The Lonely, Desolate Magic of Red Dwarf

A brief retrospective chronicling my slightly unhealthy fixation on Sci-Fi sitcom Red Dwarf.
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[@alexandergermanis679]

Call me twisted then, too. I made MP3s of most of the Red Dwarf episodes, and I go to sleep listening to them nearly every night. There's something oddly reassuring and relaxing about it. Red Dwarf is one of the greatest shows ever made. Not just British shows, not just comedies, not just sci-fis. One of the best shows, period.

[@TheTurnipKing]

recommend the audio book versions in that case

[@phoenixzappa7366]

I did too

[@richardlandrum1966]

Agreed

[@seldom_bucket]

Definitely try the audiobook, read by Arnold Rimmer so genuinely better than the episodes for falling asleep

[@HumbugShow]

Books are better than the show every single day.

[@KravKernow]

I loved the first two series. They were so beautifully bleak. I loved the idea that it was just the 3 core cast; and it was interesting how they managed to bring in other characters.

[@bignath250688]

Actually 4 if you include Holly

[@critchblackpoolful]

Series 1 is average at best

[@Nemoticon]

@@critchblackpoolful Nah, it's deeper than you think... especially when you've read the books and know what the back stories of each episode relates to.

[@TheTurnipKing]

@@critchblackpoolful disagree. Show is still clearly finding it's feet but theres not a bad episode.

[@glenngriffon8032]

Series 1 and 2 were peak but i do still love the later seasons. But my heart is very fond of the cold, desolate, open loneliness of those first two. I do like how as the Dwarfers headed back to earth they kept coming across all the remains and leftovers of humanity's expansion into space.

[@BHALT0S]

lets move to red alert... are you really sure sir? it does mean changing the bulb.

[@curtyb88]

@@BHALT0S purple alert

[@BHALT0S]

@@curtyb88 you dont get it

[@risingdawn5259]

Forget red, we need to go all the way to brown; and don't say I didn't alert you

[@tenacious3911]

The opening titles of those first two series are an absolute classic; they subvert expectations and are a magnificent example of practical effects.

[@NoahSpurrier]

I discovered this show when I was doing work in Manhattan, New York in the early 2000’s. Part of my job allowed me to stay rent free in various apartments. I discovered my love for chopped chicken liver salad and tequila. One apartment had two cats, so I just had to hang, do nothing with a couple cats sitting on me while I watched Red Dwarf and eat chicken liver salad on black bread while drinking tequila. I was living the dream.

[@sirg-had8821]

I am genuinely impressed. God speed, sir.

[@ozzyg82]

Sounds wonderful - and at the same time, just like how I imagine a serial killer would exist. 😅

[@NoahSpurrier]

@@ozzyg82 My lawyer has advised me not to answer questions like this.

[@pseudonayme7717]

It actually sounds alot like Dave's existence on Red Dwarf + one cat 😁

[@NoahSpurrier]

@@pseudonayme7717 I never made that connection, but you’re not wrong. I just needed a Rimmer.

[@retrogiftsuk4812]

One of the things that is often overlooked in Red Dwarf is the fact that unlike every other Sci-Fi show I could name, it is set in a universe with no aliens. Space is big and empty (if they meet any characters, they came from Earth. Even the GELF came from Earth...)

[@maxtroy]

@@retrogiftsuk4812 that’s true. Probably the most realistic of all sci fi in that sense

[@Graytail]

What about the ship in DNA? When the computer comes online thats sure not an earthly language its using

[@PippetWhippet]

@@retrogiftsuk4812 At one point Lister laughs at Rimmer for believing in UFO’s and thinking they were being interfered with by them “You blame everything on aliens… the toilet roll’s run out, you think it’s aliens”. In any other sci-fi, he’s would have been vindicated when the unknown object they were tracking turned out to be an alien device. In Red Dwarf, it was a human trash capsule.

[@arfived4]

The first two series aren't really sci-fi - it's a character-driven show that just happens to be set on a spaceship.

[@Graytail]

@@PippetWhippet "Innnnncredible! The perfectly preserved remains of a Quagaar warrior.... They must have looked something like.. a roast, chicken." Poor Rimmer

[@Ravuun]

They used to broadcast this on our PBS station during their pledge drives at least once a year in the 90's. They would marathon it, the whole thing, in between asking for money. One year I managed to videotape the whole series, they were up to series 6 by then and I spent quite a while camped out in front of the TV with the VCR remote in hand. One year, if you pledged you could get tickets to meet Craig Charles (Lister) and Robert Llewellyn (Kryten) at the University of Washington in Seattle, where I was living at the time. I totally took that plunge and got to meet them.

[@garysuarez9614]

@@Ravuun That, my friend, is awesome.

[@nedweeks6964]

I remember it being on PBS at midnight on Saturday nights. Most weeks SNL had to be pretty funny to not turn the dial... remember having to get up, change the channel and adjust the antenna? Good times!

[@Flint-Dibble-the-Don]

@@nedweeks6964 some of my earliest memories are BEING the channel changer for my parents. You could cut the cigarette smoke with a knife in our house back then.

[@pseudonayme7717]

@@Flint-Dibble-the-Don Hehe. That's atmosphere😛

[@Foolish188]

@@Flint-Dibble-the-Don I did my best not to be the channel changer, one of my siblings would grab my chair. Sometimes we would end up watching something boring because the one with the worst seat refused to change the channel and no one else wanted to lose their seat.

[@wellwornbones]

I felt like the books really captured this feeling of desperation and sadness. You could really feel Lister's loneliness and descent into depression in various scenes from the books.

[@Mr.Zen_73]

50 yo old dude from Australia, Red Dwarf is my favourite show ever! I re-watch the entire seasons every year or two. And I don't do this with any other show.

[@pseudonayme7717]

Me too. Still loads of good laughs in them, never gets old.

[@Rhimeson]

I was born the year Red Dwarf came out and i'm still coming back to it , such a great show. I share many of your thoughts and sentiments in the video, it captured something beautiful, hilarious and bleak, that will never be replicated. You have a new sub, cheers.

[@simonmould869]

I don't know how the algorithm got me here, but i'm so glad it did! Great video! Cant wait to start working through your others!

[@rebekahn.6146]

Absolutely agree with everything, here. Red Dwarf, especially early on, really captures the feeling of loneliness in a unique way. I think it has something to do with the main characters - both Lister and Rimmer experience loneliness very differently, but both are still extremely relatable. I genuinely think they're one of the best sitcom duos ever!

[@LexxAKonn]

Excellent video. I was lucky enough to have a channel that ran Red Dwarf when it came out in the U.S. I think 1989. It was then, is now and will always be my favorite show. I own them all and watch them all throughout the year. Every year.

[@GeneralRaam-0]

I’ve met Danny John jules (cat) and got a picture with him, most down to earth and happy person I’ve ever met

[@pseudonayme7717]

He's a pretty cool cat irl (pun intended)😁

[@hastekulvaati9681]

There is something very comforting about the premise of Red Dwarf. Yes they are stuck in middle of nothing with potentially nothing to look forward to. But they are safe and cared for by the ship. It’s like when you take a long distance flight. You can’t do anything so you just have to relax. They are on the ultimate long distance flight.

[@petermitchell2729]

I feel this

[@enilenis]

Love Red Dwarf. It appeals to the desire for isolation. Reminds me of the years early in life, when I was completely on my own. I remember my English teacher noticing me read about the show, and say that it was her favorite show. Since she was my favorite teacher I had a crush on, to me it meant a lot. Later in life, when I was working, it was the same isolation for years and years, and again, nothing echoed my existence as much as the show did, so I kept running it over and over. To me, the original 8 seasons are "it". When I run out of episodes, I simply start over, treating all of the modern sequels as non-existent. It feels sad, to see the modern incarnations, and realizing that I have aged as much as the cast did. That this much time has actually passed, and yet, I'm still stuck in my mind on Red Dwarf. Still completely detached from outside life. Watching the clock tick away, as if I was the last human in existence. At least, this show feels like home. It makes the loneliness bearable.

[@TheIRedIQueen]

@@enilenis well said mate 👏

[@redpillnibbler4423]

The first two series were by far the best.

[@chenzenzo]

I'm 41 and grew up in America, watching this with my mom as a kid. I marathon this show here and there lately and often put this on in the background as I head towards dreamland. I highly recommend getting the Red Dwarf Audiobooks which are masterfully narrated by Chris Barrie who played Rimmer and is actually a master impressionist. I also recommend checking out a comic called Soap which came on in the late 70's and is utterly hilarious.

[@chenzenzo]

Also, really enjoying the "Tongue Tied" light jazz background musaak. ❤

[@JeansWithPockets541]

From across the pond, it makes me realise one thing: everything now is so CLEAN and SAFE. Some of that is for the better, but the human soul has definitely influenced less.

[@excrubulent]

The comparison to Waiting for Godot is one I made way back. Obviously that episode's name makes it easier to notice, but also the show is very clearly absurdist theatre, just like Waiting for Godot. Theatre of the absurd is all about meaninglessness and purposelessness, and wandering through the empty void of space is almost the perfect version of it. A friend of mine in drama class liked to say that absurdism was all about incompetent characters in hopeless situations, which this show is. Also I never knew it had such a connection to Manchester, especially the parallel of the defunct mining operation, and the empty void of space would be a parallel for I guess neoliberal Thatcherism lol.

[@KushinLos]

Red Dwarf was an absolute pleasure growing up with,

[@TrumpImmortal]

Nothing weird about scifi ambience and sleep. I fall asleep to Star Trek lore.

[@macsnafu]

It still boggles me that Red Dwarf was a sitcom, a situation comedy, even though the situation is quite unusual.

[@WezYouTube]

I’m glad the KZbin algorithm directed me here. I really needed something like this today. You’ve got yourself a new subscriber.

[@paulh.7833]

I remember watching Red Dwarf with my brothers when I was younger every year on PBS in the states. It was a big deal for us because the internet was years off getting into people's homes so we couldn't just stream it whenever we liked. The local PBS affiliate would put on a grand telethon running all available episodes and even as a younger kid I loved the weird comedy. Growing up the deeper themes stuck with me, one of them being the one-off "Gazpacho Soup" line that Rimmer spouts out as he's dying. Now I can't speak to the writer's intentions with this, it may have truly been just a silly gag meant to fill time and show Rimmer as a try-hard weirdo, but all these years it stuck with me in a way to show that the stupidest, embarrassing mistakes we make in life are what truly make us human in the end. Rimmer's explanation truly connected with me, even as a young kid trying to understand my anxiety issues, that everyone deals with tense, embarrassing moments that can be brought back at any time to shame us. It also showed a vulnerable side to him that I related to instantly. Again, just my take and art is subjective. The show always made me think and I appreciate that to this day. ❤

[@MancPeteYT]

Been a fan of the Dwarf since about series 5 first aired in 1992, I was about 6. In the 30+ years since, I've made it my mission to fly the flag for this show. I've foisted it up people countless times, and made some new fans. It's great to see this show isn't being forgotten outside of the people I (metaphorically) tie to chairs A Clockwork Orange style and play episodes at random at. :) Great video!

[@AdamHardyCycling]

After listening to this I feel a shared bond. You have hit the nail on the head. The melancholy the desperation, the loneliness. All aspects of the show i love and miss from the later versions (with the odd exception). the early part of BTL really gets me, before they go into the game. it shares that desperation of those first 2 series. Great appraisal, enjoyed the vid and had the class to finish with the piano variations from Howard Goodall. You deserve a full Rimmer salute.

[@Ghostykitten]

Even though I grew up in the early 2000s in America I was lucky enough to still watch Red Dwarf and other British TV through the channel PBS. I remember watching this late at night on weekends, sometimes with my brother or mom. I have a lot of nostalgia with this show and it really is the perfect show to watch just before bed/while going to bed. I now have a need to rewatch this. Great video and thank you for reminding me of this show again 😊

[@jwize386]

I fall asleep to Red Dwarf every night, have done for a long time. Good to know others do this too and its not just me.

[@hughcaldwell1034]

Thanks For The Memory is absolutely haunting. Perfect name drop for the end of this video.

[@Graytail]

Man, thats a fine present. He was probbably only expecting a tie...

[@Twillek1019_]

Red dwarf is just one of those shows that can’t go bad

[@tinygreen4307]

Yes yea yes!! Did exactly the same thing for years following being laid up after a major surgery. Just filled me with childhood nostalgia and joy. Like wrapping yourself in pure comfort, class👌🏾

[@magaz]

I also spent a lot of time nights falling asleep to the early seasons on repeat. Good times! Also. Manchester isn’t Manchester without the rain.

[@mp4-27d3]

I first saw this show on PBS (public broadcasting service) during their fund raising drives they used to do twice a year. This had to be the early 90’s. This particular time they were showing Red Dwarf and offering the series as a gift if you donated an over a certain amount. I couldn’t stop watching it. I loved it. Oddly, Red Dwarf is what got me watching Dr. Who.

[@nickwysoczanskyj785]

I liked the radio show version, as well as the TV show. I taped it off a friend, who had the official BBC Red Dwarf and the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio show boxsets. I used to often put it on to go to sleep, usually with headphones on, because I shared a room with my younger brother.

[@retromuel]

I did listen to some via KZbin fairly recently and really enjoyed it. Had the Hitchhiker's guide radio play on CD (still got it somewhere). Awesome stuff. Thanks for watching.

[@nickwysoczanskyj785]

@@retromuel I wish that I still had the complete HGTTG. I enjoyed the TV series, and loved the fact that they kept the radio cast. That would never happen today. The fact that the TV version existed, really fleshed out my imagination when listening to the radio show. I also loved the fact that Chris Barrie did the Red Dwarf radio series, putting his impersonation skills to good use.

[@pseudonayme7717]

Take a look at the books, they are great. It's easy to see how they got the show commissioned on the basis of that excellent writing.

[@nickwysoczanskyj785]

@@pseudonayme7717 Thanks for the recommendation!

[@allisonbergh4429]

Growing up in America, my brother and I were in a sort of club. A friend-of-a-friend in the UK would record Red Dwarf off the telly, then mail the tapes to our friend who had the right machine. We would get our parents to drive us two hours to a pizza restaurant in another town, where twenty or thirty of us would watch the latest episodes on a little tv somebody brought in on a cart. We used to ask each other Red Dwarf trivia in the car during the drive. Seriously nostalgic comfort-food-for-the-soul, that show 🥰

[@LandOfTheGeek]

I watched the first episode on TV in 1988 and watched the last episode live in the audience in 2020. Still a great show, but you can't beat the first 3 seasons.

[@mrstephenpariah]

It replaced Open All Hours. Do you remember the random song about LA that played directly before the 1st episode?

[@LandOfTheGeek]

@mrstephenpariah No but sounds interesting lol

[@wightrat1207]

I found Red Dwarf in the late 90's on a local station here in the American Northeast. I immediately fell in love with the quirky show and still think it one of the best shows in it's genre.

[@staceyn2541]

This is my fave show. I spent so many sunday nights on the floor, finger on the record button of the vcr, hopeing that PBS was gonna air the new season. I can still feel the thrill every time it happened. In the early 90s, one of the first websites I found was about Red Dwarf. They maintained something called The Plot Inconsistencies Project or PIP. It was over 20 pages long, before season 7! My ex and I bonded when we met in 1993, talking about this show. He was my best friend, he passed in April. It hurt watching this video, I cried, just hearing the theme song. Everyone dies. You're born and you die. The bit in the middle is called life and that's still to come! Yeah, those words cut deep right now. It may be some time before I can visit the boys from the Dwarf.

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

Thanks to our local PBS station, we had a great line up each Saturday night including Red Dwarf, Dr. Who and others. Was nice to watch as i worked graveyard shift doing computer maintenance.

[@siok4375]

When you mentioned only middle class+ making the requirements my genuine instant thought was what about actors like Comer so respect for that. She is incredible 😍

[@paulpetroleum]

First 2 series were amazing. Watched from the very first episode. My dad used to go out on the night it was broadcast on BBC 2...Think it was a Tuesday night. Me and my mum would get a Vesta Curry and sit and watch it. It's always so comforting to go back to.

[@ImmortalThanos]

I grew up in the 80s and 90s. I consider myself very lucky to have seen Red Dwarf at a relatively early age. My local Public Television Station would air British and Canadian comedies on Saturday nights. Along with Red Dwarf, they'd air Blackadder, Red Green, and Mr. Bean. These shows had a massive influence on my comedic tastes that last to this day.

[@therealpoka]

Those first seasons are magical...and the skutters are the best droids ever.

[@branchleader73]

It's all about the first 3 series for me, just dies after.

[@bendafyddgillard]

I'd never put it together with Thatcher's Britain, but of course it is. A mining ship now almost devoid of people after a catastrophic event wipes them out.

[@L1VE3V1L]

I love all red dwarf. Even the new stuff is funnier than you think and great on rewatch.

[@RicoRaynn]

One of my favorite comedy series of all time. When I was single, I used to fall asleep to this as well. Wife can't sleep with any noise or light, so had to change that once I got married. Still sneak away for a night or two every couple of months to fall asleep to it in our guest room, though.

[@retromuel]

Yeah to be honest that's pretty much my story too. Red Dwarf's reserved for the odd night on the couch these days. Thanks for watching.

[@RicoRaynn]

@@retromuel love your breakdown of the actors vs the current trend of what comes from the UK. Something I never thought about when watching the UKs current exports.

[@retromuel]

@@RicoRaynn Thank you very much. Yeah you could spend a lifetime in Britain and never actually meet anyone who talks like Benedict Cumberbatch, and yet that's kind of what many people picture when they think of an Englishman. Statistically speaking you're far more likely to meet a Dave Lister.

[@s0dfish110]

Red Dwarf is my good place. The Good Place has become my new Red Dwarf. Crazy

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Red Dwarf was a brilliant futuristic sitcom. Such a classic show.

[@gamergril5940]

I grew up watching a rewatching a box set of Red Dwarf my parents owned (I own it now. I keep it displayed on my shelf). It has an incredible atmosphere unique to itself, and I remember every episode like the back of my hand. Smoke me a kipper... I'll be back for breakfast

[@SamwiseOutdoors]

One of the most influential shows of my weird life. It's such a fun inversion of the optimism of Star Trek.

[@lance134679]

Thanks for bringing some more context for the beginning of Red Dwarf. It's definitely in my all-time top 10 shows.

[@Gatherersmusic]

Hey I'm from Manchester (well Salford) from a similar era and also discovered RD in the early 90's so this resonated with me. Didn't know it was filmed on oxford rd. I'll walk around circle square with a different look now 😂. Thanks.

[@pbproclean]

Such an awesome show, I think there’s something so relatable about the characters that’s why it almost comforting to watch/listen to?

[@shaun469]

I found the books at a nz highschool library in 92. Been a fan ever since. Often fall asleep with a episode on.

[@jay8656]

I Was Born in 1986. And Grow up with all of the Above and miss it.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@imaca6538]

Boss vid mate, I used to go to sleep to this, bottom, game on, telly used to be good 😢

[@JohnDoe-vy6ju]

Excellent explanation of that extra dimension S1 and S2 have that the later seasons, great as they (mostly) are, just do not have. Alone in the big empty. The bleakness. The permanent isolation. The (superior, IMO) forlorn opening theme, playing over Lister futilely painting the side of ship. Even the window in the bunk room is coffin shaped.

[@minbari73]

Exactly why these are my two favourite seasons. Imagining the sheer size of the RD, how you could explore for months, the idea that humanity was gone and Lister was the last human, the show really nailed the grey apocalyptic vibe. Then the sheer silliness and sitcom crap started. I usually take naps listening to Ricky Gervais show mainly for Karl or Seinfeld, must try it with RD some day.

[@SilverSidedSquirrel]

Boys from the Dwarf. *shakes hands*

[@angermanagementstudios]

Genius. Especially the first half dozen series. “Smoke me a kipper…”

[@cliffhanger8170]

The books are amazing too. Loved your video

[@blanewilliams5960]

I love the show, still watch it now and then. I never found it depressing although there were moments and I agree the first 2 seasons were the best. Great video, thank you!

[@rbkahuna8192]

I found this show while I was working nights at a factory. The rest of the family was on normal daylight hours, while even on weekends I was up all night because it was just too hard to switch back n forth. The first two series perfectly reflected the loneliness and melancholy I was feeling at the time and I just couldn’t stop watching it. It was great to hear someone else gets the feel of this classic.

[@wyattlive83]

Me and my wife used to fall asleep to red dwarf every night for about 6 years😂

[@bazpearce9993]

One of the best TV shows ever made.

[@jonnelsonguitar]

I totally agree! red dwarf is like a security blanket, so comforting to watch. I fall asleep to it as well. I don't watch past season 6 though.

[@billywood2814]

I was 10 and 11 years old when the first 2 seasons were aired and as bleak as it was it was it was the show I waited all week at 9pm for. I loved it like the young ones before that when I would of been even younger. they both had something different than the usual comedy shows and spoke to at least 2 generations of the time. I have recorded many episodes on the box and still regularly watch the earlier episodes and will find time to watch them especially the first 2 seasons as they were a great escape for 30 mins and I hated the fact they had to end as there was not much else on that was near as good a watch. I like a couple later series but it got predictable later on. Love your video.

[@LS-ot6vd]

Thank you for reminding me of Red Dwarf. I can totally relate to the nostalgia. Just about to stream S1E1 now

[@cavscout7113]

I have loved this show since it came out. I have loved the book since before then.

[@superomegaprimemk2]

The best gag in my view was in one of the more resent series, where a character who the crew met in that ep had met "God" and has him on speed dai, that made me laugh out loud as it was extremely funny! Red Dwarf is a genuine classic without a doult!!

[@whatsfortea2431]

Glad to see others have the same fondness for those early series

[@stevedenis8292]

Started watching this way back in the late 80's it was on a PBS channel here in Canada . Loved it like a lot of the British shows of the time from Dr. Who And Black Adder of course Benny Hill. I have most of the series on DVD"s and get them out and watch them ever so often. Like you said they bring you back to simpler times before all the current Smeg of these times.

[@bafumat]

Here in Texas, in the 80s, Red Dwarf came on late at night with Dr Who and Red Green Show on PBS. We were watching it at the same time TNG was catching on in a more prime time slot and channel. Truly great stuff.

[@Dzztzt]

@@bafumat loved the Red Green show. What a great voice on that guy.

[@mikeytiernan7802]

The books are amazing. So much more in depth.

[@just_kos99]

I think the single funniest scene for me was in "Kryten", when the lads see the state of the 3 fair ladies they were hoping to impress. Lister: I think the blonde one's giving you the eye.

[@blackaddam9033]

I loved this show, including season 8.

[@grouchgaming1033]

your "unhealthy ritual" has been mine for... hell a decade at least lmao.

[@BOBXFILES2374a]

A friend showed me Red Dwarf, and it's still fantastic!

[@calebleland8390]

I remember when it started airing on PBS here in the States back in the early 90s. I was immediately hooked. I got my friends to start watching it, and we had our own little clique referencing and quoting it constantly. Such a brilliant show.

[@duncanmoors5796]

Series one had the best line-up of episodes i think ive seen. Confidence and paranoia is a great episode. Waiting for god is brilliant. The end (the beginning) is a very good way of starting a series like that. Me squared is comedy gold. Future echoes sets up the show so the audience knows that it wont be cat, rimmer and lister forever. Which gives all of the following episodes meaning beyond comedy. And balance of is also in my opinion hilarious. Not a single episode in my opinion that lets the others down

[@Alixir_of_Life999]

Coventry in the late 80s early nineties was a similar experience to Manchester

[@julianfogarty2243]

As a Cov kid I can concur 😂

[@gayleroberts5375]

Coventry didn't leave the 80's did it?

[@normanwolfe7639]

Love this show. It has the ships cat after 3 millions years of evolution and an android who’s actor got his accent by trying to imitate a Canadian. Says it all

[@will1565]

Oh!! Mr Blobby was a comedy genius.

[@RedDwarfNerd]

Love this, great video fella!

[@SanchoPeas]

Beautiful video, I’ve always felt the first two series had a stage play quality but never made the connection before. Having grown up in 80s Stockport with occasional trips to the Arndale centre, very evocative imagery! Sci-fi is the theatre of ideas and is easily dismissed as pulp when in fact it is often the most meaningful. Subbed

[@Icypenguigo]

Wow, a very interesting analysis of one of my favorite shows, Red Dwarf! I haven't seen anything quite like this before!

[@CowboyVII]

Come to think of it, I always DID watch the episodes late at night. Thanks for the idea! 😴

[@peterdixon7975]

PURPLE ALERT! What's purple alert? It's not as bad as a red alert, but worse than a blue alert!

[@VL-qy4fc]

Listen very carefully in that scene. After Kryten's space corp directive, it's Blow alert, not blue😂

[@mikecook6104]

Ditto.....that's me and my wife's thing too. Its bliss

[@YannaTarassi]

Wonderful show, I think you nailed it.

[@stylepartner5123]

First 2 series, them on a huge ship alone

[@user-je5do6jn2f]

I loved when this came on WTVS Detroit PBS after Tom Baker Doctor Who reruns. Greatest Saturday TV with Monsters! and Tales From the Darkside afterward...

[@deeayenn]

I find it amusing, as someone (who I will now search for, due to a failing memory) recently mentioned that 'Father Ted' was British due to to it being produced by Channel 4. But swings and roundabouts.... Do have a very fond feeling for the first two series. Capped out a series 6. Those that know, know the rest...

[@Autistamatic]

I stumbled across this quite appropriately as I was winding down for the night and looking for a short, good natured video before turning in. What superbly put together video essay. Good writing, well delivered at just the right tone. And very relatable too😉

[@JoeD250]

While I never saw Red Dwarf I at least can hear a bit of what has inspired Final Space

[@Dzztzt]

Treat yourself, go watch Red Dwarf. No pressure but if you like funny shows in space this is it.

[@michaelathens953]

I also actually fall asleep watching "Red Dwarf" fairly often. I've always loved the show, it reminds me of my childhood plus it's funny as hell so it's very relaxing and easy to fall asleep to.

[@uroborous01]

Stoke me a clipper! I’ll be back for Christmas.

[@camotophat]

an animation would be great. I hope they'll do that someday.