{"id":178,"date":"2009-12-23T09:05:57","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T09:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ofah.webhostingireland.ie\/blog\/?p=178"},"modified":"2017-02-08T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T13:44:59","slug":"healthy-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/healthy-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: right; margin:5px 0 5px 5px;\">\n<amp-auto-ads type=\"adsense\"\r\n              data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\">\r\n<\/amp-auto-ads>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Healthy Competition Episode Review<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Brief:<\/strong> Rodney breaks up the Trotter partnership to go it  alone &#8211; with Mickey Pierce! Does Micky&#8217;s trip the Costas mean that the duo are  opening a Spanish branch already? Still Del has a heart and a mate Towser, maybe  they can help Rodney out of his sorry state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transmitted: 17.11.1983<br \/>\nDuration: 30 minutes<br \/>\nViewing Figures: 9.7 million<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ofah2-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5593259115\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Rodney is taking stock of his life, and at the age of 24 he is disappointed  to find he has only risen to become Del&#8217;s look-out while they&#8217;re on the make  with dodgy goods.<\/div>\n<div>After a bit of soul-searching &#8211; during which Del narrowly escapes the Old  Bill while Rodders was lost in thought &#8211; Rodney breaks some big news to Del that  he&#8217;s set up a rival business with Mickey Pearce.<\/div>\n<div>Shocked and hurt by this, Del warns him that if he wants to stand on his  own two feet, then the price is total independence from the TITCO cash flow;  including beer money.<\/div>\n<div>Later at an auction, Del warns his Little Bruv not to buy Lot 37, but  Rodney doubts his brother&#8217;s generosity &#8211; thinking that he wants the lot for  himself &#8211; and he buys Lot 37 unseen.<\/div>\n<div>It turns out that Lot 37 is a bunch of broken lawnmower engines that Del  had sold in the first place, and after Mickey Pearce uses their meagre profits  for a trip to Benidorm, Rodders is soon back as a partner in Trotters  Independent Traders.<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/images\/healthy.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/images\/healthy5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/images\/healthy2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/images\/healthy7.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Episode Observations<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>In Healthy Competition, in the scene where the dogs are chasing Del through  the alley as they run around the corner some dogs run a different way, yet in  the very next scene all the dogs are chasing Del.<\/li>\n<li>In Healthy Competition, At the auction, Rodney and Mickey get the  lawnmower engines from Lot 37. They ask Del what he bought and he says the  crystal glasses that Rodney and Mickey were originally after. The crystal  glasses were in Lot 36 so Rodney and Mickey would know what Del bought and  wouldn&#8217;t have to ask him.<\/li>\n<li>In Healthy Competition, the actor playing the Auctioneer &#8211; Rex Robinson  is the same actor in Video Nasty playing the Vicar.<\/li>\n<li>In Healthy Competition, in the Flat when Rodney comes in and he and Del  argue about him not seeing the police car, first we see the door behind Rodney  swinging open, then in the next shot of him it as closed.<\/li>\n<li>In Healthy Competition, remember Harry, who asked Rodney whether he&#8217;d  bought the lawn mower engines after the auction? And remember the vicar in the  episode Video Nasty? They are two different characters played by the same actor,  Rex Robinson! Check the cast lists!<\/li>\n<li>In Healthy Competition, When Del is running from the policeman, Rodney  pulls up in the van opposite an alleyway. The next shot shows Del getting in the  van but the vans moved forward down the road.<\/li>\n<li>In Healthy Competition, at the beginning, Del has 6 dogs in his suitcase,  yet later when they all fall out he has 10!<\/li>\n<li>In Healthy Competition, after the auction, Granddad says &#8220;What, a Wendy  House&#8221; at that point granddads not laughing , the next shot he&#8217;s been creasing  himself.<\/li>\n<li>In Healthy Competition, When Del enters the flat really angry (After  being chased by that copper)..He slams the door shut and starts complaining to  Granddad&#8230;Then Rodney walks in but he FAILS to shut the door&#8230;You can see it  slowly swinging open behind him&#8230;Rodney is never seen closing it, but in the  next scene it is slammed shut&#8230;Which means Floor Manager to the rescue or  something.<\/li>\n<li>In Healthy Competition, the van is shown to be yellow inside the backdoor  as well as outside, whereas in &#8220;A Touch of Glass&#8221; the van has had a serious  spray job as the complete interior of the van is a dark red.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Healthy Competiton Script<\/h2>\n<div>The script will be downloadable from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/files\/Healthy%20Competition.txt\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/healthy-competition\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" src=\"\" class=\"alignright wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>Healthy Competition Episode Review Brief: Rodney breaks up the Trotter partnership to go it alone &#8211; with Mickey Pierce! Does Micky&#8217;s trip the Costas mean that the duo are opening a Spanish branch already? Still Del has a heart and a mate Towser, maybe they can help Rodney out of his sorry state. Transmitted: 17.11.1983 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[65,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episodes","category-series-3"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Healthy Competition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Healthy Competition Episode Review Brief: Rodney breaks up the Trotter partnership to go it alone - with Mickey Pierce! 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