The testing relationship between Mother in Law and Son in Law here is not uncommon in some families here. The later episode where Nana has to stay with the Royles a while after an operation (despite Jim not wanting her there) was very familiar, and the cause of a memorable argument between him and Barbara, which Barbara wins.
I never took it that Nana was ever a liar about owning all these antiques, she's just a bit baffled and thinks the cheap stuff she probably owned is the same as the expensive items she's watching on TV.
Well it’s exactly like mine. I used to think Caroline Aherne had been secretly filming us. We’re from Stockport, my dad was a scouser and the conversations were exactly like the ones my mum had with our elderly neighbours, who were always popping in for a brew.
The Queen of Sheba episode is probably one of the best hour and halves of comedy drama you'll ever see - beautifully written and both hilariously funny and poignant in equal measure.
Liz was apparently quite upset to be written out of the show but Caroline Aherne knew she wasn’t going to write much more of it so gave this amazing double episode to Liz - who gave one of the most classic performances on British TV. She lived to 95! Such a wonderful character/comic actress
Love your stuff Josh. You just keep enjoying these comedy masterpieces. Haters be damned. The Royle Family is a reminder of our own families for so many of us...a lot of it is pretty universal. My brother-in-law is our very own Jim Royle,
My ‘Auntie Annie’ was my great aunt and the closest thing I had to a grandma,she used to say this all the time while readily accepting sherry after sherry. Bless her ❤
I’ve always loved The Royle Family. Over the top and completely bizarre comedies have their place and will always make me laugh but going back to this and it just being so relatable really puts a smile on my face. It’s the same with Still Game, whilst it’s stories are more over the top, we’ve all met old boys exactly like some of them just as most of us had family nights sat around the TV like this.
(10:59) The guy 'who kept saying 'No'' is called Joe. His wife is called Mary. In one episode, Mary's introducing themselves to a Royle family guest, by saying: "I'm Mary and my husband's Joseph - just like in the Bible. "Except that we have Cheryl ...and not Jesus". The scripting for this show is everything.
Fere Hand Tool Grinder - "This is an old Irish saying that means the person is a lazy wanker. Generally this is used as a term of affection about friends."
Brother, love the content, ill give you a little tip that'll bring u so many views, try finding the British series, The Worst Week of my Life, its truly brilliant and extremely funny. its a 3 part series and a Christmas, special. best of luck from London!!!
Eartha-Kitt and Tom Tit are both rhyming slang for taking a shit. Also my eldest brother back in the day when we was having Sunday dinner in the folks household, used to call him Antony making him do everything for us cause of this
Forgotten this, brilliant series, lot of slang is tuning so can get complicated “bottle & glass = arse But people just say bottle, as in “he’s lost his bottle”
Anyone see the programme that the father and son in this show did recently on sky gold about travelling in a camper van around northern England. It was actually alright
I guess you know by now, but rhyming slang is usually based on a proper name or phrase from popular culture, rather than anything too random (but not always the case). Eartha Kitt was a popular singer from the 50's onwards, and also played Catwoman for a bit in the 60's Batman TV series, so she became bit of a household name that rolls of the tongue. Somewhat unfortunate for her that it rhymes with what it does, lol, but I hope she'd appreciate it in some way.... maybe! She's in good company with Barry White (for sh1te) and countless others. Tom Tit (as used in this episode) is a type of bird.
Character Jim was a shop steward during minors strike in the 80s when Thatcher made picketing illegal ended up getting 2 years in prison then was black listed so drifted into acting, really funny,funny man.✊♥️😍😁
