A British treasure, shame the goody goodys wouldn't allow it to be aired today,! Bunch of wallies, most of us who were alive then still speak the same and laugh at Bernard Manning.
@@p.s.w4744hate to burst your bubble but the cradle of civilization is not Britannia..it's Africa. We all walked out of Africa...what makes me laugh when I come across little Britain racists. ..not you .just when I do. They generally assume we are the captains of world economics. We gave empire away ..This countrys only allied with USA because of the war ..and only recently forgotten by them when we recently 2006 actually.made the last bullion payment..they insisted on bullion for becoming our war allies ..why austerity and penny pinching is the cornerstone of our politics...if you didn't know. Now you do .fun fact
I think porridge is better but going straight was a decent Spin Off. I think with Richard dying sort of overshadow the show due to it only having one season. I think the first season was feeling out where it wanted to go. If we had got more I think it would of found its ground. And got better and better.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..
Interesting continuation of Fletcher's story. Taking him out of prison where he was the big man and putting him in the outside world where he has nothing. The dynamic between Fletcher and Godber has changed too. In Porridge, Fletcher was Godber's father figure and mentor but in Going Straight, Godber has got his life back together and he's the one who has to "look after" Fletcher. It would have been nice to see them carry on into a second series, alas it was not meant to be.
Going Straight - S1 E2 Going To Be Alright 0441am 9.5.23 he wasn't the "big man"... just knew how contrived the us and them situation was and still is. one set of lards over there and one set of idiots over here. and lo!!! get him away from these drab lickspittles asap!!! the harsh reality of life is that the vast majority of them and the dishonest con that life has turned out to be - is that he can do without it all.
@@systemai Comments on ‘Going Straight - S1 E2 Going To Be Alright’ your philosophical steak house will no doubt set that right... can't wait for the mighty quips and devastating repartee of you guys to come pouring forth. what next... a bit pf Petrach..? Pindar? swan vesta quotes?
Yep, exactly that. It would seem harsh to describe the cancellation of Going Straight as a tragedy compared with the tragedy of Beckinsale's death - a hugely talented actor and a wonderful person. But that was the reason GS only ran to one series. A shame as it was a great sitcom. The first Barker/Beckinsale scene in this episode, in the pub, is a joy.
Last year I was in a YO/Adult prison on Friday Porridge would come on at about 10pm on Yesterday channel. The lads would shout "Porridge is on" and the entire Wing YOs, Drill lads, lads not even from England would just all sit in silence and watch there weren't many episodes so the same ones would repeat but no one minded. It may of been set in the 70s but it was a truer depiction of prison than any of these overly violent shows. Prison isn't all killing and fighting it's mostly a bunch of blokes miles away from loved ones in almost timeless void prison in 2022 looked very much like 1970s. No show captured the tedium, the little funny moments and the sense of almost brotherhood prison instills as well as Porridge and it never will. This is equally good but I'm glad it wasn't on during prison as seeing Fletch leave might of been oddly tough for us to see from our cells.
Loved this series a great follow up to Porridge remembering Fletch but more so Godber sadly taken from us way before his time.Being a lorry lover i love the old yellow Volvo F 88.
The great thing about the great Brit comedies is that they are so educational...40 years ago Basil Fawlty's American antagonist Mister Hamilton introduced to me and millions of others the exceptionally delicious 'Waldorf Salad' (sub grapes for cheese blocks I reckon) and now tonight I am googling 'Mato Grosso' a region in the western part of Brazil..educational and funny...you can't beat it.
“…it’s money. Money is independence. Money is respect, you know that? You can look the world in the face and say i upped my income now up yours.” Always loved Fletcher’s comment there. So relevant today as it was then. Truly sitcoms like this are long gone.
Really??... I use to be very wealthy and very stressed.. Now I'm poor and work in shop, yet I've never been happier. A lot more to a successful life than money
Who’s to say what’s too soon? He got more out of 32 yrs than some get out of double that, starred in 2 iconic shows alongside 2 icons and was married with 2 children.
@@John-tz2tx I am not sure his widow and children would have agreed with you? For children to have a parent die young it can be quite traumatic? They were 5 and 12 years old, when Richard died
I can't believe how much younger Rodney looks in this. And plus David Jason was also familiar with Rodney before Only Fools and Horses because he played Blanco.
21:04 I find it really strange to see Richard Beckinsale and Nicholas Lyndhurst on screen together and talking. I have them both psychologically separated in my head, like they belong to different era's even though of course they both existed at the same time, albeit with an age and size difference. Its also odd to see that Richard Beckinsale is no longer the youngest character in the thing he's in.
@@my_beer_stories Jason worked with Barker in a number of different Barker written projects in the early seventies, especially Porridge (three episodes) and Open All Hours (1976) and I always wondered whether Jason, through Barker's influence recommended Lyndhurst for the role of Dave/Rodney when John Sullivan and his team were first putting OFAH together. Indeed, there is something of the OFAH dynamic in this, with Fletcher, Godber and Raymond pre-dating the role of Grandad, Del and Rodney.
@@KebabMusicLtd this leads perfectly into OFAH. Think you're onto something there but I can't see a direct link between the two other than Nicholas Lundhurst.
@@KebabMusicLtd that is an excellent observation...I do remember watching it when it first came out and of course had no idea who Nicholas Lyndhurst was, but of course the rest is history. I'm sure Sullivan must have been an admirer of Clement and La Frenais and how they structured their work, and as you rightly say, it is a strikingly similar dynamic between the 3 male characters as in OFAH.
British 70’s sitcom was indeed a small but talented world. Nick Lydhurst as a pre-“Rodney”, sharing the screen with Ronnie Barker, shown coming out of a corner shop the very spit of Open All Hours, starring David Jason from Only Fools, in a double act with…Ronnie Barker😅
Very sad this series only went 1 season... for obvious reasons. I bet they had a ton of possible story lines ready for another 2 or 3 seasons. We lost out there. Brilliant comedy
John Sullivan got his first break writing sketches for The Two Ronnies ! he was gutted at not being able to get his foot in the door to work on writing for Porridge but I do think he was involved on the show somehow, can't remember now, it's in a long interview with him somewhere..But you can see all the connections there, Barker, Jason, Lyndhurst
Going Straight didn't have the magic of Porridge, but it's still a superb comedy in its own right. Hats off to Clement and LeFrenais for the brilliant writing. For me, the two greatest comedy acting performances in sitcom history are Ronnie Barker as Fletcher, and Leonard Rossiter as Rigsby.
When I was a little kid I thought fletcher and the bloke from the Two Ronnie's were two different people. My dad said it was the same bloke and I was gobsmacked.
This is really good. I would've considered it old fashioned as a youth, but watching again now it's got what' is and has been lacking in situation comedy, and comedy in general over the last few decades.
A total genius. The MAN of light entertainment..I put him on the podium with Peter cook and spike Milligan ..up there with Hancock and Erik Sykes ..a god of the 3 channels era.he strode it like a comedy colossus,Eric morcombe status ..
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?
@@brain8484 They both were aired in 1978 with this being shown earlier than Butterflies but I wouldn't have thought too many people would know which role he played first.
I always thought if when Fletcher saw his parole officer she had said since he had no job and his wife had left him she had said she had no other choice but to send him to a half way house and when he got there Mr. MacKay was in charge would of been hilarious.
The manageress of the Dry Cleaners with the coat hangers punchline used again by Clement & Le Frenais to brilliant effect in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Series 1 Episode "The Lovers" during dialogue between Oz and Dennis
9:14 A proper 14 carrot plonker enters the room 🤣. And 4 those of u that don't get the joke, its Rodney from fools and horses, Nick Lyndhurst. Going straight was a terrific comedy and a gr8 sequel 2 Porridge. RIP Richard and Ronnie.
Daniel Maya no it was extremely popular. Because Richard died and was very close to ronnie barker. Ronnie said no. It affected him that bad. All the best from Australia, 👌 👍
