Favourite Only Fools and Horses clips

DS86DS

What are some of your favourite Only Fools and Horses clips? I have countless but here are some that never get allowed.


Uncle Albert convincing Del Boy he can speak German

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8gOjasxxO0

Classic Trigger scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eucpZjDCat0

Seen this recently, Trigger as thick as ever

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

pleas advice

that one where he says "This time next year, Rodders"

pleas advice

completedit

the show is so funny but it's not funny the way it's fans would have you think. It's never hilarious

pleas advice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qxzyLXqWhk#t=60

Jim Bob Scratcher

Immortal Starlight

Gimme A Pound

Sidney Pottah!

DS86DS

Immortal Starlight wrote: »

"The chief is just inspecting his axe"

dastardly00

SmartinMartin

Post what ya like, but the chandelier sketch is it, end of.

GinAndBitter

The scenes with Rodney leading up to and after Damien was born are hilarious, Rodney thinking he was the anti Christ.

Franz Von Peppercorn

I suppose you had to be there.

Joe_ Public

Some of the early episodes were truly great, no offence to uncle albert but a bit of the show died with the loss of grandad i thought. The whole Peckham Pouncer episode is brilliant and my personal fav is the one where Rodney strikes out on his own with Mickey Pierce. “They’re not just ordinary lawnmower engines”. “No?” “They’re broken lawnmower engines.”

BettePorter

Too many to mention...but 'cwwwwying' was one that had me crippled first time I saw it. And the batman and Robin running scene. The trigger and his brush with 4 handles and 7 heads scene. Trigger and his ideal imaginary girlfriend.... (she's not much of a looker ) .

The thing is ... I've often thought ,if every hilarious scene were done by any other crappy comedy you'd barely raise a smirk. But only fools had just everything coming together to create perfection.
. David Jason is just flawless. Everyone else is just a step below. Except for cassandra. ..I always considered her badly cast.

Pedro K

There's a great scene where Del Boy and Rodney get stuck in an elevator, and end up having to talk about Cassandra's miscarriage. At the end of it all, Del Boy pops up and starts the elevator again, revealing that he had sabotaged the elevator so he and Rodney would have to talk. The show managed to overlay comedy and tragedy brilliantly.

storker

Kermit.de.frog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93bAdEf0pzc

Rubberchikken

i agree thry managed to mix comedy with some sad scenes very well. i loved rodders and del. even uncle albert was a good replacement and fitted in well after grandad dies.
trigger is beyond hope, so very funny.
even Marlene and that husband of hers had some funny moments.
but compare them to Father ted. the laugh out loud ratio is different. i find ted to be hilarious.
different comedy i guess.
both excellent.

bodhrandude

It use to be a strange set up on RTE, Eastenders: Depressed Londoners, then Only Fools & Horses: Londoners to cheer you up.

My favourite ep has to be Rodney trying to make it big with his band, but Del Boy persuades him to stay in the business, meanwhile Rodney's old band takes off to super stardom and Del goes to great lengths to hide the Top of Pops programme from Rodney.

joeguevara

Tony Angelino when he couldn’t pronounce his Rs and we only found out in the middle of his rendition of ‘crying’

https://youtu.be/93VbNiVpAXw

When Del bullsh1tted his way into hang gliding to impress a girl. Rodney was supposed to save him with an emergency call on the car phone but reminded del they didn’t have a car phone.

https://youtu.be/2G7foe3IGwc

Grandads Wendy house line which cracked all the cast up

https://mobile.twitter.com/ofahcentral/status/989967159949512709?lang=en

fermanagh_man

Can't find a good YouTube link but Rodney applying for his own job

https://youtu.be/PrxSXMzK_BM

branie2

Doctor: Do you have any trouble passing water?
Del: I had a dizzy spell going over Tower Bridge once

EagererBeaver

DENZEL'S GOT A DISEASE

PEACEBROTHER

Looking for the scene where Del Boy turns over Mikes hands without touching them to get a cheap round -
Been looking for it for a while now

justincasey

Rodney do you pefer astro turf or grass ...."what em i dunno i never smoked astro turf" ...

SeaFields

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jRCvGiONTIs

Can't post a link properly in my phone but the above URL...del boy tries a spot of clay pigeon shooting to impress the upper classes with a shot gun he borrowed off a bank robbing friend.

angel eyes 2012

EagererBeaver wrote: »

DENZEL'S GOT A DISEASE

From the Jolly Boys' Outing, one of my favourites.

Trigger: "And I've lost my Dolphin"

Del trying to impress the yuppies Stephen and Joanne:
" the banana crop alone, we are into mega-growth.
- Well, you can't go wrong, Stephen.
- The bigger the banana the better, that's my motto.
- For sure.
And statistically we are talking - What? - Well, what I mean is that, it's easier to sell bigger bananas than little 'uns! Ain't it Rodney, eh? Del, I think when Stephen talks about 'growth' he's talking about financial investment, not about the size of the actual banana."

joeguevara

Which do you prefer ‘grass or AstroTurf?’. Don’t know, never smoked AstroTurf.

https://youtu.be/Pb7cidFSyu4

alta stare

I think it is easily the best comedy series ever on tv. I know tv can be subjective but when you compare it to the likes of Friends, Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half men and the likes it shows that those kind of "comedy" programmes are rubbish.

Another poster mentioned Father Ted. I find the obsession with Father Ted a bit over the top. Again i know tv is subjective but I could never get how some people found it so funny. I dont think it comes near OFAH in terms of comedy and entertainment. OFAH had an amazing capacity to be funny and sad all in the one scene. IMO no show has ever been able to capture that and for me that is why it was (still is) the best tv show (of its kind) on tv.

joeguevara

The inflatable dolls is for me one of the funniest moments in tv. When they popped up from behind the bar in the flat literally made me cry with laughter.

https://youtu.be/zCV6_FKPuKA

briany

A great one is where Del tries to get Albert to act shocked when he learns Rodney is seeing a potential bit on the side.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIMv8ZyfnJ8

Grandad's monologue about war

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3EIrj9P7cg

The Trotter brothers' reception at the put after becoming millionaires. Always really liked the music in this scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYkRG4cgCrE

joeguevara

They should have stopped there. The specials where they lost the money really took the gloss off their achievements for me. It was a bit bitter sweet when del realized that he missed the wheeling dealing when he was a millionaire.

Loved the line from Del when he wanted to buy the sandwiches and said ‘no I’ll get the sandwiches because you got the rolls’.

The two pair scene was classic. https://youtu.be/C_fHScmyWTA

Itssoeasy

Maci Black Sculptor wrote: »

Sidney Pottah!

I'd call him harry belafonte myself.

Itssoeasy

alta stare wrote: »

I think it is easily the best comedy series ever on tv. I know tv can be subjective but when you compare it to the likes of Friends, Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half men and the likes it shows that those kind of "comedy" programmes are rubbish.

Another poster mentioned Father Ted. I find the obsession with Father Ted a bit over the top. Again i know tv is subjective but I could never get how some people found it so funny. I dont think it comes near OFAH in terms of comedy and entertainment. OFAH had an amazing capacity to be funny and sad all in the one scene. IMO no show has ever been able to capture that and for me that is why it was (still is) the best tv show (of its kind) on tv.

They did. I mean with the episode where they had the funeral for the character grandad(the actor having died) should have been a sombre episode but they managed to bring laughter to it by del throwing the hat into the grave.

archer22

Granddad explaining to Del why he deserted from the army.

"the way them Germans were carrying on somebody was going to get hurt"

joeguevara

The art completion where Rodney had to pretend to be 13 and Cassandra his step mum.

He loved being part of the groovy gang and excelled in the skateboard competition.

https://youtu.be/danAx6yzY-A

SEPT 23 1989

Bob Gray

Can’t find the clip but the scene where Del is discussing his “shared profit scheme” with Mike over redecorating the Nags Head after he quoted him double Brendan the builders price:
Del: So that’s £500 for vous, £500 for vee
Mike: What about the other £1000?
Del: We give that to the Irishman and let him do the job.

joeguevara

The glow in the dark grave scene has to go down as another classic.

https://youtu.be/M5_pcaXJIo8

DS86DS

"So what's Dave...a nickname like?"........Roger Llyod Pack, truly an actor for the ages

completedit

None of the show is funny without context. That scene where del boy falling through the bar isn't amazingly funny, it's like a scene from Drake and Josh or something it's funny when you watch the whole scene. Only fools isn't laugh out loud funny, father Ted the humour is more obvious or Brooklyn 99, only foods charm is in the characters

DS86DS

completedit wrote: »

None of the show is funny without context. That scene where del boy falling through the bar isn't amazingly funny, it's like a scene from Drake and Josh or something it's funny when you watch the whole scene. Only fools isn't laugh out loud funny, father Ted the humour is more obvious or Brooklyn 99, only foods charm is in the characters

The writers of Father Ted considered Trigger to be an influence on the character of Father Dougal


https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/father-ted-creator-pays-tribute-to-only-fools-actor-trigger-was-an-ancestor-to-father-dougal-29922486.html

bear1

SmartinMartin wrote: »

Post what ya like, but the chandelier sketch is it, end of.

Was going to mention that.
Remember watching a documentary on it and they said that the fake chandelier ended up costing more than the original and they used most of the budget for it.
They had one take and couldn't break character as it would have been shut down.
The director had to put handkerchiefs into his mouth to cover the smile and laugh.

Can't find the clip on you tube quickly but I always liked the scene where Del negotiates witness protection and immunity to prosecution - and then admits to the crime himself.

Subacio

In a game of Trivial Pursuit, Del was asked what name you'd give to a female swan. He hummed and hawed for a while and Rodney decided to give him a none-too-subtle clue. Tapping the pen in his hand, "come on Del it's easy, it's got 3 letters".

Del says "Got it. Bic".

Hector Savage

The gravy/coffee mix up in "Time on our hands" ...

bear1

The episode where they are trapped in the supermarket was a good one too.

valoren

briany wrote: »

A great one is where Del tries to get Albert to act shocked when he learns Rodney is seeing a potential bit on the side.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIMv8ZyfnJ8

+1

It's my favourite scene from Only Fools. The epitome of comedic 'timing' or indeed mis-timing.

David Jason desperately trying to keep a straight face and stay in character makes it even funnier.

valoren

completedit wrote: »

None of the show is funny without context. That scene where del boy falling through the bar isn't amazingly funny, it's like a scene from Drake and Josh or something it's funny when you watch the whole scene. Only fools isn't laugh out loud funny, father Ted the humour is more obvious or Brooklyn 99, only foods charm is in the characters

Anytime that clip is shown it always has the prelude where Del is geeing up Trigger to go chatting up a lady in the bar who just made eye contact with Del. That's the context i.e. he's all set to act suave and yuppy and ends up looking like a plonker. :pac:

Steve F

valoren wrote: »

+1

It's my favourite scene from Only Fools. The epitome of comedic 'timing' or indeed mis-timing.

David Jason desperately trying to keep a straight face and stay in character makes it even funnier.

I was going to post this too but you beat me to it