Red Dwarf

[Fluke]

I was a huge fan back in the day so when I flicked on iplayer the other day and saw that they're running all 10 (or whatever) series I thought, that's my telly sorted for the foreseeable. Watched the first episode of series one and was amazed to learn I'd never seen it, I thought I'd seen them all. All that time and I never knew why the cat was a cat - it's all explained in that first episode.

It stands the test of time too, sharp dialogue - Rimmer and Lister look so young though.

It's the lead up to a new series, can't wait.

[Tedx]

Up until season 10 I think, they were brilliant. Then they changed it, added in more CGI (I liked the cardboard sets!) and it kinda lost its appeal.

The early ones pop up on Dave and I still laugh at them.

All that time and I never knew why the cat was a cat

Whaaaaaaaat! Holy sh*t dude.

You townk

'Ere, what did you think of the planet of the nyphomanciacs'?

https://youtu.be/_qIkXfxyB-8

[monabri]

Maybe Fluke was in stasis with Listy?

(said in my best AJR voice)

As a slight aside, when watching US Army films where they salute, I salute back following the AJR technique.

[Fluke]

All that time and I never knew why the cat was a cat

Whaaaaaaaat! Holy sh*t dude.

You townk

I know! Just looked it up it started in 1988! Bloody hell where did the time go.

[servodude]

All that time and I never knew why the cat was a cat

Whaaaaaaaat! Holy sh*t dude.

You townk

I know! Just looked it up it started in 1988! Bloody hell where did the time go.

And a simpler time it was indeed!
I can imagine there might be more of a reaction to Holly's "head sex change" these days?!
Favourite joke was an early Holly one about them finding the hitherto missing first page of the Bible

[Tedx]

Talking of Holly. The best episode ever...

Queeg.

That's right suckas.

[Redmires]

Best episode ever ?

Dwayne Dibley in 'Back To Reality'

[Tedx]

All that time and I never knew why the cat was a cat - it's all explained in that first episode.

....and from memory, the origins of the cat are actually explained by Holly during every intro - along the lines of:

'Stranded 3 million years....blah, blah....... a holgram of his dead bunkmate....blah.....blah.......And a creature descended from Listers cat'

Additional......

[Leothebear]

Don't forget the toaster!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec

[Tedx]

Talkie toaster - a classic

That was no accident - it was first degree toastercide!

Jeez. I'm going to have to watch them again. A winter project I think.

[Fluke]

All that time and I never knew why the cat was a cat - it's all explained in that first episode.

....and from memory, the origins of the cat are actually explained by Holly during every intro - along the lines of:

'Stranded 3 million years....blah, blah....... a holgram of his dead bunkmate....blah.....blah.......And a creature descended from Listers cat'

Additional......

I'm thinking (hoping) that was only the first series which I might have missed the whole of, that's my defence anyway m'lud. I'll have to have a look tonight at the opening of a series 2 episode.

[DrFfybes]

A friend of mine started at the Beeb in 1984, Red Dwarf was one of his first jobs as an assistant sound engineer.

He had a box of original scripts with the cast notes scrawled on them, they got thrown out in about 1998 when they had a child.

Probably just before Ebay took off

Paul

[kempiejon]

Talking of Holly. The best episode ever...

Queeg.

That's right suckas.

I have some other fav episodes but in terms of a joke Queeg is up there. spoiler.



We are talking jape of the decade
https://youtu.be/hpkKVJk732c?t=88
We are talking April, May, June, July and August Fool.

I reckon it lost its steam when they were just on the bug. Seemed a little formulaic.

[Tedx]

Looks like Series 1, episode 1 in BBC in half and hour....

[Urbandreamer]

I had a work mate back then who hated anything "unreal".
You know, elves or Sci fi.
Sherlock Holmes etc were "real".

He ignored all my recommendations that he watch Red Dwarf, until someone else watched it in front of him.
Sci fi and elves etc was still trash and anything that contained such, except Re Dwarf!

I've got to say that my abiding memory is of Dave wandering around the ship tasting piles of ash in the first episode, wondering what it was.
Later to be told that it was people he knew!

[Tedx]

Claire Grogan/Kchanski. Mmm.

I watched her and Altered Images at a festival a few weeks back. Shes sixty one.

Still hot as fudge though.