S2 E03 The Ant and the Grasshopper

[@WillJ5112]

The difference in the everyday lives of Bob and Terry is really highlighted in this episode.Bob would ideally like to be as free as Terry but in reality he is like most of us , preferring stability and the material prospects of a conventional relationship and a family rather than living for the moment.The magnificent script and the near perfect casting makes for great comedy, only rarely replicated since those halcyon days of the BBC half a century ago.

[@gingerfellah5665]

Terry is living free with his parents and off the state. Free lodging, free food and acts all high and mighty. Bob is subsiding his lifestyle through taxes that he pays. He’s not a class warrior he’s a leech.

[@WillJ5112]

@@gingerfellah5665 too judgemental for me but true if one cares to highlight the economic aspect of such characters

[@keithfenwick9992]

Its a story!

[@keithfenwick9992]

​@@gingerfellah5665 They're actors you know!

[@peternagy-im4be]

The fcking system ages people with stress. People who stay away from that look decades younger.

[@eugenegilleno9344]

I grew up in North East England, and I’m the same age as Bob and Terry, and each episode is a walk down memory lane. 😁👍🏼

[@kevinbeck6785]

👍👍

[@timelordvictorious]

which part mate?

[@joehurley8199]

One of the BEST programmes ever.

[@1061andy]

Brilliant series - take me back, please !

[@MrMenefrego1]

Me too, brother, me too!

[@blackcountrywench6483]

Me to people were poorer but happier and there were things to do and places to go places these days are full of woke people and no proper English restaurants

[@peternagy-im4be]

​@blackcountrywench648i 26:03 3 I just ignore all the idiots and bullshit Easy.

[@TallSilentGuy]

I am torn between "I need to be more like Bob" and "I need to be more like Terry". This episode has given me a mid-life crisis.

[@noelmurphy406]

Funny, but I was thinking of exactly the same thing. Getting a bit tired of this Terry lifestyle 😬

[@bodsnvimto]

I was always on the Terry side, growing up in a terrace but then moving to an Elm Lodge-like estate. In some ways I still am, being a lifelong leftie, but at almost 60yrs-old I'm now more sympathetic to Bob than I ever was. btw - I always loved this series but I came back to this right now via the Xmas special which, apart from the film version, might be my favourite of all.

[@johntudorhallelujah2976]

​@@bodsnvimtoYes, i'm with you there. The film is champion. Every scene has something. Very funny. I still quote and embellish lines from it eg Terry to Bob "I'd give you a drink but i've only got 8 cans". There's too many to mention.

[@bodsnvimto]

@@johntudorhallelujah2976 Speaking of quotations, BBC3 or 4 are currently showing the series again. This week they put on the last episode of series 1 when Bob gets wed. When Terry hands him back his photo album and says, "Bob Ferris, this is your life", it still gets me even now.

[@theculturedthug6609]

​@@bodsnvimtoIf you are still a leftie in middle age you are an idiot so the saying goes.

[@Thursdaym2]

Hard to decide who was the sadder person really. Terry ( also my name ) was me before marriage and a little of Bob after was me also. Now after 56 years married think I would like to be Terry again.😂😂

[@liztaylor3825]

Grass is always greener, mate.

[@daviddixey]

He did outlive him, too.

[@timbunker4529]

I had one of those Vauxhall Vivas in that colour, great old car.

[@barrycuda3769]

Bob's Viva was very special 'it was a 2 door ' but turned into a 4 door when required.

[@jumpfortyfour9965]

great programs in the 60s and 70s .

[@animaltvi9515]

Unfortunately this wasn't one of them . My dad loved it though.. .

[@napalmslayer]

Your dads right and your very much wrong

[@peternagy-im4be]

​@@animaltvi9515incorrect

[@animaltvi9515]

@peternagy-im4be not really there is no correct or incorrect. . There's just personal taste. Not everyone has the same. Just because someone doesn't like what you like doesn't make them wrong . .

[@jmal1824]

lyrics of the title track, so true. the only thing in this year 2022 to look forward to, is the past

[@joh22293]

1 pint of lager 1 pint of bitter 1 Roast beef sandwich (plenty of chutney) and a pickled egg 1 Cheese sandwich 1 Pasty 1 Scotch egg 1 packet of crisps 2 sausages (with mustard) Total: 82p

[@kevinbaird7277]

£1990 for a new Range Rover and £4580 for a new detached house.

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

I'm sure you know how much was the average weekly or monthly wage! I remember the days when I used to pay 13p for fish & chips!

[@pegjames188]

Yes, and a 14 pounds a week wage.

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

@@pegjames188 Precisely!

[@admiralcraddock464]

@@kevinbaird7277 At 16 as a labourer I got £6 a week in 1970

[@robin7275]

82 pence, I like to put the clock back.

[@briancox9357]

"it's a pound a drink in here" lol

[@steve-r-collier]

still is in spoons..less if you have half

[@JK-ln8zv]

£10.55 in todays money!!!!

[@shanemcnamara5224]

Elizabeth Lax was so beautiful

[@joriah69]

Passed away years ago, quite young, she was lovely

[@comond]

@@joriah69 She died of a heart attack at the age of 46 in 1996.

[@peternagy-im4be]

​@@comondfollowing surgery for cancer

[@MartynCookHarp]

9.26 love the way he validâtes himself by letting his hand stray down to his hip

[@highdownmartin]

What happened Terry? Ah nevva talk about it

[@MegaDeansy]

Aw, I was just reading up on the cast and found out Bob's secretary Wendy (Elizabeth Lax) died from a heart-attack at only 46 - tragic !

[@noelmurphy406]

Very sad to hear. She was a fine looking girl 👌

[@Globetrotter-1]

She died of too much stress in the broom cupboard at Christmas.

[@barrycuda3769]

That is tragic.

[@peternagy-im4be]

After cancer surgery

[@peterbaxter7962]

I did the same last night and was shocked and saddened to read she died so young, there was something about her…

[@mrthomas394]

Slaving away like some motorway Mick 🙈😂

[@steve-r-collier]

oh for the days of unpolitical correctness

[@tymphuket7243]

87p for all that tucker and two pints,them were the dayz

[@robertmcalpine488]

It's actually 82p. She gives him back £4:18 change.

[@Chuckles2109]

Did you see all he bought for 82p..! You can't buy a packet of crisps for that.

[@julieinhester4550]

£1 a cocktail…. 🤔I wish 😂😲😲😲

[@adrianbaker5916]

The humble Slide-Rule

[@Sjmby95]

The old metal dustbins

[@PaulWilliams66]

Best librarian ever.

[@ashstubbings2603]

I was a year old when this series was made!😆

[@paulhannigan8041]

Wendy died young….tragic,lovely girl.

[@johnwalsh3658]

Bridget Forsyth did it for me !

[@davidbonham6105]

Absolutely gorgeous, something about her just oozed sexiness

[@Bicyclehub]

Just wait till you see her as Peter Pan in the Christmas Special.

[@thegreat_I_am]

Me too. I had a real crush on her.

[@peternagy-im4be]

You can't be serious

[@daraghmckeon417]

The thing is Terry is being cocky while getting the money but bobs moaning about going to evening and staying up while hrs up and Terry down in the classes

[@MartynCookHarp]

Bob really did look tired and worn out…I wonder if he kept awake for a couple of days prior to filming for authenticity

[@markstevens9660]

82pfor all that ……🍻🌭🍔

[@kjrumney4940]

That wos a comen curtain my cousin had same so did dellboy

[@deansharif5068]

The prices could still be the same but you vote for millionaires to govern you your choice

[@peternagy-im4be]

Voting in the UK is now a complete waste of time and effort.

[@AwSso-x6j]

82p four a round ..70s ........😮 it were a about 28p a pint ....when I started drinking. I remember when pub £4 ...6pints pack 10 fag.s chip + pie pea.s on way home ..then. up early four school nest day 😊

[@petermorris9818]

80p......

[@jimmyoconnell6167]

Not one of the cast was a geordie

[@robwilde855]

Bolam was born and brought up in Sunderland, which is part of the geordie area.

[@jimmyoconnell6167]

@Rob Wilde you be swimming with the fish if you called a mackem a geordie

[@peternagy-im4be]

​@@robwilde855definitely not Geordie

[@donrevie721]

Bob's secretary...worst actress ever.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Not really an actress

[@stevelyons3347]

Terry was a knob

[@napalmslayer]

Your a knob

[@peternagy-im4be]

That's yourself

[@nickwillobey2205]

Love you Thelma....RIP!

[@julieinhester4550]

82p for all that 😲😲😲 Those were DEFINITELY the days 😆😆😆

[@iamrocketray]

About £30 now! I put £20 Then I thought just the beer and Lager is £10. Then it all came back to me, I earned £20 a week FFS

[@robertpayne6366]

Elizabeth Lax brought a unique vocal delivery to this part and was very funny and charming. Love the way she looks down at her floor mark.

[@Mechtec500]

Sadly no longer with us 😞

[@jasonking6892]

Happy days. Different England 🇬🇧

[@Colin-ro6lh]

Everything changes

[@peternagy-im4be]

​@Colin-rno6lh but not for the better

[@stewartmcardle8149]

Those curtains in Bob and Thelma's lounge....so 70s....

[@simonramos6454]

RIP Brigit Forsyth 1940 - 2023

[@harrypalmer4857]

Brilliant. The writing, the acting, all brilliant.

[@citizen1163]

Theme song is poignant & brilliant.

[@mrthomas394]

My favourite line is " the only thing I've got to look forward to is the past" 👍

[@comond]

Madelyn is played by Vicki Michelle (Yvette in "'Allo 'Allo").

[@animaltvi9515]

Don't sound French

[@andybenstead7240]

gud moaning , she is eelso in the film a girl hitch hooker

[@adejames1960]

RIP Bridgette. X

[@julieinhester4550]

Those were the days … when the binmen actually MOVED the bins 😂😂😂😂

[@susanhague4797]

U try bin man they walk 12 miles a day or more 🤔

[@binagarten4667]

You got to say this, Dads Army, Auf Widershen Pet, Fools and Horses are some of the programmes evere made in British history. If these shows were made today they would have to have 50% black and Indian women, Not an Indian male though.

[@clivebaxter6354]

Those old dustbins, hard job then

[@clarea1801]

Public libraries had better opening times than they do now, and we call this progress

[@GirGir183]

24:03 Why do those people in sitcoms always open their appartment or house doors and not close them?????

[@MrMenefrego1]

At 10:04, 'Terry': "Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down." I first heard that joke back in the 1960's; on 'The Tonight Show' with Johnny Carson!

[@robertcook2572]

It was old then

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@robertcook2572 But I wasn't.

[@lylahale5284]

Bob and workmates on that building site........no high viz, no hard hats ?

[@jdrancho1864]

driving up on a fellow from behind within a foot of where he is standing, swinging an excavator bucket within a foot of his head!!?? Only somebody who makes his living sitting behind a typewriter could find that "funny"l

[@napalmslayer]

Bloody hell take a chill pill

[@robwilde855]

High viz and hard hats are relatively modern. And often pointless.

[@steve-r-collier]

@@robwilde855 just to make you comply like mask wearing..pointless

[@peternagy-im4be]

​@steve-r-collier and i never wore one Whole thing was a fcking scam.

[@GirGir183]

4:15 Craig's list.....in the 1970s???

[@bermudarailway2411]

Makes me happy to be single .

[@hooplekeane2877]

Brigit Forsyth was SO hot!

[@blackpoolrox6475]

Awesome scriptwriting!

[@davidcartmell2141]

i really like this series growing up, apart from all the moaning and whinging . perhaps i've missed the point.

[@robertcook2572]

That line about watching the girls play netball through the railings at the grammar school, though... 🤔

[@robwilde855]

You're a follower of fashion, then...

[@napalmslayer]

In all fairness terry did and said a lot of questionable things

[@Redeye196513]

A £1 a drink! Lol

[@darryltester5376]

Brilliant observational comedy...... I believe the writer's wanted to bring the series back in the early 1990s with bob and terry as grandparents but James Bolam refused to do it due to his falling out with Rodney Bewes......

[@johnruby147]

I bumped in to Rodney Bewes litterally in Central London back in 1989 . He was on a push bike , i was on my way to work in the Aldwich , we met in The Strand opposite Waterloo Bridge , i steped out in to the road , he screeched to a halt when i looked i said "Hello your Rodney Bewes" he replied "Yes , now fuck off out of my way"

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@johnruby147 Did he seriously say that? I'm afraid that Mr. Bewes would be missing some teeth if he spoke to me that way!

[@johnruby147]

@@MrMenefrego1 I,ll be honest Jeff his answer did take me surprise , and after i thought about it i would have smacked him but at the time i was so surprised by his answer

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@johnruby147 I had a similar experience with Robin Zander, he insulted me at a party, he instantly regretted that decision. (I don't like violence, but there are times when it is needed)

[@susanmccormick6022]

@@MrMenefrego1 Maybe that's why there's a saying to never meet your idols.Robin Zander???

[@paulwalker1793]

Pure class

[@imogenlarsson742]

All that for 82p!! It costs £5 for a pint these days!

[@steve-r-collier]

not in spoons id doesnt

[@GirGir183]

10:29 Sean Locke in the 1970s.

[@j-1159]

Definitely a fine example of the RAT RACE

[@timothymcglynn2246]

82p......fantastic. Those were the days.🤣

[@ianfraser5169]

Wendy is bloody gorgeous though

[@peterdane9138]

Great news. Well done Carole. If you both sign it,it will probably be worth more.

[@timelordvictorious]

its a shame the extras could not try to do a proper Newcastle accent but back in the 60's don't think the accent was as widely known

[@MartynCookHarp]

11.02 … thé ‘look’ after saying ‘You’ve got your Arab’. These actors are next level

[@gdparry2727]

Considering what Thelma said to Brenda in her first appearance, they seemed to have patched things up

[@johnmanning5568]

Two drinks, food for Terry ….82p!

[@plezurhounds]

Thelma in badminton whites;-)

[@QuoPaperPlane]

I wonder what Wendy looks like now, if she's not kicking up the daises. She's gotta be 70+

[@peternagy-im4be]

She died from cancer. 46 i think

[@davidgilroy2472]

I adore Wendy, my heart aches for her. I have a deep burning desire to go back in time.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Extraordinary comment

[@joctravel]

Wendy is a babe 😂

[@MartynCookHarp]

82 p….!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

2:45 That digger almost hit Bob!

[@keneblana]

That was a toy. Trick photography.

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

@@keneblana don't think so.

[@flymajj]

I remember those in the 1980s

[@peternagy-im4be]

A high visibility vest would have saved him.

[@michaelgrace1298]

The can lad 🍵

[@Eitner100]

Back in the days when GB cars would rust away in a week. Worst cars in the world.

[@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?" kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoCyZZ-oicifhLs

[@glenncambray626]

Go away.

[@fredflintstoner596]

@@glenncambray626 NO !