Only Fools and Horses Jokes you missed the first time round
Last week UKPA reported that David Jason revealed some occasions when he felt a one-liner would fail while making Only Fools and Horses
In detail, Sir David Jason explained a particular example of a Del Boy joke that fell flat while he was filming Only Fools And Horses.
What’s my old april in Cockney rhyming slang?
UKPA reports “The veteran actor said he had raised his doubts about the line to writer John Sullivan, but that John had insisted the studio audience would find it funny. He said: “I had to say to Rodney or somebody, ‘I was so worried that my old April was pouting like a guddun’ and I said to John Sullivan, ‘what is that?’ He said ‘it’s modern day Cockney rhyming slang’. So I said ‘what does it mean?’ He said ‘well, my old April, April in Paris, Harris, Aristotle, Bottle, Bottle and Glass, A**e.’ So I said ‘John that’ll never get a laugh’, he said, ‘yeah it will, they’ll all know it’. So there in front of an audience I said ‘I was so worried that my old April was pouting like a guddun’ and the audience were completely silent. John Sullivan, he was up in the box, he laughed. But that was just one moment I’ve never forgotten because it did absolutely stop the show, it stopped me and I did warn him. Everybody had to say, ‘what did it mean?'”
There have been a few that take some explanation, but for me that’s the beauty of the script
Let us know any you found took a little work to understand.
Why Police Helicopter is funny saying it a barratts helicopter?
Here is one you may need a little help with….
Friday 14th https://www.ofah.net/blog/friday-the-14th/
If you don’t remember a Barratts housing advert in the eighties then the joke about a helicopter going over will make little sense….Barratt
There is the sound of a helicopter passing over. Del looks from the window, closing his eyes with relief.
Chief: Is that a police helicopter?
Del: No, you’re alight. (A quick thought) It’s Barratts!!
Why A Saucy Little Git?
The word means cheeky in south London
Over to you…
In Fatal Extraction when putting Damien to bed Del goes ‘He’s only 10’. Did I miss something there cos Damien is clearly about 2!
Why did he say Harris for his arse
What’s sprouncing mean
I always assumed that it was ‘April farce’ = arse. Even if I am wrong the joke still makes sense though.
When I was young and we didn’t have access to the internet like today, many of Del’s faux French throwaway comments were above me and it was a few years before I understood what some of them meant and only because I purchased and English/French Collins mini dictionary and paused the video to look them up. They still made me laugh even in my ignorance though!
What exactly is a ‘saucy git’?
The saying has always made me laugh and I understand that it’s a negative dig (usually by Del Boy) but why use the word ‘saucy’? In most eyes, ‘saucy’ means sexy, naughty..etc.
Or Saucy could mean cheeky