Chris Barrie is a fantastic professional impressionist. And if you are lucky enough to meet him he will often shift through characters while he talks to you. He's an absolutely fantastic guy IRL
Ive met all of them, Chris, and Craig are wonderful to take to. Norman (Holly) I've found him to generally be grumpy, and I usually wait and see how he is before talking to him. Similarly, I've had a mix reception when talking to Danny, but generally seems happy
@@vincentking2552 From my meetings.. Craig - he's a real charmer. Super polite. Chris - well, what a guy. Danny - Frenetic and impatient but chatty and fun. Robert - The most Grown Up of the bunch, passionate. Hattie - She is a delight, as mad as a box of frogs. Norman - If you get his chatting about something he really enjoys you have his attention for hours. Chloe - May be the nicest of them all. At one con the photo OP completely broke down so she came round to chat to the line, she shook our hands, thanked us all for coming, apologised repeatedly for the problem, learned all our names (and remembered them later to say hi again) Had long chats with a few of us who sparked up conversations. And in my case remembered my name at the next con we were both at and called me over to say hi and get a selfie. Chloe deserves way more than some of the RD fandom give her. And her smile - In the books KK is said to have a smile that lights her face up like a pinball machine, It's Chloe to a Tee.
@@stefpugsley I think that is Backwards. Rob is a little rough around the edges. Chris reads Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers and Better Than Life. Rob Grant reads Backwards, Craig Charles reads Last Human.
Prior to doing Red Dwarf Chris Barrie did a stage act (comedy) DOING impressions. So, when it comes time for Rimmer to do "impressions" of Lister or other members, it is due to the fact that he has had a LONG time getting to work on not only their speech patterns, but their tone and their mannerisms as well..... making Rimmer the BEST one at impersonating other members, although occasionally Lister or Kryton do it to. Also, Cat ( Danny John Jules) is a professionally trained dancer. Lister ( Craig Charles) had a successful but short run as a comedian before the show. BUT, the reason his comedy work was short lived was due to being cast in Red Dwarf as an "Unknown comic". AFTER the success of Red Dwarf, it was impossible for him to get back "on the road doing stand up" because everywhere he went, he was seen as Lister and nobody really wanted to see him doing his own comedy routines, but variations of how Lister would do the routines.
Chris Barrie is known for his impressions, not only of the other cast, which you will see him do periodically on the show, but also in general. Before (and while) he was on Red Dwarf, he did voices for a British satirical show called 'Spitting Image', which represented politicians and celebrities of the day as exaggerated, caricature-like puppets, where he did the voices of Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr, Princes Charles and Andrew, John Cleese and Michael Palin of Monty Python and Sean Connery among many others.
Queeg is easily one of the best “life on the ship” episodes of Red Dwarf - no huge mindbending Sci-Fi concepts , just a brilliant character led sitcom. I love both flavours of Red Dwarf though!
I had an AGM at work a couple of years ago who reminded me of Queeg. 'Everything is everyone's job. If you think something isn't in your job description, I'm sending you home right now!'
This was the second episode I was lucky enough to be in the studio audience for the recording of (see my comment on the Gals' Thanks for the Memory reaction for the first). Couple of things I remember from the recording. The Lister console explosion was pre-recorded and shown to us on monitors at that point in the show. The split Rimmer was done live, with Chris wearing bright blue trousers and a member of crew wearing Rimmer's trousers and his upper half in a bright blue body stocking. Yes, they did all the chroma-key effects with blue screen back then, rather than today's ubiquitous green screen.
I'd love to be in the audience for a taping of a comedy someday... but I really don't think I'd have liked to for THIS episode particularly... just the way it was revealed on the show was PERFECTION !
Fun fact: Danny John Jules and Charles Augins worked together years before voicing 'Fireries' in Labyrinth. BTW there's the deleted scenes with more of Rimmer's 'mimicking' and Craig Charles did that stunt - bouncing off a trampoline over the control panel onto soft landing mat beneath the frame.
This is one of the best practical jokes I've ever seen pulled off in a sitcom! After all the silliness we've seen on the show, it's completely believable what Queeg says and that Holly is that faulty! I also love that with a live audience (who's been fooled as well) we get a proper response and explosion of laughter at the end! So, one more episode before Kryten joins, but this next one is SO WILD!!! It's a favorite!!
All the cast in this weren't professional actors. Holly was a stand-up comedian, Cat was a dancer, Lister was a poet and Rimmer was an impressionist. Check out Cat in Blade 2, where he plays a vampire.
Queeg is my all time favourite Red Dwarf episode - I absolutely love the joke - and still laugh out loud despite knowing the ending. "Or is it the white one..." is so beautifully timed
Fun fact, Queeg is a direct reference to the fictional Captain Queeg who was the unstable captain of the USS Caine in the film The Caine Mutiny played by Humphrey Bogart
So glad to see y'all appreciating Chris Barrie, Rimmer is my favorite character 😊And you're right, he DESPERATELY needs therapy. He's basically 20 neuroses in a trench coat. It's funny how likable he is even when his character is specifically written to be infuriating and selfish. When you understand how much of that seems to stem from trauma, conditioning, and social awkwardness he becomes much more sympathetic.
Haven't watched Red Dwarf in YEARS. Had forgotten a lot of it. Interesting to rediscover it through new eyes. Also, my partner tells me he had a lovely chat with Paula over in Essen. He also got a photo. All the best from Scotland!
Chris Barrie narrated audiobook versions of the Red Dwarf novels and did all the voices. His imitations are really spot on. There is an opening info crawl at the start of season 3 that will answer several questions but it goes by very fast so you need to slow it down or pause it to read it properly.
i spent years as a child watching red dwarf repeats on tv before i finally got a copy of that episode on tape and could pause to read that damn scrolling text. YEARS!!!!
Holly's sense of humor is hilarious, Imagine being on a ship and having to rely on A.I. for your survival and it keeps having fun at your expense. You had tons of questions in this episode, don't worry all will be answered, eventually. 😁
I met Chris Barrie and Norman Lovett at a convention, they're both such genuine and nice people. I caught them at the end when they were sort of winding down and we ended up talking about some Planet of the Apes cosplayers that were running around the hall all day.
so some fun facts. queeg was not just a voice in labyrinth he was co dance choreographer along with gates macfadon our favorite doctor from tng. also Chris Barrie was an impersonator for spitting image which was a famous sketch show in the uk at the time with puppets of politicians and celebrities.
As others have said Charles Augins voiced one of the Firies in Labyrinth, but was also one of 2 choreographers on Labyrith as well. Charles worked on the "Magic Dance" Scene with David Bowie. The other Choreographer worked on the Ballroom Sequence, she also has a Sci-Fi connection as the other choreographer was Gates MacFadden (AKA Dr Beverly Crusher from Star Trek Next Generation)
He only has 9 TV credits because he was a stand up comedian for most of his career and wait till kryten gets going with the comedy in the future you'll love it
From what I can understand about the character of Kryten and his absence from the remainder of Series 2; at some point his guilt circuits overrode, and he was back to his old self albeit with a full body refit.
I've seen this episode probably 30 times !... In fact, right after watching this Galifrey Gals reaction video, I popped in my Series II DVD and watched it AND THEN watched again with the commentary... and even though I know EXACTLY what was coming... I still get the biggest grin and laughs out of that ending scene ! So well written !... and acted by Norm Lovett ! ... so easily my favorite episode... even though there are so many really fantastic ones... and many still to come for Kat and Paula to enjoy !
@@SteffBrockley They did eventually, they ended up coming up with 2 *different* explanations in different sources to explain why Lister can have had his appendix out twice when fans complained!
Tomorrow's the series finale XD the Gallifrey Gals better be prepared for what comes. One of their most burning questions will be answered can't wait to see their reactions
As far as i remember kryten was not originally meant to come back. It was decided that the cast needed another character who was both willing and able to do things. Rimmer and Holly being unable, and the Cat usually being unwilling. Rather than create a new character they decided to just bring back Kryten.
If you like Chris Barrie, then another great series to watch is The Brittas Empire, where he plays the (entirely unlikeable) manager of a leisure centre. Sounds like a really dull premise, but I loved it!
Queeg is one of my favourite episodes 😅 You mention about Chris Barrie doing impersonations, he actually used to do voices on a TV show in the UK called "Spitting Image", where a bunch of incredibly unflattering puppets were made of politicians and celebrities to basically parody the crap out of them! 😂
Chris Barrie is definitely super talented. During the second half to Red Dwarf's initial 8 series run he had himself another monster hit show that he starred in called the Brittas Empire. If you think Rimmer is annoying, wait till you see Gordon Brittas. Completely different character by the way. Not just Chris Barrie playing Chris Barrie in a different show
I just love the absurdity of the Smart Shoes story. It's so ridiculous, even Rimmer questions it. Like, how did they walk all the way from Norway to Burma in a single night? You can only just fly that far in that time!
Chris Barrie rose to fame as an impressionist, so this was an opportunity for him to show off. Have you ever seen the music video to Land of Confusion by Genesis, the one with Ronald and Nancy Regan in it? Or have you ever listened to the Frankie Goes To Hollywood album with Regan making interjections over the music? Chris Barrie did Ronald Regan's voice in both cases.
The reason he is so good at imitating the others actors is that he started off as an impresionist - He provided many of the voices of the satirical Puppet show 'Spitting Image' back in the day
14:20 Oh god yes! Those singing creatures in Labyrinth who take their body parts off are the creepiest! Remember this line? "Hey, her head don't come off!" "Of course it doesn't!"
I remember my teenage self travelling to work in 1988 the day after this first aired. Me and my mates were laughing our heads off at the big reveal. Absolute classic.
Hi Gals! Yes Chris Barrie is a noted impressionist. He did a lot of the voices in satirical puppet show Spitting Image in the 80s. Also about 10 years ago, there was a stage show of Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy in the UK with most of the original radio cast. Because Peter Jones who played 'The Book' died 30 years ago, they had a series of guests to read the book. In Manchester where I saw it, Danny John Jules read the book and also performed The Dish of the Day in full on Cat persona! HHGTTG meets Red Dwarf it shouldn't have worked, but it did!!!
Peter Jones was so right for the book in the first two radio series , a shame it took so long for them to make the rest of the books and William Franklin was good but I'd love to have heard Danny's take on the role .
@DavidSmith-cx8dg it was a very measured performance. His normal speaking voice did Douglas Adams 's work justice. His Dish of the Day was just a work of genius! Hearing him say the final line 'I'll just nip off and shoot myself, don't worry I'll be very humane! WAOOOW!' and then dancing of the stage with that trademark shuffle brought the house down!
If you've ever seen the Genesis video for 'Land of Confusion,' Chris Barrie is the one playing Ronald Reagan. He was in the show 'Spitting Image,' which is where those puppets are from.
Fun fact... DJJ wasn't just a voice in Labyrinth, he was one of the dancers that performed the Fireys and the choreographer for that Firey dance scene... Gates McFadden, yes, none other than Dr Crusher herself. Great episode next, then Mrs Ape's favourite season and honestly some of the best of The Crimson Short One.
Kryten is flying around the galaxy on his space motorcycle, because Lister taught him to rebel. Honestly, if you didn't know he was coming back for good, you would never expect to see him again after that one episode.
This was the very first episode of Red Dwarf I ever saw, back on first transmission in October 1988, though it was Series 3 the following year that got me hooked on the show. It remains one of my favourite ever sitcoms, and great to see you are enjoying it so much.
The explanation for what happened to Kryten is in the Star Wars style scrolling text. When you see it, you may want to pause the video because it scrolls by really fast.
Queeg is another brilliant early Red Dwarf episode. Charles Augins is superb as Queeg and he and Holly's rivalry is hilarious. Also, we get to see the font of all Holly's knowledge in the form of the Illustrated Junior Encyclopaedia Of Space (tm). Great reaction as always, glad you're still enjoying the Boys from the Dwarf 😆👍
The Space Scouts thing is a jibe at the old motto for Scouts in (at least) the UK back in the 80s. It would be all "Dyb Dyb Dyb" (DYB = Do your best) and "Dob Dob Dob" (DOB = Do our best) or something along those lines...thankfully this lingo was retired by the time I joined. And also...Kryten being introduced 6 or so episodes before he becomes a regular isn't so strange. An impossible girl was introduced into a certain series 6 or so episodes before she became a regular (OK, I'm grasping at a technicality here)...
Charles Augins (Queeg) is a dancer/choreographer more than an actor,which is why he has so few acting credits. You'll have seen some of his behind the scenes work at the start of the next episode!
Chris Barrie started out as an impressionist, Norman Lovett was a stand-up comedian, and Craig Charles was a poet. Only Danny John-Jules was an actor when the show was cast.
Trivia: Grant and Naylor, the writers, had got to the end of the story and had no idea how to resolve it. I can't remember which one came up with the idea of making Queeg a fake and it all just being a joke by Holly, but the other was so impressed he bought him a pint! Also, that really was Craig Charles being blown up there not a stuntman, he insisted on doing the stunt himself.
As someone who's already seen all the Red Dwarf episodes, I can pretty much guarantee that your efforts to "will" Kryten to reappear on the series will be successful. A good episode. Nice to see Holly as a main focus of a story.
Chris Barrie was a voice impersonator before Red Dwarf started, on the satirical, political puppet show "Spitting Image". That bit in this episode was a flex
Chris Barry also did some voices on spitting image which was a satirical puppet show during the 80's on itv but red dwarf always used to release the smeg up's for each season on video witch you can still find on RUclips.
Queeg was one of my favourite episodes. Chris Barrie (Rimmer) started out doing impressions. Chris Barrie also starred the lead role in the Brittas Empire where he takes smegness to a whole new level. Superbly written and superbly acted. Don't worry Kryten comes back. In later episodes so does the crew. The American who played Captain Hollister was truly brilliant. The cat universe motion picture had me creasing up. You have some superb episodes of Red Dwarf to come. 12 series and each one better than before. Another British comedy from 10 years earlier was The Goodies from the 1970s. The only British sitcom where they were asked to turn the laughter DOWN after a man in Kings Lynn died from a heart attack / brain seizure brought on by laughing continuously for 25 minutes solid. I had to slap my face to stop wetting myself. It is that funny.
I first saw Norman Lovett on TV as a stand up comedian before Red Dwarf and I think most people in the UK had an idea of who he was before, same is true of Craig Charles and his poetry . Chris Barrie was the most well known before Red Dwarf, only Danny John-Jules was unknown as he was a dancer. Clare Grogan (Kochanski|) was probably the most famous as she had a lead role in the film Gregory's Girl and several pop chart hits in the UK top 40. Norman Lovett still does comedy and you'll find lots of him on RUclips.
I remember when the 2005 revival series of Doctor Who came out and "Bad Wolf" ended on a cliffhanger, there was a fake IMDB leak that said Norman Lovett would play Davros in "The Parting of the Ways" (rather than the Dalek Emperor we got). That would have been something.
Danny John Jules was also two of the Fireys in Labyrinth; he's actually a trained dancer. Chris Barrie used to be one of the impressionists that did the puppet voices for Spitting Image in the 80s. He's also done audio book recordings of the first two Red Dwarf novelizations; he did the whole thing as impressions of the other cast members.
So much to appreciate in that one! Of course Queeg is the name of the hated captain whose crew depose him in The Caine Mutiny, but the line "This is mutiny Mr. [Officer's name], I'll see you hanged from the highest yardarm in [Name of home port] for this day's work!" is from Mutiny on the Bounty. The actor playing Queeg seems like a drill sergeant, but if I remember correctly, he's the less macho equivalent; a choreographer.
In the UK, Chris Barrie was really famous for being a commercial voice actor according to the Red Dwarf commentary. Not sure if he still does it or not. He also performed one of the Red Dwarf audiobooks using the impressions from what I understand.
Danny Jules wasn't just a voice of one of the Firey's in Labrynth, he was also one of the dancers/puppeteers for them as well. He also plays Hassan, one of the ally vampires in Blade 2.
That is an excellent cat. Love every one of these. Literally discovered you from your first RD Vid. Love being part of your Red Dwarf crew. BOYS FROM THE DWARF!
Charles Augins voiced one of the Fireys in Labyrinth - and Danny John Jules (Cat) voiced two others. Charles Augins was also one of the two choreographers for Labyrinth - and Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher in ST:TNG) was the other.
Chris Barrie - Rimmer, is a classically trained actor. He initially auditioned for the part of Lister but ended up getting the part of Rimmer. Also, expect Holly to randomly change going forward if you watch to the end. In fact, expect a lot of changes generally between seasons. There were some long gaps in production. A four year gap between S6 and 7, 13 years between 9 and 10.
Chris Barrie is a fantastic actor. Character wise Lister is the one we all favour cause he's decent while Rimmer is a smeghead but the show wouldn't be the same without him. Originally Alan Rickman was suppose to play Rimmer, but Barrie is the best choice. So glad you gals love this show.
It's not overly clear, but in the first episode for this series, at the end technically Kryten leaves the ship on a space motorbike type thing, playing more in to the rebel part of him by the end of the episode.... However, never give up hope and you may just be rewarded.
My favourite TNG/Dwarf/Labyrinth fact is: Obviously Danny John-Jules is one of the Fieries (chilly downs) in Labyrinth, but Queeg here was ome of the two Labyrinth choreographers.. the other being Dr Beverly Crusher! It's all connected, like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff!
Chris Barrie facts too: He provided many, many voices for UK political satire puppet show Spitting Image back in the day! Also, after playing Lara's butler Hillary in the first Tomb Raider movie, Angelina Jolie liked him so much she held off the filming of the sequel until Chris' schedule was clear so he could be in it! 😊
OK before even watching this episode of Galifrey Gals... I'm gonna say "Queeg" is my FAVORITE episode of Red Dwarf... I mean there are so many fantastic Red Dwarf episodes, but this one just has the best topper of all time ! As Danny John-Jules says in the commentary for this episode, Norman had 8 woofers in the bank at the end of this episode !
I am so enjoying seeing your reactions to Red Dwarf. My friend Nicky and I were lucky enough to publish 2 Red Dwarf Quiz Books and got to meet all the cast. They are all great in person. It's like seeing it again through fresh eyes.
Jape of the decade - certainly was . Chris Barrie was an impressionist and was also in a sitcom The Brittas empire whilst some series of Red Dwarf were made . A sentient computer with a sense of humour - only in Red Dwarf . Can't wait to see what you make of the next one gals .
fun fact the CAT also worked on Labyrinth, as did Gates McFadden (Dr Crusher) and if you want to see more of Chris Barry check out the Angelina Jolie Lara Croft movies for his most mainstream appearence, Oddly Craig Charles (Lister) was not an actor when he hot this role and was best known on TV for performing slam poetry on a talk show!
Chris Barrie is a fantastic professional impressionist. And if you are lucky enough to meet him he will often shift through characters while he talks to you. He's an absolutely fantastic guy IRL
Ive met all of them, Chris, and Craig are wonderful to take to. Norman (Holly) I've found him to generally be grumpy, and I usually wait and see how he is before talking to him. Similarly, I've had a mix reception when talking to Danny, but generally seems happy
Apparently, before getting into acting he would phone up colleagues pretending to be their boss, and invite them out to play golf.
What a guy
started of on spiting image back in the 80s
@@vincentking2552 From my meetings..
Craig - he's a real charmer. Super polite.
Chris - well, what a guy.
Danny - Frenetic and impatient but chatty and fun.
Robert - The most Grown Up of the bunch, passionate.
Hattie - She is a delight, as mad as a box of frogs.
Norman - If you get his chatting about something he really enjoys you have his attention for hours.
Chloe - May be the nicest of them all. At one con the photo OP completely broke down so she came round to chat to the line, she shook our hands, thanked us all for coming, apologised repeatedly for the problem, learned all our names (and remembered them later to say hi again) Had long chats with a few of us who sparked up conversations. And in my case remembered my name at the next con we were both at and called me over to say hi and get a selfie. Chloe deserves way more than some of the RD fandom give her. And her smile - In the books KK is said to have a smile that lights her face up like a pinball machine, It's Chloe to a Tee.
When Paula said “stuntman” but in fact that WAS Craig, he did a run and jump on to a springboard. Top marks to him for that one.
Pretty sure he also injured himself, too. :)
"Do me own stunts man..."
Fun fact: the actor for queeg is also a choreographer and choreographers for red dwarf in future episodes, best of which is in the next one!
Tongue Tied?
My fave episode, can't wait to see it
@@DJKav yeah
Can't wait to see what they make of it .
That wasn't a stuntman doing the jump over the console in the explosion bit - that was genuinely Craig Charles and a trampoline...
Chris Barrie narrates the audiobooks of Red Dwarf and does all the voices so well
@@stefpugsley I think that is Backwards. Rob is a little rough around the edges.
Chris reads Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers and Better Than Life. Rob Grant reads Backwards, Craig Charles reads Last Human.
@@stefpugsley I have infinity welcomes careful drivers and better than life on audio cassette both read by Chris Barrie
Prior to doing Red Dwarf Chris Barrie did a stage act (comedy) DOING impressions. So, when it comes time for Rimmer to do "impressions" of Lister or other members, it is due to the fact that he has had a LONG time getting to work on not only their speech patterns, but their tone and their mannerisms as well..... making Rimmer the BEST one at impersonating other members, although occasionally Lister or Kryton do it to.
Also, Cat ( Danny John Jules) is a professionally trained dancer.
Lister ( Craig Charles) had a successful but short run as a comedian before the show. BUT, the reason his comedy work was short lived was due to being cast in Red Dwarf as an "Unknown comic". AFTER the success of Red Dwarf, it was impossible for him to get back "on the road doing stand up" because everywhere he went, he was seen as Lister and nobody really wanted to see him doing his own comedy routines, but variations of how Lister would do the routines.
Chris Barrie is known for his impressions, not only of the other cast, which you will see him do periodically on the show, but also in general. Before (and while) he was on Red Dwarf, he did voices for a British satirical show called 'Spitting Image', which represented politicians and celebrities of the day as exaggerated, caricature-like puppets, where he did the voices of Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr, Princes Charles and Andrew, John Cleese and Michael Palin of Monty Python and Sean Connery among many others.
Norman Lovett is a brilliant comic. The one I use all the time is"No man is an island. Except when he's in the bath"
Queeg is easily one of the best “life on the ship” episodes of Red Dwarf - no huge mindbending Sci-Fi concepts , just a brilliant character led sitcom. I love both flavours of Red Dwarf though!
I just love that a ship board AI just wants to fit in and play practical jokes on his mates. What an AI would do if he went a little peculiar...
@@paulwalsh2344 I love that their corrupted AI is just a sweet, silly joker. Holly is a lovely character.
I love Cat giving Holly completely unhelpful advice during the chess game and Holly thanking him for it.
I had an AGM at work a couple of years ago who reminded me of Queeg. 'Everything is everyone's job. If you think something isn't in your job description, I'm sending you home right now!'
This was the second episode I was lucky enough to be in the studio audience for the recording of (see my comment on the Gals' Thanks for the Memory reaction for the first). Couple of things I remember from the recording.
The Lister console explosion was pre-recorded and shown to us on monitors at that point in the show. The split Rimmer was done live, with Chris wearing bright blue trousers and a member of crew wearing Rimmer's trousers and his upper half in a bright blue body stocking. Yes, they did all the chroma-key effects with blue screen back then, rather than today's ubiquitous green screen.
I was lucky enough to be in the audience for a recording as well, but not until series XI(!)
@@painreliever83 I'm old. :(
I'd love to be in the audience for a taping of a comedy someday... but I really don't think I'd have liked to for THIS episode particularly... just the way it was revealed on the show was PERFECTION !
@@paulwalsh2344 It was in the recording, too. They filmed everything in the correct order, so we had no idea until the reveal!
Blue or green, both have existed for a long time - generally it just comes down to a choice between - What will work for this particular scene.
On the subject of Kryton, the Brits have a saying, "WAIT FOR IT!"
Fun fact: Danny John Jules and Charles Augins worked together years before voicing 'Fireries' in Labyrinth. BTW there's the deleted scenes with more of Rimmer's 'mimicking' and Craig Charles did that stunt - bouncing off a trampoline over the control panel onto soft landing mat beneath the frame.
This is one of the best practical jokes I've ever seen pulled off in a sitcom! After all the silliness we've seen on the show, it's completely believable what Queeg says and that Holly is that faulty! I also love that with a live audience (who's been fooled as well) we get a proper response and explosion of laughter at the end!
So, one more episode before Kryten joins, but this next one is SO WILD!!! It's a favorite!!
Oh I think they are going to love the decades ahead of it's time commentary in Parallel Universe
All the cast in this weren't professional actors. Holly was a stand-up comedian, Cat was a dancer, Lister was a poet and Rimmer was an impressionist. Check out Cat in Blade 2, where he plays a vampire.
Blink and you'll miss him. I had to look hard.
I just watched blade two the other day and immediately was like "WTF, CAT?!" 😅
Queeg is my all time favourite Red Dwarf episode - I absolutely love the joke - and still laugh out loud despite knowing the ending. "Or is it the white one..." is so beautifully timed
Fun fact, Queeg is a direct reference to the fictional Captain Queeg who was the unstable captain of the USS Caine in the film The Caine Mutiny played by Humphrey Bogart
Ahh, but the strawberries that's... that's where I had them.
During that trial, he really lost his bearings. Or at least dropped the ball... or two.
So glad to see y'all appreciating Chris Barrie, Rimmer is my favorite character 😊And you're right, he DESPERATELY needs therapy. He's basically 20 neuroses in a trench coat. It's funny how likable he is even when his character is specifically written to be infuriating and selfish. When you understand how much of that seems to stem from trauma, conditioning, and social awkwardness he becomes much more sympathetic.
100% great show, really great reactions!! i love the fact that they appreciate it so much
Haven't watched Red Dwarf in YEARS. Had forgotten a lot of it. Interesting to rediscover it through new eyes.
Also, my partner tells me he had a lovely chat with Paula over in Essen. He also got a photo. All the best from Scotland!
Chris Barrie narrated audiobook versions of the Red Dwarf novels and did all the voices. His imitations are really spot on.
There is an opening info crawl at the start of season 3 that will answer several questions but it goes by very fast so you need to slow it down or pause it to read it properly.
i spent years as a child watching red dwarf repeats on tv before i finally got a copy of that episode on tape and could pause to read that damn scrolling text. YEARS!!!!
Holly's sense of humor is hilarious, Imagine being on a ship and having to rely on A.I. for your survival and it keeps having fun at your expense. You had tons of questions in this episode, don't worry all will be answered, eventually. 😁
I met Chris Barrie and Norman Lovett at a convention, they're both such genuine and nice people. I caught them at the end when they were sort of winding down and we ended up talking about some Planet of the Apes cosplayers that were running around the hall all day.
so some fun facts. queeg was not just a voice in labyrinth he was co dance choreographer along with gates macfadon our favorite doctor from tng. also Chris Barrie was an impersonator for spitting image which was a famous sketch show in the uk at the time with puppets of politicians and celebrities.
Chris Barrie did the whole cast's voices in the Red Dwarf radio play.... :)
Talented dude....
Enjoying these reactions!!
As others have said Charles Augins voiced one of the Firies in Labyrinth, but was also one of 2 choreographers on Labyrith as well. Charles worked on the "Magic Dance" Scene with David Bowie. The other Choreographer worked on the Ballroom Sequence, she also has a Sci-Fi connection as the other choreographer was Gates MacFadden (AKA Dr Beverly Crusher from Star Trek Next Generation)
He only has 9 TV credits because he was a stand up comedian for most of his career and wait till kryten gets going with the comedy in the future you'll love it
Queeg is probably my favourite episode of Red Dwarf EVER. Such a great plot.
AGREED ! And what's not to love ? ! Definitely Norman's finest hour !... well... half hour...
We are talking jape of the decade
@@magpieMOB April, May, June, July AND August fools...
From what I can understand about the character of Kryten and his absence from the remainder of Series 2; at some point his guilt circuits overrode, and he was back to his old self albeit with a full body refit.
I've seen this episode probably 30 times !... In fact, right after watching this Galifrey Gals reaction video, I popped in my Series II DVD and watched it AND THEN watched again with the commentary... and even though I know EXACTLY what was coming... I still get the biggest grin and laughs out of that ending scene ! So well written !... and acted by Norm Lovett !
... so easily my favorite episode... even though there are so many really fantastic ones... and many still to come for Kat and Paula to enjoy !
"Interesting fact" the first impression he does about the shuttle was an impression of the BBC exec who green lit the show originally
be warned for season 3 there's a big amount of text at the beginning that's super important to the plot and flys by super fast star wars style
“Super important” if you care about continuity, which the writers don’t really care about.
@@SteffBrockley They did eventually, they ended up coming up with 2 *different* explanations in different sources to explain why Lister can have had his appendix out twice when fans complained!
Tomorrow's the series finale XD the Gallifrey Gals better be prepared for what comes. One of their most burning questions will be answered can't wait to see their reactions
As far as i remember kryten was not originally meant to come back. It was decided that the cast needed another character who was both willing and able to do things. Rimmer and Holly being unable, and the Cat usually being unwilling. Rather than create a new character they decided to just bring back Kryten.
If you like Chris Barrie, then another great series to watch is The Brittas Empire, where he plays the (entirely unlikeable) manager of a leisure centre. Sounds like a really dull premise, but I loved it!
Will 2nd this. Brittas Empire is great.
3rd this. Incredibly outrageous, silly and hilarious. Love Brittas Empire!
4th this. The Brittas Empire is amazing
He’s good in Brittas empire the tv series , reminds me a little of fawlty towers I think the girls may like to
5th
Britas Empire is brilliant it’s not sci-Fi so not doesn’t fit with the channel but you Gal’s should absolutely check it out!
Queeg is one of my favourite episodes 😅 You mention about Chris Barrie doing impersonations, he actually used to do voices on a TV show in the UK called "Spitting Image", where a bunch of incredibly unflattering puppets were made of politicians and celebrities to basically parody the crap out of them! 😂
Chris Barrie is definitely super talented. During the second half to Red Dwarf's initial 8 series run he had himself another monster hit show that he starred in called the Brittas Empire.
If you think Rimmer is annoying, wait till you see Gordon Brittas. Completely different character by the way. Not just Chris Barrie playing Chris Barrie in a different show
I just love the absurdity of the Smart Shoes story. It's so ridiculous, even Rimmer questions it. Like, how did they walk all the way from Norway to Burma in a single night? You can only just fly that far in that time!
Chris Barrie rose to fame as an impressionist, so this was an opportunity for him to show off. Have you ever seen the music video to Land of Confusion by Genesis, the one with Ronald and Nancy Regan in it? Or have you ever listened to the Frankie Goes To Hollywood album with Regan making interjections over the music? Chris Barrie did Ronald Regan's voice in both cases.
You are right about Chris Barrie. He should be world famous. He’s so talented.
The reason he is so good at imitating the others actors is that he started off as an impresionist - He provided many of the voices of the satirical Puppet show 'Spitting Image' back in the day
Yeah, I think is biggest non-RD roll is the butler in Tomb Raider
I mean, he was in tomb raider
He’s a mega talent and should have been a global star. Could easily have moved into movies / been a dramatic actor.
I highly recommend the 6 episode BBC miniseries of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from 1980. That's what invented the science fiction comedy genre.
14:20 Oh god yes! Those singing creatures in Labyrinth who take their body parts off are the creepiest! Remember this line? "Hey, her head don't come off!" "Of course it doesn't!"
I remember my teenage self travelling to work in 1988 the day after this first aired. Me and my mates were laughing our heads off at the big reveal.
Absolute classic.
Hi Gals! Yes Chris Barrie is a noted impressionist. He did a lot of the voices in satirical puppet show Spitting Image in the 80s.
Also about 10 years ago, there was a stage show of Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy in the UK with most of the original radio cast. Because Peter Jones who played 'The Book' died 30 years ago, they had a series of guests to read the book. In Manchester where I saw it, Danny John Jules read the book and also performed The Dish of the Day in full on Cat persona! HHGTTG meets Red Dwarf it shouldn't have worked, but it did!!!
Peter Jones was so right for the book in the first two radio series , a shame it took so long for them to make the rest of the books and William Franklin was good but I'd love to have heard Danny's take on the role .
@DavidSmith-cx8dg it was a very measured performance. His normal speaking voice did Douglas Adams 's work justice. His Dish of the Day was just a work of genius! Hearing him say the final line 'I'll just nip off and shoot myself, don't worry I'll be very humane! WAOOOW!' and then dancing of the stage with that trademark shuffle brought the house down!
Charles Augins and Danny John-Jules worked together on Labyrinth, doing vocals for the song "Chilly Down".
I'm so sorry to hear of the kitty's passing. Hugs.
I dont often subscribe to channels, but when i do its this one.
If you've ever seen the Genesis video for 'Land of Confusion,' Chris Barrie is the one playing Ronald Reagan. He was in the show 'Spitting Image,' which is where those puppets are from.
Fun fact... DJJ wasn't just a voice in Labyrinth, he was one of the dancers that performed the Fireys and the choreographer for that Firey dance scene... Gates McFadden, yes, none other than Dr Crusher herself.
Great episode next, then Mrs Ape's favourite season and honestly some of the best of The Crimson Short One.
Even though its a scam Holly saying goodbye as he dies always gets me a bit misty eyed😢
It’s a lovely performance by Norman coupled with some great writing.
Kryten is flying around the galaxy on his space motorcycle, because Lister taught him to rebel.
Honestly, if you didn't know he was coming back for good, you would never expect to see him again after that one episode.
This was the very first episode of Red Dwarf I ever saw, back on first transmission in October 1988, though it was Series 3 the following year that got me hooked on the show. It remains one of my favourite ever sitcoms, and great to see you are enjoying it so much.
This is probably my favourite episode
The explanation for what happened to Kryten is in the Star Wars style scrolling text. When you see it, you may want to pause the video because it scrolls by really fast.
For a second, I thought Paula was going to have an actual weasel.
Queeg is another brilliant early Red Dwarf episode. Charles Augins is superb as Queeg and he and Holly's rivalry is hilarious.
Also, we get to see the font of all Holly's knowledge in the form of the Illustrated Junior Encyclopaedia Of Space (tm).
Great reaction as always, glad you're still enjoying the Boys from the Dwarf 😆👍
Man this episode is one of my favourites.
He's what we call in the UK a "Ginger Tom".
The Space Scouts thing is a jibe at the old motto for Scouts in (at least) the UK back in the 80s. It would be all "Dyb Dyb Dyb" (DYB = Do your best) and "Dob Dob Dob" (DOB = Do our best) or something along those lines...thankfully this lingo was retired by the time I joined.
And also...Kryten being introduced 6 or so episodes before he becomes a regular isn't so strange. An impossible girl was introduced into a certain series 6 or so episodes before she became a regular (OK, I'm grasping at a technicality here)...
No, no stunt guy, Craig Charles does most of his own stunts.
Charles Augins (Queeg) is a dancer/choreographer more than an actor,which is why he has so few acting credits. You'll have seen some of his behind the scenes work at the start of the next episode!
Chris Barrie started out as an impressionist, Norman Lovett was a stand-up comedian, and Craig Charles was a poet. Only Danny John-Jules was an actor when the show was cast.
Trivia: Grant and Naylor, the writers, had got to the end of the story and had no idea how to resolve it. I can't remember which one came up with the idea of making Queeg a fake and it all just being a joke by Holly, but the other was so impressed he bought him a pint! Also, that really was Craig Charles being blown up there not a stuntman, he insisted on doing the stunt himself.
Subbed for the Red Dwarf enjoyment, staying for the squishy kitty 😂
The one in the opening or the one in the show?
@@TheGoauldApophis well both naturally. Danny John-Jules is a treasure
As someone who's already seen all the Red Dwarf episodes, I can pretty much guarantee that your efforts to "will" Kryten to reappear on the series will be successful. A good episode. Nice to see Holly as a main focus of a story.
I've been waiting for this one :) Love it! Has one of my favourite lines in anything ever, "April, May, June, July and August fool" :)
Chris Barrie was a voice impersonator before Red Dwarf started, on the satirical, political puppet show "Spitting Image".
That bit in this episode was a flex
Tch, you two are doing the whole "where's Kryten?? 😦" thing just to make the "well, aaaaactuallyyy!!" people climb the walls, aincha? 😏
That's not why they're doing it, they honestly don't know why he's not there.
But do I hope it's having that effect on those people. 😁
Chris Barry also did some voices on spitting image which was a satirical puppet show during the 80's on itv but red dwarf always used to release the smeg up's for each season on video witch you can still find on RUclips.
Love how much you're enjoying the show!
Queeg was one of my favourite episodes. Chris Barrie (Rimmer) started out doing impressions. Chris Barrie also starred the lead role in the Brittas Empire where he takes smegness to a whole new level. Superbly written and superbly acted. Don't worry Kryten comes back. In later episodes so does the crew. The American who played Captain Hollister was truly brilliant. The cat universe motion picture had me creasing up. You have some superb episodes of Red Dwarf to come. 12 series and each one better than before. Another British comedy from 10 years earlier was The Goodies from the 1970s. The only British sitcom where they were asked to turn the laughter DOWN after a man in Kings Lynn died from a heart attack / brain seizure brought on by laughing continuously for 25 minutes solid. I had to slap my face to stop wetting myself. It is that funny.
I first saw Norman Lovett on TV as a stand up comedian before Red Dwarf and I think most people in the UK had an idea of who he was before, same is true of Craig Charles and his poetry . Chris Barrie was the most well known before Red Dwarf, only Danny John-Jules was unknown as he was a dancer. Clare Grogan (Kochanski|) was probably the most famous as she had a lead role in the film Gregory's Girl and several pop chart hits in the UK top 40. Norman Lovett still does comedy and you'll find lots of him on RUclips.
I remember when the 2005 revival series of Doctor Who came out and "Bad Wolf" ended on a cliffhanger, there was a fake IMDB leak that said Norman Lovett would play Davros in "The Parting of the Ways" (rather than the Dalek Emperor we got). That would have been something.
It is nice that Holly sings a Carpenter's song at the end.
Danny John Jules was also two of the Fireys in Labyrinth; he's actually a trained dancer.
Chris Barrie used to be one of the impressionists that did the puppet voices for Spitting Image in the 80s. He's also done audio book recordings of the first two Red Dwarf novelizations; he did the whole thing as impressions of the other cast members.
Chris Barrie was also Angelina Jolie's Butler in the Tomb Raider films.
Chris barrie done some of the voices on a show called spitting image which used puppets for famous people and holly was a stand up comedian by trade
Thanks for doing these so quickly. It meant I could binge watch get Warped without a Gallifrey Gap!
So much to appreciate in that one! Of course Queeg is the name of the hated captain whose crew depose him in The Caine Mutiny, but the line "This is mutiny Mr. [Officer's name], I'll see you hanged from the highest yardarm in [Name of home port] for this day's work!" is from Mutiny on the Bounty. The actor playing Queeg seems like a drill sergeant, but if I remember correctly, he's the less macho equivalent; a choreographer.
not a stunt guy...he really did launch over that console. Saw that in the season 2 behind the scenes video.
There are so many good episodes to RD, this is up there with the best of them.
Chris Barrie in the 80s did some of the voices for a show called spitting image
In the UK, Chris Barrie was really famous for being a commercial voice actor according to the Red Dwarf commentary. Not sure if he still does it or not. He also performed one of the Red Dwarf audiobooks using the impressions from what I understand.
When Kryten returns it is with a new actor playing the role and he becomes a favourite character, a bit of a small spoiler
Danny Jules wasn't just a voice of one of the Firey's in Labrynth, he was also one of the dancers/puppeteers for them as well. He also plays Hassan, one of the ally vampires in Blade 2.
That is an excellent cat. Love every one of these.
Literally discovered you from your first RD Vid.
Love being part of your Red Dwarf crew.
BOYS FROM THE DWARF!
Charles Augins voiced one of the Fireys in Labyrinth - and Danny John Jules (Cat) voiced two others. Charles Augins was also one of the two choreographers for Labyrinth - and Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher in ST:TNG) was the other.
Chris Barrie - Rimmer, is a classically trained actor. He initially auditioned for the part of Lister but ended up getting the part of Rimmer. Also, expect Holly to randomly change going forward if you watch to the end. In fact, expect a lot of changes generally between seasons. There were some long gaps in production. A four year gap between S6 and 7, 13 years between 9 and 10.
We are talking Jape of the Decade. We are talking April, May, June, July, and August Fool. 😁
Wheeze of the week mate !
Chris Barrie is a fantastic actor. Character wise Lister is the one we all favour cause he's decent while Rimmer is a smeghead but the show wouldn't be the same without him. Originally Alan Rickman was suppose to play Rimmer, but Barrie is the best choice. So glad you gals love this show.
It's not overly clear, but in the first episode for this series, at the end technically Kryten leaves the ship on a space motorbike type thing, playing more in to the rebel part of him by the end of the episode.... However, never give up hope and you may just be rewarded.
My favourite TNG/Dwarf/Labyrinth fact is:
Obviously Danny John-Jules is one of the Fieries (chilly downs) in Labyrinth, but Queeg here was ome of the two Labyrinth choreographers.. the other being Dr Beverly Crusher!
It's all connected, like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff!
Chris Barrie facts too: He provided many, many voices for UK political satire puppet show Spitting Image back in the day!
Also, after playing Lara's butler Hillary in the first Tomb Raider movie, Angelina Jolie liked him so much she held off the filming of the sequel until Chris' schedule was clear so he could be in it! 😊
Chris Barrie used to voice the puppets on the political satire Spitting Image
You "GALS" are great ! I can't wait for you to get to series 3, keep it up!
OK before even watching this episode of Galifrey Gals... I'm gonna say "Queeg" is my FAVORITE episode of Red Dwarf... I mean there are so many fantastic Red Dwarf episodes, but this one just has the best topper of all time ! As Danny John-Jules says in the commentary for this episode, Norman had 8 woofers in the bank at the end of this episode !
Chris Barrie is really great at his impressions of the other characters. He does the audio of the books, and he’s just great.
I am so enjoying seeing your reactions to Red Dwarf. My friend Nicky and I were lucky enough to publish 2 Red Dwarf Quiz Books and got to meet all the cast. They are all great in person. It's like seeing it again through fresh eyes.
Jape of the decade - certainly was . Chris Barrie was an impressionist and was also in a sitcom The Brittas empire whilst some series of Red Dwarf were made . A sentient computer with a sense of humour - only in Red Dwarf . Can't wait to see what you make of the next one gals .
Chris Barrie was an impersonist for Spitting Image (for Ronald Reagan amongst others). He met the writers at the wrap party.
Is Spitting Image streamed anywhere? It should be! We watched it in college and even the Reagan fans enjoyed it!!
@@Skeezer66 I know 80's Spitting Image is streaming on Britbox in the UK, unsurprisingly as the lead partner ITV owns it. So probably Britbox.
@@AlmightyCRJ Thanks!! I have Britbox (for Classic Who), so I'll check it later!
This episode remains in my top 10 of all time… So simple, but so brilliant
fun fact the CAT also worked on Labyrinth, as did Gates McFadden (Dr Crusher) and if you want to see more of Chris Barry check out the Angelina Jolie Lara Croft movies for his most mainstream appearence, Oddly Craig Charles (Lister) was not an actor when he hot this role and was best known on TV for performing slam poetry on a talk show!