{"id":4145,"date":"2012-08-12T11:02:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T10:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2016-05-31T07:47:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T06:47:29","slug":"del-boy-rodney-back-closing-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/del-boy-rodney-back-closing-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Del Boy and Rodney Back for Closing Ceremony"},"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<p><strong>Update after ceremony:<\/strong> It didn&#8217;t look like David Jason and Nick Lyndhurst playing\u00a0Del Boy and Rodney in the Closing Olympic Ceremony to me though it was a classic scene that few Americans would of understood. They are probably wondering how the caped crusaders are ever related to a Reliant Regal Super Van? \u00a0With\u00a0Michael Caine&#8217;s classic 1969 film The Italian Job with the famous line: about only supposed to blow the doors off the sketched kicked off the ceremony. It was shown on the big screens at the same time as 1980s pop stars Madness singing one of their most popular hits, Our House, indicating a real street party atmosphere.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If Del could make a comment about the ceremony, what would it be? Obvious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u200e&#8221;I don&#8217;t care what they say, you can&#8217;t whack The Who&#8221;!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For those that missed it:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4158\" title=\"ceremony\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ceremony.jpg\" alt=\"Del Boy and Rodney Back for Closing Ceremony\" width=\"550\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ceremony.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ceremony-530x277.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Before:<\/strong> Their are very strong rumors that David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst will reprise their roles of Del Boy and Rodney Trotter, with their Reliant Regal Super van reportedly being blown up in a sequence in which they pretend to be Batman and Robin.<\/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<h2>Del Boy and Rodney Back at the Olympics<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4146\" title=\"Del Boy and Rodney Back for Closing Ceremony\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/heroes-villians.jpg\" alt=\"Del Boy and Rodney Back for Closing Ceremony\" width=\"500\" height=\"264\" \/>After 18 years since the dynamic duo gave us the classic episode Heroes and Villains we may well see a site we never thought possible.<\/p>\n<p>Surely Del and Rodney are the perfect representation of Londoners and the very British attitude of never giving up when your down. \u00a0With\u00a0Danny Boyle\u2019s input , who knows what to expect tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Who can forget the lasting image of Del and Rodney with the three wheeled van and trying to check fo a petrol leek with their cigarette lighter in the middle of Peckham high street.<\/p>\n<p>If rumors are correct then they will be joining The Spice Girls, George Michael, Muse and Ed Sheeran with other possible acts including Brian May, Annie Lennox, the Pet Shop Boys, Tinie Tempah, Jessie J and Kate Bush.\u00a0The Who, Take That, Elton John, The Kinks, Adele, Kaiser Chiefs and Madness are also rumoured to be performing<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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\/del-boy-rodney-back-closing-ceremony\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ceremony-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Del Boy and Rodney Back for Closing Ceremony\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>Update after ceremony: It didn&#8217;t look like David Jason and Nick Lyndhurst playing\u00a0Del Boy and Rodney in the Closing Olympic Ceremony to me though it was a classic scene that few Americans would of understood. 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