been done in half an hour.

[DimPrawn]

Superficial nonsense about chirpy luv-a-duck working class cockneys. Sleazy stereotypes and Saveloys. What did you expect?

Good summary.

[shaunbhoy]

Superficial nonsense about chirpy luv-a-duck working class cockneys. Sleazy stereotypes and Saveloys. What did you expect?

[Sysman]

It's on iPlayer and also on BBC 1 next Saturday at 1:15 (Sign Zone version).

[MrMark]

Simple question, was it supposed to be humorous in any way shape or form, because I've had more laughs having a boil lanced.

I thought the joke about instant coffee was funny, but I may have been the only person on Earth who's not heard that one before.

[Doggy Styles]

I rather enjoyed it.

[DimPrawn]

Simple question, was it supposed to be humorous in any way shape or form, because I've had more laughs having a boil lanced.

[DodgyAgent]

This time next year Dodgy...

I dont like the idea of being beaten to it by you

[MrMark]

I found it both interesting and thought-provoking. Above all it seemed to capture life realistically in a working-class street in the 60s, and I probably am more sympathetic to the woman's pov of that era. Some things may seem incredible (like smoking on the underground, or cigarette machines in the wall in the hospital) but it was actually like that in those days. As a semi-documentary it worked very well, but I can understand why those looking for just another "fools n horses" farce would have been disappointed.