"What you got, Rodney? A Wendy House?" | Only Fools and Horses

Grandad rips apart Rodney's business plan with a single line that caused so much laughter from the audience, that it threatened to run into the next episode. After this episode aired, the show invented a new rating system for laugher based on it's 'wendy-ness'.
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[@worldtraveller8604]

"Here's a clip with a classic punchline. How shall we edit it?" "Zoom out just before the punchline to destroy the moment?" "Brilliant idea!"

[@Jtmissile]

Ya got your joke though stfu 🤣

[@white-dragon4424]

I was thinking the very same thing, but the BritBox vids have a knack of doing that. I think the magic word to describe them is "clueless".

[@vantheman1244]

Exactly

[@Unicysis]

“You dipstick, BritBox. NOW look what you’ve done!”

[@garyhunt8067]

Total dipstick

[@MizfitZer0]

Del Boy’s reaction is real life. His laugh at that line is 100% genuine

[@Kickback-dm7zt]

That's because "what you got?.. A Wendy house" was NOT in the script. That line was just something Leonard Pierce (grandad) came up with on the spot.

[@ELLIOT1311]

@@Kickback-dm7zt Brilliant !

[@robertryan6782]

100% genuine!

[@SpeccyHorace]

@@Kickback-dm7zt Thats not true at all.

[@sionyevans]

😂

[@englishmaninengland1451]

Grandad’s timing was pure genius. This for me is the best comedy ever. Thank you John Sullivan.

[@naeemabdul6565]

"You can have double egg and chips next week" 😂

[@scottybee8]

“ your breakfast is cold Del Boy “

[@bal0076]

Love egg and chips 🍟 Its been such a long time since I had them over 15 years

[@michaelasquith]

Grandad Trotter: "Ya breakfast's ready, Rodney".

[@RIYAD74PRODUCTIONS]

1:17

[@sahirakhalid2940]

Why

[@chrismith251]

Grandad nails it right at the end!

[@ianrae1546]

Chris Smith David Jason once said that it used to amaze him that he and Nicholas Lyndhurst put all the hard work into each episode and Lennard Pearce (Grandad) would steal the entire show with one killer line 😂😂😂

[@augustinberishaj]

"Del, you think we could put these in the back of your van?" "Put them in?! I just took them out!" 😂😂😂

[@nadeemyounas8122]

Gramps smahed it "Wot u got a wendy house"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RIYAD74PRODUCTIONS]

2:49

[@killboggins]

I love when characters laugh at their own jokes. This is one of my favourites

[@oliprj8676]

Best British comedy of all time

[@uzzie88]

International*

[@Sirdiggar]

@@uzzie88I think he meant British as in it's the best comedy to come out of Britain and I agree!

[@wanderer1955]

You must be joking.

[@Sirdiggar]

@@wanderer1955 Why so? I think it's the best! God forbid people having a favourite!

[@wanderer1955]

@@Sirdiggar Nicholas Lyndhurst is a bad actor. David Jason is a ham actor. The series wasn't funny. Want a favourite? Have Fawlty towers. In fact have 2. Fawlty towers and The Office (Rickie Gervais ) both brilliant!!😁😁👍👍

[@killadog84]

grandads cheeky smile at the end like he knows he's done something naughty 😂

[@rayoflight6505]

Such a classic scene. I wish we could've gotten at least 5 series with Grandad. No disrespect to Uncle Albert though who was a great replacement.

[@Fireglo]

I want them to release the original footage Granddad filmed for Hole in One. Yes it was unfinished but the fans would still like to see it.

[@lwaves]

@Dead They might not be able to if the family requested that they never released it. Out of respect, they wouldn't go against their wishes. That's just a guess of course but that type of thing has occurred in other similar situations.

[@georgejacob3162]

Lennsrd Pearce and Buster Merryfield did meet once. They were working on a BBC children's programme. Buster played a chauffeur and drove up to the security gate and Lennsrd the security guard let the barrier up! I don't know what programme it was though!

[@Fireglo]

@@lwaves as far as I know no such request was made. Also his family wouldn't have a say as he was contracted by the BBC so the footage belongs to them. I don't see how releasing his final recorded appearance is "disrespectful". He wanted it out that's why he was filming it.

[@Fireglo]

@@georgejacob3162 Shroud for a Nightingale

[@michaelacoulthard3851]

God bless you Lennard Pearce. I adored Grandad, and loved seeing him. Whenever I watch the episode when it's his funeral, I get a bit emotional, as he was such a sweetheart was Grandad.

[@nextwednesday]

The thing I loved about Only Fools was when someone in the "world" makes a joke, the characters laugh at it. I can't think of any other sitcom that does that. When Chandler makes an actual wisecrack on FRIENDS he mostly gets cold stares.

[@donnn-ow4rj]

Good point tho you should watch the royal family. They are always laughing at each others jokes in that!!

[@nextwednesday]

@@donnn-ow4rj Yes. Love Royal Family. I think the reason I didn't consider it was it always felt real, not really like a sitcom, like The Office.

[@donnn-ow4rj]

@@nextwednesday the first 3 series felt real I agree. Some of the later xmas special episodes had more of a sitcom feel to them.

[@nextwednesday]

@@donnn-ow4rj There was only two series of The Office, and a two part Christmas Special, and the David Brent movie.

[@nextwednesday]

@@donnn-ow4rj Oh wait, The Royal Family had more, yeah, didn’t really see much of it after the first few series.

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

Cant figure out the 14 thumbs down. Most of the modern day comedies we be long forgotten but the likes of Only fools and horses will live on forever.

[@dominicmackrill5953]

Cathal Ó Diubháin the thumbs down is for brit box. Charging for something we have already paid for!

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

@@dominicmackrill5953 Oh, i have not heard of britbox..Is it like netflix?

[@UKDarkPredator]

Cathal Ó Diubháin yes

[@mrtoptenatten]

The writer's are legendary.....this show is the best it gets

[@Supraboyes]

Some sad sap probably got offended by something.

[@OnlyUseMeEquip]

that laugh at the end by del was so genuine

[@Mike-uw2cx]

Agree.. Couldn't do anything else but laugh

[@seancook1965]

Love this scene when Rodney says that him and Mickey Pearce are going into the self- catering holiday trade on 200 “nicker.” Then grandad goes what you got a “Wendy house.” Just brilliant!!

[@andrewscott8694]

Wendy house line had me in stitches 🤣🤣🤣

[@andygibson5258]

Things didn’t get much better for Rodney Eventually becoming a fully forced member of the GRoovy Gang

[@jaggass]

Then years later the Gary gang.

[@sheryl.j9076]

😂😂

[@rorymckernan8502]

@@jaggass in the middle of that. Chain Gang

[@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511]

andygibson i loled. nice one

[@adam-uy6qg]

Hes bought me a cheese burger, I asked for an emperor burger. You know I hate cheese!

[@geoffpoole483]

Sidney Potter.

[@AB-gz9yb]

I miss this program so much

[@adam-uy6qg]

@@AB-gz9yb if you have a nowtv box you can watch all episodes on that, watching one as I type this.

[@AB-gz9yb]

adam I haven’t but my parents have at there house woo woop

[@adam-uy6qg]

@@AB-gz9yb haha enjoy 😁

[@petergreen2552]

Honestly,that line is an absolute corker! God bless Lennie Pearce. Best ad lib in telly history. Hands down

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

Scripted.

[@monicamorilla2851]

I totally agree with you about that 😊

[@Glandorf570]

-Del: They’re not ordinary lawn mower engines. Rodney and Mickey with a grin on their faces - No? -Del: They’re broken lawn mower engines! 😂😂😂😂 brilliant!

[@arthursmaguire8681]

Top class

[@wisteela]

A classic

[@dalemcmahon4130]

Del is a funny guy

[@allanblackshaw3046]

The best comedy show ever 30 years on still beats all the rubbish comedy stuff that's on now . Timeless . Jollyboys outing ,hero's and villans and time on our hands too many class episodes too chose from

[@stevenprosser7592]

comedy at its best I've watched these episodes loads of times and know exactly what's going to happen but still laugh my head off

[@kirkparsons5922]

Love how Del slaps Grandad with the newspaper 😀😀😀

[@nadeemyounas8122]

Cant stop watching this just 2 hear graps "What u got a wendy house" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😉😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RIYAD74PRODUCTIONS]

2:49

[@Rob-ys6ot]

Utter, utter genius!!!!

[@b.real.g3012]

This has got to be one of the most hilarious lines in comedy ever.. and one of my favourites. I never tire of falling over laughing when grandad says that. I don’t understand why people are arguing it was a fantastic line delivered with exquisite timing by an old master ..

[@jasonward6723]

i think leonard said that unscripted hence david jasons reaction haha love this

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

No it was in the script. David Jason just wasn't expecting the reaction the line would get.

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

Apparently the Wendy House line was supposed to be an out take. Absolutely hilarious. I am glad it was left in. In fact some actors are urged to ad lib if they believe it is an improvement on the script as this line obviously was.. Sir David truly cracks up laughing at it by the look of things.

[@MrBooBeeDoo]

100% scripted. The audience just laughed too long making the actors miss their cues

[@adeletaylor6143]

Savage!!!! One of my absolute favourites.

[@stopher101]

What u got a Wendy house? Nailed it

[@cloudstrife1983]

Finally this is on KZbin.

[@richiefennah4699]

I may be 24 but used to love watching Only Fools and horses on a Sunday afternoon. Legends.

[@lizmorgan5463]

Thanks for putting these on You tube love them

[@MrGenedancingmachine]

And in true mindless corporation fashion...”Britbox” bolloxed up the clip

[@Jtmissile]

How?

[@MrGenedancingmachine]

@@Jtmissile By minimizing the video to advertise shite right as granddad is about to deliver the punchline and plastering the punchline in the thumbnail and video title

[@Jtmissile]

That’s it?

[@MrGenedancingmachine]

@@Jtmissile yep.

[@Jtmissile]

And that’s an instant fail because?

[@jonathanhyde1504]

'You can have double Egg & Chips next week' should be the line that every good parent uses to their child who asks 'what's for tea' when they haven't yet paid their board for the week, but try and eat you out of house and home. Valuable lessons in life. If you can't afford it, you can't have it 🤣👍❤️😊

[@RIYAD74PRODUCTIONS]

1:17

[@jonwilson2255]

😅😅

[@chrisy2krock]

love it. grew up on a council estate in ladbroke grove, london during the 80's and 90's. will always be my fav comedy.

[@kellie5476]

Always make sure I'm standing while our national anthem plays at the end there. God bless hookey street!

[@jambamram8441]

That’s the most British thing I’ve ever heard, Make sure you’ve got your digestives and tea with you when you stand up

[@Greenpoloboy3]

@@jambamram8441 XD

[@cumbrianmackem9296]

All the dislikes are from people who bought broken lawnmower engines 😂😂

[@raymondvaughan6262]

Classic won't never be another only fools and horses sad loss of so many of them not here now great acting great writing great TV 👍

[@theinvisibleartists4444]

I cried at Grandad's funeral. But I loved to see what happened with the hat. I love britbox.

[@hellothere7653]

You can’t beat British comedy and this is a prime example

[@ghamandlupin]

The Big Bang Theory is so much better

[@wanderer1955]

@@ghamandlupin No its not. Both are shyte.

[@LeviBoldock]

@@ghamandlupin You should be a comedian.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Terrific comedy and pure gold! I was not born at this time but what a gem. XD

[@WailingBanshee1667]

Absolutely brilliant...

[@droses1600]

Have to admit, I didn't know about the "wendy-ness" laughter rating. Thanks for that tidbit.

[@jonwilson2255]

Absolutely diamond! Still cracks me up -that is comedy genius

[@MrKaywyn]

Grandad's finest moment.

[@cambs0181]

This is what the Royals were like in Buckingham palace when Harry decided to leave!

[@jilledwards5810]

Love it xxx

[@cjcal2674]

This whole episode is classic.

[@fitzjon4628]

Absolutely Brilliant

[@pearcegreatesteverleftback03]

Fucking Awesome. BEST EVER by bloody miles Only fools and horses will live forever

[@callumjobber7256]

Good old grandad lovely guy RIP Lennard Pearce

[@melissawright1979]

Anyone get the feeling that the last line was an ad lib? David Jason's laugh is 100% real

[@MrMarkhall1]

I had one of those Del Boy Pierre Cardin jumpers :-)

[@karolbarnes3271]

😂 absolutely brilliant 😂😂

[@brianwalmsley447]

Brilliant program 😎

[@nadeemyounas8122]

Just had my daily fix of "wot u got a wendy house"😂😂😂😂

[@RIYAD74PRODUCTIONS]

2:49

[@shootimblue]

Such a good show

[@colinthompson216]

Superb gags

[@The_Unintelligent_Speculator]

Rodney was a combination of Neil and Jay from the inbetweeners.

[@geoffpoole483]

Except they came 30 years later. One of the many strengths of OFAH was the depth of the characters, particularly Del and Rodney. I don't think Rodnery bullshitted as much as Jay, who took it to another level.

[@Victoria-qb3dr]

32 people bought broken lawnmower engines haha!

[@sandrapower3250]

Love them xxxxxxxxxxx

[@Charles2k]

Brilliant

[@neiledmonds2351]

Classic i was brought up on these 🤣🤣

[@lukegreen5341]

0:01 Happy 40th Birthday Only Fools And Horses The Original Series. 1981 - 2021. 40 Years Of Only Fools And Horses Magic Family Fun Music Comedy Action Adventure And Excitement. X

[@gnknowsmusic]

All American comedies together can't beat this bit above...Cor blimey, guv’nor

[@Seasider70]

Best half hour episode of all.

[@user-ug3rj4ij9j]

“Did he leave that tenner?”

[@jrspiritcommunicator7611]

You can have double egg and chips next week! 😂 🍳 🍳 🍟

[@RIYAD74PRODUCTIONS]

1:17

[@katiejohnston6783]

I love only fools and horses, especialy del boy!

[@Monbleydonraces]

And what have YOU got now? Sleep well!!😂😂😂😂

[@uzzie88]

No show can ever come close to this.

[@Truckergunners]

I agree, can you believe next year series 1 is 40 years ago

[@Greenpoloboy3]

@@Truckergunners I wasn't even born then but every ep was a classic

[@Truckergunners]

@@Greenpoloboy3 me to, I was born just before series 2 aired

[@Greenpoloboy3]

@@Truckergunners Cool. No comedy today comes close to this. The great classics are those that were made quite a few years - decades - ago

[@Truckergunners]

@@Greenpoloboy3 I know, tell you another one and it started a decade before only fools, on the buses that was classic

[@wodens-hitman1552]

It's a wonder the pc brigade never tried to get fools and horses banned. It's just too funny for them

[@markbarker6739]

One of the best ad libs ever the Wendy house line wasn't in the script grandad came out with it at the last minute

[@TheDispondentpatriot]

According to a crew member Leonard Pearce changed the words to Wendy House after using "tent" for several takes. Legend!

[@1960dave1960]

I also heard that , it was more of an ad-lib line….🤓

[@pinksin103]

Best ever!

[@johnfitzjohn4300]

BRILLIANT

[@customerservicechampion]

If you are in business , you love this sketch

[@JohnJohnson-tw8qk]

Grandads Wendy house line funny a million times you hear it

[@user-vo3dh6dz7y]

LEGEND❤❤❤

[@silverclipper]

My favourite episode

[@johnharvey3748]

It’s a shame that ’Britbox’ has to be. Spitting Image, Fools and Horses and other great staples of British TV have to be put separately away from the mainstream TV channels..

[@twistedtyreman]

Agree totally but it’s only gonna get worse from here on in the world REALLY is going mad.

[@scottmjohnson1980]

britbox is brilliant what you on about?

[@johnharvey3748]

🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jamesgower7933]

Emperor burger cheese burger was another gem. This is great. X

[@speedbirdconcordeBOAB]

Sidney Potter

[@mrclaretandblue]

Grandad was world class, "An Wendy house" brillant

[@RIYAD74PRODUCTIONS]

2:49

[@TomouskiPlayz]

2:49 😂

[@edwardkinsey5680]

Best British Comedy Ever. Dels laugh makes me laugh

[@faithplus1588]

Love Grandad

[@stuartbarclay7940]

LOL!🤣

[@orchy1238]

This is perfect for lock down

[@adamdownes4725]

“Benny-dorrrm?!!!?!”

[@RIYAD74PRODUCTIONS]

2:02

[@mrb23261]

What you got a Wendy house 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😂

[@gruber681]

Lovely jubbly

[@benmorris2901]

That's LUBBLY jubbly, otherwise it makes no sense. It was always pronounced as such, up here, where it was invented, in the North-West.

[@jameskelly4145]

From that point onwards, the scripts use to have a ‘Wendy’ next to jokes they thought would bring the house down like that. It was also a tribute to grandad.

[@veroniquendambo3242]

Oh Lord, I miss London very badly !

[@Charles2k]

Unrecognizable now mate.

[@DH-gg6jx]

Just one of the best delivered lines in the entire show. Grandad maybe wasn't a physically funny character as much as Albert was. But he was dry and quick.

[@susaha1942]

LOL.

[@jaggass]

The Wendy House line was adlibbed and Sir David's reaction to it was genuine. The 2nd clip when he and Lennard were both laughing was probably edited due to the prolonged laughter them and the audience. In The Miracle Of Peckham Buster Merryfield's reaction to his kipper was genuine after Nicholas Lyndhurst put aftershave on it without telling him.

[@pumpkineater69seven17]

In the ofah book it says that that line was used as a measuring line and In the future from that line if they had a line that they thought would "bring the house down " the cast would say "look out looks like a wendy or ;wendy alert " as a way of saying we got a great line coming out, and it all came from that moment, isn't that amazing? Lennard Pearce was never forgotten about in their future (,David john,nicholas)cos of that moment

[@jaggass]

@@pumpkineater69seven17 Lennard Pearce always stole the show with just one line.

[@geoffpoole483]

There's a lot of debate over whether or not the Wendy House line was adlibbed. Lennard Pearce's delivery was excellent and I wouldn't be surprised if David Jason "corpsed" as a result. Some very good acting took place in this scene; note how Del and Grandad looked concerned when Rodney told them Micky Pearce was holding the money.

[@MrBooBeeDoo]

No, it wasn't ad-libbed at all. It was 100% in the script.

[@RIYAD74PRODUCTIONS]

2:49

[@scrott901]

This is my favorite foods and horses Scene. So simple but brilliant

[@jamesy5177]

Apparently grandad improvised that joke

[@mammybelle7302]

The Heart of British 🇬🇧💗