Only Fools and Horses - S5E4 'Tea for Three'
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Re-watching, brilliant episode! 😅👏
Rodney's revenge is sweet
Uncle Albert is in great shape for an old man. He looks like he is ripped
Best episode so far.
This has to be one of my favourite episodes of OFAH ever 😂😂😂 I loved your reaction to this! 🙏
Hello im new to your patron and i love your videos! Have you watched Miranda the show!
Killermcknight and RegenerationNationTV have two diffrent versons of this ep this is uncut uncle sing was cut due to music rights
this is not the DVD version that scab stuff cut out of mine
One of my favourite episodes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
David Jason nearly breaking character and laughing at 32:31 😂
Love this episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUQ-1Ty1Be0
Jess became all flustered, sweaty and red faced seeing Uncle Albert's guns. lol He was a boxing Champion in his youth. Never drunk a drop of alcohol or smoked. He worked with Grandad (Leonard Pearce) once about 10 years before Only Fools. One episode of something else.
“My Gran had one with a squeaky wheel!” Classic Trig 😊👍 Another fantastic reaction guys. Watching you react to Only Fools is like watching it for the first time again. Thank you for this journey 😊👍❤️
Legendary episode remember watching this as a kid with my mum and dad always stayed in my mind
Buster Merryfield who played Uncle Albert, used to box and he always kept really fit well into later life
Do an Only Fools and Horses week!! Episode every day for a week for season 6 as thats when storylines follow on from the previous episode. Go on.... yous know you want to??!!!
This is one of my favourite episodes and honestly, it's such a pure joy to see you react to it for the first time. One of my best ever moments in the series is Del falling for Rodney's ruse and repeating along with him with nerves and excitement "...but what can you do??" great comedy acting by David Jason
Next week’s episode is one of the weakest of the entire show in my opinion. It just doesn’t work the way wants to. However, it’s a brief dip as the show is about to really hit its strongest period (again, in my opinion). Some iconic episodes over the coming months.
With acknowledgment to Steve Clark and his excellent work “The Only Fools and Horses story “.
Only 2 more half hour episodes to go. It actually came close to be the end of OFAH, with David Jason believing the series had come to an end and wanting to move on and writer John Sullivan frustrated at the constraints of writing for 30 minute episodes. He was notorious for writing too much and didn’t like having to edit down. The BBC were reluctant to offer longer episodes but relented. After this series ends there was actually a two year hiatus, with only one Christmas special made in 1987. Then comes the 1988 special followed a week later by Series 6 - and history was made.
You forgot A Royal Flush in 1986.
When The hanglider scene was filmed David Jason wanted to actually fly the glider himself, he is a trained glider pilot, scuba diver, and swims with dolphins! But the BBC said it was too dangerous for him to fly it, for insurance reasons
The scene where Albert gets on the Nag's Head stage and sings 'Hey There' in tribute to his wife Ada is cut out of the Region 2 DVD release of the episode for contractual reasons, yet can be seen in repeats on UKTV Gold.
One of the best episodes! Please add Motherland to your next poll. You'll love it.
I think this is probably the first proper glimpse of OFAH reaching a stride (if you're a new viewer) and still some great episodes and moments to come.
The song Albert was singing is called "Hey There". He changed it to "Ada".
The scenes where Del is about to prepare for the glide are comedy gold. David Jason's expressions, head movements and acting kill me with "oh no, what can you do", basically the whole segment that plays out. Absolutely funny. One of the best episodes of OFAH.
Hope you keep doing the uncut episodes
Great reaction guys to a excellent episode. Without doubt the funniest consecutive 15 minutes of any only fools and horses ever from the tea scene onwards to the end credits, nothing comes close. So glad you got the uncut episode of it too. David Jason and Nicholas are so great in this episode, thier acting and banter during the third act is so funny and natural. So good seeing Rodders get one over on Delboy too. Jess checking out uncle Albert and his Hench OldBoy body😊
A Swan Vesta is match to light a cigarette but has a red head that you strike instead of the normal black/brown head.
Been waiting for this one from the very beginning. The next three are some of my least favourites, particularly A Royal Flush, but from then on it's pretty much quality all the way.
Don't think I've seen Mike laugh this hard at the show up to this point 🤣
“Rodney… Rodney, my brother… I know that in your heart of hearts you never meant to disable me and I just want you to know that… I won’t hold it against you” “Alright” 🤣🤣🤣
An iconic episode
Some bits I've never seen before in this one!
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Love this episode x great Sunday morning . Thanks Mike and Jess for taking the time to react .much appreciated xx
Another great reaction!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
"There goes the spaceman" 🤣🤣🤣
Just let them watch it and judge for themselves
Another one i hadn't seen. Loving this great chatch-up with you two.
I remember having one or two "tea for three" occasions with my mate and a girl who we both fancied, back in the day. Three of us sitting in the pub, me and him trying to chat up the same girl. This happened with the same woman for about two weeks 😂 We did fall out for a few months, but happily mended the friendship (I had to concede her to him 😡 😂)
One of my all time favorite episodes
Can you add "Keeping up Appearances" to the voting poll for a future watch? I saw a clip recently and forgot how funny it was, I think you guys would love Mrs Bucket (pronounced Bouquet) she's hilarious. Same kind of humour as Fawlty Towers 😆🇬🇧
The vicar of dibley too.
That was epic. And love that you play the finishing theme tune 🎵 Well worth joining your channel Thanks guys
Buster merryfield who plays uncle Albert was a British army boxing champion 🥊🥊🥊🥊
He don’t know, does he?! 😂
One of my favourite episodes. They keep getting better and better!
Please add The Young Ones and Red Dwarf to the next Poll. 😄
I want Car Share.
“Come on Rodney, bring your cheeeese”
This is the first in a long string of epic episodes 😁👌🏼
I would argue the previous episode, The Longest Night, is the start of the run, but yeah the next two are awesome as well.
One of the best episodes,big favourite of mine
Buster Merryfield, (Grandad), came into professional acting late in his life. If I remember rightly, I think he used to be a manager of a branch of the Nat West Bank in southern England. Also, Buster was very well spoken too.
He actually used to box as well
Great episode and great reaction.
The next few episodes after this are ok but not quite as good and episode 7 of this series is possibly the lowest rated of all. But thereafter it returns to form and we head towards peak OFAH -which is series 6.
I quite enjoy the next couple in this series, but yeah series 6 is just phenomenal, apart from ep 5, not my favourite one that.
Best episode in my opinion. It's Del's facial expressions when realisation sets in. Just perfect. Only niggle is her voice 🤣
One of the best episodes. Was looking forward to your your reaction all week .
Fun fact - at the time of filming David Jason (Del) was a qualified pilot and keen paraglider so he was eager to do the hang-gliding stunt himself, before having his request unsurprisingly rejected by the BBC’s insurance department.
Really? I never knew that, interesting fact
https://youtube.com/shorts/_E_BrWOt7jY?si=WyPrvFhP3QCyqMGp The only way to make this amazing episode better 🤗
David Jason is a professional pilot so he knew what he was doing on the glider!
what happened to father ted?
Definitely one of my favs as well.
Fun fact , dels rant at the end had to be cut down as show ran 30mins John Sullivan the writer was devastated as lines and ideas were now pouring out of him, hence the next full season episodes are 50mins long so nothing is left out
It was actually David Jason who was angry about it. He thought Dels rant was a comedic masterpiece that had to be butchered for time. He spoke to John about it and they both went to the BBC about extending the run time. BBC were unsure because sitcoms were 30 minutes and would struggle to write that extra material. David was the one to point out that John was not your average comedic writer and so the BBC agreed.
Absolute classic episode, probably in my top 3
One of my favs too. “…you might get a tan”. So funny. Glad you both enjoyed it.
I don’t think I agree that Lisa was stringing them along. She wasn’t flirty with either of them. Being an older friend of the family, she probably sees Del more like an uncle. She probably genuinely thought they wanted to spend time with her, not just sleep with her.
They're a lovely couple and lovely people but I have noticed on a few videos that sometimes they tend to view women and girls more critically when they engage with the opposite sex than when it's the other way round.
A classic episode
I've seen this episode loads but not this version! So much extra they must cut out on both TV and DVD
"I think that might've been my favourite episode so far." Exactly what I said when it aired 40 years ago! Glad you saw the uncut version as well. Both King Boomer and Killer McKnight saw the butchered one.
This episode is in my top 3 of all time Only Fools. This whole season is fantastic. 😁
Buster Merryfield (Uncle Albert) was a jungle warfare instructor and Physical Trainer in WW2 as well as a boxing champion in the army - so yeah he’s definitely fit. He was an entertainment officer too during the war… and that’s how he got into acting, but he was a bank manager until he retired a few years before Only Fools
My favourite episode, the last ten minutes in particular is just absolutely sensational 😂
A swan vesta is a band of matches with a red tip
A swan vesta is a brand of matches. Rodney is thin and tall, wearing a white suit and a red face.
I’ve seen this episode both on tv and on DVD, but I’ve never seen that scene where Albert actually gets on stage.
Literally about to say the same. Slightly longer scene when they’re having dinner, too.
Lets get it. Love your only fools n horses reactions
One of my favourite episodes in OFAH history. Albert was a physical training instructor in the British Army, that man had led an extraordinary life
One of my favourite episodes 😍 perfect start to Sunday