It strikes me as odd that decent shows like "Filthy, Rich and Catflap" are forgotten when dung heaps like "Mad About Alice" and "All About Me" are aired frequently to an audience of about 7 people and pointlessly recomissioned for extra crappy series.
After Ben Elton finished "The Young Ones", he went on to create this brilliant little sitcom. Its such a wonder that it never went on further but I guess that Elton had other projects to go back to such as "Blackadder 3", Rick was signed to ITV to do "The New Statesman" whilst Nigel Planer entered the world of musicals, so inevitably the show couldn't have gone any further and its just these 6 episodes that we have to savour.
The show evolves around Ritchie Rich: a talentless forgotten has-been who still believes in his mind that he is famous and in the public eye, Ralph Filthy: a dirty minded, unhealthy man who is also Ritchies theatrical agent and Eddie Catflap: The drunken minder/bodyguard of Ritchie Rich.
Heres a couple of examples of what you'd expect on the show (spoilers within):
RITCHIE: Eddie, these are brilliant pics of Midge Ure with Thatch. The newspapers will pay us loads for them.
EDDIE: Why don't we take the pics to Midge Ure and see what he'd pay for them.
RITCHIE: Eddie? Are you suggesting we blackmail one of the worlds greatest rock and roll stars?
EDDIE: No, I'm suggesting we blackmail Midge Ure.
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RITCHIE: How do you plug this bloody typewriter in?!
FILTHY: Have you just spent the last 4 hours trying to plug the typewriter in?
RITCHIE: But this thing is just bloody stupid. Look at the plug: two pins at the top, one pin at the bottom. The socket in the wall has to one pin at the top and two pins at the bottom. I mean it just defies logic all together
FILTHY: Oh how infinitly depressing. You've got it the wrong way up, daughter.
RITCHIE: Oh I see. What, so I'm supposed to just go in there and turn the wall upside down, am I?
If you ever get the chance to buy the video tapes (which thankfully I have) then take it. You won't regret it.
After Ben Elton finished "The Young Ones", he went on to create this brilliant little sitcom. Its such a wonder that it never went on further but I guess that Elton had other projects to go back to such as "Blackadder 3", Rick was signed to ITV to do "The New Statesman" whilst Nigel Planer entered the world of musicals, so inevitably the show couldn't have gone any further and its just these 6 episodes that we have to savour.
The show evolves around Ritchie Rich: a talentless forgotten has-been who still believes in his mind that he is famous and in the public eye, Ralph Filthy: a dirty minded, unhealthy man who is also Ritchies theatrical agent and Eddie Catflap: The drunken minder/bodyguard of Ritchie Rich.
Heres a couple of examples of what you'd expect on the show (spoilers within):
RITCHIE: Eddie, these are brilliant pics of Midge Ure with Thatch. The newspapers will pay us loads for them.
EDDIE: Why don't we take the pics to Midge Ure and see what he'd pay for them.
RITCHIE: Eddie? Are you suggesting we blackmail one of the worlds greatest rock and roll stars?
EDDIE: No, I'm suggesting we blackmail Midge Ure.
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RITCHIE: How do you plug this bloody typewriter in?!
FILTHY: Have you just spent the last 4 hours trying to plug the typewriter in?
RITCHIE: But this thing is just bloody stupid. Look at the plug: two pins at the top, one pin at the bottom. The socket in the wall has to one pin at the top and two pins at the bottom. I mean it just defies logic all together
FILTHY: Oh how infinitly depressing. You've got it the wrong way up, daughter.
RITCHIE: Oh I see. What, so I'm supposed to just go in there and turn the wall upside down, am I?
If you ever get the chance to buy the video tapes (which thankfully I have) then take it. You won't regret it.