S1 E12 Boys Night In

[@LisaHodgkins]

Classic comedies of the best you never get bored of the oldies

[@noelodowd7867]

Brilliant writing. Brilliant show. Remember it so well.

[@eatmywords]

bbc drama generally was. sitcoms and dramas like this didn't have much of a budget, so they needed to have a strong depth of writing.

[@juliebuchan5409]

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[@stevemaclaine4547]

loved it then,still love it now,brilliant scripts and great acting ,when comedy was good,not like the crap today .

[@MarkHarrison733]

It was unfunny and racist.

[@peternagy-im4be]

​@@MarkHarrison733wrong again muppet

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@peternagy-im4be The unfunny series has to have a racist warning when it is shown.

[@joepineapples7774]

Terry's face @15:56 ,'go on, go on' 😂priceless.

[@jakhaughton1800]

Terry! The Devil incarnate 🤣🤣🤣

[@jakhaughton1800]

Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, the writers, wrote a similar episode in Porridge. A simple night in. Brilliant. No scene changes just dialogue. Hilarious.

[@davidjones6470]

Classic!!!!

[@healey100austin]

That reminds me of one early morn... I was driving through Caterham,a mini r bout with a man off his nut starkers and tied to a post...the plod were there,laughing their balls off 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@eurotom288]

They don't make shows like this anymore, shame.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

sure don't. Half of what aired on the BBC in the 60s to early 90s would NEVER get green lit now. Python? You can't forget it we musn't upset the transgender now.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

it would never get a green light for a pilot. Niether would python.

[@Tad1945]

@@wendyokoopa7048 We had the Likely lads, Love thy neighbour, on the busses Dads Army, George and Mildred, porridge, Alf garnet, Two Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise, curry and chips starring spike Milligan and Eric Sykes, Benny hill, mad about the house, bless this house, rising damp, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, only fools and horses, Steptoe and son.

[@Tad1945]

@@wendyokoopa7048 both Tyne tees and the BBC were 👍🏻 back in the day. Sometimes I go to bed just dreaming it was still the 70s I was born 1958 63 years of age seems like the 70s was only just Yesterday we had none of this crap that’s on the TV today.

[@Andy__L]

Proper good series the rubbish today is mind numbing

[@Cruzy1892]

19:39 Terry’s reaction is perfect!! Also on 26:10 does anyone else notice that it look’s like the officer put’s the cup on Bob’s nose?? 😂

[@gingerfellah5665]

Oh no so many apostrophes in the wrong place! Or should I write apostrophe’s?

[@Cruzy1892]

@@gingerfellah5665 such an irrelevant comment but I’ll defend it. That is how I feel comfortable in text’s. Without them it just feel’s wrong. I don’t think I need to go into more detail.

[@lorrainelane6583]

Brilliant

[@stevewatts7126]

The script, the actors, the timeline it's set in, this won't and neither should it be beaten again. Just sit back & enjoy!!

[@benjaminclasper9355]

I love how there’s no changing of the scenes of where they are too much you can follow with their dialogue which understandable And so that the show doesn’t complicated.

[@highdownmartin]

The copper used to play lugubrious coppers quite a bit. He had a starring role in a sitcom where he was a cartoon artist. Anyone remember the name?

[@MrSargemneil]

Robert Gillespie in Keep it in the Family.

[@highdownmartin]

@@MrSargemneil ta!

[@zaragozakid310]

As much as I like Terry, I'm surprised Bob has put up with the friendship for so long.

[@TallSilentGuy]

It's because Terry usually comes through for Bob when the chips are down.

[@eatmywords]

@@TallSilentGuy said in an episode where terry lands bob in jail on the day of his wedding.

[@markbailey1970]

Because proper friendship isn’t skin deep and shallow

[@gingerfellah5665]

He was always a leech and miserable. Their friendship was based on nostalgia

[@benjaminclasper9355]

It doesn’t rely on too many camera zoom ins to make it funny with dialogue.

[@kevinbeck6785]

Remember when comedy was FUNNY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eatmywords]

remember when two men sleeping in the same bed wasn't considered anything out of the ordinary; morecambe & wise, laurel & hardy

[@MrMenefrego1]

What does it mean when a Brit ends a sentence with: "this, though, but"? As in: "Canny little place, this, though, but."

[@eatmywords]

just atrocious grammar mate. translated: "this is a fine establishment, however..." the use of the conjunction "though" is unnecessary, and is probably just slang northern dialect. ending the sentence with the conjunction "but" is more dramatic irony; allows you to interpret the negativity without actually stating it.

[@joepineapples7774]

I've noticed some Australians say it as well.

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@eatmywords It's kind of a shortcut, I suppose. Thanks for the into. my friend.

[@G.5.B.H.M]

@@eatmywords Atrocious grammar? What are you, an English teacher? So what, all parts of the UK have their own way of saying things. Different phrases and meanings. Like where I live in the NE of Scotland can have different sayings to say the North of Scotland. Geordies will say things differently to Londoners. I suppose you speak the Queen's English all the time do you?

[@eatmywords]

@@G.5.B.H.M the difference here being, i'm not writing dialogue for national/global consumption. as you clearly witness, i was responding to someone who was confused by said language, you uppity twonk.

[@TallSilentGuy]

10:55 Why did the audience shriek with laughter right after Bob said "What sort of girl do you think I'm marrying"? It's not as if it was a very funny line. 🤔

[@highdownmartin]

Looks like you had to be there. Bob has a bit of a grin on, like the floor manager is waving keep going keep going. Might be the fourth take or something, cos someone fluffed a line and they started corpsing

[@Cruzy1892]

I think there was a bit of innuendo with Terry talking about Thelma and the Ski instructor going in and out of stick’s. 😜😂

[@gingerfellah5665]

It’s because he very slightly broke the 4th wall. Oh and talking about women actually having a sexuality on the telly was hilarious in the 70’s.

[@HHM706]

That tank top is a shocker even for 1974!

[@fredflintstoner596]

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"