How Far Only Fools and Horses Has Come
Article by Daniel Thompson
It is not long since Only fools and horses finished but when it was replayed on BBC 1 last month it was described as a classic comedy, this is perhaps a testament to just how far we have come in the last 20 years or so with regards to the internet, Mobile phones, computers and Dels favourite, fax machines. Del was one of the first people to try and flog some mobile phones, admittedly in the late 80′s to early 90′s they looked like bricks – but he was hit with comments like “only an idiot would buy one” by mike.
Another thing which has come along way is computers in general, in the episode Yuppy love, we see rodney typing away on a computer not to dissimilar to the one seen in the early seasons of lost, also in the frogs legacy when Del is trying to sell a computer to the priest, its quite hard to believe just how advanced we have become in just 20 years.
Del Boys Fax Machine
My final Comparison is Del and his dodgy fax machines compared to today’s world of Email or even facebook, Del would constantly be trying to flog fax machines to Mike or Boycie down the nags head, but the fax machine become obsolete in the early noughties when email really took off. This understandably is the natural order of anything, the old dies away to pave way for the new, but what this really tells us is just how strong John Sullivan’s portrayal of characters and story telling actually is, to be able to accumulate new viewers via uk gold on a daily basis, but also keep the old viewers hooked on episodes they have already seen many times.
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John Sullivan is a legend, and so are the reast of the people from Only Fools and Horses, David Jason,Nick Lyndhurst,Lennard Pearce and Buster Merryfield just to name a few of the Only fools gang, they are the reason we are called Great Birtain because Great people like them make Great programs like Only Fools and Horses
“Mr Perfect” – This article was purely written as a brief appraisal of John Sullivan as a writer, when so much else has changed (Humour, slang terms, prejudice in society, etc.) – the whole article is not pointless – as it is making a point!
At the end of the article say:
“what this really tells us is just how strong John Sullivan’s portrayal of characters and story telling actually is, to be able to accumulate new viewers via uk gold on a daily basis, but also keep the old viewers hooked on episodes they have already seen many times.”
Maybe you just didn’t pick it up.
One of the most pointless articles I have ever read.
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