Something about Chloe Annett in a constant state of "Oh god now what" keeps making me laugh. And that rice switch at 21:29 onwards was absolutely perfect 🤣🤣
I remember watching this when it aired. At the time, Can't Cook Won't Cook was on ALL THE TIME (it ran for a mind-boggling 685 episodes in the space of 5 years) so this skit seemed entirely normal. Now, after 23 years, having not seen Can't Cook Won't Cook in over two decades, this is among the more bizarre things I've ever seen. Of all the things to do with the Red Dwarf crew, having them participate in a now obscure 90s cooking show seems like the most off the wall bonkers idea.
I get the feeling that when the BBC tasked them with filling an entire night with Red Dwarf related content, they started scraping the barrel pretty early. Given that the other programmes were a painfully bad Dwarf themed University Challenge episode and a commentary/documentary called 'The Red Dwarf A-Z' (G is for GELF, R is for Rimmer), I think you can tell how much padding they had to do. Which other BBC shows from the time could they have used, though? They couldn't build any new sets or anything
@@HereticDuo Oh they knew! They were way ahead of Doug and Rob and they smirk smugly every time someone uses them. cool my cream in the smeg, laughter. Heat my sauce on the smeg. Laughter. Hey, where did the makers name this kitchen shit? Falling on the floor and writhing with mirth comedy! All hail the Smeg guys becausee they made Red Dwarf possible, maybe!
It's interesting to note that this came between season 7 and 8, because the humor really recaptures the vibe of series' 5 and 6. The sharp one liners and the cast having their characters completely perfected.
That's one of the roles that landed him a part in Family Guy. Before this, he hadn't done comedy on TV yet, save for a few corny bits in TNG that looked absolutely horrible (not his fault though). And in turn, seeing that Stewart could do both serious drama and over-the-top comedy, Saulnier decided to approach him with the script for Green Room, to see if he could be scary as well.
Only the red dwarf crew could upstage Ainsley, only Ainsley could upstage the red dwarf crew... perfect... I love how Clare looks genuinely concerned for the boys at times!
It was broadcast way back in 1998. I remember I was at school looking forward to it all day, Red Dwarf night lol. I think it was broadcast inbetween series seven and eight.
Listening to Patrick Stewart talk shit about Red Dwarf is the best thing I have ever heard x'D Not because I dislike Red Dwarf - I adore Red Dwarf... I just think hearing Captain Picard talk crap (in his monotone voice) about another sci-fi television show is hysterical.
The benefit of this is you get to watch Lister throw some raw chicken at Ainsley. I have to admit I played that part a lot and then nearly went unconscious from laughing too much.
I think I was a bit young to remember this. I remember Red dwarf itself all the kids used to play it in the school playground we were only like seven or eight years old at the time. We would watch the latest episode the night before, and the next day, all the kids would be reanacting it on breaks and lunchtime. Everyone was arguing on who's going to play Ace Rimmer.😂 LoL memories are great. The best days of my life, from then on, life got more complicated. Great days and a great show...😊
Wow am I the only one who laughed through the whole of this? I thought it was really funny! I think seeing them go in and out of character (especially Chris) was adorable! Plus who doesn't want to see a cooking show with Duane Dibbly and the boys from the dwarf in it! BUT I do agree that Kochanski standing there in the corner bugged me... it's like she didn't know what to do with herself? They should have had her either participate more or just be out of shot while the boys got on with it, smegheads.
The constant look of dread on Chloes face the entire time was priceless. Also pretty well founded given how uncooked chicken can kill you, plus watching them goof about when she has to eat whatever they make. They really should have done something else haha
Anyone else thinking Danny John Jules is a bit of a chef? The way he slices some of those ingredients... Cat should have come back and stole the food at the end.
lol, this episode is screamingly funny! Paticularly the bits where Ainsley gets really cross with the crew, especially the bit where the crew brought in some bizarre and unhygienic ingredients for the show! But I think that bit was inspired from Ready Steady Cook, where contestants bring in ingredients for the chef from their own shopping under a fiver. To me it sounds like an episode of can't cook won't cook gone wrong!
@@sambee8982 Could be a whole series: Goit's Kitchen... Ramsay's Gimboid Nightmares... MasterSmeg... Great British Smeg Off... How about Smeg Apprentice? Dragon's Goit? Gimboid News? The Daily Smeg?
The British have an outstanding talent in making the best Sci/fi comedies, especially with a low budget and terrible costumes which just makes it more...alluring then any fancy high budget CGI stuff. Another British sci/fi comedy that has this flair, granted it's nowhere near as good as Red Dwarf, and it is called Hyperdrive. Shame Hyperdrive only had a two season run but it has elements of Red Dwarf and such that makes it very fun to watch.
