Category Archives: TV sitcom

Grade ‘A’ snobbery

Posted on April 10, 2024 by odeboyz

Most of our historic houses are no longer lived in by Dukes and Duchesses; they’re full of Arabs and pop stars, or they’ve been taken over by the gas board and turned into rest houses for exhausted meter-readers. Audrey fforbes-Hamilton … Continue reading →

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A ‘Del Boy’* Quip

Posted on February 25, 2024 by odeboyz

“You’ve always been the same, even at school. Nothing but books, learning, education – that’s why you’re no good at snooker.” From the sitcom ‘Only Fools and Horses’

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A Victoria Wood joke

Posted on December 10, 2023 by odeboyz

People think I hate sex. I don’t. I just don’t like things that stop you seeing the television properly.

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Fawlty Towers: Top, top sarcasm

Posted on October 5, 2023 by odeboyz

Mr. Johnson: “Anywhere they do French food?” Basil Fawlty: “Yes, France I believe. They seem to like it there, and the swim would certainly sharpen your appetite. You’d better hurry, the tide leaves in six minutes.”

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‘One foot in the grave’*

Posted on October 27, 2022 by odeboyz

Margaret Meldrew:Have you had a good day while I was out? Victor Meldrew:I think it’s safe to say I’ve had a very good day, all told. In the morning, I turned some water into wine, and then I healed a … Continue reading →

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A scene from ‘The Likely Lads’

Posted on September 15, 2022 by odeboyz

Bob: When it comes to women you’re hardly Omar Sharif. Terry: If Omar Sharif lived in Gateshead I doubt he’d be Omar Sharif. A TV show set in north-east Britain of two working-class men

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Police Racism Satirised in 1979

Posted on October 24, 2021 by odeboyz

Sergeant:Savage, why do you keep arresting this man? Constable Savage:He’s a villain, sir. Sergeant:…A villain. Constable Savage:And a jailbird, sir. Sergeant:I know he’s a jailbird, Savage, he’s down in the cells now! We’re holding him on a charge of being … Continue reading →

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From The Third Rock from the Sun*

Posted on August 26, 2021 by odeboyz

“I think we’ve underestimated the life on this planet. The people have so much courage. Here they are hurtling through space on a molten rock at 67,000 miles an hour and the only thing that keeps them from flying out … Continue reading →

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Blackadder: The First World War

Posted on June 28, 2021 by odeboyz

Edmund:* We’ve been sitting here since Christmas 1914, during which time millions of men have died, and we’ve advanced no further than an asthmatic ant with some heavy shopping. *Edmund Blackadder the recurring character in this series

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Porridge sitcom: scene between Fletcher, prisoner and Mr Barrowclough, warder

Posted on April 29, 2021 by odeboyz

Fletcher: You’re lookin’ a bit down in the mouth, Mr Barrowclough, anything the matter? Mr Barrowclough: Oh, nothing much. The usual. Domestic crisis. Fletcher: Oh dear. Mrs Barrowclough left you, has she? Mr Barrowclough: Unhappily, no. Fletcher – Ronnie Barker, … Continue reading →

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