I agree. I didn't know if it was meant to be funny until quite near the end, when I first saw this play on tv in the 1990s. It's a lot like life sometimes, when not much out of the ordinary happens. But sometimes everything can go a bit odd- as you rightly say!!
@andyunderwoodify dont you find it funny though? I do. you really do get prats like him in real life. I used to think this was a pilot episode of a proposed series and if you ask me they could have got a whole series out of it easily.
If it was a different 'situation', week on week. Otherwise it would be/have been unsustainable. The main characters could have been developed & explored further, certainly. But a laughter track would kill it totally. And the (sometimes subtle, other times quite cringeworthy) humour may be too laid back for your average sitcom..
@ChannelEggnog a laughter track would have killed it yes but iv loved it since I first saw it in the 80s even now I see Keith prats everywhere maybe that makes me a prat. alternative humour or dark humour is what we would probably call it now
Roger Sloman (Keith) keeps cropping up in a lot of British tv & film. Can't ever recall him playing another lead role. There's the episode of The Young Ones (Bomb), where he played a TV licence inspector. That the BBC allowed it to be transmitted- certainly was 'alternative..'. He also appeard in the final episode. Of course, he played a completely different role to his Keith..I guess that Coogan & co took a pinch of inspiration from this for Alan Partridge.
@gluepot66 years ago i was watching a vic reeves and bob mortimor show late one night and without any break this came on, i started watchinmg thinking it was gonn a be a sketcth, carried on watching its very very odd, and yeah theyre kinda almost normal bobs a proper plank , but you feel compelled to see what bonkers stuff he should do
That was 'A Night In With Vic & Bob'. I recorded it (on a 4-hour VHS tape) and it was on BBC2, Boxing Day 1994. They selected their favourite TV shows - for example there was also a documentary on Meerkats; to make up their 'Dream TV schedule' for one night.
I kept the whole evening's viewing for many years (don't know what happened to the tape in the end...) for 'Nuts In May'. There was also an episode of Eric Idle's 'Rutland Weekend Television'; featuring George Harrison!
Hi, Andy.. It looks like the last bit of your message has gone astray; but never mind I got the gist!
Same as me really, didn't know what it was, but I enjoyed it and used to keep stuff on tape as long as possible those days. And was amazed a few years down the line when a friend seemed to mention it out of the blue- so I did him a VHS to VHS copy!
Look at them bleedin bluebells....Fantastic!!!!
highbandroller 3 weeks ago in playlist Nuts in may
possibly the best film i've ever seen!!! brilliant
somethingdaft100 1 month ago
he was a pe teacher in grange hill
girlygirlyblonde 1 month ago
the strangest thing ive ever seen. very odd.
andyunderwoodify 1 month ago
@andyunderwoodify
I agree. I didn't know if it was meant to be funny until quite near the end, when I first saw this play on tv in the 1990s. It's a lot like life sometimes, when not much out of the ordinary happens. But sometimes everything can go a bit odd- as you rightly say!!
ChannelEggnog 1 month ago
@andyunderwoodify dont you find it funny though? I do. you really do get prats like him in real life. I used to think this was a pilot episode of a proposed series and if you ask me they could have got a whole series out of it easily.
gluepot66 1 month ago
@gluepot66
If it was a different 'situation', week on week. Otherwise it would be/have been unsustainable. The main characters could have been developed & explored further, certainly. But a laughter track would kill it totally. And the (sometimes subtle, other times quite cringeworthy) humour may be too laid back for your average sitcom..
ChannelEggnog 1 month ago
@ChannelEggnog a laughter track would have killed it yes but iv loved it since I first saw it in the 80s even now I see Keith prats everywhere maybe that makes me a prat. alternative humour or dark humour is what we would probably call it now
gluepot66 1 month ago
@gluepot66
Roger Sloman (Keith) keeps cropping up in a lot of British tv & film. Can't ever recall him playing another lead role. There's the episode of The Young Ones (Bomb), where he played a TV licence inspector. That the BBC allowed it to be transmitted- certainly was 'alternative..'. He also appeard in the final episode. Of course, he played a completely different role to his Keith..I guess that Coogan & co took a pinch of inspiration from this for Alan Partridge.
ChannelEggnog 1 month ago
@gluepot66 years ago i was watching a vic reeves and bob mortimor show late one night and without any break this came on, i started watchinmg thinking it was gonn a be a sketcth, carried on watching its very very odd, and yeah theyre kinda almost normal bobs a proper plank , but you feel compelled to see what bonkers stuff he should do
andyunderwoodify 1 month ago
@andyunderwoodify
That was 'A Night In With Vic & Bob'. I recorded it (on a 4-hour VHS tape) and it was on BBC2, Boxing Day 1994. They selected their favourite TV shows - for example there was also a documentary on Meerkats; to make up their 'Dream TV schedule' for one night.
I kept the whole evening's viewing for many years (don't know what happened to the tape in the end...) for 'Nuts In May'. There was also an episode of Eric Idle's 'Rutland Weekend Television'; featuring George Harrison!
ChannelEggnog 1 month ago
@ChannelEggnog wooah! that would explain it! i honestly just ended up watching it and that was how,
andyunderwoodify 1 month ago
@andyunderwoodify
Hi, Andy.. It looks like the last bit of your message has gone astray; but never mind I got the gist!
Same as me really, didn't know what it was, but I enjoyed it and used to keep stuff on tape as long as possible those days. And was amazed a few years down the line when a friend seemed to mention it out of the blue- so I did him a VHS to VHS copy!
Ah, them were the days!!
ChannelEggnog 1 month ago
Such beautighfully observed characters.
youngian 1 month ago
@youngian
Quite so! It sure adds a good deal of realism to the play. ..
ChannelEggnog 1 month ago
yes! still great
sambodragon01 2 months ago
i memba whatchin this when i was a kid
SuperClickbang 2 months ago
07:15 (click this!)... It never fails to amuse me too.. Cheers!!
ChannelEggnog 4 months ago
There's a car going up the B3351
67theraven 4 months ago 2