Only Fools and Horses - S6E4 'The Unlucky Winner Is ...'
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This is a very funny episode but literally all they had to say was “Rodney doesn’t want to go to the kids club anymore, he doesn’t like it” and that’s it lol. They can’t exactly force him to.
in my top 5 episodes!! first saw this when i was about 8 years old, it still makes me laugh just as much and im 46 now haha! groovy
Where’s the episode?
What do you mean? It’s playing fine for me 🤷🏻♀️
Can we all just agree that Jess' outfit is 🔥 in this one?
“They’re heads shaped like a heart” Mike…You and Jess been on the funny fags again! 🤪😂❤️
Gwyneth Strong appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders, another great British crime detective show
This one is very funny this one
One of my favourites! When he shouts at Trudy “I’ll be back in a minute!!!” I literally howl 😂😂😂😂😂😂
“who knew it would get better”, wonder where Mike got that from?
Just voted in the polls, I really hope you watch The Detectorists and Inside No.9, these are absolutely amazing.
One of my favourites this episode! Really looking forward to your reaction to heroes & villains as this is also one of my favourites
Trudy: do you like Bros? Not sure they crossed over the pond, But you might of heard this one before... https://youtu.be/NvQTTA9raJU?is=zuMcjAofnFXQyqTE
Or this one... https://youtu.be/7yu0T9n5uos?is=omKtpYhmNqJVfkjD
Series 6 of ofah really is just the peak....John sullivan was on fire for these episodes
This was my Dad’s favourite episode of OFAH. If you listen carefully after when Cassandra says ‘Don’t get any ketchup down your shirt!’ Rodney replies ‘Et Tu Casandra’ which is from the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar, when before Brutus kills Caesar, Caesar says ‘Et Tu Brute?!’ Which is another way of saying ‘You too Brutus?’. Or expressing how betrayed you feel.
At the very start of the episode there is a box in the kitchen on top of the fridge that says: TUNGCHI Made is Taiwan I would love to know what’s in it. Haha does anyone have any idea what Tungchi is, or is suppose to be?
I did some fieldwork in China while the One Child Policy was in effect, and a lot of places had rows of condoms at the front of the register, where I’m used to seeing gum and chocolate bars.
Coblers Awls (balls), a load of balls means lie or untruth. I think Awls are the tools used by cobblers.
Every slice of bread in a sandwich needs butter!
Seeing Gina so young in this as the Spanish holiday rep makes me think you’d love the comedy show Coupling
It's been a bit of a build-up, but im so pleased you guys are feeling so much more invested, excited and happy with this show now x it may not be your favourite but you cant deny, its a great classic👌🏽Love watching it with you both
Is the new poll not working for anyone else?
No seen a lot of other posted comments saying the same thing.
Great reaction, guys. Groovy even!
I can remember when I was 18 and was just starting a relationship with a Beautiful lady and both wanted to take things further 😆Then decided to go to the pharmacy to go and buy some condoms from there😆I walked in and there was a lovely looking lady serving and she said can I help you🥵I totally Bottled it and said no I'm ok thankyou and made a quick exit out the store 🤣The next day I plucked up enough courage to go back to the pharmacy 😅The same lady was behind the counter🙈I knew by looking in her eyes that she knew what I was after 🤣She asked can I help you😁I said I would like a few packs of condoms please 😂🙈She said would you like normal or ribbed 🤣I instantly said ribbed please!🤣🤣she smiled 🤣and as soon as I paid for them I turned around and there were about 5 older people smiling at me as they were waiting in the que☺️🙈I've never exited a store so fast in my life as I was shoving these condoms in a plastic bag🤣🤣That night I was out with the lads at the pub and they were around me like volchers asking me for condoms 🤣🤣🤣I never had so many drinks bought for me for traiding ribbed condoms 🤣🤣🤣The good day's of being young🤣🫶 But yeah! I felt for Rodney 😆
I love Mike the barman's sardonic asides and smart Alec remarks
😅The last few seconds after the end title sequence reminded me of myself when the credits roll on any old comedy show i watch... straight to google and "did they date in real life?"... "what do they look like now?"... "oh god are they all still alive?!"😂
The actress that plays Cassandra said this ep is one of her favourites and she struggled to stop laughing when filming it
The lucky winners are Albert and Elsie Partridge. Got the flat all to themselves for a week. One of my favourite episodes, loved the reactions as always!
The guy who plays the tour rep, Mike Fenton Stevens, is an absolute legend. People STILL shout “Groovy” at him, so he had some Groovy Gang badges made and always carries a few to give out when people do.
Mike was more pissed off than Rodney at the end😂, definitely my favourite time of the week.
Mike....a man in a suit is the best thing ever! Sexy and masculine.
Is he not a good mixer?... what!? him? hes like a kenwood chef when he gets going
Can’t wait for the next 3 episodes to end Series 6. Laughter and tears. Got it all😁
Who wouldve thought we got this far, love that you stuck with OFAH and grew on you two. Royle family next right up your ally
You know, Liz Hurley auditioned for the part of Cassandra but it was felt she was far too attractive for Rodney 🤣
Close, Mike. But no cigar this time... The full expression is “cobbler’s awls”, the tools traditionally used by a shoemaker. “Cobbler’s awls” rhymes with “balls”, so cobblers became a euphemistic way of saying balls. And from there acquired the sense of rubbish or nonsense. You are 100% correct about "Tom Dick" (sick) So you can have a puff on my cigar for that one. 😉
Never actually thought about it but Rodney's issue makes a lot of sense. Easy to buy condoms online or at self service checkouts now. Don't think I've ever brought them in store before.
You were never welcomed to the House of Fun then 🙂
Its okay guys 1 million pesetas wasn't that much really. Roughly converted about 6000 dollars.
this episode is GOLD! its a situation where you legitematly feel sorry for rodney but at the same time the things that happen are so hilarious you cant help but laugh and you feel bad for laughing, its really brilliant, and i may be wrong but i read somewhere that they didnt win a million pounds, its only a couple of thousand, i may be wrong on that but it made me feel better lol
I love when Rodney walks with the groovy gang with his massive suitcase and bag of duty free booze. I also notice Del and Rodney are back to their regular clothes rather than yuppie gear.
Mike will need a dolphin 🐬
Omg I love cheese!
Hi, Does anyone know what the 'cobblers' rhyming slang is please? Also, what is a million Pesetas in English money? Thanks.
Cobblers awls.....balls....all being a cobblers tool
This is where the show really gets great, s1-5 are great too but i think it really evolves once you get to s6+
I love the way Jess turns all Posh when she says "I'm so intrigued by this Sandwich he's making, The Spread...Is it Just Butter?" 🧐 🎩 😂
One million peseta in 1989 was roughly £5,500 then. By inflation, in todays value it would make it about £17,700 or $24,000. So not life changing, but certainly a nice sum they missed out on. 🤷♂️
Definitely one of the best episodes 🙌 👌
They'd still have been able to claim the winnings though so the ending has always irritated me a bit!
Not without a valid passport
One of the best episodes ever, GROOVY!!!
Great episode and brill reaction, you both are so invested in it. A roller coaster journey 🤗
Rodney could've just reported his passport as lost and got a new one. I still love the episode though.
hahaha it kinda sounds funny
Go on Rodney, you’re with the Groovy Gang! 😅
Mike laid a smooth line on Jess and she just ignored it. Poor guy. 😂
Oh I’ve been waiting for this episode, love it!
Why are people explaining Bros to them? 😄
There are two more episodes of series 6 before we're off to Margate
The song thar was being okayed at the start of the Junior Disco us what is known as ;The Birdie Song;
I absolutely adore you both. You're my favourite reaction channel by far and watching you both feels like meeting up with friends, you have a knck of making people feel welcome and are honest too. You both have great hearts and it's a pleasure to be a part of this channel supporting you when you have supported me. I know my comment isn't OFAH related (and yes I also love the show - the Jolly Boys Outing is my favourite episode which is coming up soon for you guys) but I just wanted to tell you guys that you are so so important to many of us.
Very true ! They are definitely my favourite reactors and I have watched many over the years. They even helped me out with my subscription on here once before when going through a rough financial period at the start of this year, something I’ll never forget. Truly great and special people who I’ll always be happy to support.
Fleabag is the only thing to match After Life n Gavin n Stacey for quality. Clarksons farm if you want fun, slice of life Britain
Little fun fact for you guys. The band the 13 year old loved was called Bros, a pop group of Matt and Luke Goss and another guy Craig Logan. Had a mad 12 - 18 months where they blew up and then broke up. Luke Goss went on the be the main villain in Blade 2 and Hellboy 2 which was so random to me
Cobbler's- short for cobbler's awls, to rhyme with balls.
I went to a Club (like Phoenix Nights) for their childrens Christmas party for a few years. Their age range was about 6 - 15yrs Old.... The music they played was similar style to what was in this episode.... Children were more innocent back then.... It was only the rougher children that was into Rap and Stuff back then. I went to the Clubs door as an adult a good few years later, and the age range was 6 - 10/12. The age range had dropped a good few years.
Love it when the rep mentions the breakdancing final and Cassandra says "Do you want to watch it" and Rodney replies "Watch it...... IM IN IT".. brilliant
For what it's worth, a million pesetas is only about 6000 Euros. So a decent haul, but not life changing.
You need to adjust for inflation; it is a lot more in today's money.
You don’t just need a blue suit, you also want a “Kiss me quick” hat!
Totally Groovy !!
A million Spanish pesetas is around like £500, not really worth blowing their cover, especially when they'd get in trouble for a fraudulent passport. So Del actually kinda saved them by being so thorough.
Just looked it up and it's 5k. So probably is worth it, they could get a few holidays out of that
Please, please react to the BBC sitcom him and her. fantastically written, hilarious, and features a lot of faces from other shows you watched
35:39 - "Why can't I have it for £10 pounds then!?!"
"That's lovely, Alan!". One of the very best OFAH episodes. The central conflict is where all the comedy comes from, and its up there with Danger UXD and Jolly Boy's Outing as one of the show's funniest. Everything involving around the Groovy Gang and the reveal of the competition has me in stitches. I even laugh moments before Del reveals because I know what's coming and it never gets old - such a great ep to rewatch with you guys and cheers me up when I am feeling down. Also the frantic handover of the booze and cigarette between Rodney and Del is great physical comedy. The entire beginning argument in the flat and the exchange about condoms in the Nag's Head are all highlights for me.
Passports in the 80s must have been really primitive, because I work in immigration, and let me tell you, you are not altering a modern passport and fooling border guards by trying to edit it with a pen. They've got all kinds of security features these days.
Yeah couldn't do it now but back then alot of the information was hand written on.
Could imagine this as a Frasier episode
Yep, Niles as Rodney
My favorite day is when I sit down put my headphones on and watch your reaction! Here go!! This one is soooooo groovy
This is one of the funniest episodes of the show imo. Another series 6 classic.
One of the greatest episodes. So good, I mean Groovy!
Brilliant. Thanks. ❤️
The word "cobblers" comes from cobbler's awls, which rhymes with balls (awls are a tool btw) Calling something balls or bollocks means lies so cobbler pies would work too.
This is my favourite episode. Glad you enjoyed it.
I'm 43 so this is I think the first episode I remember watching as it aired. Its one of my favourite hours of TV ever.
I remember watching this episode. By this time, the episodes were on a Sunday early evening and it was all everybody was talking about the next day at school. ‘What about the bit where..? What about when Del Boy said..? Great memories.
The money they won was about £5000 at the time which is about £16000 now.
I'm not going with the sodding Groovy Gang.
You guys should check out a movie called "The full monty" it's got our man Denzil in it.
Good shout both would love it 👍
Nice episode to bring Cassandra’s character into the show more, Rodney acting like a kid with his bruise was beautifully done lol You saucy git thats Petuna, how they kept a straight face 🤣
The question of whether they're going to sell the sofa : John Sullivan explained once that the furniture kept changing in the flat because that's what happened when he was growing up, where families would regularly sell furniture on the hoof if they needed a few bob and buy replacements when they could.
God... Gina Bellman (the holiday rep) has hardly aged!
She was on Coupling of course, just to give that another mention 🙂
Mike “overall a pretty good episode” literally one of the best episodes… not fully convinced Mike is 100% invested in this show
Lol why, cus he didnt rate it as highly as you?
It's only about £5000
In 1989. Today, adjusted for inflation, it's over £16,000.
Yeah in 2026 it seems weird to be worried about buying condoms, but this was recorded at the height of the AIDS epidemic, there was a bit of a stigma. It was all over the news with a lot of misinformation being thrown around about it. Not that much different today really.
When you watch the OFaH documentary, from the early 2000s I think, David Jason mentions that it was his input to always be doing something whilst saying his lines, eating/making a sandwich etcetera.
Fantastic reaction both. When Trudy says : do you like BROS?" She's talking about the British boy band from the 1980's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bros_(British_band)
When will I, will I be famoussssss
The emergence of Cassandra in my opinion. We see it here.
A million pesetas is not as much as it sounds. It’s somewhere in the area of $5000-7000.
Its worth 16 grand
One million Spanish pesetas in 1989 was the equivalent of between £5,000 - £5,500 (dependant on the specific inflation metric used). So, unfortunately for Del and Rodney, not as much money as they thought it would be. £5,000 in 1989 is equivalent in purchasing power to around £14,000 to £16,000 in 2026. What a fantastic “groovy” episode though. Poor Rodney. Del Boy wouldn’t be Del Boy if he didn’t put his little brother through it all, just for the chance to grab a freebie holiday. Classic OFAH.
A million pesetas would have only been about £5000.
Not something to turn your nose up at. In 1989, my parents bought a house for £11000, which they sold last year for just under a million quid.
Alright Dave!!!! ……And Dave…………
Close Mike. "What a load of old cobbler’s" Is cockney rhyming slang for "cobbler's awls" a tool cobblers (shoemakers) use rhyming with "balls". "awls" "balls". "What a load of old cobbler’s" = balls = lies or more like nonsense.
I love this episode xx great reactions glad you liked it xx
Next episode is a good one. In this episode they mentioned Bros. Bros was a brother duo pop group in the late 80s early 90s . The brother Luke Goss went on to Star in some big movies. He played the evil villain in Hellboy 2 and a vampire villain in blade 2 as well as starting in some other big productions.
In TV shows you don't generally see food like sandwiches being prepared as thoroughly and eaten, this shows that scene was done all in one take, in front of live audience, the beauty of ofah is how natural the scenes are, makes the show so relatable and timeless
That’s thanks to David Jason, because he loves working with the set and props. He just has to keep moving around and doing things.
Yes it's just butter, maybe I'm wrong but Americans don't tend to butter bread for Sandwiches. But yes it's just butter or Marg
'I thought you were going out with the old woman who lived in the shoe?!!'.........This whole period of Only Fools is just classic after classic after classic!!
It's sad how much I look forward to Sundays just for this 😅
and the roast dinner lol
There’s a sort of stigma attached to it😭
A million pesetas wasn't that much anyway 🤣 well not in the sense that they'd be millionaires.
Cobblers in this context can be seen as equivalent to “what a load of crap”. It can mean lies, but it can also mean that what is being said is stupid.
Nice use of Corben Dallas as a verb.
It's the Groovy gang everyone 😄
A load of old cobblers = Cobblers awls= Balls (aka - bollocks) So "What a load of bollocks" or, in other words, "you're talking a load of shit".
Porkies (pork pies) is lies; cobblers is cobbler’s awls for balls - i.e. bollocks. Which is more nuanced than lies, more like nonsense in this context. But a good guess Mike.
I’ve been waiting for this episode for weeks I’m so excited to watch it
I always wondered what “bringing all her gear” meant. My first thought was some kind of sex toy, but he seems too prudish for that. He called Rodney an immoral pervo for being into women in uniforms.
My mind cannon is it's sexy lingerie
This is my all-time favourite episode.
yes, we always butter our bread in sandwiches x
Roast beef or ham require mustard not butter
Now your seeing the show evolve
Been waiting all week for this one. Another great episode! Great way to start a Sunday morning with a nice cuppa
Been looking forward to this one
Groovy 👍
At long last! My all time favourite episode!
Same, my fave too 👍 and was the first ep I ever saw.