You need to watch each episode so you get to know each character .. and watch how their personalities develop. This often gets voted the UKs favourite sitcom of all time. It’s worth the effort
As others have said, this was probably the greatest sitcom the UK ever produced, but it doesn't do that well in the U.S. because the comedy is quite a lot about British culture and is a definite character comedy show. Yes there are really funny clips, but it's 200% funnier once you know the characters, their relationships, their story and their catchphrases. I think you're at the point now where you've probably watched enough British comedy that it wouldn't totally go over your head, but if you know anything about the history of Britain in the 1970s and 80s, it'll also really help with context. This was written in the era of Margaret Thatcher, miner's strikes and yuppies. It also helps if you have a clue about the East end of London and cockneys, which is essentially what they are, although the show itself can teach you quite a lot about it if you start from the beginning and watch it through.
I agree with most of what u say, but there maybe quite a few episodes where Del boy says stuff like Gis me a Bell Arry & let me know what the trouble & strife Finks, they fell off the back of a lorry yesterday & you can have e'm for a pony each but would normally go for a Ton.Maybe not all in one sentence, but it's an example.I grew up in Sth London & have heard it all my life, but to an American a problem.
I hope he never reacts to full episodes of OFAH he butcher the hell out of (The Inbetweeners) He's paranoid about copywrite strikes from UA-cam, when other reaction channels show their episodes in full with no issue. (LEAVE OFAH ALONE)....lol
As everyone else says, if you like to then watch the whole series, there are long running jokes and although a comedy there’s heart wrenching moments. It’s not really a series where you can watch just clips
Matthew Lenton - It's the dry delivery which gets me every time. Like when Grandad went to Rodney "What you got, a Wendy house?" in that other early years episode. Leonard Pearce improvised that line and it's one of the best in the whole programme. :')
Next FULL show? I mean - I love Only Fools, but there's a big jump from reacting to a 3 series show like The Inbetweeners to watching all 64 episodes of this show, moreso if you're expecting him to upload reactions to all episodes...
the greatest ever UK Sitcom !!! hands down!! cant watch clips without context and not knowing the characters- watch the first episode "big brother" by season 2 you'll be hooked
Almost..... That accolade goes to 'Steptoe and Son' and the amount of plot/jokes John Sullivan 'borrowed' for OFAH is unbelievable. 'Steptoe and Son' was Sullivans favourite sitcom and said without it, there wouldn't have been OFAH. Steptoe ran for eight series and had two feature films and the similarities between them is staggering. The biggest and most blatant evidence is the episode of Steptoe and Son called 'Full House'. Watch that then watch the OFAH episode 'A Losing Streak' where Del tucks Boycie up at cards...it is a virtual carbon copy of the Steptoe episode. I don't take anything away from Sullivans writing but it is disingenuous to not credit the writers who had the actual ideas originally.
Only Fools and Horses always gets voted as the best British comedy sitcom of all time. It's classic. You should watch the blow up doll, hand glider or chandelier clips.
If you can find the time to watch the early episodes fully and work your way through them it will add alot more depth, enjoyment and appreciation of these to you. Not many people in the UK would disagree that this is the best sitcom ever.
It really does have a bigger laugh and kick from the beginning but this is a website just for reactions to others suggestions 😄 but hey its a start 😘🇬🇧
King Boomer isn't a "work your way through them" kinda guy. He's a clips guy. Josh at After Work Reactions, or bxkid7, are who you want for full-length OFAH - they've done every ep. Also a lot of people in the UK would disagree, me being one of them: adore OFAH, but Fawlty Towers is better.
@@slashdisco yer i can appreciate that. I mean if he wants to get into it in his spare time more, i wasnt expecting to see the whole lot from him :). Keep up the great content King Boomer!
Start from the beginning. The beauty of this show is the character development and going along with the characters. Switching back and forth between episodes loses that. And be prepared for loads of spoilers. People seem not to be able to help themselves with OFAH
I agree. It's established in the very first episode that Rodney likes girls in uniforms. This is used again very clevery several times throughout the life of the show.
You really should watch whole episodes of only fools and horses to get the context and relationships of this family in the Eastern of London. It will make much better viewing for your enjoyment and see how hilariously chemistry between these brothers really is
Yes, - when Rodney joins "the Groovy gang" and Rachel sings Roy Orbison's "Cwying!! I also love the Jolly Boys' Outing episode, as well as many others, but I think it ultimately went on slightly too long. It should have ended when they sold the watch and walked off into the sunset having finally become millionaires. The should have ended it there. Many of us grew up with this series. I recall I liked it from the start, even though it wasn't a hit initially - thank God the BBC (which was good back then) stuck with it. Of course many of our close family that we enjoyed it with are now no longer with us - which is another reason why this sitcome brings backa warm glow to our hearts/memories when we remember back to those happy days.
This is the greatest British comedy of all time. Choosing your own clip was not the greatest idea. Only fools and horses as so many iconic moments that is just still hilarious after 30 odd years. My favorite is the Batman and Robin episode but there's context needed. The Chandelier Del boy falls Poker Triggers broom So so much more. Only fools and horses is the nations favourite over inbetweeners. 2 young brothers from South London trying to become Mllionares. Just a belter of a show. There won't be 1 comment that hates on it.
@TEEVEE TRANSMISSIONS your actually wrong. Only fools and horses was voted the Generational best comedy series of all time followed by Inbetweeners then Monty python's flying circus.
Dude you need to watch the full episode man. Only Fools and Horses is British comedy gold and I mean gold. Buy the box set watch them and make sure you have bandages for your ribs because you will crack them with laughter.
There are loads of great episodes and scenes to watch....falling through the hatch, chandeliers, Rodney and Mallorca, blow-up dolls, Jolly Boys trip, fishing trip in Cornwall, etc.
Only fools was really popular back in the day. When I was little there would always be me and other kids outside playing but when a new episode of this was being shown it was like a ghost town outside. Next day at school or work everyone would be chatting about it. In them days we only had 4 channels no matter how rich or poor you were.
The comments are correct you really have to watch the full episodes to get know the characters but there is one clip you should look for and that is when Del and Trigger are in a yuppie west end bar... it was comedy genius perfectly timed.
Best British sitcom ever. Even better than the Inbetweeners. (Still waiting patiently for episode 5) It will be hard for you to understand some of the language but I recommend you watch it from the start one day. It truly is the greatest
I always found that Only Fools and Horses was more a 25+ minute ride of warmth and smiles with the odd big belly laugh. I'd totally forget my troubles in that time.
Dude you need to start watching from the beginning, there are so many brilliant episodes; Delboy and the bar, Batman & Robin, gold paint and certain inflatables 😄 look out for a bloke named Trigger 😄
Best thing ever written. In Serbia OFAH have cult status, John Challis was amazed with popularity here. I watched every episode at least 50 times, but I think number is bigger. Yes, I know, I'm obsessed.
You need to watch a few of the first full episodes to get the context, then you will just fall in love with one of the greatest comedy shows of all time
So many brilliant episodes and sketches, such an iconic british show. Search for any of the following for just an idea, Batman and robin, chandier, inflatable dolls, pocket watch, satelite dish, wine bar, the unlucky winner, grand butterfly, hand glider, broom
Only fools and horses isn’t really a show you can watch just 1 or 2 and find funny, it has a lot of humour that is relatable but it was going for years and you really need to watch a lot of them and really get to know the characters and what there lives are like. It’s not really that exaggerated as there are many people who live just like this in the uk and instead of choosing a 9-5 job strive for something better and to make it big, whilst not being a complete criminal Del Boy chooses to turn a blink eye to where his “stock” comes from. It’s the kind of show that makes you compare characters to people in your own life and there similarities. By far my favourite show who’s characters are played so well I consider them real people. I think a lot of brits would say they share a close connection with Del Boy and Rodney whilst having never met them. It was cast perfectly and the comedy is witty, not always obvious and very British.
There’s a difference between British and American humour. Not that one is smarter than the other or better, both are funny but British humour is more focused on the dialogue. So to get the best out of any show got to pay really close attention to what’s being said more so than the physical comedy. That goes for anything from Blackadder to Peep Show and the Inbetweeners, the real gems are in the little conversations and the banter.
Hmmm... not sure on this one. Plenty of classic American sitcoms are full of clever funny dialogue almost one dimensionally so. British sitcoms have great dialogue but sooo much more...
HolloVVpoint - You make a good point, but I'd debate that British humour is more dialogue-based. Visual comedy works with our humour as well, otherwise Are You Being Served, Fawlty Towers, Keeping Up Appearances and Mr Bean would never have been sold around the world and been successful around the world, particularly in the United States. I think one of the biggest differences between our humour and American humour is in characterisation and what happens to them throughout. We love to see people not succeed. Fawlty Towers was hilarious because everything kept going wrong for Basil. If it had been a hotel which ran smoothly, there'd have been no comedy. Del and Rodney Trotter rarely succeeded in their money-making schemes. If they did every time, again there'd be no comedy. Also think about all the hapless or downtrodden characters in our comedies. Rodney in Only Fools and Horses, Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave, Ben Harper in My Family, Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, etc. The only US comedy character who I can think of who was hapless is Stuart Bloom from The Big Bang Theory. As a society we don't have the positivity which the USA has, hence why nearly none of their comedy characters are hapless. Speaking of society, we're still a country with a class system, so Only Fools and Horses is an example of a comedy of the ambitions of the working man to become rich. The US doesn't have the same culture when it comes to social status, so they wouldn't understand why Del and Rodney are constantly wanting to better their lives. Hyacinth Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances is a character who was originally from a working-class background which she tried to keep secret and always unsuccessfully, but she was already married to a middle-class man and lived a middle-class lifestyle. The hilarity of it for us in the UK was the constant jeopardy of her origins being exposed by her dad, sisters and brother-in-law always turning up to the house and everybody knowing a woman like her and the visual comedy and wanting her to succeed would have been what they found funny in the USA and some other countries. If the programme had been Hyacinth being a much younger woman from a working-class family who was trying to better herself and the plot was her trying and failing to marry someone a class above her - so basically a prequel to what Keeping Up Appearances actually was - it wouldn't have been even a quarter as big around the world as it was because the joke would have been lost on them.
Only Fools and Horse's is about the whole episodes, as they tend to build up to the pay off at the end. Though the BBC are notorious for copyrighting on youTube
Fun fact: Jay from the Inbetweeners played a young Del-boy in a prequel series of Only Fools, called Rock & Chips. You definitely gotta check out more Only Fools though - there are almost countless moments that any Brit worth their salt would be familiar with.
this is the greatest sitcom of all time. Jay from the inbetweeners actually played the main character in a spin off episode years after the series had ended
I can recommend the 'Chandalier' episode watch it with the Queen it's a classic. Then watch the final episode where they become millionaires after finding a valuable pocket watch they bought years ago from a house where the owner had died. There's a scene in the auction room that's hilarious. ENJOY😉
The funniest sitcom ever made anywhere. You MUST watch full episodes as you are with Still Game (keep going with that, trust) and Inbetweeners. You'll get it so much better if you understand the characters
Best uk sitcom ever king boomer you need to do reactions to these you will fall in love with it as you seem to get British humour anyway more only fools please
It's much funnier if you know the other people in the show. As others have said you really need to watch the whole series to get to know them. Then you will really laugh.
Two outstanding clips are Del boys Poker Face (big surprise in this one) & Batman & Robin.It would be nice if U showed them sooner rather than in 3/4 months time if at all.Its not a criticism but with the passing of time U can easily forget these suggestions when U get inundated with them.All the best.
Only fools and horses is the best British comedy ever and has been voted by the public as the best ever as well. Check out the bar scene, chandelier scene and the batman and robin scene.
Definitely need more Only Fools and Horses!!! Can't believe you've only done a couple!! The clips can be watched over and over; chandelier, wine bar, batman, blow up dolls!! There's a UA-cam vid: 'BEST EVER MOMENTS: 40th Anniversary Compilation/Only Fools and Horses' that's a good introduction but definitely recommend working through them all, few decades to get through but THE best UK comedy series ever! 😉👍😊🤣🤣
Your Majesty cannot expect to react with any seriousness to less than 4 mins of the greatest sitcom ever produced for British TV, (notwithstanding Fawlty Towers, of course). It stars one of our greatest comic actors, David Jason, too! On a par with Ronnie Barker and John Cleese. In fact, If you really investigated British sitcom, you'd find Ronnie and David on the same stage together in 'Porridge' and 'Open all hours.' Be well. Be happy. 🙂🙏🙂
A lot of people grew up with this show on British TV back in the 80's and 90's. It's very British so it probably wouldn't appeal to a non-Brit. Obviously Brits would relate to it more. There are 64 episodes so it would keep your channel busy.
Only Fools and Horses is the best comedy we've ever had in the UK. It never had that much of a global following (apart from in the Balkans, strangely) because its comedic value is in the wordplay and characterisations rather than its visuals. This scene is a prime example. It contains a lot of typically British phrases and sayings (e.g. "bird"/"that little sort" for a female) and a lot of things that seem strange out of context. In the early series' of Only Fools and Horses, there were lots of mentions of Rodney being expelled from an "Art College in Basingstoke" after being caught smoking cannabis and for being a bit of a lothario, particularly with teenage girls - hence Del's quip "He's in love with someone who's got the vote this time!" Also knowing the relationship between Derek (Del) and Rodney as brothers and Edward as their grandfather and them as characters also helps, which is why watching the occasional clip isn't the best. It's better to watch full episodes so that the less visual scenes are just as funny and make more sense. Scenes such as the chandelier from 'A Touch of Glass', the bar from 'Yuppy Love', the dolls from 'Danger UXD' or the superheroes one from 'Time on Our Hands' are funnier to non-British reactors because they're visual and visual comedy is universal. Even with the 'Time on Our Hands' one even if someone from outside the British Isles doesn't find it visually funny, it also happens to be situational which adds to the hilarity. They're much better scenes to react to if you're not watching entire episodes!
In my humble opininion... I think you would love full episodes and the whole series. You would be a great follow up from Josh. He's approaching the end. Back to getting drunk celebrating the Euro Basket gold medal won tonight. Big love from Spain.
The two clips from this show which are reacted to a lot are 'Del boy falls though bar' and 'The chandelier scene', both hilarious, like fall off your chair hilarious. you'd be in bits; this clip is more of a mild chuckle in comparison.
Del and Rodney smash a Chandelier. Del fall through a bar in a pub. Del and Rodney as Batman and Robin. Del and Rodney stuck in a Lift/Elevator. Del and Rodney became Millionaires. This excellent and very funny Tv Sitcom was written by an excellent writer of sitcoms called John Sullivan.
The problem with youtube is you don't get the full episodes. With OFAH the episodes build around a theme and feed back to jokes earlier in the episode. Only experiencing a full episode do you get the full effect.
There are way better ones! Watch the chandelier clip, or the whole episode which is A Touch of Glass. There’s also the bar scene in Yuppy Love, I don’t want to give the joke away but I’m sure you’ll find it. The Sky’s the Limit is also a very funny episode, as are Heroes and Villains, Stage Fright, and the final one (or should have been) Time on our Hands
Every episode of Fools and Horses has different furniture in their flat highlighting that Rodney is always buying and selling (stolen?) goods. In one episode they are eating at a metal garden table and chairs set.
1st time watching your stuff...I grew up on "only fools and horses" it's ace watching you , watching "only fools" 😀 😉 it's 2 universes colliding...I can't describe the difference between our cultures, when seeing it from this perspective, I'm not guessing my point across here tbh...just great 👍 enjoy Greece King boomer...can I be a boomer...please king...how about money python, spike milligan, 😀
Watching you reaction clips on only fools and horses has reminded me of the episode when del doy got lumbered with 166 louvre doors don't know why anyway the ending is brilliant
I’d *strongly* resist the temptation to watch clips of this - it’s incredible but you need to watch the full show
Couldn’t agree more. My favourite show of all time
Agreed 100%
@@lordcharfield I love Josh! Dude has the most infectious laugh
Well said...and he needs to know this is a long haul show and 100% maybe the best thing he will watch.
@@lordcharfield And bxkid7 has reacted to all 60+ episodes.
You need to watch each episode so you get to know each character .. and watch how their personalities develop.
This often gets voted the UKs favourite sitcom of all time.
It’s worth the effort
As others have said, this was probably the greatest sitcom the UK ever produced, but it doesn't do that well in the U.S. because the comedy is quite a lot about British culture and is a definite character comedy show. Yes there are really funny clips, but it's 200% funnier once you know the characters, their relationships, their story and their catchphrases. I think you're at the point now where you've probably watched enough British comedy that it wouldn't totally go over your head, but if you know anything about the history of Britain in the 1970s and 80s, it'll also really help with context. This was written in the era of Margaret Thatcher, miner's strikes and yuppies. It also helps if you have a clue about the East end of London and cockneys, which is essentially what they are, although the show itself can teach you quite a lot about it if you start from the beginning and watch it through.
Good point but it's set in South London and not the east end
Try 'Allo 'Allo........ thé way they played with Language and Accents is priceless.
I agree with most of what u say, but there maybe quite a few episodes where Del boy says stuff like Gis me a Bell Arry & let me know what the trouble & strife Finks, they fell off the back of a lorry yesterday & you can have e'm for a pony each but would normally go for a Ton.Maybe not all in one sentence, but it's an example.I grew up in Sth London & have heard it all my life, but to an American a problem.
@@EdekLay South East if we want to get pedantic. Lol
I hope he never reacts to full episodes of OFAH he butcher the hell out of (The Inbetweeners) He's paranoid about copywrite strikes from UA-cam, when other reaction channels show their episodes in full with no issue. (LEAVE OFAH ALONE)....lol
You can't go wrong with this show mate, grew up on this, f'ing hilarious 👍👍
The best times. We had F all but when this came on we’d all sit round and be happy as ever.
As everyone else says, if you like to then watch the whole series, there are long running jokes and although a comedy there’s heart wrenching moments. It’s not really a series where you can watch just clips
Del Boy falling through the wine bar hatch is an iconic scene in British comedy - one of the best ever !
I think that scene was voted as the most popular moment in all Only Fools and Horses episodes.
No matter how many times I've watched the show, Grandad's line "Well I'd have to think twice" always cracks me up
Matthew Lenton - It's the dry delivery which gets me every time. Like when Grandad went to Rodney "What you got, a Wendy house?" in that other early years episode. Leonard Pearce improvised that line and it's one of the best in the whole programme. :')
Haha love this 😂😂😂
For me its uncle Albert saying "i used to box for the Navy" and then shadow boxing. always gets me.
I think the Wendy House line is the best
Best comedy you'll ever watch hands down!!! Absolute comedy gold at it's finest.
This time next year rodney!!
Don’t do too many clips, this needs to be the next full show you do after The Inbetweeners 👍
Next FULL show? I mean - I love Only Fools, but there's a big jump from reacting to a 3 series show like The Inbetweeners to watching all 64 episodes of this show, moreso if you're expecting him to upload reactions to all episodes...
The OFAH Beano to Margate!!
@@gemronan303 Jolly boys Outing
the greatest ever UK Sitcom !!! hands down!! cant watch clips without context and not knowing the characters- watch the first episode "big brother" by season 2 you'll be hooked
Almost..... That accolade goes to 'Steptoe and Son' and the amount of plot/jokes John Sullivan 'borrowed' for OFAH is unbelievable.
'Steptoe and Son' was Sullivans favourite sitcom and said without it, there wouldn't have been OFAH.
Steptoe ran for eight series and had two feature films and the similarities between them is staggering. The biggest and most blatant evidence is the episode of Steptoe and Son called 'Full House'.
Watch that then watch the OFAH episode 'A Losing Streak' where Del tucks Boycie up at cards...it is a virtual carbon copy of the Steptoe episode.
I don't take anything away from Sullivans writing but it is disingenuous to not credit the writers who had the actual ideas originally.
Bring on more! These are legends 100%! Greetings from London UK x
Only Fools and Horses always gets voted as the best British comedy sitcom of all time. It's classic. You should watch the blow up doll, hand glider or chandelier clips.
Do the entire series of this because the story is important and great, and it even went on so long you can see the changing attitudes over the years.
If you can find the time to watch the early episodes fully and work your way through them it will add alot more depth, enjoyment and appreciation of these to you. Not many people in the UK would disagree that this is the best sitcom ever.
It really does have a bigger laugh and kick from the beginning but this is a website just for reactions to others suggestions 😄 but hey its a start 😘🇬🇧
It’s all a matter of opinion that one mate!
King Boomer isn't a "work your way through them" kinda guy. He's a clips guy. Josh at After Work Reactions, or bxkid7, are who you want for full-length OFAH - they've done every ep. Also a lot of people in the UK would disagree, me being one of them: adore OFAH, but Fawlty Towers is better.
@@slashdisco yer i can appreciate that. I mean if he wants to get into it in his spare time more, i wasnt expecting to see the whole lot from him :). Keep up the great content King Boomer!
One episode springs to mind that you can watch without too much context is the Chandelier episode/scene. Never fails to make me laugh.
Start from the beginning. The beauty of this show is the character development and going along with the characters. Switching back and forth between episodes loses that. And be prepared for loads of spoilers. People seem not to be able to help themselves with OFAH
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I agree. It's established in the very first episode that Rodney likes girls in uniforms. This is used again very clevery several times throughout the life of the show.
You really should watch whole episodes of only fools and horses to get the context and relationships of this family in the Eastern of London. It will make much better viewing for your enjoyment and see how hilariously chemistry between these brothers really is
The best two OFAHs are 1 when Rodney wins the Painting competition and 2 When Rachel get a new singing partner.
Yes, - when Rodney joins "the Groovy gang" and Rachel sings Roy Orbison's "Cwying!! I also love the Jolly Boys' Outing episode, as well as many others, but I think it ultimately went on slightly too long. It should have ended when they sold the watch and walked off into the sunset having finally become millionaires. The should have ended it there. Many of us grew up with this series. I recall I liked it from the start, even though it wasn't a hit initially - thank God the BBC (which was good back then) stuck with it. Of course many of our close family that we enjoyed it with are now no longer with us - which is another reason why this sitcome brings backa warm glow to our hearts/memories when we remember back to those happy days.
This is the greatest British comedy of all time.
Choosing your own clip was not the greatest idea.
Only fools and horses as so many iconic moments that is just still hilarious after 30 odd years.
My favorite is the Batman and Robin episode but there's context needed.
The Chandelier
Del boy falls
Poker
Triggers broom
So so much more.
Only fools and horses is the nations favourite over inbetweeners.
2 young brothers from South London trying to become Mllionares.
Just a belter of a show.
There won't be 1 comment that hates on it.
@TEEVEE TRANSMISSIONS your actually wrong.
Only fools and horses was voted the Generational best comedy series of all time followed by Inbetweeners then Monty python's flying circus.
This has been consistently voted the best sitcom ever produced. Another I'd say you need to watch is Fawlty Towers. Absolute genius comedy writing.
Dude you need to watch the full episode man. Only Fools and Horses is British comedy gold and I mean gold. Buy the box set watch them and make sure you have bandages for your ribs because you will crack them with laughter.
So glad you’ve got on to this. Suggestions is all of them 😉👍
There are loads of great episodes and scenes to watch....falling through the hatch, chandeliers, Rodney and Mallorca, blow-up dolls, Jolly Boys trip, fishing trip in Cornwall, etc.
Only fools was really popular back in the day. When I was little there would always be me and other kids outside playing but when a new episode of this was being shown it was like a ghost town outside. Next day at school or work everyone would be chatting about it. In them days we only had 4 channels no matter how rich or poor you were.
The comments are correct you really have to watch the full episodes to get know the characters but there is one clip you should look for and that is when Del and Trigger are in a yuppie west end bar... it was comedy genius perfectly timed.
Yes but also the chandelier, and Batman & Robin.
And the one with the blow up dolls 😂😂
Best British sitcom ever. Even better than the Inbetweeners. (Still waiting patiently for episode 5) It will be hard for you to understand some of the language but I recommend you watch it from the start one day. It truly is the greatest
And yes you’re right when you said there are better ones. That was not even in the top 100 funniest moments lmao
I always found that Only Fools and Horses was more a 25+ minute ride of warmth and smiles with the odd big belly laugh. I'd totally forget my troubles in that time.
Dude you need to start watching from the beginning, there are so many brilliant episodes; Delboy and the bar, Batman & Robin, gold paint and certain inflatables 😄 look out for a bloke named Trigger 😄
I love only fools and horses its my favourite favourite show means alot to me I'm so happy you watched it
Best thing ever written. In Serbia OFAH have cult status, John Challis was amazed with popularity here. I watched every episode at least 50 times, but I think number is bigger. Yes, I know, I'm obsessed.
You need to watch a few of the first full episodes to get the context, then you will just fall in love with one of the greatest comedy shows of all time
So many brilliant episodes and sketches, such an iconic british show. Search for any of the following for just an idea, Batman and robin, chandier, inflatable dolls, pocket watch, satelite dish, wine bar, the unlucky winner, grand butterfly, hand glider, broom
Only fools and horses isn’t really a show you can watch just 1 or 2 and find funny, it has a lot of humour that is relatable but it was going for years and you really need to watch a lot of them and really get to know the characters and what there lives are like. It’s not really that exaggerated as there are many people who live just like this in the uk and instead of choosing a 9-5 job strive for something better and to make it big, whilst not being a complete criminal Del Boy chooses to turn a blink eye to where his “stock” comes from. It’s the kind of show that makes you compare characters to people in your own life and there similarities. By far my favourite show who’s characters are played so well I consider them real people. I think a lot of brits would say they share a close connection with Del Boy and Rodney whilst having never met them. It was cast perfectly and the comedy is witty, not always obvious and very British.
There’s a difference between British and American humour. Not that one is smarter than the other or better, both are funny but British humour is more focused on the dialogue. So to get the best out of any show got to pay really close attention to what’s being said more so than the physical comedy. That goes for anything from Blackadder to Peep Show and the Inbetweeners, the real gems are in the little conversations and the banter.
Hmmm... not sure on this one. Plenty of classic American sitcoms are full of clever funny dialogue almost one dimensionally so. British sitcoms have great dialogue but sooo much more...
HolloVVpoint - You make a good point, but I'd debate that British humour is more dialogue-based. Visual comedy works with our humour as well, otherwise Are You Being Served, Fawlty Towers, Keeping Up Appearances and Mr Bean would never have been sold around the world and been successful around the world, particularly in the United States.
I think one of the biggest differences between our humour and American humour is in characterisation and what happens to them throughout. We love to see people not succeed. Fawlty Towers was hilarious because everything kept going wrong for Basil. If it had been a hotel which ran smoothly, there'd have been no comedy. Del and Rodney Trotter rarely succeeded in their money-making schemes. If they did every time, again there'd be no comedy.
Also think about all the hapless or downtrodden characters in our comedies. Rodney in Only Fools and Horses, Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave, Ben Harper in My Family, Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, etc. The only US comedy character who I can think of who was hapless is Stuart Bloom from The Big Bang Theory. As a society we don't have the positivity which the USA has, hence why nearly none of their comedy characters are hapless.
Speaking of society, we're still a country with a class system, so Only Fools and Horses is an example of a comedy of the ambitions of the working man to become rich. The US doesn't have the same culture when it comes to social status, so they wouldn't understand why Del and Rodney are constantly wanting to better their lives. Hyacinth Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances is a character who was originally from a working-class background which she tried to keep secret and always unsuccessfully, but she was already married to a middle-class man and lived a middle-class lifestyle. The hilarity of it for us in the UK was the constant jeopardy of her origins being exposed by her dad, sisters and brother-in-law always turning up to the house and everybody knowing a woman like her and the visual comedy and wanting her to succeed would have been what they found funny in the USA and some other countries. If the programme had been Hyacinth being a much younger woman from a working-class family who was trying to better herself and the plot was her trying and failing to marry someone a class above her - so basically a prequel to what Keeping Up Appearances actually was - it wouldn't have been even a quarter as big around the world as it was because the joke would have been lost on them.
Oh man!! You need to watch this properly!! THE greatest UK Comedy 👌
Ahhhh….the series that grows on you…..thanks for sharing 👍🤗
Only Fools and Horse's is about the whole episodes, as they tend to build up to the pay off at the end.
Though the BBC are notorious for copyrighting on youTube
Fun fact: Jay from the Inbetweeners played a young Del-boy in a prequel series of Only Fools, called Rock & Chips.
You definitely gotta check out more Only Fools though - there are almost countless moments that any Brit worth their salt would be familiar with.
He also played a pizza delivery boy in Deadpool
A few famous faces in that. Kellie Bright and Phil Daniels as well of course as Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney's 'real' dad.
More fun facts, Micky Pearce was also in Scum & Quadrophenia when he was in his teens.
You have to watch the inflatable dolls scene. That is pure brilliance
You have finally hit comedy gold
this is the greatest sitcom of all time. Jay from the inbetweeners actually played the main character in a spin off episode years after the series had ended
I can recommend the 'Chandalier' episode watch it with the Queen it's a classic. Then watch the final episode where they become millionaires after finding a valuable pocket watch they bought years ago from a house where the owner had died. There's a scene in the auction room that's hilarious. ENJOY😉
I mean, if he did want to watch it, you've pretty much just spoiled it for him. Congrats.
Defo watch those 2 clips. I’m laughing just thinking about them
Why on earth would you spoil it…?
The bar scene with trigger is gold✌️
Can't go wrong with the "Only Fools and Horses - Uncle Albert funniest scene" (it's the U-Boat scene for those who remember)
I must have seen OFAH all the way through, at least 4 times. My favourite one is probably the fishing trip when they stay in Boycie's cottage.
To Hull and Back was my all time fav.
such a fkin great episode, so so so good.
This show is the holy grail of British comedy and should be watched in its entirety rather than short clips.
My all time favourite comedy series - superb. Classic
3:44 Well I’ll have to think twice! Gets me every time 😂😂😂
The funniest sitcom ever made anywhere. You MUST watch full episodes as you are with Still Game (keep going with that, trust) and Inbetweeners. You'll get it so much better if you understand the characters
Chandelier scene, or trigger and his sweeping brush are the best ofah bits.
Delboy falling through the bar and the batman and robin 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Best uk sitcom ever king boomer you need to do reactions to these you will fall in love with it as you seem to get British humour anyway more only fools please
PLEASE do the one with the blow up dolls... hilarious
The one with the chandelier is a must !!
The chandelier sketch is a hoot!
Chandelier, Tiggers broom and the bar. Hilarious
It's much funnier if you know the other people in the show. As others have said you really need to watch the whole series to get to know them. Then you will really laugh.
Two outstanding clips are Del boys Poker Face (big surprise in this one) & Batman & Robin.It would be nice if U showed them sooner rather than in 3/4 months time if at all.Its not a criticism but with the passing of time U can easily forget these suggestions when U get inundated with them.All the best.
Only fools and horses is the best British comedy ever and has been voted by the public as the best ever as well. Check out the bar scene, chandelier scene and the batman and robin scene.
A Touch of Glass and Yuppy Love are two of my favourite Only Fools and Horses episodes 😊
danger uxd was good
Definitely need more Only Fools and Horses!!! Can't believe you've only done a couple!! The clips can be watched over and over; chandelier, wine bar, batman, blow up dolls!! There's a UA-cam vid: 'BEST EVER MOMENTS: 40th Anniversary Compilation/Only Fools and Horses' that's a good introduction but definitely recommend working through them all, few decades to get through but THE best UK comedy series ever! 😉👍😊🤣🤣
Agree with most people, you can't do clips in isolation. It's one of the top 5 UK sitcoms imo
Start from the beginning and watch the full episodes. Best ever UK programme
Your Majesty cannot expect to react with any seriousness to less than 4 mins of the greatest sitcom ever produced for British TV, (notwithstanding Fawlty Towers, of course). It stars one of our greatest comic actors, David Jason, too! On a par with Ronnie Barker and John Cleese. In fact, If you really investigated British sitcom, you'd find Ronnie and David on the same stage together in 'Porridge' and 'Open all hours.' Be well. Be happy. 🙂🙏🙂
A lot of people grew up with this show on British TV back in the 80's and 90's. It's very British so it probably wouldn't appeal to a non-Brit. Obviously Brits would relate to it more. There are 64 episodes so it would keep your channel busy.
Only Fools and Horses is the best comedy we've ever had in the UK. It never had that much of a global following (apart from in the Balkans, strangely) because its comedic value is in the wordplay and characterisations rather than its visuals. This scene is a prime example.
It contains a lot of typically British phrases and sayings (e.g. "bird"/"that little sort" for a female) and a lot of things that seem strange out of context. In the early series' of Only Fools and Horses, there were lots of mentions of Rodney being expelled from an "Art College in Basingstoke" after being caught smoking cannabis and for being a bit of a lothario, particularly with teenage girls - hence Del's quip "He's in love with someone who's got the vote this time!"
Also knowing the relationship between Derek (Del) and Rodney as brothers and Edward as their grandfather and them as characters also helps, which is why watching the occasional clip isn't the best. It's better to watch full episodes so that the less visual scenes are just as funny and make more sense.
Scenes such as the chandelier from 'A Touch of Glass', the bar from 'Yuppy Love', the dolls from 'Danger UXD' or the superheroes one from 'Time on Our Hands' are funnier to non-British reactors because they're visual and visual comedy is universal. Even with the 'Time on Our Hands' one even if someone from outside the British Isles doesn't find it visually funny, it also happens to be situational which adds to the hilarity.
They're much better scenes to react to if you're not watching entire episodes!
In my humble opininion... I think you would love full episodes and the whole series. You would be a great follow up from Josh. He's approaching the end.
Back to getting drunk celebrating the Euro Basket gold medal won tonight.
Big love from Spain.
The two clips from this show which are reacted to a lot are 'Del boy falls though bar' and 'The chandelier scene', both hilarious, like fall off your chair hilarious. you'd be in bits; this clip is more of a mild chuckle in comparison.
Del and Rodney smash a Chandelier.
Del fall through a bar in a pub.
Del and Rodney as Batman and Robin.
Del and Rodney stuck in a Lift/Elevator.
Del and Rodney became Millionaires.
This excellent and very funny Tv Sitcom was written by an excellent writer of sitcoms called John Sullivan.
You have to watch all the episodes starting from the first one to understand all the characters. That's when you can really appreciate the comedy.
The greatest sitcom ever made. OFAH is a huge part of British culture.
yesssssss!! please after the inbetweeners watch all of the only fools and horses series please
please watch full episodes!!!!!!!
The chandelier one is great and it's true! Which is even better.
Check out the antique chandelier clip - classic!
Triggers well maintained broom is a classic
One of the best comedy series ever 😂😂
Need to watch a full episode
The problem with youtube is you don't get the full episodes. With OFAH the episodes build around a theme and feed back to jokes earlier in the episode. Only experiencing a full episode do you get the full effect.
There are way better ones! Watch the chandelier clip, or the whole episode which is A Touch of Glass. There’s also the bar scene in Yuppy Love, I don’t want to give the joke away but I’m sure you’ll find it. The Sky’s the Limit is also a very funny episode, as are Heroes and Villains, Stage Fright, and the final one (or should have been) Time on our Hands
Every episode of Fools and Horses has different furniture in their flat highlighting that Rodney is always buying and selling (stolen?) goods. In one episode they are eating at a metal garden table and chairs set.
Love this show you need to watch full episodes to get to know the characters.
Great British comedy!!! Love it
Best UK sitcom of all time to MANY people. Short clips won't always do it total justice. Which is the same with most stuff really.
Steptoe & Son please... Timeless classic like only fools. Porridge is another must see
Ah OFAH, one of the greatest comedy sitcoms ever
You should watch the full episode.
There is one scene you just have to watch, it is classic - the chandelier. 😁
1st time watching your stuff...I grew up on "only fools and horses" it's ace watching you , watching "only fools" 😀 😉 it's 2 universes colliding...I can't describe the difference between our cultures, when seeing it from this perspective, I'm not guessing my point across here tbh...just great 👍 enjoy Greece King boomer...can I be a boomer...please king...how about money python, spike milligan, 😀
bat man and robin Christmas special is a good one 🤪
Miami Twice is a great episode 😂
Lord of the muppets... now I really want to see a Muppet adaptation of Lord of the Flies.
the one about the blow up doll is grreat lol
Definitely watch whole episodes, the characters in this show are amazing. When you're ready, watch the 'Danger uxd' episode.
You've got to watch "The Bar Scene" 😂😂😂
The BEST UK comedy
Watching you reaction clips on only fools and horses has reminded me of the episode when del doy got lumbered with 166 louvre doors don't know why anyway the ending is brilliant
''Rhod Gilbert'' from South Wales, U.K..... '' Lost Luggage '' 😂😂😂😂😂
Ahh Greese the musical, where are you guys playing 😂
The one to watch is the ‘chandelier’ episode or the ‘Gary’ illegal immigrant episode you’ll be crying with laughter 😂