Red Dwarf

[mistahclarke]

Back to reality was a great episode, when red dwarf was at it's peak. The episode that saw the first outing of Dwane Dibley and Timothy spall's cameo. "blatant clue". Love it.

 

[blue-shifted]

Best ever episode. Queeg.

Six? Do me a lemon. That's a poor I.Q. for a glass of water. - Holly

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Best ever episode. Queeg.

Agreed! Queeg is an awesome episode. definitely Holly's best.

We are talking jape of the decade. We are talking April, May, June, July and August fool - Wheeze of the week mate. - Holly

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Anyone know if this is being repeated? Missed it on Dave last night.

Joke

It's on Dave....Trust me it WILL be repeated

 

[magoo]

It was only the one off special "Back to Earth" aka season 9 that was without a laughter track - and people weren't generally keen on that.

Are you sure you're not remembering it wrong? That happened to me once when rewatching League of Gentleman - I could have sworn it didn't have a laughter track, but apparently it always did.

Possibly i suppose. Just don't remember laughter on it before lol.

 

[Colossal Squid]

Very pleasantly surprised. Like most people I found the Back To Earth special to be total shit and the series before that was turd as well. I'd all but given up hope but a positive review in the Guardian convinced me to give this new effort a go and it really was back on form.

It's like the producers actually listened to the fans and they simply went back to what people liked. The deep space setting is all well and good, but most of the jokes could translate to any situation a lot of the time, the sci-fi is just a bit of a backdrop and plot enabler. Recognising this and just sticking to straightforward gags that work with the small, original cast, has brought the show back to what it used to be and I think they may actually have managed to rescue it.

Classic example of why you shouldn't mess with a winning formula