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RIP Neighbours

Started by Blue Jam, March 03, 2022, 12:28:00 PM

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Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth

Quote from: Blue Jam on March 03, 2022, 04:06:38 PMIt looks like it did happen in Saved By The Bell but I never watched Saved By The Bell and I'm sure my memory of this predates Saved By The Bell so I am now convinced it also happened in one of the Aussie soaps.
There's the Saved By the Bell version
It was only a short fall from there to Showgirls.

Quote from: Sebastian Cobb on March 03, 2022, 04:28:09 PMThat was Kiwi you DUNCE.
Potato, potoytao.

Hat FM

i've stolen this 'content' from matt crosby and ed gamble's xfm show but a few incidents were reported during the neighbours tour where a member of the party would ask Harold Bishop (Ian something?) why he was so fat to which Harold (Ian) would respond 'cos every time i shag your mum she gives me a biscuit'. People thought it was odd that this question had been asked more than once on a tour and it turns out that at the beginning of the tour one of the party (presumably the most mischievous looking) is taken to one side and a request is made for them to ask the question. bit odd but Harold gets the last laugh.

remember watching this before i went to school. must have been about 4. think it was on after going for gold. Kylie was definitely my first crush as much as i pretend it was louise wener. I had forgotten about Bouncer's dream! and what about Todd being run over?! Bringing Holly Valance into tv was a great shout.

Cuellar

It was good when Harold went mental(?) and turned into a complete arsehole for a while. Real king shit.

Mr Banlon

Quote from: the science eel on March 03, 2022, 02:05:20 PMMrs. Mangel's PORTRAIT!
By the same person who did The Master's portrait in Manos : Hands of Fate
(I reckon)

Jasha

Production may continue if they can secure the investment from Mr Oudigowa

the science eel


Jasha

Quote from: Beagle 2 on March 03, 2022, 01:22:13 PMWhy was it such a hit with small British children?

Pretty blonde girls in the sunshine vs Michelle Fowler and our Tracey?

jobotic

Quote from: Jasha on March 03, 2022, 05:28:39 PMProduction may continue if they can secure the investment from Mr Oudigowa

My other go to quote when I try and pretend to be important. I've got to clinch the Oudigowa deal.

And if someone is looking fine "ooh, check out the Face of Lassiters".

checkoutgirl

Quote from: purlieu on March 03, 2022, 03:36:49 PMI wonder how they'll end it

Will they wheel out Harold and Madge one last time? They must be in their eighties now.

Always love to see Alan "Jim Robinson" Dale turn up in high-profile US series and movies.

Mr Banlon

At it's peak (late-80s) there were more people watching Neighbours in the UK than there were people in Australia.
I dunno, probably. Maybe ?

dr beat

Quote from: Blue Jam on March 03, 2022, 04:13:03 PMThe Right Prescription? Or did his real-life band have a different name? Presumably he wasn't a doctor in real life.

Maybe off-topic, but didn't Pat Cash have a band too? I think he played Sheffield Uni SU back in the day. And Karl Kennedy did the Sheffield Walkabout around the same time.

Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth

I had no idea Margot Robbie had been on it. I know Guy Pearce was. Who else left Ramsay Street and made it big in Hollywood? Surely one of the Hemsworths?

holdover

Lou Carpenter in DK mode.
Clive getting knocked out and dreaming a panto type vision.
Daphne giving birth with her tights on.
One year I guessed that the Xmas finale would be Helen coming out of her coma when someone kissed her weeks before it happened and I felt like god.


dr beat


Quote from: Hat FM on March 03, 2022, 05:21:10 PMi've stolen this 'content' from matt crosby and ed gamble's xfm show but a few incidents were reported during the neighbours tour where a member of the party would ask Harold Bishop (Ian something?) why he was so fat to which Harold (Ian) would respond 'cos every time i shag your mum she gives me a biscuit'. People thought it was odd that this question had been asked more than once on a tour and it turns out that at the beginning of the tour one of the party (presumably the most mischievous looking) is taken to one side and a request is made for them to ask the question. bit odd but Harold gets the last laugh.

remember watching this before i went to school. must have been about 4. think it was on after going for gold. Kylie was definitely my first crush as much as i pretend it was louise wener. I had forgotten about Bouncer's dream! and what about Todd being run over?! Bringing Holly Valance into tv was a great shout.


I've heard that quote from elsewhere and he might have picked it up.  As far as I know it originated from a cricket match when Aussie bowler and notorious sledger Glenn McGrath posed the same question to a Zimbabwean batsman, and got that response.  One of the best ever comebacks.

Swift

Despite literally having never seen an episode since the late 90s, it's a little sad that it's ending. Just the thought of it still existing was somehow comforting in some way.

Watched all the time as a kid/teen. So many good looking women in there over the years for a teenage boy to drool over - Annalise, Libby, Steph Scully, Beth, Lucy Robinson, the twins, Anne Wilkinson...

And as someone mentioned Pugwall, let's throw Jenny out there too.

The British soaps never held up in that regard.

Mr Banlon

Didn't the Aus transmitted episodes used to be way ahead of the ones shown in the UK ? I remember my girlfriend's sister's friend (around '88 or so) came back from Aus with a bunch of VHS tapes of future episodes of Neighbours, and her mates were excited as fuck about seeing them.

Swift

Quote from: Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth on March 03, 2022, 05:44:14 PMI had no idea Margot Robbie had been on it. I know Guy Pearce was. Who else left Ramsay Street and made it big in Hollywood? Surely one of the Hemsworths?

IMDB says Russell Crowe did 4 episodes in 1987.

idunnosomename

Pick your nose and taste the flaaavours

Sebastian Cobb

Quote from: Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth on March 03, 2022, 05:44:14 PMI had no idea Margot Robbie had been on it. I know Guy Pearce was. Who else left Ramsay Street and made it big in Hollywood? Surely one of the Hemsworths?

'big' might be pushing it but Holly Valance has been in some films.

Blue Jam

Quote from: Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth on March 03, 2022, 05:10:49 PMThere's the Saved By the Bell version
It was only a short fall from there to Showgirls.

Caffeine tablets seem so old-school now don't they? Pro-Plus, that godsend for the student who wants to stay awake in their exam without having to ask for a "comfort break" and have the invigilator escort them to the toilets. In the 90s. Nah, just get on the Dark web and pass me the smart drugs, cheers.

Even Red Bull seems a bit passé now. The average Starbucks customer probably has a worse caffeine addiction. More people probably have an addiction to espresso made with their own espresso machines and coffee pods in their own homes.

Jasha

Quote from: Swift on March 03, 2022, 05:51:18 PMWatched all the time as a kid/teen. So many good looking women in there over the years for a teenage boy to drool over - Annalise, Libby, Steph Scully, Beth, Lucy Robinson, the twins, Anne Wilkinson...


Hopefully not the first iteration!

Blue Jam

#83
Quote from: Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth on March 03, 2022, 05:44:14 PMI had no idea Margot Robbie had been on it. I know Guy Pearce was. Who else left Ramsay Street and made it big in Hollywood? Surely one of the Hemsworths?

Liam Hemsworth, apparently!

Oh my god I totally forgot Guy Pearce was on it! Blimey, he's done well since.

Just checked to see if Sarah Snook ever did an episode. Apparently not, which is a surprise.


imitationleather

Quote from: Huxleys Babkins on March 03, 2022, 01:01:36 PMFave memory of Neighbours was them killing off Cody Willis just before one of their five week Christmas breaks. As the BBC didn't observe the break at the same time, she was killed in a police raid gone wrong, everyone observed a touching memorial service, and then the next day everyone - friends and family alike - were carrying on as if she'd never existed.

I remember rather fancying Cody, and since she left in 1996 I would've only been ten years old. Must be one of my first ever crushes, Clive.

Blue Jam

I remember being surprisingly sad when Dieter Brummer- who was in both Home and Away and Neighbours- was found to have committed suicide last year. And also impressed to learn that he had appeared as himself in Review with Myles Barlow- later remade as the US version, the mighty Review With Forrest MacNeill. Respect. I really should check the original out.

Blue Jam

Quote from: dr beat on March 03, 2022, 05:43:46 PMAnd Karl Kennedy did the Sheffield Walkabout around the same time.

Pure deso, even with the Crucible within walking distance.

I know exactly where that Walkabout is. After the first time I visited Sheffield (for a job interview) I got an email from Walkabout thanking me for my visit to Walkabout Sheffield and asking me to leave a review. I was mortified... and then realised I must have just automatically connected to the wifi when I walked past en route to The University Arms.

Only been to a Walkabout once in my life, for a birthday do in London, and it sure as hell wasn't my choice.

(The University Arms is nice and Sheffield has a bajillion decent pubs)

Sebastian Cobb

Quote from: imitationleather on March 03, 2022, 06:06:07 PMI remember rather fancying Cody, and since she left in 1996 I would've only been ten years old. Must be one of my first ever crushes, Clive.

If we're going down this road I was quite fond of Toady's first missus. Always hoped she'd do a Harold and return a bit later as a postie.

Gulftastic

Dee did return, the actress playing both Dee and Andrea, her long lost (and evil) twin.

The latter conned Toadie into thinking she was Dee and during a bad moment in his marriage, shagged him. His current son Hugo is the result.


Sebastian Cobb