Only Fools and Horses - S6E1 'Yuppy Love'

I would loved to have seen David Jason playing Penguin back in the day

Did you know David Jason came up with the monty python gang and could easily of ended up being in there line up

The barman is the same actor as the vicar in Gavin and Stacey - the one that marries them and shouts at Gavin about the sandwiches

“They don’t speak proper English like what we do.”

The greatest tv show in the world ever. The writing is beyond unreal, episode after episode, special after special … class

That whole night club scene was butchers due to music copyright, it's been like that since the VHS days, even dvds are censored.

The UK is a tiny island with too many people, I get why Rodney thinks an enormous house like that is immoral

why did John Sullivan never get a Knighthood for this amazing show he wrote a masterpiece that will be shown forever what legend and its class John singing the theme tune and the song at end

Really enjoyed this one. I walk past the building where Del parks up to the wine bar where he fell most days as I work in Bristol. I always think of that scene! Interior shots were in a studio though. Really enjoyed this one and also Gavin & Stacey. On another note, can we bring back the music/documentary reactions?- thought they were good too!

best show ever , i joined today so guna watch phoenix nights now

Who's the tart? 😂😂😂

Absolutely love you guys! Thanks so much for these videos, I'm from the UK and grew up watching these. I can't wait for you to see the rest ❤️

Del Boy gets short shrift in the wine bar but the City was full of wideboys like him back in the eighties, they were seen to embody the Thatcherite dream of the self-made man and the promise of capitalism. See Terry "The Till" Crawley, a carpet fitter from Bermondsey (the other side of the Old Kent Road from Peckham) turned multimillionaire futures trader.

I never realised that Cassandra looks like Rodney in a wig until now

40:55 Funny thing is I am sure Boycie lives on Kings Avenue. But Rodney the plonker obviously forgot. LOL.

Back then a Yuppy was their Hipsters

I think just about everyone (including myself) have been waiting for your reaction to the famous bar falling scene since you began watching this fantastic show, and you both didn't fail to disappoint 😂

Best Mike reaction yet 👍 Love it

That death stare at 53:10 🤣🤣🤣

This is when the show hit the stratosphere

I think this episode was missing some content. There was a scene in the club with Jeavon and Micky, and prior to Jeavon asking Cassandra for a dance two girls come up to him fawning over him asking him to dance and he gives them a bit of his patter

Del was right - south London now has been largely gentrified, and the Cockney characters have all had to move out of London. A lot of them moved to suburban areas and housing estates, like in Gavin and Stacey where Gavin's family live in a modern development in Essex.

That bar scene is such an iconic moment. Few facts about it. It wasn’t in the original script. Roger Lloyd Pack (Trigger) was at the BBC that day, so they quickly got him in a suit & put him in the scene. Secondly the bar scene was based on John Sullivan (writer) actually witnessing it happen in real life. Del didn’t practise it to make it more genuine. Roger Llloyd Pack was actually a very well spoken actor & really dumbed it down to play Trigger. I met him once & I was a bit disappointed as he was quite arrogant. Maybe fed up of being labeled as Trigger? Or I just caught him on a bad day?

My new fave RNTV reaction 👍

The Best Season In my opinion

Fun fact Roger Lloyd Pack (Trigger) wasn't meant to be in the bar scene. He was working on another project in the building and just dropped by the rehearsal room to say hello. When he told creator John Sullivan he had some free time, Sullivan wrote "Trigger" into the script, making the iconic scene even funnier.

Saying "who" about Raquel really annoyed Jess there Mike. That was a scary look she gave you 😱

I think the longer episodes are so much better. Get to fit more story telling in and you get to see more of the other characters also.

Its a spritzer but Del calls it a spitzer cos he's a wally 🤣

The computer Rodney's using at the start looks like an Amstrad CPC6128. At the time I had the CPC464 and dreamed of owning the better 6128. Thing about those machines was they got their power through the monitor, so if you turned the monitor off the computer got switched off too. Terrible design. That was the first computer I learned to program when I was a teenager. I'm still the same but now I get paid to do it.

I’ve got a question! I remember there was a comment war on what to watch, Only Fools and Horses vs Peep Show. Now you’re well accustomed to both… which do you prefare?

Series 6 for me is one of the best ones, stacked with great episodes

Here it is .... Drum . Drum and bass. Place .

It's awesome that I have only started re-watching Only Fools with you peeps for the first time since it ended in... '97, I think? For some reason I just never came back to it even though I enjoyed it as a kid and a teenager. It is weird looking back at old UK TV now from that era. So many of the references, banter and jokes have either aged badly or just don't work anymore, 30-odd years later. Which obviously happens. It's crazy also that the brilliant John Sullivan wrote every single episode of this series. (Okay I'm not checking there was a script editor but hey, he still wrote the whole thing...) But I love that you guys are so smart and understand context and that stuff ages and changes and we have to think about things differently. I'm not even talking about this episode but your incredibly well-reasoned, thoughtful and insightful talk through THAT episode of Fawlty Towers was very lovely. Anyways peeps, have an excellent day, week, month, whenever!

You guys would really love 'one foot in the grave' Both shows are considered top-tier masterpieces of British comedy.

One of my favourites 🥰❤️

Tbf to Dell he probably could've brought a tent in that location and sell if for a few million today

Absolutely love this episode! The falling through the bar scene was once voted the Greatest British Comedy Moment of All Time, and well deserved in my opinion

Great episode and Danger UXD is next .... cannot wait :)))) Jess & Mike will Love it. I was gonna go eat some dinner now but eating is for Wimps and I'm not 1 of those lol

"Even when you was at school, it's always been books, learning, education. That's why you're no good at snooker." I think that's a reference to Jimmy White who didn't go to school very often and played snooker instead.

I basically 'did a Del Boy' at my local gig venue once after they had a refurb. In-between songs with a local band playing I went to lean on where I thought the wall was behind a curtain but missed and went through the curtain and ended up flat on my back whilst holding a pint.

Triggers reaction to Del suddenly disappearing is genius. Trigger simply accepts that Del vanished into thin air and then reappeared, didn't even question it🤣

It wasn't 3 years between series 5 and 6, it was 2 years and 3 months. It seemed longer at the time to me though. When series 5 ended, I was still at school. When series 6 started, I'd been working for a year and 5 months.

Love watching how much you both enjoy this show. Episodes like this are why it’s one of the most loved comedies in the uk

Danger UXD next :D

My gosh, it's gonna be so hard to be patient now we're on series six! I want it to be be next Sunday already so bad!

The barman who lifted the hatch that made Del Boy fall through the bar was the Vicar that had a go at Gavin for not giving him the right answer on his favourite sandwich in Gavin and stacey lol

My most favorite episode

The bar fall is probably the funniest moment in the entire series

Great reaction and can’t wait for next week……it’s a total classic. Certain future episodes do have copyright cuts so if possible, watch the uncut versions if allowed guys 😊👍

Sadly it's the edited version with the missing night club scene that makes no sense and just looks so stupid because of the music copyright cuts,its only a few moments but the scenes are important, who wants to watch edited versions of anything? You guys really should find the full correct version's, I've mentioned you can get them free from the Internet archive website, please for your own benefit get them there, there's even more edits to later episodes especially "the jolly boys outing". This has nearly 2 minutes of dialogue missing in the edited versions. Just want you guys to experience the best version of the episodes.

It's coming home lads

that bar fall has been voted as one of the best comedy moments in British comedy history :)

Still laugh at Del falling through the bar! Amazing episode, great reactions as always!

Literally every Brit was waiting for your reaction to him falling through the bar😂😂. One of very many future iconic moments👍😁😂

That look Jess gave Mike when he said “who?” to Racqel … theses two are so getting divorced 😬🤣😆

great reaction, great episode, its banger after banger in this season, infact its banger after banger all the way now...... depending who you are, me personally i love it ALL so lets goooo!!! :D

It gets cut when Rodney asks Casandra to dance due to copyright of the music playing. Think it was Simply Red but they never secured the future rights

Another fab reaction. I could probably recite most episodes word for word and yet watching it with you guys feels like watching it all over again from fresh. Thank you ❤️

You never took trigger for a thief?....he sold del stolen paint,stolen briefcases,and he robbed the cigarette vending machine.

I was so excited to see you guys watch this episode.

This series is great 😋

“Want a dance?” “No” “Right” 🤣🤣🤣

Mike and jess we have seen that fall a millions times and its still funny 😁

I think the road "King's Avenue" is Broad Walk in Enfield and you're looking at about 2.5-3 million today for a gaff there.

Fun fact Trigger wasn’t meant to be in that episode but he was working in the studio next to them. On his break he went and saw if they needed him. They quickly added him to the scene.

Here are the full uncut episodes https://archive.org/details/only-fools-series-6-uncut

I like seeing grandads picture every time you do these reactions

This show is so good, The writing is first class!

What a delight to see your reaction to this great episode. I have not watched these old episodes in years so it's doubly delightful to see that great comedy moment of Del falling through the bar. It's funny even when you know it's coming, but to see you two almost collapse with laughing was fantastic. I am SO GLAD I became a Patron, even just for OFAH it's worth it. Thank you.

That bar scene is voted the funniest moment in sitcom history every time they run one. And it is because of how well he takes that fall. It’s subtle and not overplayed which makes it 10x funnier. I’ve watched this show at least 100 times over my life and it never fails to make me laugh. Right now it’s my go to bedtime show. Stick it on and drift off to sleep. We haven’t even hit my favourite moments yet. Now is the time to pay special attention to Uncle Albert and his physical comedy and you are right in that the laughter you see is legitimate. They didn’t do retakes and there are multiple occasions where you can see real reactions and suppression of laughter.

When Del Boy says Wet Wet Wet that is reference to the Scottish pop group. The band did a cover version of the song Love Is All Around back in 1994 which was used in the movie Four Weddings And A Funeral. Their cover version stayed at number 1 for 15 weeks straight in the UK charts.

Yuppy is an insult. People don't aspire to be one like Del is 🤣

I don’t think Mike will ever be able to fully grasp this show. The hurly burly, loud, rude to each other relationships of the Trotter household don’t seem to translate with any love for him. That is a cultural thing. This is quite common in blue collar Britain, I imagine it’s almost unheard of in the states. Rodney loves Uncle Albert. He definitely doesn’t hate him 😂

I also had TWO paper rounds (from the same newsagent) from the ages of 13 to 15 (1979 to 1981) and then I became old enough to work in the local supermarket.

I think looking at all the eps in series 6,i think this is the strongest series of the show, can't wait to see you laugh and shed a tear here

The cut when Rodney asks Cassandra to dance cringes me every time!! It totally throws the scene off. Mike/Jess: https://youtu.be/PGTw-ObUh_E?is=PeOEL3C9q6xc8CiW Watch the full clip of it. Great reaction guys!!

There is some dialog missing from the nightclub scene. Rodney did ask Cassandra to dance but for some reason it didn't show it. Then Jevon & Micky also talk about how Rodney must have offered Cassandra half the winnings of the bet to dance and that is how he convinced her. I think this is where OFAH really became the iconic series it became. From here on in the show just gets brilliant.

One of the all time classic episodes. Brilliant series, this one.

A saying in this one I had to look up and I was born in South london. 'Hop the wag'..play truant. X

Love this episode. Great reactions glad you enjoyed it as much as we do x

when del fell through the bar honestly after everything iv watched you 2 in that is the hardest iv ever seen you both laugh .bravo ! it only gets better

Aww, just gold. Couple of plonkers.

That iconic moment turned OFAH into a show that reguarly pulled 14 million viewers from now on. It was on radios the next day, the news and talked about at work when del fell.

Well, Jess, after “Dates” you said you wanted the next episode to be a banger, and it definitely was. Episode 2 in this season is another banger. In fact, all of the episodes in season 6 are bangers, culminating in one of the very best Christmas specials ever, “The Jolly Boys Outing.” Yes, Del falling through the open bar space is a classic OFAH scene, but I think the chandelier scene in “A Touch of Glass” (season 2) is still my No. 1 favourite. There are so many more classic “moments” to come, and such a depth to the growth of Del and Rodney, that I think Jess is not going to be able to contain her happiness or excitement. It’s going to be amazing, reacting to what is coming for Mike and Jess. There will be tears of laughter and joy and tears of sadness and sorrow, but it’s a credit to the genius writing of John Sullivan that the show brilliantly reflects real life. Overall, though, I know that Jess will be ultimately happy (as will Mike) and I’d like to think that by the final episode, both Mike and Jess will have OFAH in their top five favourite shows of all time.

Which is funnier... Del falling through the bar or the Chandelier dropping? That's a tough one. The falling through the bar scene had extra pressure on David Jason as it was felt he HAD to get it dead right and act it perfectly because once the studio audience sees the gag for the first time and falls about laughing, the audience reaction would never be as effective if a re-take of the gag ended up being necessary.

Del falling through the bar is the best moment in the show for me, David’s fall is absolutely genius

here in uk we refer yuppies to "posh twats"

The scene with del falling over at the bar was voted the #1 funniest British comedy moment of all time. Such a simply gag but the entire build up, execution and that it was completely unexpected made it so good.

Beaujolais nouveau is a type of wine which is fermented for a few weeks before being released for sale, that's why the women laugh when he says "A '79".

Series 6 every episode is a great one.

Your cramping my style mate 🤣

That fall through the bar is such an iconic scene 😂🤣

This season 6 has some of the best episodes. I think episode 5 and 7 are my favorite of this season.

Oh my uncle actually did that fall through the bar thing pub showed it to us on their cctv I was creasing!!!

And so begins the greatest season of comedy ever created

The infamous bar fall 😂 never gets old

Series 6 is my personal favourite.

Cassandra yeyyyy

Iconic episodes coming

(29:50) He DID need to ask, Mike. Unfortunately, there are several edits here, within these nightclub scenes in the copy of 'Yuppy Love' you have sourced, due to music copyright issues with some of the music used. The uncut episode includes a very funny exchange of chat-up dialogue between Jevon and a couple of females, and then after Rodney approaches Cassandra and her friend, there is an exchange of dialogue between them both, where he persuades her to have a dance. In this edited version, it appears as if Rodney just approaches Cassandra and they immediately walk over to the dance floor. Not the case. Only James Bond could manage that!

You never took Trigger for a thief? His main role in the show in the first few series was selling stolen items to Del. The briefcases, the luminous paint. At granddad’s funeral, there is a mention of someone having stolen the cigarette vending machine, then trigger has a jacket full of different kinds later.

Don't know who I was hoping would be in Raquel's stripper outfit more...Mike or Jess 🤣

Rodney did ask Cassandra to dance. There were several parts that had to be cut from the nightclub scene because of copyright on the background music.

Not gonna lie to you, my head is absolutely pounding after last night. Completely drink and football's fault. I feel rough and this is a welcome respite. Appreciate you Mike, Jess and the pals.

Dogs walked, cup of tea and Yuppy Love. Heaven. ❤️

Just in case you weren't too sure. Yuppie was a very British word, coined in the 80s and it stood for 'young and upwardly-mobile person'. It was used to describe the dickheads that worked in the stock exchange and in investment banking etc. and was used in a derogatory way. While making it in finance was something to aspire to, being a 'yuppie' was not. Del, as usual, didn't get the memo and thinks people look up to yuppies (like he does), and ultimately spends all his energy turning himself into a dickhead.

I think Series 6, as a whole, is the best series of ‘Only Fools and Horses’, but its production was a nightmare. While the BBC had finally agreed for them to make longer episodes, they hadn’t given them a longer production schedule, so they were still expected to make a 50 minute episode every week within a 30 minute production cycle. It was so bad that they ended up using all the location film they were given for Series 6 within the first three episodes, meaning the final three had to be studio bound. David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst have said that this series nearly killed them with how much they were expected to work.

Been waiting for this. Jess , I think you’ll love seeing Rodney grow up. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪

47 minutes? Cut for music copyright. Should be 49 minutes.

I think we’re on a winner here Trig, play it nice and cool son, nice and cool…

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿!!!