Re: The best movie based on a sit-com

by Zarniwoop Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:56 pm

I bet none of you can remember the "On The Buses" films budgie menace

by Nightjar Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:09 pm

None of us want to remember them. sad yes

by Zarniwoop Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:14 pm

Ohhh the old excuse...PRETEND you don't remember them..

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:24 pm

I saw the first fifteen minutes of Holiday on the Buses, a few years back.

Fifteen minutes was plenty.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:24 pm

It was the most horrifying film Hammer ever made.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:25 pm

They were both on on ITV2 over the Easter weekend. sad yes

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:26 pm

Wikipedia has a list of films based on British sit-coms:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_British_television_series#Comedy

by Zarniwoop Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:26 pm

I waited for them but they were late, then they both turned up at once.

by Zarniwoop Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:27 pm

I suppose you could include that Red Dwarf feature length episode that was on Dave last week.

I liked it.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:28 pm

There was a George and Mildred movie. gasp

by Nightjar Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:28 pm

The first OTBs film is the most misogynistic film ever made.

And that includes actual footage of stonings in the Middle East.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:32 pm

by Fangirl Three Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:58 pm

Zarniwoop wrote:I bet none of you can remember the "On The Buses" films

That was the one I was trying to remember. Holiday on the Buses. With Henry McGee dressed up as Jeremy Thorpe, and the psychotic chef with the cleaver, and Blakey finally flipping and trying to kill Jack/Stan in the pool.

by Zarniwoop Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:21 pm

by Fangirl Three Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:48 pm

That's it. It's a very excitingly shot sequence, it really does sell us the idea that Stan/Jack is genuinely going to get the chop this time.

by Nightjar Sun Apr 19, 2020 6:49 pm

I watched most of the Porridge movie yesterday.

On mute, while I listened to underground rap.

My Mum called me up while it was on and we reminisced about seeing it at the movies when it came out.

I remembered that there was football match in it and She remembered that they had to break back into Slade.

Teamwork! box

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Apr 19, 2020 7:22 pm

Is the prison in Porridge named after the band?

by Nightjar Sun Apr 19, 2020 7:27 pm

No, the art school.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Apr 19, 2020 8:14 pm

Is the art school named after the band?

by Nightjar Sun Apr 19, 2020 8:19 pm

No.

Wimbledon school of art is named after the tennis however.

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