The best joke but not the best reveal..... all I have to say on that is, we are talking jape of the decade. We are talking april, may, June, July and August fool....... that's right......
Rimmer: "Let's see if we can bring something back from the past." Lister: "We can, if we want it to turn into powder." Cat: "What were you planning on bringing back?" Rimmer: "Me." Cat: "Let's do it!"
Love how this show didn't make fun of science fiction, it made science fiction fun. How it touched many themes and subjects with a bit of whimsy and wonder.
RIMMER: 'I don't know what it is you think you're doing, but boarding this vessel is an act of war, ergo, we surrender...and as prisoners of war, I'm invoking All-Nations Agreement Article 39436175880932/B.' KRYTEN: '39436175880932/B? "All nations attending the conference are only allocated one parking space?" Is that entirely relevant sir? I mean, here we are, in mortal danger and you're worried about the Chinese delegates bringing two cars.'
They should definitely have done more of those. A few have been written into the newer ones though which are always a great classic reference. They should have also done a few more Kryten sayings like "Spin my nipple-nuts and send me to Alaska" or "Screw down my diodes and call me Frank".
Better off without women cluttering up the fun , rarely portrayed as funny idiots,just consider Dr Who, startrec etc and with the 'creation' of 'characters like snowflake,safespace and a dumpy nothing burger in an anorak with a magic backpack,ffs wee boys would rather catch tadpoles,that whole 'new..PC ok' industry is tanking,good ridance cos it's become shite..l never cared for it at it's 'best',gimmie war documentary or animal shows..or any science (except fiction) GFY Pepperdog181@gmail.com
RIMMER: 'I don't know what it is you think you're doing, but boarding this vessel is an act of war, ergo, we surrender...and as prisoners of war, I'm invoking All-Nations Agreement Article 39436175880932/B.' KRYTEN: '39436175880932/B? "All nations attending the conference are only allocated one parking space?" Is that entirely relevant sir? I mean, here we are, in mortal danger and you're worried about the Chinese delegates bringing two cars.'
Malky24 That is a very important one. We also can’t forget Space Corp Directive 196156: Any officer caught sniffing the saddle of the exercise bicycle in the women's gym will be discharged without trial.
There's a lot of Red Dwarf fans in America. It's got a solid, cult fan base here. I first saw Red Dwarf in America in the 90's. Whenever PBS (Public Broadcasting Station) needed to get fund-raising from the public they would run a Red Dwarf marathon. I fell in love with the show. It did all the stuff I still admire sci-fi for, like exploring moral and conceptual questions, while also being hilarious. I loved the low budget practical effects and wanted to grow up to be a horror/sci-fi prop designer. I taped every episode on my dad's VHS player and re-watched them constantly. To this day if my Internet goes down I relax by watching Red Dwarf episodes I saved on the computer.
Me too ....I watched the first ep in 89' out of St Louis ....we were waiting for dr who to come on and this was right before it.....I really wasn't getting into it til Rimmer after having fix the soup dispenser spits it out and says...we'll that's fixed....and I laughed....rick and morty holds Lister's beer.
I discovered this show on PBS as well. Saw it every night in at like 2am and decided to sacrifice my sleep schedule permanently to watch it every night or morning while in high school. Actually, looking back, I watched so much of this show like wtf. I watched it until it’s finale. I even watched that episode where they enter the real world and meet their actors.
Permission to be smug, sir. Permission granted. That smug grin he pulls has me in stitches every time 😂😂😂 it's the same scene as the 'special occasion salute' 🤣
32 years!!? How have I NEVER heard of this...? I've seen so many space related, sci-fi movies and shows... Fanboy, Spacebslls, all Star Treks, all Star Wars, Galaxy Quest, Farscape, Dark matter, Firefly/Serenity, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, all Lost in Space's, all old & new Hollywood movies... Looks like I have 32 years of this show to catch up on. Thank you!
Lister: Hol: need some advice, mate. We've been cornered by a T-Rex that was formerly a sparrow, and the only thing that can turn it back into Woody Woodpecker is in its stomach. What's your take on the situation? Holly: What do you want - the long or the short version? Lister: Oh. Long. Holly: You're finished. Cat: What's the short version? Holly: Bye.
For season 7, I got invited to the screening at Teddington Studios of half of the episodes and me and the rest of the audience were recorded for the laugh track. What we watched didn't have final post effects in it, and there was no retakes of course, but it was still cool. The cast appeared in person at the end of the screenings and there was some merch for sale. That's where I got my Smeg Head tshirt. Wish I still had that.
The self deprecation is my favourite running gag: Each character will big himself up to be all that, then lose total face to a barrage of ridicule, bullying and humiliation. What a dream team.
Glad to see you included a clip of Mr Flibble there, his relationship with Rimmer was truly deep and moving. It was a great episode when he was introduced.
As a teenager, that scene where Ghandi charged across the battlefield and was so unceremoniously blown up had me in stitches for ages. I had simple tastes. I see needless violence, I laugh.
The punch line to the conversation that the Cat and Lister have while watching the Flintstones has got to be the funniest line I've ever heard on television.
@@ezzanz961 It's a small, off-duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden! It's a red-and-blue striped golfing umbrella! It's the Bolivian Navy on manoeuvres in the South Pacific!
A show that survived because an outgoing BBC head renewed it out of spite, just the best. When America points to battlestar galactica and Star Trek as sci-fi gold we have smegheads in space and I can't be more proud to be English. To many quotes, to many brilliant ideas. Creativity at its best.
I am American and have fond memories of watching this on PBS growing up. Along with Doctor Who reruns. I would marathon VHS recordings every summer for years
A little known red dwarf fact Ainsley Harriott was Kinitawowi tribal chief (GELF), he cooked the cast and crew a Caribbean goat curry, that must of been one hell of an epic curry to land him with a cooking show, also please see cant smeg, wont smeg 1998.
I am overly ecstatic that the show has been able to continue throughout the decades & galaxies. Seeing this recent episode was like watching your favorite rock band come to town, you know the guneso, the lads have changed a bit more since last time but you had fun, it was nice to see the old gang and you hope to do it again. Not too soon but always knowing that time is ticking . The fact that the cast is alive & healthy means the fanhood is upbeat and positive and ready to wait whatever time it takes until the next episode/tour. Sort of like being a fan of the Grateful Dead... just with less acid but more chicken vindaloo. SG1/Atlantis & Red Dwarf have always been my favorites and the cast/creators & community are exceptional and untouched by any of the drama that has befallen once great scifi franchises. Being a Red Dwarf fan is a positive energy.
vlada : omg - stargate sg1! I’m a huge fan of both red dwarf and stargate as well (never had a chance to check out Atlantis but looked good too). I NEVER thought about the connection - red dwarf and stargate fans are perfect crossover fans. Although definitely distinctly different and unique shows, if exposed to both, It would be hard to be fans of one and not the other! 😁❤️💕
Wait red dwarf is still a thing. I'm American and I remember this show being on PBS at night when I was around 6-8yrs old. I guess between me growing up and my family finally getting cable television.
I'm from Denmark and didn't see the show until I moved to the UK at 19, but it is in my opinion the funniest show ever made. The first two seasons do differ from the rest, like you say, but both iterations have their charm. One major bonus from the early episodes was Norman Lovett as Holly, who has superb deadpan delivery, and just a funny face. He was also much more like one of the gang, and was used more for laughs, than the later Holly. Danny John-Jules' Cat character was a lot less likable as a person early on, but not as a character. The Cat was often given some pretty predictable and cheesy one-liners from season three onwards, which is a shame because Danny John-Jules is an amazing performer. He's also an accomplished dancer, as evidenced in 'Tongue-tied', a musical number that opens one episode. Craig Charles is a great backbone, tying the whole thing together with his immense charisma, humour, and likability, and Robert Llewellyn is extremely consistent with amazing comedic timing and an impossible knack for expressing facial grimaces and emotion through heavy makeup. He was also perhaps tasked with memorising the most scientific jargon, but did so superbly. But for me, the best thing about the show is Chris Barrie's Rimmer. He's despicable and weasly, yet his sarcastic and very eloquent, imaginative, and colourful put-downs and moaning are the most hysterical thing that has ever been on TV.
Series 3, 4, 5 and 6 formed the golden age, but once Rob Grant left, the quality nose-dived. 7 and 8 were sophomoric. The lack of studio audience robbed the performers of something to bounce off, and the glossy pseudo filmic aesthetic just didn't feel like Dwarf. The less said about the CGI the better. Back to Earth fell flat too, trying too much with too little. The soft reboot more recently was a big improvement, but there's still been nothing coming close to Backwards, Gunmen of the Apocalypse, Justice, The Inquisitor, Legion, Quarantine, Rimmerworld or Polymorph.
White Hole is possibly my favourite episode of anything ever. Purely because it gave me the opportunity to interrupt numerous serious conversations with "So what is it?" over and over again.
White Hole, Demons and Angels, Justice, Chamile, Back to Reality, Psirens and a few others are really the only ones I actually liked from series 3-6. I loved most of series 1 and 2 and thought series 7 was amazing really. Series 8, I liked at the time as it brought back a lot of the original cast and (briefly) the original bunk room but it has dated worse than the early seasons. Back to Earth was a bit weird but did have some really good scenes and it was just great to see a new Red Dwarf after a decade of waiting for a movie. Subsequent series have had a few bad episodes but also some really good ones and I'd say the new special is very good overall.
Series 1 and 2 are my favourite because they nail the feeling of isolation in deep space. For pure comedy 3, 5 and 6 are as good as anything can be. Series 10, 11 and 12 were solid, but Rob Grants absence is always felt, he just has the red dwarf humour in his veins.
Im gonna say it. Here goes. Red Dwarf is quite possible the best show of all time. Everything a great show is. The writing superb in every season. The characters, you can only love and they keep evolving. The set pieces only get better. The setting of the show, creative. Villains, heroes, cameo characters, all perfect. Its not the greatest sitcom ever made. Its the best show ever made.
@@Justin-yt8zv name a show better in vision, writing, scope, characters, stories, fun, sad..... The only other piece of film making I can compare it to is lord of the rings trilogy. Red dwarf is beautiful.
There audios are actually just read by Chris Barrie (who pays Arnold Rimmer). As stated in the video he's quite good at impressions, so he's just doing impressions of the other characters.
I'd take exception to the idea that Lister isn't very smart. He's definitely uneducated, ignorant, and perfectly content to remain that way, but when you put his back to the wall his capacity to think on his feet is undeniable.
It really was. I enjoyed XI and XII a lot, but The Promised Land really was like slipping into a nostalgia bath. It was really good and the gags really hit.
I have enjoyed Red Dwarf forever. I was surprised and delighted to know there are more recent iterations around and will be watching them soon. A campy scifi movie you might enjoy is Space Milkshake with Amanda Tapping, Billy Boyd and George Takei among others.
This would be my personal favorite joke. Cat: Why don't we drop the defensive shields? Kryten: A superlative suggestion, sir, with just two minor flaws. One, we don't have any defensive shields. And two, we don't have any defensive shields. Now I realize that technically speaking that's only one flaw, but I thought that it was such a big one that it was worth mentioning twice.
To be clear, Chris Barrie didn't 'leave' in series VII. In 1996, when the contracts were drawn up to produce the 16 episodes of series VII and VIII, he signed up to all 8 episodes of series VIII at the same time as signing for only 4 episodes of series VII. He wanted a holiday having just come out of doing the final series of The Brittas Empire.
The closest thing to Red Dwarf that we have today is The Orville, its got the cheesiness, pretty unique sci fi concepts, and its pretty funny, and best of all it focuses on characters like Red Dwarf does
My daughter, a 20 something PhD student of physics now loves the show and does an adorably hilarious impression of Rimmer gone insane. One of the positives I gleaned from having a captive Lockdown audience. 😉
It still amazes me that this show isn't more popular in the US I found it on DVD at my local library when I was in High School in around 2010 and the amazing thing about it, is that it still holds up usually comedy from the 80s doesn't hold up unless you watched it when it came out but Red Dwarf is still fantastic for a first viewing to this day.
This show is a treasured part of my upbringing. And I live in utah! My uncle used to be the program selecter for a local public channel and I honestly dont know why he knew this show, but he made sure it ran every weekend for probably my whole childhood and then some! I used to stay up late with my Dad on Saturdays just for this show and Black Adder. Truly in my heart! Part of my favorite Rimmer line: "...Lister, you need a girl who says Fanks, franks a laht."
Red Dwarf, LEXX and Farscape all share a special place in my heart. They are all unique and have their own special "Quirkiness" that is rare and highly enjoyable.
Red Dwarf could also count as more realistic than most Sci fi shows since all of the crazy stuff they encounter clearly originated from humanity and are not alien.
This is one of the most positive comments sections I have ever had the pleasure to read. The love for this show is just wonderful to behold. I wasn't born with enough thumbs up to give you.
"Emergency. Emergency. There's an emergency going on. It's still going on. It's still an emergency. This is an emergency announcement. Awooga. Awooga."
Arnold: "Holly, can I please get a triple fried egg sandwich with chilli sauce and chutney?" Holly: "You what?" Dave: "It's a state of the art sarnie" Holly: "It's the state of the floor I'm worried about"
It’s one that’s always on my list for when there’s nothing else decent to stream, if this one gets taken down due to PC baby sensitivities I’m rioting!
Same. I just saw a documentary on everything that went wrong with the US version and suddenly my recommends are full of skits and passion videos like this. I'm easily influenced but damn it's worth it sometimes.
@@Lumibear. Not likely to happen, it was progressive for the time and still is compared to most modern shows. Not everything bad happens because of changing culture.
Anyone else member Red Dwarf night on BBC2 years ago? Hosted by Sir Patrick Stewart. I used to have that all recorded on VHS and I'd rewatch the smegups over and over again.
Yeah it was on really late like 11pm or something, I used to groan when it came on I think, it was just too clever I think I didn't really understand it as a kid that late at night.
I remember that. They had Patrick Stewart present an evening for the tenth anniversary of Red Dwarf and similarly, they had Craig Charles present a Star Trek evening for its 25th anniversary! They even did a crossover in the Red Dwarf comics where the Klingon security chief from Star Trek: The Next Generation got transported into a maroon-tinted dimension, called "Red Worf." :D Admittedly it was only a page long, but it was still funny.
Oh god Rimmerworld had me in stitches... But it also gave fertile ground to my imagination; what an interesting concept it presented. That's what I like about red dwarf, we got the comedy, the characters in a sci-fi that wasn't just a sci-fi backdrop, it was integral to the show. Great stuff.
What I think works most for the show, is that the characters are so relatable to people in our lives we know. Saying that, if you don't know who the Rimmer character is in your life, you may just be a total gimboid.
'Aaah.. *smug mode.'* Perfectly articulated, Coleman, it's that combination of watchable and relatable that's the rare lightning in a bottle that you want, the weirdness that keeps on giving, it's like the Futurama of its time in a lot of ways. I think that humble late 80s BBC feeling is a warm memory to a lot of fans, so it still has that to enjoy when rewatching. I think the sci-fi ideal for the show really typified in those first two seasons. You have Lister accidentally murdering the only person left of a faith that thought he was God, Kryten breaking his programming to flip RImmer off to his face, Cat coming to grips with a new reality in his own way, and Arnie, first realizing what a pill he can be by virtually living with himself, to the point of a very cathartic response *_STOP YA FOUL WHINING, YA FILTHY PIECE OF DISTENDED RECTUM!!_* You wanna talk psychology 101, eh? But that opener for _Thanks for the Memory_ is what did it for my TV and science fiction brain. The last human being alive, a hologram of one of his level-zero mates, a hyper-evolved housecat with the moves of Sammy Davis Jr, and a barmy ships computer, having a booze-up on some distant asteroid in the middle of cosmic nowhere, to celebrate the holograms' death. Oh yeah, and the Scutters were there too~ That's what its all about sometimes, making the most of life in some pretty bizarre times.
I discovered RD when I was about 8 years old on PBS in the US. It quick became my favorite show. Now at 32, my 13 year old daughter watches it with me.
I first saw this show back in 2000 and I've loved it ever since! This show is "Monty Python," "Dr. Who," "Star Trek" and "The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" all rolled into one. This is still one of my favorites, GREAT VIDEO!
Agreed. Especially with his Space Corp Directives those were always hilarious RIMMER: 'I don't know what it is you think you're doing, but boarding this vessel is an act of war, ergo, we surrender...and as prisoners of war, I'm invoking All-Nations Agreement Article 39436175880932/B.' KRYTEN: '39436175880932/B? "All nations attending the conference are only allocated one parking space?" Is that entirely relevant sir? I mean, here we are, in mortal danger and you're worried about the Chinese delegates bringing two cars.'
My problem with season 1 and 2 was that it was fairly dull in terms of stuff they got up to. They just spend a lot of time doing stuff around the ship and that was fine but from season 3 onwards it got more whacky and creative with other planets and aliens and Sci fi stuff to make it more interesting and place the characters in more funny situations
I don't think people get the tone of the first two seasons it's suppose to be bleak, the comedy comes from the characters and their increasing insanity alone in deep space but I do think the show picked up when Kryten was added.
Red Dwarf, is one of the very few tv shows I actually like. Most shows even from the past to present aren't as well written, directed in the context of both comedy and sci-fi. I love the budget effects, alien, robot costume design that go along with each episode along with the feeling charisma from the actors who really give it their all which makes this show constantly rewatchable even during some of the weaker seasons I'll still watch them.
My parents and I used to video (remember VCR's?) every episode. I used to know season III (yes, the whole *season*) off by heart. Remember this gag? "So what is it?" "It's a white hole" etc. :-D
I recently began Fringe due to your hidden gems. I couldn't get into the first episode, so I went to the second and I'm hooked. I focused on what you said was amazing and on that I can't get enough. Started season two today.
It gets epic from 2 onwards. 4 is the Daddy. 5 & 6 great also. Then watchable but not as great 7 and 8. 9 a waste of time. And 10 was good again. I think? Aiye
Nothing on TV comes close to red dwarf, excellent witty writing and absolutely brilliant cast and character development, if you've never seen it you really are missing out.
I know every episodes dialogue by heart since I've seen it so many times, it's the only TV show I can say that about, it is that special and memorable.
Red Dwarf often gets a reputation of being "comedy", but take away the gags and jokes, and it has some of the most hardcore sci-fi concepts in all the genre.
This was a huge part of my childhood watching and re-watching this ad-infinitum in every car journey as we'd always forget to bring other cd's ahaha great video!
why is it awesome. incredible performances, characters and a complete understanding of scifi concepts and storytelling. if i cant sleep I either put on Red dwarf, trek or dune and let them wash over me. timeless telly.
My favourite LOL moment from Dwarf is when Kryten's head keeps exploding because Lister wants ketchup with the lobster bisque that Kryten lovingly prepared.
People forget, we waited a week to see each episode. My whole family sat down to watch it, me knowing it was bedtime as soon as it finished. So the "it does mean changing the bulb" gag was so much more powerful. We quoted it for years until today. Great Times looking back. I'm sure I was bored silly most of the time waiting for the next thing on TV to watch but I remember it fondly! ❤
My favourite TV series of all time, bar none. Love it. I still laugh at the same jokes, even though I've re-watched the entire series over and over for many years. Lister: "It's a state-of-the-art sarnie!" Holly: "It's the state of the floor I'm worried about!" Classic 🤣😆👍
I remember being about 10 when Red Dwarf came on BBC2 at 7pm, and I was gutted that I'd missed the whole show because the episode was titled "The End".
Red Dwarf is BRILLIANT ! It was the best thing to happen to sci-fi since original Star Trek. It made sci-fi funny, like nothing else ever has. It's gold.
Wow! There’s still new Red Dwarf??? I didn’t know! I watched it a lot in the 90’s and I haven’t seen anything since the seasons where they were still looking for Red Dwarf. Now I need to figure out where I can watch the new stuff!
I found red dwarf thanks to a pawn shop I was walking to a completely different store and there's a pawnshop I figured what the hell and it went in and they had season 1-5 and 7-9 of red dwarf plus season 11 for a buck apiece (I got season 6 from eBay)so I bought all of them I figured even if the show was crap I would have something to laugh at plus it was a good deal (I actually found season 3 of stranger things there for a buck) I didn't expect the show to be this funny I'm so glad I discovered this
Thank you for highlighting a show that's somehow remained under the radar for over 30 years! Even though it's way past it's prime, I still enjoy the characters. Rob Grant and Doug Naylor co-wrote the show for the first 6 seasons, but once Rob left it's never felt the same. They were definitely greater than the sum of their parts as a pair. You're right about the Orville, I don't consider it a sci-fi comedy, more a sci-fi with some humour thrown in. It's pretty rare to have writers that know how to do both well. My favourite sci-fi comedies in order of release are H2G2 (the granddaddy), Red Dwarf, Futurama and Rick and Morty.
I always enjoyed the line: “A meteor the size of King Kongs first dump of the day is heading straight for us! Cheers for the vid..ever read the books? 😘👌
I fuckin love this series, so much. Grew up with it since 2011 when I was just 9. Family had the DVDs. I wish they could have kept going in the direction with the crew still alive in season 8, it really felt they could have done a lot more than that. Ah well.
Yeah I agree should have gotten at least one more series season like that that concert was Interesting resurrected crew that became alive again thanks to nanobots.
Red Dwarf is what happens when smart, creative people are allowed to make a show and the production isn't focused on dazzling visuals and beautiful actors. Thank goodness the American version never got picked up.
The psi moon episode is called Terrorform. The look of series 3-5 is not coincidentally similar to Alien. The late Mel Bibby was production designer and, among othe things, had built The Nostromo model for the film. He may have also worked on StarWars
I just started watching this series for the first time (I just finished Queeg) and It's def a vibe. Seeing people of color like Lister and Cat as main characters genuinely lifts my spirits rn and I see a lot of myself in Lister (for better or worse 🧦🤢) and Rimmer and Holly grew on me for sure (after episodes Better than Life, Thanks for the memories and Queeg) and I liked Kryton's intial episode and actor so much it makes me hesitant to see his second actor.
The Star Bug seasons are my favorites. Which led me to pause the Promised Land special. When they found the Star Bug's user manual. Only to find out Star Bug had all these useful features. Like treads for exploring planets. I was the only one of my friends laughing at this very subtle joke. But shit that was funny.
Kudos for starting this video with the best gag in the history of ever.
Any other way to start the video would've been wrong :)
Did you know ? That even A Dalek like that joke.
@@RowanJColeman True that my friend.
The best joke but not the best reveal..... all I have to say on that is, we are talking jape of the decade. We are talking april, may, June, July and August fool....... that's right......
My funniest moment was when Rimmer left for the Holoship.
"I've come to think of you as... people... I've met"
Cat: "All in all a 100% successful trip."
Kryton: "But sir we've lost Mr Rimmer!"
Cat: "All in all a 100% successful trip."
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Possibly my favorite line. I use it whenever I’ve had a good day
well no one can top that ,.
Rimmer: "Let's see if we can bring something back from the past."
Lister: "We can, if we want it to turn into powder."
Cat: "What were you planning on bringing back?"
Rimmer: "Me."
Cat: "Let's do it!"
JUDAS!
"Through the years I've come to regard you all as...people I met." - Arnold J. Rimmer
lool thats right 🤣
My favourite quote!
It’s like rimmer is being the brother who can’t admit he cares for them no matter how hard he tries
When i saw that first as a child. I really just wanted to hear him insult them. Now as an adult, i realise what a burn that leaving speech is.
That line wasn't in the script
Love how this show didn't make fun of science fiction, it made science fiction fun. How it touched many themes and subjects with a bit of whimsy and wonder.
Despite being a comedy series, the first two seasons and the Back to Earth special rank as some of my all-time favorite science fiction stories.
well said.
To be fair, the first two seasons/series were basically a buddy comedy sitcom with a Scifi veneer.
I’m not much of a sci-fi fan but I adore Red Dwarf. I think that shows the quality of the writing and performances that it can transcend genres
Love this show, loved the episode where Rimmer says transmit hello in all known languages and Welsh
RIMMER: 'I don't know what it is you think you're doing, but boarding this vessel is an act of war, ergo, we surrender...and as prisoners of war, I'm invoking All-Nations Agreement Article 39436175880932/B.'
KRYTEN: '39436175880932/B? "All nations attending the conference are only allocated one parking space?" Is that entirely relevant sir? I mean, here we are, in mortal danger and you're worried about the Chinese delegates bringing two cars.'
Rimmer: cant you just let one go? I was talking about the right of POWs to non violent constraints.
Kryten: well that's 75880972/C sir.
They should definitely have done more of those. A few have been written into the newer ones though which are always a great classic reference. They should have also done a few more Kryten sayings like "Spin my nipple-nuts and send me to Alaska" or "Screw down my diodes and call me Frank".
Better off without women cluttering up the fun , rarely portrayed as funny idiots,just consider Dr Who, startrec etc and with the 'creation' of 'characters like snowflake,safespace and a dumpy nothing burger in an anorak with a magic backpack,ffs wee boys would rather catch tadpoles,that whole 'new..PC ok' industry is tanking,good ridance cos it's become shite..l never cared for it at it's 'best',gimmie war documentary or animal shows..or any science (except fiction) GFY
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@@davidmaccormack7067 I mostly am against PC stuff, but you just sound bitter, blurting that out randomly.
RIMMER: 'I don't know what it is you think you're doing, but boarding this vessel is an act of war, ergo, we surrender...and as prisoners of war, I'm invoking All-Nations Agreement Article 39436175880932/B.'
KRYTEN: '39436175880932/B? "All nations attending the conference are only allocated one parking space?" Is that entirely relevant sir? I mean, here we are, in mortal danger and you're worried about the Chinese delegates bringing two cars.'
There was another directive I remember to this day: "No crewmembers with false teeth should attempt oral sex in zero gravity."
Malky24 That is a very important one. We also can’t forget Space Corp Directive 196156: Any officer caught sniffing the saddle of the exercise bicycle in the women's gym will be discharged without trial.
priceless !) all the directives are.
Malky24 🤣
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Red Dwarf is the best scifi comedy series ever made.
Side note: I have never been able to get the Arnold Rimmer roller-coaster song out of my head.
If you play your cards right, then he just might come round for dinner
Thanks now its back in my head. ARRRRRRRR
Omg why did you bring it up, I can't ever get this beat out of my head.
He's Arnold, Arnold rimmer.
"He's Arnold, Arnold! Arnold Rimmer, without him life would be dimmer......."
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: What am I? Chopped liver?
Red Dwarf is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Does anyone want any toast?
...or crumpets, bagel, pancake, waffle, bun, .........?
No, but could you sing for me?
Fly me to the moon at let me- *FIST SLAM*
I want smoked kippers
@alphadawn2015 lennon Ah, so your a waffle guy!
"Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast."
Stoke me a clipper, il be back for lunch
What a guy
What a guy 😅
❤️💕
Smoke me a kipper....can you do that?
"We should go to red alert."
"Are you sure? It means changing the bulb."
There's a lot of Red Dwarf fans in America. It's got a solid, cult fan base here.
I first saw Red Dwarf in America in the 90's. Whenever PBS (Public Broadcasting Station) needed to get fund-raising from the public they would run a Red Dwarf marathon. I fell in love with the show. It did all the stuff I still admire sci-fi for, like exploring moral and conceptual questions, while also being hilarious. I loved the low budget practical effects and wanted to grow up to be a horror/sci-fi prop designer. I taped every episode on my dad's VHS player and re-watched them constantly.
To this day if my Internet goes down I relax by watching Red Dwarf episodes I saved on the computer.
Me too ....I watched the first ep in 89' out of St Louis ....we were waiting for dr who to come on and this was right before it.....I really wasn't getting into it til Rimmer after having fix the soup dispenser spits it out and says...we'll that's fixed....and I laughed....rick and morty holds Lister's beer.
Only person I’ve ever heard know it is my dad over here in Australia.
I discovered this show on PBS as well. Saw it every night in at like 2am and decided to sacrifice my sleep schedule permanently to watch it every night or morning while in high school. Actually, looking back, I watched so much of this show like wtf. I watched it until it’s finale. I even watched that episode where they enter the real world and meet their actors.
Red dwarf PBS-er here! Watched in the late 90’s every Saturday night at 10:30!
I discovered it the same way. I absolutely loved it instantly
Just that 15 second clip of Rimmer doing his stupid salute had me rolling all over again. 🤣😂🤣 Love Red Dwarf!
Permission to be smug, sir.
Permission granted.
That smug grin he pulls has me in stitches every time 😂😂😂 it's the same scene as the 'special occasion salute' 🤣
32 years!!? How have I NEVER heard of this...? I've seen so many space related, sci-fi movies and shows... Fanboy, Spacebslls, all Star Treks, all Star Wars, Galaxy Quest, Farscape, Dark matter, Firefly/Serenity, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, all Lost in Space's, all old & new Hollywood movies... Looks like I have 32 years of this show to catch up on. Thank you!
100% worth the time.
you're in for a treat.
Lister: Hol: need some advice, mate. We've been cornered by a T-Rex that was formerly a sparrow, and the only thing that can turn it back into Woody Woodpecker is in its stomach. What's your take on the situation?
Holly: What do you want - the long or the short version?
Lister: Oh. Long.
Holly: You're finished.
Cat: What's the short version?
Holly: Bye.
🤣
Brilliant.
That’s the best one
For season 7, I got invited to the screening at Teddington Studios of half of the episodes and me and the rest of the audience were recorded for the laugh track.
What we watched didn't have final post effects in it, and there was no retakes of course, but it was still cool.
The cast appeared in person at the end of the screenings and there was some merch for sale. That's where I got my Smeg Head tshirt. Wish I still had that.
Rob Grants departure after season 6 was the end of classic Red Dwarf. It never achieved the same comedic level.
“ It’s a small off duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden “
I remember staying up late when I was a kid to watch Red Dwarf on PBS. It's amazingly cool that the show is still around.
The self deprecation is my favourite running gag: Each character will big himself up to be all that, then lose total face to a barrage of ridicule, bullying and humiliation. What a dream team.
British comedy at it's finest
Glad to see you included a clip of Mr Flibble there, his relationship with Rimmer was truly deep and moving. It was a great episode when he was introduced.
Mr Flibble might be the finest written antagonist in all of sci-fi
Rowan J Coleman Truer words were never spoken
@@RowanJColeman Amen to that.
Any one who disagrees deserves 1 hour W.O.O.
Mr. Flibble damn he was terrifying
One of my favorite episodes was “Wax World”. Seeing Rimmer dress down Ghandi was classic Red Dwarf.
I'm watching you Ghandi!
Rimmer is the guy who punched death itself 😈😅
Don't eyeball me Ghandi. Classic line.
As a teenager, that scene where Ghandi charged across the battlefield and was so unceremoniously blown up had me in stitches for ages.
I had simple tastes. I see needless violence, I laugh.
Reach for the sky, boys! Let me see them understains, thankyaverramuch...
The punch line to the conversation that the Cat and Lister have while watching the Flintstones has got to be the funniest line I've ever heard on television.
Anyone who says red dwarf is bad, there a smeeee heeeeee
🤣 .. 🍌 🍏 🍊
Dinks yes they are
A complete and total one!
@@ezzanz961 It's a small, off-duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden! It's a red-and-blue striped golfing umbrella! It's the Bolivian Navy on manoeuvres in the South Pacific!
@ScouseMouse
So what you're saying is she's a git.
A show that survived because an outgoing BBC head renewed it out of spite, just the best. When America points to battlestar galactica and Star Trek as sci-fi gold we have smegheads in space and I can't be more proud to be English.
To many quotes, to many brilliant ideas. Creativity at its best.
blakes 7 better than all you mentioned, red dwarf was a poor mans blackadder for laughs
I am American and have fond memories of watching this on PBS growing up. Along with Doctor Who reruns. I would marathon VHS recordings every summer for years
Creativity it's exactly what is missing in this woke sjw against alt-right times. :(
If you don't like iRed Dwarf you haven't been paying attention.
@@Futura2500 opinions
A little known red dwarf fact Ainsley Harriott was Kinitawowi tribal chief (GELF), he cooked the cast and crew a Caribbean goat curry, that must of been one hell of an epic curry to land him with a cooking show, also please see cant smeg, wont smeg 1998.
Let's just hope that curry wasn't made with human meat
@@septimiusthedestroyer7394 That would take a lot more than GELF moonshine to get the taste out of your mouth and erase it from the brain
@@jamesfry8983 lol
To this day, I still get "Tongue Tied" stuck in my head on a regular basis...
ruclips.net/video/4jnTzBeQJag/видео.html
You're not the only one.
@@thejakalsden (first time) My knees began to quiver!
I immediately starting to hear it in my mind when the video started lol. The dance from lister and rimmer felt so odd but so funny
I am overly ecstatic that the show has been able to continue throughout the decades & galaxies. Seeing this recent episode was like watching your favorite rock band come to town, you know the guneso, the lads have changed a bit more since last time but you had fun, it was nice to see the old gang and you hope to do it again. Not too soon but always knowing that time is ticking . The fact that the cast is alive & healthy means the fanhood is upbeat and positive and ready to wait whatever time it takes until the next episode/tour.
Sort of like being a fan of the Grateful Dead... just with less acid but more chicken vindaloo.
SG1/Atlantis & Red Dwarf have always been my favorites and the cast/creators & community are exceptional and untouched by any of the drama that has befallen once great scifi franchises. Being a Red Dwarf fan is a positive energy.
vlada : omg - stargate sg1! I’m a huge fan of both red dwarf and stargate as well (never had a chance to check out Atlantis but looked good too). I NEVER thought about the connection - red dwarf and stargate fans are perfect crossover fans. Although definitely distinctly different and unique shows, if exposed to both, It would be hard to be fans of one and not the other! 😁❤️💕
@@thealbanianlorg6542 Agree! I am also a fan of both and for the reasons noted. Too Much Promise and We Sit for This.
Wait red dwarf is still a thing. I'm American and I remember this show being on PBS at night when I was around 6-8yrs old. I guess between me growing up and my family finally getting cable television.
I'm from Denmark and didn't see the show until I moved to the UK at 19, but it is in my opinion the funniest show ever made. The first two seasons do differ from the rest, like you say, but both iterations have their charm. One major bonus from the early episodes was Norman Lovett as Holly, who has superb deadpan delivery, and just a funny face. He was also much more like one of the gang, and was used more for laughs, than the later Holly. Danny John-Jules' Cat character was a lot less likable as a person early on, but not as a character. The Cat was often given some pretty predictable and cheesy one-liners from season three onwards, which is a shame because Danny John-Jules is an amazing performer. He's also an accomplished dancer, as evidenced in 'Tongue-tied', a musical number that opens one episode. Craig Charles is a great backbone, tying the whole thing together with his immense charisma, humour, and likability, and Robert Llewellyn is extremely consistent with amazing comedic timing and an impossible knack for expressing facial grimaces and emotion through heavy makeup. He was also perhaps tasked with memorising the most scientific jargon, but did so superbly. But for me, the best thing about the show is Chris Barrie's Rimmer. He's despicable and weasly, yet his sarcastic and very eloquent, imaginative, and colourful put-downs and moaning are the most hysterical thing that has ever been on TV.
Series 3, 4, 5 and 6 formed the golden age, but once Rob Grant left, the quality nose-dived. 7 and 8 were sophomoric. The lack of studio audience robbed the performers of something to bounce off, and the glossy pseudo filmic aesthetic just didn't feel like Dwarf. The less said about the CGI the better. Back to Earth fell flat too, trying too much with too little. The soft reboot more recently was a big improvement, but there's still been nothing coming close to Backwards, Gunmen of the Apocalypse, Justice, The Inquisitor, Legion, Quarantine, Rimmerworld or Polymorph.
My favorites too. Still loved the whole series but there definitively was that golden era. Don’t forget Body Swap. 😁❤️💕
Can't have put it better myself. It seems gaining mass popularity kills a lot of great programs.
White Hole is possibly my favourite episode of anything ever. Purely because it gave me the opportunity to interrupt numerous serious conversations with "So what is it?" over and over again.
White Hole, Demons and Angels, Justice, Chamile, Back to Reality, Psirens and a few others are really the only ones I actually liked from series 3-6. I loved most of series 1 and 2 and thought series 7 was amazing really. Series 8, I liked at the time as it brought back a lot of the original cast and (briefly) the original bunk room but it has dated worse than the early seasons. Back to Earth was a bit weird but did have some really good scenes and it was just great to see a new Red Dwarf after a decade of waiting for a movie. Subsequent series have had a few bad episodes but also some really good ones and I'd say the new special is very good overall.
Series 1 and 2 are my favourite because they nail the feeling of isolation in deep space. For pure comedy 3, 5 and 6 are as good as anything can be.
Series 10, 11 and 12 were solid, but Rob Grants absence is always felt, he just has the red dwarf humour in his veins.
OH MY GOSH!!! Thank You For Letting Me Know That There Is More Red Dwarf To Watch.
Im gonna say it. Here goes. Red Dwarf is quite possible the best show of all time. Everything a great show is. The writing superb in every season. The characters, you can only love and they keep evolving. The set pieces only get better. The setting of the show, creative. Villains, heroes, cameo characters, all perfect. Its not the greatest sitcom ever made. Its the best show ever made.
You've just made my day saying that.
@@Justin-yt8zv name a show better in vision, writing, scope, characters, stories, fun, sad.....
The only other piece of film making I can compare it to is lord of the rings trilogy.
Red dwarf is beautiful.
What's funny is that I have only heard the Audiobooks of this show read and dramatised by the actors thesemselves and still loved it.
There audios are actually just read by Chris Barrie (who pays Arnold Rimmer). As stated in the video he's quite good at impressions, so he's just doing impressions of the other characters.
@@sanityisrelative I know. He is amazing. But there are other books not done by him. None can top him though.
I'd take exception to the idea that Lister isn't very smart. He's definitely uneducated, ignorant, and perfectly content to remain that way, but when you put his back to the wall his capacity to think on his feet is undeniable.
The new special is back to old school REd DWarf , it’s is truly a return to form
It really was. I enjoyed XI and XII a lot, but The Promised Land really was like slipping into a nostalgia bath. It was really good and the gags really hit.
I have enjoyed Red Dwarf forever. I was surprised and delighted to know there are more recent iterations around and will be watching them soon. A campy scifi movie you might enjoy is Space Milkshake with Amanda Tapping, Billy Boyd and George Takei among others.
Best episode.
RimmerWorld.
"All in all a hundred percent successful trip".
love red dwarf 100%
This would be my personal favorite joke.
Cat: Why don't we drop the defensive shields?
Kryten: A superlative suggestion, sir, with just two minor flaws. One, we don't have any defensive shields. And two, we don't have any defensive shields. Now I realize that technically speaking that's only one flaw, but I thought that it was such a big one that it was worth mentioning twice.
To be clear, Chris Barrie didn't 'leave' in series VII. In 1996, when the contracts were drawn up to produce the 16 episodes of series VII and VIII, he signed up to all 8 episodes of series VIII at the same time as signing for only 4 episodes of series VII. He wanted a holiday having just come out of doing the final series of The Brittas Empire.
Criminally under-loved, one of the best series' ever made.
Love this show, I was lucky to see a season 12 episode taping.
The closest thing to Red Dwarf that we have today is The Orville, its got the cheesiness, pretty unique sci fi concepts, and its pretty funny, and best of all it focuses on characters like Red Dwarf does
One thing about this channel... it gives me great suggestions on shows to watch. Going and start watching Red Dwarf. Thanks 🙏🏾
My daughter, a 20 something PhD student of physics now loves the show and does an adorably hilarious impression of Rimmer gone insane. One of the positives I gleaned from having a captive Lockdown audience. 😉
It still amazes me that this show isn't more popular in the US I found it on DVD at my local library when I was in High School in around 2010 and the amazing thing about it, is that it still holds up usually comedy from the 80s doesn't hold up unless you watched it when it came out but Red Dwarf is still fantastic for a first viewing to this day.
This show is a treasured part of my upbringing. And I live in utah! My uncle used to be the program selecter for a local public channel and I honestly dont know why he knew this show, but he made sure it ran every weekend for probably my whole childhood and then some! I used to stay up late with my Dad on Saturdays just for this show and Black Adder. Truly in my heart! Part of my favorite Rimmer line: "...Lister, you need a girl who says Fanks, franks a laht."
Red Dwarf, LEXX and Farscape all share a special place in my heart. They are all unique and have their own special "Quirkiness" that is rare and highly enjoyable.
Red Dwarf could also count as more realistic than most Sci fi shows since all of the crazy stuff they encounter clearly originated from humanity and are not alien.
The books are just as awesome too and worth a read
Agreed, read the books before they filmed the show, and they are great.
The audio version is a real treat. Chris Barrie reads them and does fantastic impressions of the others.
@@sanityisrelative gonna have to check them out!!
The books are amazing!!! Good shout. Infinity welcomes careful drivers is an absolute must. Last human is my favourite.
This is one of the most positive comments sections I have ever had the pleasure to read. The love for this show is just wonderful to behold. I wasn't born with enough thumbs up to give you.
PBS every week at 11pm Saturday what a time it was watching it. I miss those days.
Greg Spoony : same here. How I was introduced to it too. 😁
Me too! Great memories waiting to see another episode to record them.
Red Dwarf is my no 1 fave all time show, along with Bottom
And theyre 2 of the only shows where a laugh track somehow makes them better 😂
Diden´t you forget to present the character Holly as well?
Or what about Queeg? Lol
"Emergency. Emergency. There's an emergency going on. It's still going on. It's still an emergency. This is an emergency announcement. Awooga. Awooga."
What a complete smeghead!
And Hilly - or female Holly as she became!
Arnold: "Holly, can I please get a triple fried egg sandwich with chilli sauce and chutney?"
Holly: "You what?"
Dave: "It's a state of the art sarnie"
Holly: "It's the state of the floor I'm worried about"
I love Red Dwarf its alongside Star Trek with my favourite scifi shows of all time its unbelievable
guess I'm rewatching Red Dwarf.
Yeah, me too. I knew I shouldn't have clicked on this video!
It’s one that’s always on my list for when there’s nothing else decent to stream, if this one gets taken down due to PC baby sensitivities I’m rioting!
Yuuup..and i didnt knew it still runs to shis day.. ill continue from s7 i guess xD
Same. I just saw a documentary on everything that went wrong with the US version and suddenly my recommends are full of skits and passion videos like this.
I'm easily influenced but damn it's worth it sometimes.
@@Lumibear. Not likely to happen, it was progressive for the time and still is compared to most modern shows. Not everything bad happens because of changing culture.
Anyone else member Red Dwarf night on BBC2 years ago? Hosted by Sir Patrick Stewart. I used to have that all recorded on VHS and I'd rewatch the smegups over and over again.
I watch it. It was for the ten years anniversary night. Back when the BBC made the show.
Yeah it was on really late like 11pm or something, I used to groan when it came on I think, it was just too clever I think I didn't really understand it as a kid that late at night.
He was mad at first thinking it was a Star Trek ripoff, then realised how good it was.
I remember that. They had Patrick Stewart present an evening for the tenth anniversary of Red Dwarf and similarly, they had Craig Charles present a Star Trek evening for its 25th anniversary!
They even did a crossover in the Red Dwarf comics where the Klingon security chief from Star Trek: The Next Generation got transported into a maroon-tinted dimension, called "Red Worf." :D Admittedly it was only a page long, but it was still funny.
@@Helbore I did not know that thanks.
Rimmer judging himself as the inquisitor is my number 1 scene
LIAR!! ;)
That was such a poignant and well written scene. And that balance the show struck is part of why it's so good.
Best thing about this show? The main character is a scouser and he’s not some kind of scum bag criminal.
I love red dwarf, one of the best shows ever.
Oh god Rimmerworld had me in stitches... But it also gave fertile ground to my imagination; what an interesting concept it presented. That's what I like about red dwarf, we got the comedy, the characters in a sci-fi that wasn't just a sci-fi backdrop, it was integral to the show. Great stuff.
What I think works most for the show, is that the characters are so relatable to people in our lives we know. Saying that, if you don't know who the Rimmer character is in your life, you may just be a total gimboid.
'Aaah.. *smug mode.'*
Perfectly articulated, Coleman, it's that combination of watchable and relatable that's the rare lightning in a bottle that you want, the weirdness that keeps on giving, it's like the Futurama of its time in a lot of ways. I think that humble late 80s BBC feeling is a warm memory to a lot of fans, so it still has that to enjoy when rewatching. I think the sci-fi ideal for the show really typified in those first two seasons. You have Lister accidentally murdering the only person left of a faith that thought he was God, Kryten breaking his programming to flip RImmer off to his face, Cat coming to grips with a new reality in his own way, and Arnie, first realizing what a pill he can be by virtually living with himself, to the point of a very cathartic response
*_STOP YA FOUL WHINING, YA FILTHY PIECE OF DISTENDED RECTUM!!_*
You wanna talk psychology 101, eh? But that opener for _Thanks for the Memory_ is what did it for my TV and science fiction brain. The last human being alive, a hologram of one of his level-zero mates, a hyper-evolved housecat with the moves of Sammy Davis Jr, and a barmy ships computer, having a booze-up on some distant asteroid in the middle of cosmic nowhere, to celebrate the holograms' death. Oh yeah, and the Scutters were there too~ That's what its all about sometimes, making the most of life in some pretty bizarre times.
I discovered RD when I was about 8 years old on PBS in the US. It quick became my favorite show. Now at 32, my 13 year old daughter watches it with me.
I first saw this show back in 2000 and I've loved it ever since! This show is "Monty Python," "Dr. Who," "Star Trek" and "The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" all rolled into one. This is still one of my favorites, GREAT VIDEO!
Seasons one and two always seemed a bit melancholy to me. Adding Kryton as a regular lifted the comedy into high gear.
Agreed. Especially with his Space Corp Directives those were always hilarious
RIMMER: 'I don't know what it is you think you're doing, but boarding this vessel is an act of war, ergo, we surrender...and as prisoners of war, I'm invoking All-Nations Agreement Article 39436175880932/B.'
KRYTEN: '39436175880932/B? "All nations attending the conference are only allocated one parking space?" Is that entirely relevant sir? I mean, here we are, in mortal danger and you're worried about the Chinese delegates bringing two cars.'
It was supposed to be melancholic
My problem with season 1 and 2 was that it was fairly dull in terms of stuff they got up to. They just spend a lot of time doing stuff around the ship and that was fine but from season 3 onwards it got more whacky and creative with other planets and aliens and Sci fi stuff to make it more interesting and place the characters in more funny situations
The intros to the first two seasons were better. From three on the intros were annoying.
I don't think people get the tone of the first two seasons it's suppose to be bleak, the comedy comes from the characters and their increasing insanity alone in deep space but I do think the show picked up when Kryten was added.
Red Dwarf, is one of the very few tv shows I actually like.
Most shows even from the past to present aren't as well written, directed in the context of both comedy and sci-fi. I love the budget effects, alien, robot costume design that go along with each episode along with the feeling charisma from the actors who really give it their all which makes this show constantly rewatchable even during some of the weaker seasons I'll still watch them.
My parents and I used to video (remember VCR's?) every episode. I used to know season III (yes, the whole *season*) off by heart.
Remember this gag?
"So what is it?"
"It's a white hole"
etc. :-D
grimmriffer So what is it? Only joking.
... a white hole?
I've never seen one, no one has, but...
So what is it?🤔😂😂😂😂
So it's agreed, then. We'll ask Holly.
I recently began Fringe due to your hidden gems. I couldn't get into the first episode, so I went to the second and I'm hooked. I focused on what you said was amazing and on that I can't get enough. Started season two today.
It gets epic from 2 onwards. 4 is the Daddy. 5 & 6 great also. Then watchable but not as great 7 and 8. 9 a waste of time. And 10 was good again. I think?
Aiye
Nothing on TV comes close to red dwarf, excellent witty writing and absolutely brilliant cast and character development, if you've never seen it you really are missing out.
It's 3 million years ahead of all other TV shows.
I know every episodes dialogue by heart since I've seen it so many times, it's the only TV show I can say that about, it is that special and memorable.
Red Dwarf often gets a reputation of being "comedy", but take away the gags and jokes, and it has some of the most hardcore sci-fi concepts in all the genre.
This was a huge part of my childhood watching and re-watching this ad-infinitum in every car journey as we'd always forget to bring other cd's ahaha great video!
why is it awesome. incredible performances, characters and a complete understanding of scifi concepts and storytelling. if i cant sleep I either put on Red dwarf, trek or dune and let them wash over me. timeless telly.
My favourite LOL moment from Dwarf is when Kryten's head keeps exploding because Lister wants ketchup with the lobster bisque that Kryten lovingly prepared.
Classic, I forgot about that! Or all the different heads that Kryton had in storage and how they rotate out.
Red Dwarf is awesome. I used to watch this series when it aired, now I was gifted the whole series on DVD. Fantastic!
People forget, we waited a week to see each episode. My whole family sat down to watch it, me knowing it was bedtime as soon as it finished. So the "it does mean changing the bulb" gag was so much more powerful. We quoted it for years until today. Great Times looking back. I'm sure I was bored silly most of the time waiting for the next thing on TV to watch but I remember it fondly! ❤
My favourite TV series of all time, bar none. Love it. I still laugh at the same jokes, even though I've re-watched the entire series over and over for many years.
Lister: "It's a state-of-the-art sarnie!"
Holly: "It's the state of the floor I'm worried about!"
Classic 🤣😆👍
U are a genius u have perfectly captured all its great points and Red Dwarf is just so good I can't describe it
I remember being about 10 when Red Dwarf came on BBC2 at 7pm, and I was gutted that I'd missed the whole show because the episode was titled "The End".
RD aired @9pm on BBC 2
After tomorrow's world? Haha
Loved this from the beginning.
Polymorph is fantastic
Red Dwarf is BRILLIANT ! It was the best thing to happen to sci-fi since original Star Trek. It made sci-fi funny, like nothing else ever has. It's gold.
Even Patrick Stewart agrees with you.
the despair squid episode is one of my favorite episodes. just seeing the car chase seen briefly clipped here had me chuckling
Wow! There’s still new Red Dwarf??? I didn’t know! I watched it a lot in the 90’s and I haven’t seen anything since the seasons where they were still looking for Red Dwarf. Now I need to figure out where I can watch the new stuff!
There was a special in 2009, followed by three seasons over the last ten years, and a new special this year. ;)
The BBC stopped making it but a channel called Dave started making new episodes
"We are talking jape of the decade..
We are talking April, May, June, July AND August fool..."
I found red dwarf thanks to a pawn shop I was walking to a completely different store and there's a pawnshop I figured what the hell and it went in and they had season 1-5 and 7-9 of red dwarf plus season 11 for a buck apiece (I got season 6 from eBay)so I bought all of them I figured even if the show was crap I would have something to laugh at plus it was a good deal (I actually found season 3 of stranger things there for a buck) I didn't expect the show to be this funny I'm so glad I discovered this
THis show's opening gag once got me off a possession of weed charge.
When I saw the Tenet trailer I immediately thought of Backwards, it makes me think (as Nolan is British,) if he was inspired by that episode.
Every year or so I go back and rewatch the entire series... So glad there are new episodes now....
Red dwarf is like Stargate, star trek and father Ted mixed together to be the most well written, fun sci fi adventure I've ever seen.
Thank you for highlighting a show that's somehow remained under the radar for over 30 years!
Even though it's way past it's prime, I still enjoy the characters. Rob Grant and Doug Naylor co-wrote the show for the first 6 seasons, but once Rob left it's never felt the same. They were definitely greater than the sum of their parts as a pair.
You're right about the Orville, I don't consider it a sci-fi comedy, more a sci-fi with some humour thrown in. It's pretty rare to have writers that know how to do both well. My favourite sci-fi comedies in order of release are H2G2 (the granddaddy), Red Dwarf, Futurama and Rick and Morty.
We watched Red Dwarf in the 90s at school as English lessons.
It was such a brilliant show, that and SouthPark for swearing words :)
I so love Red Dwarf! It’s so difficult to explain to anyone. I had a crush on Lister for ages. Thanks for this.
I always enjoyed the line: “A meteor the size of King Kongs first dump of the day is heading straight for us! Cheers for the vid..ever read the books? 😘👌
I fuckin love this series, so much. Grew up with it since 2011 when I was just 9. Family had the DVDs. I wish they could have kept going in the direction with the crew still alive in season 8, it really felt they could have done a lot more than that. Ah well.
Yeah I agree should have gotten at least one more series season like that that concert was Interesting resurrected crew that became alive again thanks to nanobots.
Red Dwarf is what happens when smart, creative people are allowed to make a show and the production isn't focused on dazzling visuals and beautiful actors. Thank goodness the American version never got picked up.
Thankyou for leading with purple light bulb joke, always one of my favourites 😅
My favorite episode was Tikka to Ride. Both deep and hilarious.
It was surprisingly intelligent. And of course hilarious.
The psi moon episode is called Terrorform. The look of series 3-5 is not coincidentally similar to Alien. The late Mel Bibby was production designer and, among othe things, had built The Nostromo model for the film. He may have also worked on StarWars
I just started watching this series for the first time (I just finished Queeg) and It's def a vibe.
Seeing people of color like Lister and Cat as main characters genuinely lifts my spirits rn and I see a lot of myself in Lister (for better or worse 🧦🤢)
and Rimmer and Holly grew on me for sure (after episodes Better than Life, Thanks for the memories and Queeg)
and I liked Kryton's intial episode and actor so much it makes me hesitant to see his second actor.
Having Robert Llewelyn as Kryton was the icing on the cake.
We're talking jape of the century here.
The Star Bug seasons are my favorites. Which led me to pause the Promised Land special. When they found the Star Bug's user manual. Only to find out Star Bug had all these useful features. Like treads for exploring planets. I was the only one of my friends laughing at this very subtle joke. But shit that was funny.