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Only fools and horses
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wehatepalace
Limbs
Only a short sketch for sport relief, I'd like to see a full length one off special.
nwgull
Well-known member
The last Christmas special was weak.
dougdeep
New member
Oh dear. Never go back. A 70 year old Delboy just won't seem right.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
One of those comedies that went on too long in my opinion. They should have stopped after the episode when Del and Rodney became rich. With the whole "this time next year we'll be millionaires" thing it would have been the perfect time to stop. Started to go downhill after that.
theboybilly
Well-known member
Are they that short of ideas? OFAH was of it's time. I thought the early shows with 'Grandad' were pretty dire at times and the series only picked up (for me) when Uncle Albert joined the cast. The Jolly Boys Outing was perhaps the finest episode of the entire run. But so much was average and David Jason has reprised the role in everything he's done since, even Jack Frost.
desprateseagull
New member
No. Just no. Let it be.
kevtherev
Well-known member
Talk about money for old rope. I am a massive fools and horses fan but the truth is, they should never have made anymore after they became millionaires. After all that was the catchphrase for the history of the program. All the ones after that, were quite frankly a load of crap.
skipper734
Registered ruffian
Delboy should take the elderly Godfather part. Rodders the exasperated lieutenant, and James Buckley (from the Inbetweeners) as Rodney's son Damian. This lineup could lead to all sorts of mirth with the right writing.
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
If that Boycie spin off is anything to go by, this will be shocking.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
I thought the best of OFAH was when it moved to a longer program and the early romance of Rodney and Cassandra, some of the episodes were legendary.
kevtherev
Well-known member
Rodney never had a son, he had a daughter named after his mother Joan.
skipper734
Registered ruffian
Am I supposed to remember everything at my age? Of course he didn't, should have been Delboys Son.
nwgull
Well-known member
That was the same era. The jolly boys outing was when Del met Rachel again, working as a magician's assistant, wasn't it?
The finest ever moment was arguably the end of the chandelier episode, which was in the first series (with grandad). Although Del falling through the bar is another classic moment.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
My favourite OFAH sequence ever, by quite a long way
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kevtherev
Well-known member
I have to confess I do prefer the older ones, with the original Grandad in them. They somehow seem a little less polished and a lot more raw. Obviously the chandelier is a classic, but the one where Rodney leaves Dell to set up a partnership with Micky Pearce and the one where Grandad pretends he is dying in order to get a new flat are classics for me.
Absolutely this.
They should have stopped after Del and Rodney got rich and walked off into the sunset, that was a perfect ending.
Everything since has just ruined the legacy that bit more.
chez
Johnny Byrne-The Greatest
Cant agree there mate. I thought every single episode was brilliant. Jolly boys outing was one of the best but they were all brilliant.