Red Dwarf Season 7 Episode 2 Stoke Me a Clipper Reaction

[@ManlyStump]

Imagine Ace Rimmer and Lord Flashheart teaming up!

[@paulmccloud9395]

I'm not sure the universe could cope with the charisma overload.

[@-M0LE]

Yeah in my head I alway get them confused

[@SteffBrockley]

This is the closest we have to that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6rVgpt6lsd-e7c

[@RocksterOO1]

@@-M0LE I always had a weird feeling that they both said, "Smoke me a Kipper, I'll be back by breakfast!", but I checked and it turns out I was absolutely mistaken!

[@ajivins1]

"Where have you been?" "Where haven't I been?!"

[@dorkarama3135]

The queen was played by Sarah Alexander who is married to Peter Serafinowicz...what a lucky guy!

[@lifeisagame2023]

Very talented comics too

[@-M0LE]

She was in the British version of friends called couples

[@lifeisagame2023]

@@-M0LE I loved coupling, it was more than a friends rip off. Wrote by 2nd show runner of new Dr who revial

[@dorkarama3135]

@@-M0LE Yeah, I remember it. It had that curly haired Welsh actor in it. I've got the music they used as the theme tune ringing in my head, now: cha cha cha, cha cha cha cha. Thanks! I'm not gonna get rid of that any time soon.

[@stuey-77]

Steven Moffat (the Dr Who) writer and Richard Coyle as Jeff, one of the greatest sitcom characters ever for me. He left because he didn't want to get stereotyped, but I think it was too late by then.

[@jamesdunlop9678]

Lister of Smeg. That line still makes me chuckle. Very funny episode

[@bananasaregood8655]

Series 7 had some absolute belters in it, and this is certainly one of them!!

[@crazeered71]

Epideme is up there with all the best ones from all seasons

[@MrDCWood]

Beyond A Joke was one of my faves from Series 7. “Perhaps I didn’t make myself clear. I said SUPPER - IS - READY.”

[@bananasaregood8655]

@@MrDCWood i also love duct soup

[@nuntana2]

It sure did. Always loved Tikka to Ride. Shame it petered out.

[@IDidntSetAHandle]

Man I totally forgot Brian Cox was in this. And married to Sarah Alexander, too. What a guest cast!

[@chrislyne377]

Chris Barrie is honestly such a good actor to be able to play Rimmer trying to be Ace but badly

[@roberthereandthere4366]

I was thinking the same.

[@billybollockhead5628]

I think what makes these videos so fun for me, is your infectious laugh. Wish I had you as a friend, would watch so much stuff just to listen to you laugh.

[@Welsh_Dragon756]

The king is played by Brian Cox. A very well known actor. He played Robert the Bruce s uncle in brave heart and he was also the original Hannibal Lector in the movie Manhunter and many other movies.

[@TheCanadianDude]

In a funny way Arnold Rimmer was the only character who completed a growth arc.

[@MrDCWood]

Ace Rimmer… WHAT a guy! 😃

[@QuagaarWarrior83]

Best opening to a RD episode ever? This has to be up there

[@davidbull7210]

The King is the one-and-only-but-one Brian Cox who is a marvellous actor known currently for Succession but us Brits know him from decades back. He in fact played the first Hannibal Lector in the film Manhunter from 1986, years before a certain Welsh actor became famous for it.

[@arrivalofdoom7449]

Absolutely - as a cold open to a Dwarf episode even after 4 years away this is absolutely BRILLIANT. first time I watched this I was in hysterics.

[@lexiburrows8127]

Maria von Trapp. The Sound of Music. Maria actually WAS a real person and the 'Sound of Music' was based on the real family's experiences.

[@PassiveSmoking]

There's a one-off show called Can't Smeg Won't Smeg, that you might want to check out once you've completed this season (there's still a little more stuff you need from this season before you watch it though!) Back when this was airing, there was also a cooking show called Can't Cook Won't Cook on the air which was about teaching two people who couldn't or wouldn't cook to make a dish. It was hosted by TV chef Ainsley Harriet (who you probably best know for the "Give your meat a good old rub" meme!). Can't Smeg Won't Smeg is a Red Dwarf themed version of that show. As an interesting aside, Ainsley Harriet also had a cameo in Red Dwarf. In fact I think you've seen the episode he's been in already! You'll be doing well to recognise him though...

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Don't forget Universe Challenge , cast vs fans with Banner Gascoine .Red Dwarf might was great .

[@chrisellis3797]

Maria Von Trapp is a reference to The Sound of Music

[@theformergamestester]

Brian Cox was king in the AR suite. He's a huge Hollywood actor that's been in loads of stuff including the Bourne films.

[@tucosalamanca5194]

Agamemnon

[@willhay6148]

The original Hannibal Lecter.

[@MichaelM28]

Sydney Newman in An Adventure in Space and Time

[@lifeisagame2023]

Succession

[@ajivins1]

@@MichaelM28 If he doesn't know much of Doctor Who that would be a great place to start!

[@markdavidson9100]

Chris Barrie was also playing Gordon Brittas in The Brittas Empire, I guess his departure made it less stressful having to juggle two big roles at once

[@JohntheLNERP2]

The Nazi leader is clearly a reference to the Bond villain Goldfinger

[@monkfan72]

And I think Chris Barrie based this Ace on Roger Moore era James Bond.

[@roberthereandthere4366]

I love RD. I've seen every episode, read every novel, got the audiobooks etc. But you've given me the bug again. I'm now watching many of them again and still thoroughly enjoying them.

[@RedDwarfNerd]

Loving your reaction vids man, always great to see Dwarf get some well deserved love and exposure, keep it up fella!

[@jonahhex9620]

Chris asked to have an episode when he wasn’t the bad guy for once and also was moving on with another show

[@fredcasdensworld]

Partially correct, he was already doing the other other show and was getting burnt out

[@the1AndOnlyIRONFIST]

The show just wasn't the same without its best character, Rimmer.

[@Cam-yu8wy]

Once again, I love season 7, really really good. And Ace Rimmer man...what a guy! 😁

[@ppem1988]

farewell Rimmer gone but not forgotten

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Loved this one , a great guest cast and a fantasy opening still talked about . Red Dwarf was and maybe still is ( depending on Dave and the cast ) a unique comedy space opera with lots of great ideas .

[@AlmightyCRJ]

Maria Von Trapp? The real life person that Julie Andrews played in 'The Sound of Music'

[@-M0LE]

The only thing I can say for reacting to this is What a guy

[@sh4969]

Some good news Craig Charles has promised that 'Red Dwarf' will hit screens once more in 2022.

[@obsoleteworlds]

It's 2023 now and the series is trapped in a legal minefield thanks to the continuing BS between Grant and Naylor.

[@MrMortull]

Late to the party but whatever; I always imagined that Cat and Kryten were in on the lie at the end, that the Boys from the Dwarf actually got together to give the Rimmer they knew a proper sendoff without acknowledging the truth between themselves to save Arnie's ego now that he's meant to be Ace. After all those years and everything they've been through, Mk2 Hologram Rimmer found his spine and grew into someone with self-esteem so that in the end his crewmates really did appreciate and miss him. We've had plenty of examples of his being a weaselly backstabbing stain on humanity worthy only of their contempt (along with affirmations all around that they'd dump the git just as much as he'd ditch them in a pinch) but right near the end he managed to earn some respect and affection. The thought helps me sleep.

[@katehack1677]

Every time I see kippers in the supermarket I think of Ace Rimmer (And how kippers ever became a breakfast food)

[@brokenrecord2941]

😂 love your idea about an Ace Rimmer movie

[@TommyHax]

What an episode! Brilliant

[@61shirley]

One of my favourite episodes.

[@Yvo19]

4:23 That's Brian Cox.

[@StuOfSmeg]

The actor playing the German officer also plays one in Allo Allo which definitely a show worth watching

[@ajivins1]

Allo Allo is great!

[@phantomsidious2934]

The opening to this is fantastic, and the episode itself is one of my favorites of the show, Chris Barrie does return in flashbacks later in the series don't worry

[@elvico2216]

I'm pretty sure he said no spoilers

[@MarkMcCartney]

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!! 😂

[@phantomsidious2934]

This reaction is from 2021, I'm sure he's seen the whole series by now

[@elvico2216]

@@phantomsidious2934 no it was an hour ago

[@phantomsidious2934]

@@elvico2216 sigh....it says so at the beginning of the video.....

[@AndrewCusworth]

Ace rimmer what a guy

[@roberthereandthere4366]

I'm really pleased that you are still enjoying Red Dwarf into series 7.

[@lillired857]

Maria Von Trapp is the lead female in 'The sound of music(Julie Andrews)'set in Austria

[@finleyxavier7273]

I think I've said this before but this definitely one of my favourite episodes

[@JustinWillisDevil240Z]

People say the show is bad after season 6/7 but they're wrong. All 13 seasons are great.

[@jad4680]

i love all red dwarf . love it. ; )

[@adamdenby1282]

love dint even button up the tent let them all have good look haha

[@MichaelM28]

Stormtroopers had a good aim. They were under instructions not to shoot the heroes so the millenium falcon could be tracked back to Yavin.

[@reactions5783]

That explains their awful aim in one Star Wars movie. What about all the others?

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

I aspire to being Ace… 🤣 and I DO love kippers btw …yum 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@joewedg3703]

Smoke me a kipper not Stoke 😂 I live in Stoke-on-Trent, no kippers want to come here, trust me 👍🏻

[@davebirch1976]

And let's not mention the rhyming slang for Stoke on Trent 😆

[@joewedg3703]

@@davebirch1976 none o that duck 😉

[@Stevenc1984]

Weirdly that's the correct name on both IMDB and Wikipedia, seems a little fishy to me.

[@joewedg3703]

@@Stevenc1984 definitely. My grandad loved smoked kippers… I still remember the smell 😂

[@GoggledAgog]

‘Stoke me a clipper I’ll be back for Christmas’ is how rimmer messes up the line at the end

[@AndyNightingale]

Yeah, Kung Fury is a masterpiece. what else could anyone from the 1980s want? He produced that movie on a super low budget. Great great work! *SPOILER ALERTS IN THE COMMENT SECTION IS JUST SIMPLE COURTESY.* I had a friend who could never talk about a movie, without giving away all the dirt that no-one wanted to know. It was stunning to watch the words, that you knew you didn't want to hear, fall out of his mouth; no matter what we tried. *It's nice to see you care about Red Dwarf like that!* *BUT DON'T WORRY!* *Red Dwarf stands up TIME AND TIME AGAIN!* 😂😉😊

[@wiredtardis]

"This episode started off with a bang!" Yeah, for Lister, it sure did! The King is played by Brian Cox who has been an elite supporting actor (Braveheart, X-Men 2, Bourne Identity, etc). The Queen is played by Sarah Alexander from the show Coupling and would later show up in Stardust.

[@theblackwidowchronicles]

BRING ON SEASON 8.....It's amazing

[@volzpair9801]

Von trap was the name of the character from the sound of music

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Maria Von Trappe from the Sound of Music 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@JackRascal]

Never liked Ace before this, but somehow it works here. I've never minded S7 that much, but it's definitely better with your infectious laugh, Josh.

[@paultheretrogamer]

Another great reaction video always look forward to them

[@michaeljohn1978]

That was Brian "Succession" Cox

[@Land967]

Only issue with this episode is that it was meant to be Chris Barrie's last episode and they didn't have any emotional goodbye for him, felt more like a "oh, right. okay bye."

[@Escapee5931]

What a guy!

[@roberthereandthere4366]

This is such a great series

[@deanevans7141]

If you want to watch a goofy superhero ish film may I suggest 'mind horn'

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Season 7 definitely has its moments but the longer the series goes on the more I noticed jokes that in a writing partnership would have been left out for being too cringey and you could tell that filter had gone

[@onone9149]

What a guy

[@jacksmith4460]

I would also watch Ace Rimmer the movie

[@The_Stoic_PhilosopherAU]

Smoke me a Kipper!

[@ajivins1]

SPOILER ALERT ; I've just fitted one to my car and it looks epic!

[@benellis9665]

Skip the rest of the season after this episode until the final episode.

[@S1RD2]

rimmer was wrote out so that he could go off and star in his own show called the brittas empire.

[@monkfan72]

Actually, he had been filming Brittas and Red Dwarf concurrently for 3 seasons (1990 - 1993). He expressed after series 6 that he didn't like doing Red Dwarf anymore (particularly series 5 & 6, mostly due to behind the scenes issues, mostly to do with producers and bigwigs) and in 1993 he said he wasn't interested in doing Red Dwarf any more. There was a 3 year break for Red Dwarf between 6 & 7, during which he continued to film Brittas.

[@theflightsimguy8513]

Chris Barrie was only in 4 of season 7, awful as it was, because of contractual issues and he was film Tom Raider with Angelina Jolie, where he played the butler in the first two films

[@Ugo2sleep]

Yo, it's "smoke me a kipper" lol

[@ManlyStump]

Who are you trying to correct there?

[@robalexander8065]

The catchphrase is - yes. The episode title is "Stoke me a Clippe"r.

[@Ugo2sleep]

@@robalexander8065 it is? Wow, it's almost as if I should think before I comment.,. ? thanks for the correction

[@DM-rc4yu]

@@Ugo2sleep Watch at 10:42

[@thinkdeep8806]

Rimmers gone O.O who will replace him ^_^ ?

[@MichaelM28]

A bootleg Kochanski

[@Kryten85]

**** SPOILER ALERT ****

[@adamclement2002]

@@MichaelM28 Scottish kochanski is the only true kochanski for me

[@SabretoothBarnacle]

I may be imagining this but I'm sure I watched this a week or so ago?

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

Don't get me wrong, I love this episode (particularly the beginning). But can we really believe "our" snivelling, cowardly Rimmer could ever become Ace? A noble way for Chris Barrie to leave though.

[@monkfan72]

In a cut scene from this episode, Ace told Lister that when he was found by the previous Ace, he had left his crew for dead in Out of Time, and used the time drive to hide in a flower shop in 18th century France. If he could be Ace, our Rimmer could. 🙂

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

@@monkfan72 I’m sure I probably saw that if it was an extra on the DVD. However,having watched Rimmer in the previous six series I’m far from convinced.

[@monkfan72]

@@normandavidtidiman9918 but I think that's the point of the episode. Someone who can't possibly be a hero because he's always been terrible can become one under the right circumstances. And from the lightbee coffin scene, you get the idea that it's happened hundreds of thousands of times before. It was the inspiration to push Rimmer out of the nest, because it seems he didn't believe it about himself.

[@phantomsidious2934]

@@normandavidtidiman9918 The hologram Rimmer from season 10 is actually the Rimmer that left in this episode, so obviously he failed at being ace Rimmer and came back to red dwarf, the only Rimmer to fail at being ace which fits the this version of the character perfectly

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

@@phantomsidious2934 Essentially, you're agreeing with me then

[@daleheat8455]

It's smoke me a kipper by the way lol

[@ManlyStump]

The episode is called "Stoke Me a Clipper" because that's how Rimmer botches the catchphrase at the end

[@Fishieable]

from the point of season 7 on wards The older generation of fans myself included i will admit felt the show was trying to hard to get reconised over the lake so took out alot of the british style of comedy and joy (sarcasm) souly for the chance too get that american dollor profit the remove of the old miniture models for CGI models accualty many felt made the show less unque and cheap looking it obs worked out for them more american became intresed in the show at this point where as before only the truely nerdy american fans knew of it it was a undergtound show that you could say went mainstrem America example the parts you laugh more at are the parts that brits mostly disliked about the new style of comdey they went for lol also you will note as show goes on,the incress in american accents Brits are well aware in america british accent = Bad guys in all shows and films its just a culture thing at work so nothing wrong with it just the way its :P

[@elaineshakeshaft2830]

😂😂❤

[@TechyMantis]

I really disliked the line "hopefully some sex" didn't feel like what Ace would say, but that's just my opinion.

[@R20966]

July 2021?

[@grrfy]

Kipper* not Clipper.

[@Jay_Bee_Beats]

This episode is actually called "Stoke Me a Clipper"

[@grrfy]

@@Jay_Bee_Beats Ah me bad apologys.

[@NoName-eo2mv]

This is when I stopped watching, Chloe Annette was ok but it wasn’t the same dynamic, wonder why Claire Grogan didn’t come bk, anyway Chris Barrie and the ppl behind the show realised they needed him bk and was quickly re introduced

[@s.rmurray8161]

By the way its SMOKE me a kipper!

[@robalexander8065]

The episode title is "Stoke me a Clipper" - a play on Rimmer's inability to get the catchphrase right.

[@Alan.Moffat]

Smoke me a kipper 🙄

[@billybollockhead5628]

Season 7 was ok.. but it was just the start of it going downhill..

[@damienyoung751]

It went downhill from there

[@benmiller3252]

This episode did write Rimmer out of the series as I said Chris Barrie was feeling burnt 🔥 out at this point 👉. He was also doing The Brittas Empire which is a lot easier for him and decided to focus on that for a while. Rimmer does eventually come back in The next season.

[@roberthereandthere4366]

He asked for no spoilers!!!

[@steveobidevo]

No spoilers dude C'mon

[@ManlyStump]

@@steveobidevo He finished the series ages ago, it takes him a long time to get around to putting them on KZbin.

[@roberthereandthere4366]

@@ManlyStump Let's at least respect his requests

[@billybollockhead5628]

Spoilers! Ffs!

[@xKynOx]

yuck not the woman its when i quit.

[@kitty1376]

You sound like a little kid, "eew, ick, girls!" Okay, though. Good to know.

[@MichaelM28]

Shouldn't you have stopped watching when we first met Kochanski in the very first episode?

[@NZBigfoot]

Yeah first Eddie, thats a spoiler dude... you might not like it but dont ruin it. And second, really? lol was a bit of a change sure but hey, you cant really top Chris Barry so no matter what they did, people would have complained, but using the 'not the woman' isnt a valid complaint.

[@MrGoldie1976]

The king is in the Jason Bourne films

[@juankusoff]

They’ve been working on a Feature Length ‘Kung Fury’ since before covid hit. Not sure what’s happened with that.

[@kalamataLJS]

brian cox legend of an actor

[@esraeloh8681]

Oh, My, Fucking, God. I completely fking forgot about Kung Fury, holy shit. I don't even know why I bothered googling it, I really didn't care, I just thought of Kung Fu Hustle, & something about that seemed to make me curious about that title. Fuck was that 20bloody15, I could've sworn that was like 2008. Bloody classic piece of work it is, so unappologetically goofy taking from a few very specific genres. Christ, I just about wet myself laughing at that thing the first time my brother showed me it. Oh & look at that, someone made a second 1 this yeat, witaf, how do you tail on that 8 years on I even had a very constious thought whilst typing in google "this sounds like it might be a total piece of shit" God, the art style pairs well with it's almost uncaring obvious ridiculousness, which it just leans into so well. & whoever did the animations, my god, they've clearly gone over them, refined the timings, it would be so easy to fuck so much of that animation up & just wreck how the jokes & acting mesh. But they managed to mesh all of that goofy off the wall stuff, that's not an easy thing to pull off with dozens of peoples influence & involvement

[@jamesleate]

"Smoke me a kipper" not "Stoke me a clipper", get it together Rimmer.

[@DM-rc4yu]

What a guy

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

What a guy!