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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Fletch
Norman Stanley fletcher.
Fletcher: Lovely day for it.
Prison Officer: You won't be getting IT for a long time.
Fletcher: You obviously haven't had it for a long time. |
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Has to be porridge, I was once interviewed to be a Prison Officer and during a chat with other Officers, they mentioned Porridge and asked us (we were doing tests) if we thought it was accurately portraying prison life. We answered no not really, he said it was very accurate, he’d met every single character over the years and yes, plenty of ‘Fletchers’
Fletch first me every time  |
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Pure comic genius!
Fork handles skit makes me smile just thinking about it
Porridge was great, Going Straight not so good
Short sighted Clarence was pretty good too
Loved Open All Hours
I have those 4 series' boxsets |
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"It doesn't get any better than Four Candles or The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town.
David Jason did the voice over for this"
And Barry Cryer was the Phantom Raspberry-Blower himself.
I used to go to school with somebody who lived next door to Ronnie Barker. |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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Open All Hours was probably my least favourite of his shows - just found it a little twee in the Last Of The Summer Wine sense.
Porridge was a classic, The Two Ronnies likewise
The real joy of Ronnie Barker, much like his protege David Jason, was his ability to be convincing as a complete variety of characters and his sense of timing and word play. |
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Has to be his portrayal of ‘Fletch’ in Porridge for me. I never tire of watching it and even though you know what’s coming you can’t help but laugh.
He used to have a second home near by and could occasionally be seen in town, had a friend who managed a Currys shop and sold him electrical appliances on several occasions, he said he was a real gent and very unassuming. |
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I think he was one of the greatest comedy actors of all time.
He really seemed to become the character he was playing.
You wouldn't think that " Fletch " and "Arkwright" were played by the same person.
But am I the only one who now getting sick and tired of the number of times his shows are being repeated on tv.
Talk about overkill. |
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By *os19Man
over a year ago
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I preferred Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours than Porridge.In Open all hours he starred together with David Jason in all the episodes.In Porridge the two did appear together in two episodes. In Going Straight the spin-off to Porridge Nicholas Lyndhurst plays his son.Both David Jason & Nicholas Lyndhurst would go on to star in perhaps the greatest British comedy of all time Only Fools And Horses. I think working with Ronnie Barker helped them both in their careers. |
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