What a Guy! Red Dwarf - BBC

[@Cocarat206]

You can tell Chris Barrie is a good actor because of how believable he is as both Ace and Rimmer =P

[@kamenraider1175]

Cocalin You're right, what a guy...

[@davidjames579]

Apparently when Chris emerged with the Ace wig and look, a number of the wardrobe and makeup girls said "you know Chris is quite sexy". Something they'd not noticed when he was playing Arnold.

[@Lurker1979]

Makes me wish he wold tactical some drama.

[@polreamonn]

Damn straight.

[@AngelSamael]

Especially when he plays Rimmer pretending to be Ace.

[@slowcheetah7769]

"Rubber shares went up this morning". 😂😂😂

[@Gazereths1234]

"I'm strictly butter side up" cracks me up every time!

[@guymoore3794]

It's funny how ace Rimmer's character actually makes you want to say what a guy and he is more charismatic than most hero's these days in movies

[@YggdrasilAudio]

r/lewronggeneration

[@magmus2]

@@YggdrasilAudio This isn't reddit.

[@YggdrasilAudio]

@@magmus2 Yeah, but you get my point, right?

[@afaultytoaster]

He's intentionally saccharine, he's not charismatic

[@yggdrasil2]

Man, it's almost like he's an intentional parody.

[@christianalanwilson434]

Gotta love the generic version of Top Gun's "Take My Breath Away." What a guy!

[@cloudsurfin23]

Man I'm still trying to find this generic version

[@cloudsurfin23]

This version is called Red Dwarf Ace Rimmer Theme (Series 4), uploaded by a Duane Dibbley. The nostalgia 😂

[@thomassmart4088]

salt of the Earth

[@Lord_Skeptic]

It is actually Howard Goodall's instrumental cover

[@nicoleackerman205]

The generic Take my Breath Away is killing me. 😂

[@FrankNFurter1000]

"If you're interested I will be in my quarters, covered in maple syrup..."

[@tuttt99]

+George Reid "I'm sorry Mellie, I don't fraternize with the staff"

[@B4nanaPudding]

+tuttt99 i resign.

[@tuttt99]

"I'll be there at 13:00"

[@N0O0DLES]

😂😂😂☠

[@N0O0DLES]

I'll be there in 13:00... 😍😂

[@ceruleanwalker1069]

We need more heroes like Ace Rimmer.

[@acerimmer6583]

Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast...

[@Lemur9099]

Ace Rimmer what a guy

[@MindstormXL]

Ace Rimmer What a guy.

[@thaggartxsoo]

+Ace Rimmer Stoke me a clipper

[@ScreenBlaster13]

I'll be back for Christmas.

[@MindstormXL]

What a guy!

[@sluggotg]

Chris is such a fun actor!!! What a guy!

[@mikebasil4832]

Chris as Rimmer had the best character dimension on Red Dwarf. This was certainly one of his best episodes.

[@andrewthorne3570]

Could the universe handle a meeting between Ace Rimmer and Lord Flasheart. Different personalities but both massive charisma

[@EditorOfSL]

It would probably end with Ace getting punched!

[@jenniferschmitzer299]

@@EditorOfSL they’d end up at the pub and stuff afterwards. Many things would happen I guess? It’s an interesting proposition.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

One day I hope, maybe in 50 years time AI is good enough to bring them together. They will of course then destroy AI and impregnate it within seconds.

[@alphalunamare]

The idea reminds me of Me and my Mate Colin in our Student Days, a team forged by different temperaments with loyalty and fun at its core, plenty of Beer for me and Ladies for He. My heart had been broken and so had no interest in their beauty, I preferred instead to dwell within the time portal of my glass. We had wild times across the land, true friendship. My heart is fixed now, after all these years, but I still do miss my old mate 🙂

[@SamuelBlack84]

Ace: Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for breakfast Flash: Woof! Woof!

[@YggdrasilAudio]

I'm shocked that so few laughed at the amazing "Sorry, lunch is...on Milly."

[@OfficiallyANerd]

Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas.

[@liftlash98]

I just imagine nowadays while seeing this the narrator says "Rimmer saved money with money supermarket and now he feels EPIC!"

[@EditorOfSL]

Can’t help just loving how much everyone loves this Rimmer as opposed to the Rimmer we all know and love!

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

That's the joke.

[@SeizureGman]

@@MinscFromBaldursGate92 In a way Ace's own universe is the best examples of the main cast. You got Ace Rimmer hero sex symbol compared to loser coward Rimmer Spanners who is Lister married with children and an engineer compared to the slob Lister who squanders his smarts Cat well a human version who is humble and thinks of others compared to Cat who is selfish and vain Kryten in human form who has all of the fobles of humanity compared to Kryten as a mech who is struggling to be more human

[@HGBMD]

At 30 I’m only now getting “rubber shares went up “ lol

[@alpha_wolf220]

the guy is an absolute gary sue, something that most audience members find annoying, but he pulls it off effortlessly. what a guy

[@4mobius280]

I think it really helps that we already know the other Rimmer for comparison

[@Likexner]

It works because the show doesnt take itself seriously.

[@JamesB21a]

The "Top Gun" themed music at the start is perfect!

[@loetzcollector466]

It's the generic Chinese knockoff titled 'Remove My Oxygen".

[@cloudsurfin23]

This version is called Red Dwarf Ace Rimmer Theme (Series 4), uploaded by a Duane Dibbley. The nostalgia 😂

[@thomassmart4088]

@@loetzcollector466 that comment needs more kudos

[@brianm2881]

Somewhere out there, there's a Glaswegian Ace Rimmer and his catchphrase is, "Fry me a Mars Bar. I'll be back for Buckfast"

[@EditorOfSL]

Haha, I don’t think.

[@carlchapman4053]

If yer free at lunchtime I'll be in me flat covered in Haggis!

[@Alan1701b]

I totally recommend getting the DVD and listening to the casts' commentary on this episode and in particular the scene between Ace and Bongo! Hilarious!

[@jamierobinson1624]

meanwhile, on the other side of the universe... "what a smeg"

[@carolkewley7410]

What a smeee heeee...

[@notinsideyourwalls]

@@carolkewley7410 SMEEEE HEEEEE

[@remychase]

Oh, Rimmer, you are a smeghead.

[@kieranmoore1728]

This show is great. Only stumbled upon it recently and man oh man, what a guy 🙌 easily hands down my favourite British show.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I like the audience reaction when Ace removes his sunglasses at 0:17.

[@sluggotg]

Ace Rimmer! I cannot express anything else! What a Guy!

[@STUNTS1516]

The best part about this is that in an alternate dimension somewere, Ace Rimmers a real man.

[@sunnydragon722]

Yeah so I know a guy that mum and me have dubbed ace cause he literally has that effect on people. What a guy. 😅

[@535tony]

Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for Breakfast!

[@danielwilliamson6180]

1:46 Funny the way Danny John-Jules said "What a guy!".

[@kelzuya]

He's really got that old Carribean man accent going.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@kelzuya I thought it was Jamaican.

[@EditorOfSL]

@@danielwilliamson6180 ...Same thing! Jamaica’s IN the Caribbean! 🤦‍♀️

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@EditorOfSL Shows what a good actor Danny John-Jules is.

[@EditorOfSL]

@@danielwilliamson6180 You do realise he plays a Caribbean police officer in Death in Paradise on BBC1, right? It’s not his first rodeo!

[@arlandriajaynerimmer2720]

It's odd seeing Robert Llwellyn as a human as opposed to Kryten

[@tomdumb6937]

He had to scribble to keep from laughing!

[@Harldin]

Not as odd as seeing Cat as a priest

[@davidthedeaf]

I don’t think he can pull off being human. Best he sticks with the robotic roles.

[@ddthewolf]

He reminds me of the guy who plays Q in the Star Trek series

[@SugarfreeYT]

I love all the characters in this scene, it should be its own show.

[@aestusmaris]

Would it make a difference if it was...hummous? Gets me every damn time.

[@Razgar_Voxel]

This scene proves that the reason why everyone's life sucks in the Red Dwarf universe. If Arnold Rimmer had been held back that year and strode to become Ace everyone's life would have been much better. Ace is quite the guy; Arnold is quite the Smeghead.

[@joethehero2]

Years later, Commander Shepard would have the exact same phrase said about him. "What a guy."

[@CM26617]

Probably had a run-in with Ace back when Shep was still an Ensign in the SAN. Helped set that chap/gal up for life afterwards. :D

[@jazzerdazzle5958]

"Smoke me a kipper I'll be back for breakfast" Win the game Factorio final achievement

[@maidenfan87]

Every time I've seen Humous in a shop, or eaten the stuff, for the past 10 years, I've thought of this.

[@brireid931]

+maidenfan87 I am so glad it's not just me.

[@JamesOhGoodie]

Real question is did it really make a difference?

[@lh9350]

maidenfan87 I can't eat houmous any more in front of my family. At least without getting a double Polaroid ;)

[@makismakiavelis5718]

Lmao! a double Polaroid! You sure know your Red Dwarf.

[@Mark73]

I love taramasalata and this video was the first time I could make out what he was saying.

[@glootina340]

The ultimate crossover. Ace rimmer meeting Lord flasheart.

[@Damacles9]

Taramosalata is a Greek and Turkish meze; is traditionally made from taramas, the salted and cured roe of the cod or the carp, though blends based on other forms of fish roe have become more common. The roe is mixed with either bread crumbs or mashed potato, and lemon juice, vinegar and olive oil. It is usually eaten as a dip, with bread and/or raw vegetables. The colour can vary from creamy beige to pink, depending on the type of roe used. Eaten during Easter traditionally. -Wikipedia

[@GiratinaofFury]

It's strange to think that this is the version of Rimmer that technically failed, and yet because he did, you have someone completely different. He doesn't look down on anyone, nor does he want to suck up towards higher ups.

[@sumthingwikked4257]

He's almost empathetic and sympathetic if we knew a lot but you just get that moral through failure, you see potential in anyone, if you believe in them as well as yourself. That's Goalpost Head's shortcomings. He was never empathetic nor sympathetic. When he failed, it was everyone's fault, not his.

[@SeizureGman]

@@sumthingwikked4257 Yer been kept back a year meant he had to fight harder to prove himself he also had to accept he failed and only he can fix it. Rimmer in prime universe could keep the delusion as he never was kept back that he wasn't to blame and he is still going for greater things

[@kurtbaumann7686]

The only time dead Arnold Rimmer was known as "Ace" was when he was called Ace-hole. LOL.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

That foreshadowed Ace Rimmer.

[@PureGoldNeverCorrodes]

Except when Bonehead Rimmer actually became Ace.

[@martinberra]

"Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for christmas"! I miss red dwarf too!

[@jamie-fh4pi]

Best show ever hope they keep making new seasons

[@JanZezulka]

I wish to have a friend like Ace Rimmer :)

[@bobbastian760]

I'd like to see half a season of this, then the descent into vindaloos and cowardice. The season arc would be epic 😂

[@JJB88-y9v]

I swear in another dimension I am Ace just in this one I seem to have rimmers luck lol😂

[@tbalciunas333]

Imagine a meeting between Ace Rimmer, Lord Flashheart and Captain Jack Harkness

[@Ephmral]

Woof!

[@ExplodingJellybabies]

What a guy.

[@calumcookson740]

Love the Knock Off 'Take My Breath Away"

[@LieutenantGibGib]

I love the soundtrack; clearly a take off Take My Breath Away as used in Top Gun.

[@adventuressurvivalinthailand]

Good to see Kryten as a normal person

[@stiltskino4009]

What a guy ... and what a show

[@Awwscrewit]

The novelization of Ace really expands on the impact he had on Lister before they ever met. Arnold has a different roommate on Red Dwarf who recognizes his knack for engineering and helps him get a degree. He instantly gets snapped up by Mimas, marries Kochanski and only then meets Rimmer.

[@guardiansparky1766]

took me too long to realise the last guy was Kryten

[@EditorOfSL]

Robert Llewellyn does look different without his Kryten mask!

[@upsidedahead]

Like a frolicking filly in a harvest time pasture 🤣

[@jamesspring4610]

"I'll be in my quarters, covered in maple syrup." "I'm sorry, Melly, I don't fraternize with the staff." "I resign!" 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@michalbukvai7548]

Realy - WHAT A GUY!

[@JackHobday]

I love this so much. What a guy.❤😂

[@N0O0DLES]

😂 LOVE that show, miss it so much. ❤😔

[@videos4mydad]

This applies to Chris Barrie and also Rowan Atkinson - you can't play a cool character believably unless you ARE cool in real life.

[@Gubalicious]

Had the feeling you might be back, rubber shares went up this morning 🤣

[@TheCastellan]

7 people resigned.

[@sonikmuff]

7 people were actually Arnold Rimmer hitting the dislike button seven times and then giving up.

[@RJLbwb]

Probably upset they wouldn't be covered with hummus at lunch time.

[@christianalanwilson434]

3:27 so Ace Rimmer basically has the same effect on people as Captain Jack Harkness.... interesting.

[@DoctorKandosii]

Now that is a team up that I would like to see. He would put Harkness in his place. And Harkness would love it.

[@Whoami691]

Oh Captain Jack... Yes please! I am a straight guy but Jesus Christ... Everyone is gay for Barrowman!

[@DoctorKandosii]

Whoami691 It's ok to be gay for Barrowman.

[@Whoami691]

Lord Funface The Atomic Toaster Yes it is. :D

[@patricklyons794]

@@Whoami691 But would Ace turn butter side down for Captain Jack? (I obviously mean Ace Rimmer. Former companion Ace would be on him in an instant.)

[@collieennis]

true! its timeless.... allways cracks me up.

[@garrardhobson300]

Ace Rimmer lol !!!! This is the best lol

[@danielwilliamson6180]

2:00 Hattie Hayridge is pretty hot when she says that line.

[@zoidus6429]

ROFL! I love that scene, definately on the top ten of best scenes ever from Red Dwarf! :P

[@patrickstocks3986]

Disguises like Padre-Arabic Spanner-Super Mario Mellie-Marylin Monroe Bongo-captain Scarlett Ace-Tony from Kellogg's frosties

[@scottdain6647]

Seriously tho, what a guy!

[@AndrewChapman]

2:08 Sucks they cut Mellie's "What a guy!" line. Even Hattie herself was a bit annoyed at that. "Don't forget the maraschino cherries. What a guy!"

[@beaver2206]

"....He's never been mistaken for Ule Brinner..."

[@EditorOfSL]

*Yul, sweetie.

[@alexholden]

The song at the start is Take My Breath Away by Berlin, from the movie Top Gun. It won an Oscar and a Golden Globe.

[@loetzcollector466]

"Love the Cuban heels".

[@mrbreaker101]

He's a more likeable version of Lord Flasheart from Blackadder.

[@robertdenigan7521]

No one is more likeable than Flash

[@SuperMCCLICK]

You're back. Thought so, rubber shares went up this morning...

[@coombscharlie]

What about the party at 19:00? Ace can't have blasted off at 15:00 and let Spanners and the Padre down, can he???

[@SugarfreeYT]

They'd have understood

[@zaralara4059]

It's his job as a test pilot

[@Supposedlyimrightwingnow]

Sacrificed his own party to do his job...what a guy!

[@paulr1514]

My bumper sticker! I’ve seen a few chuckles in my rear view mirror😄

[@michaelmartin8337]

Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast! 8-) What A Guy!

[@Whenlifegivesyoulemons1-t9e]

This is classic.

[@sandrob4996]

I resign ! :D

[@chasbanner]

@TomSFox "take my breath away" by berlin. it was in the movie top gun

[@ShipmasterFlint]

What a guy!!

[@JustinCredible61-g8n]

Nice to see the original Holly in another character role1

[@FortisConscius]

This and 12000 IQ Holly. Nice to switch all the characters up.

[@Sugi8]

The Red Dwarf never been to fall out!!!

[@gallery7596]

Good channeling of Sean Connery. Cool wig, too.

[@barracolin6757]

Ace has to be one of the most likeable gary stus ever made in fictoin.

[@EmpyrionBlackthorn]

Best show ever

[@dvolonino]

Stoke Me a Clipper! 🤣🤣🤣

[@jayboy8080]

The top gun theme music parody is a nice touch

[@simonwillis1529]

Ace rimmer with lord flasheart the world can’t Handel such awesomeness

[@MrBizteck]

Woff woff !

[@flecktarn4110]

The world would explode

[@jackhughes3981]

I love the attention to detail with the Chaplain cat in his Biretta

[@DavidAndersen84]

Good for little Tommy!

[@NH00531]

Here in 2024 courtesy of TDC, thanks boys. 👍

[@94popart]

2:04 DAT FACE! ha ha ha

[@manoz6194]

Wish we had an Ace Rimmer movie!

[@sudburylawyer]

Arnold Rimmer hit the dislike button seven times.

[@borgduck]

I'll never forgive myself if I didn't bring this up , but, what a guy!👽

[@RioZMC]

You know I heard he shaved 12 parsecs off the last guys record for the kessel run. What a guy!

[@ranxxerox6407]

What a Series!

[@lorddagoth893]

absolutely brilliant

[@MrDCWood]

SERIOUSLY...WHAT a guy!

[@TheIkaraCult]

I read all the books growing up, Spanners and Ace would have been a lovely little successful story.

[@tuttt99]

7 people are strictly butter-side-up

[@Kyle-ek4gr]

Sorry bongo!

[@EmmaForman28]

He’s strictly butter side up. Except when it’s Lister.

[@RealityCheck6T9]

*down

[@KrillLiberator]

@LAHrebirth Shouldn't need explaining, but it's an economics gag - condoms are made of rubber; Ace is back, and that means a lot of condoms used - ergo, more rubber needed so up go the share prices as demand for the product increases overnight. That one man saved an entire industry with his libido. What a guy.