Mar

Only Fools and Horses Cuts – Part 7

by Ronnie English

Last week Ronnie English looked at The Jolly Boys Outing and the lost original scenes when released on DVD in the UK.

Today we turn our attention to another great Christmas special.

Miami Twice (1991)

Miami Twice was another special that was cut, there is one major cut made because of music, and other minor cuts for content reasons. The DVD has Miami Twice listed as one episode, originally it was two episodes, and each broadcast on different dates. Another point to make it that there was no audience laughter track in part two. The DVD version mixes both episodes into one and adds a canned laughter track to episode two. The original opening and closing of the episodes has also been removed or edited to make it look like one episode. The first cut to take place is at the end of the first episode. In the original version, a scene showing Del and Rodney getting on to the aeroplane, Del is also seen singing. This is removed completely from the DVD version. The following lines have been lost:

Del:” Hey, hey! Come on Rodders! , Everything’s free in America, kippers for tea in America. Have a nice day.”

Rodney: “Oi! Pack it in, get on that aeroplane!”
Del: “Alright, alright.”

The end credits then play.

Come on Rodders

Everything’s free in America, kippers for tea in America

Miami Twice End of Part 1

In part two, A small cut occurs at the start on the aeroplane when Del removes his earphones, The word “Oh” is lost because of music. The original opening with the music track “Rocking All over the World” by Status Quo has been removed and replaced with “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears For Fears. The introduction scenes have also been edited.

Miami Twice opening credits cut

Miami Twice opening credits part 2 cut

The major cut occurs at the club occurs because of music and takes place after the line “Were here on holiday”. The following lines have been lost:

Sal: “Vacation.”
Rico: “Oh vacation! Yeah, yeah, I thought as much. Well, welcome to America.”
Del: Yeah, “well thanks very much, son.”
Tony: “We don’t get many Australians round here.”
Del: “Look, we are not Australian, right?”
Rod: “We are British.”
Rico: “British! We love the British! Are you, erm, living locally?”
Del: “Well no. No, we’ve got one of them camper things out there in the street, you know. We just whack our bags and what have you in the back and off we go. (Tony talks quietly to Lurch. Lurch leaves the club)”
Pauli: “It’s the best way to see the country.”
Del: “Yeah, well, I mean – you can’t whack it, can you?”
Rico: “No, like you say, you can’t whack it. So can I get you guys a drink.”
Del: “Er, well, er no… ”
Sal: ” I don’t think this is wise, Rico.”
Rod: “You see the thing is, we’ve got to drive over to the camping-site…sorry the camper-park, before it closes see.”
Pauli: “Oh come on, you must have time for one!”
Del: “Well, we can have one, Rodney, what do you reckon, eh?”
Rod: “Yeah, go on then.”
Del: “Yeah we’ll have a drink with you – let’s introduce ourselves. This is my brother Rodney and my name’s Del – that’s er, short for Derek.”
Rico: “Hi, Rodney…Derek. I’m Rico. This is my cousin Salvatore and our friend Pauli”.
Sal: “Are you enjoying your stay so far?”
Del: “Oh yes, er, great. No, we’re having a blinding time.”
Rico: “Why don’t you join us?”

like you say, you can’t whack it

Miami Twice Cut Scene

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Next week we will look at Only Fools and Horses Cuts for Mother Nature’s Son and Time on our hands

In a few weeks time we will reveal one episode with 18 minutes cut out! – it went from 76 minutes to 58 minutes!

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