Tripper's Day (Leonard Rossiter) and Slinger's Day (Bruce Forsyth)

[Armed Traffic Warden]

You didn't think "Oh, that's Dave Quinnan from The Bill" at one point?

You're of course quite right. There's a lot more to that show than I gave credit for.

[Ignatius_S]

I wonder how the casting of Forsyth came about, and whether he pushed hard for it?  Going from a seasoned comic actor with two classics under his belt to the host of Play Your Cards Right is plain odd.

I suspect the thinking was similar when a channel poaches a star from elsewhere, who has done well in a particular show and think they'll automatically be able to replicate that success in a show with a completely different format. However, this usually isn't the case.

In this case, Forsyth's stock was incredibly high at the time and although he hadn't done sitcoms before, he had plenty of comedy experience. So arguably, there's more logic than might first appear.

Also, although it's a long while since I saw it, Forsyth's performance is actually very solid from what I remember.

[Fambo Number Mive]

Watched a few clips of Slinger's Day on Youtube and even though it's not that funny and some of the jokes are quite grim, I do like Forsyth's performance of Slinger though and I like the theme tune and watching the comedy antics that take place during the closing credits.

Watching a bit of Trapper's Day and I see Higgins (Andrew Paul) is in both, as is Mr Christian. Like how Forsyth (as himself) is mentioned in the first episode of Trapper's Day.

Slinger's Day is on Amazon for £9.99, decided to buy it as it's twelve episodes and I like Forsyth's performance. There's nothing much on tv anyway to be honest. Yes I know I have terrible taste in comedy.

[grainger]

I watched a bit of Slingers Day e1, and there a re a couple of scenes where Forsyth is dressing down the staff. Someone I know was at a celebrity charity golf match years ago. They were a kid at the time, and said something when Forsyth happened to be teeing off*. As I've been led to believe, he spun around and snarled "will someone tell that kid to shut up!". So it reminded me of that, really.



*And boy, was he teed off!

[the science eel]

Nasty bit of goods, that fella

[Glebe]

Nasty bit of goods, that fella

[Gurke and Hare]

He got a nomination for the Viz celebrity Cunts competition for being a dick to theatre staff.

[Virgo76]

All I remember about Tripper's Day is that Rossiter played a second role as a tramp in one episode. This was mentioned a bit when he died.
Rossiter died very suddenly. He was found dead in his chair in his dressing room during the interval to a play he was appearing in.
Let us not forget Bruce Forsyth was in Bedknobs and Broomsticks. He threatened the main child characters with a knife. Children's films were weird in those days.

[Fambo Number Mive]

Nearly finished the first series of Slinger's Day. It's quite naff and one note and the security chief character is a massive stereotype, but Forsyth, Vicky Licorish and Andrew Paul are very good in it. Love the theme tune as well.

[Bennett Brauer]

I watched a bit of Slingers Day e1, and there a re a couple of scenes where Forsyth is dressing down the staff. Someone I know was at a celebrity charity golf match years ago. They were a kid at the time, and said something when Forsyth happened to be teeing off*. As I've been led to believe, he spun around and snarled "will someone tell that kid to shut up!". So it reminded me of that, really.



*And boy, was he teed off!

Took his golf very seriously. Sports journalist Giles Smith has mentioned that he was once partnered with the lantern-jawed wife-twirler in a pro-celebrity golf tournament where Brucie was irascible and unfriendly throughout because Smith had an off day which dragged Forsyth's score down.

[Ignatius_S]

All I remember about Tripper's Day is that Rossiter played a second role as a tramp in one episode. This was mentioned a bit when he died.
Rossiter died very suddenly. He was found dead in his chair in his dressing room during the interval to a play he was appearing in.
Let us not forget Bruce Forsyth was in Bedknobs and Broomsticks. He threatened the main child characters with a knife. Children's films were weird in those days.

It was in a revival of Orton's Loot, where he was playing Inspector Truscott - some of the archive footage of him, sporting a moustache in from that time. When Rossiter missed a cue in the second act, they realised something was wrong (which they may have mentioned on the DVD) - the understudy did the rest of the performance and the show did go on, IIRC.

The understudy did more performances until they brought in Dinsdale Landen - a few years later, Landen starred in an excellent BBC production of Orton's What the Butler Saw, which also featured Prunella Scales, Timothy West, a pre-Racquel Tessa Peake-Jones, Bryan Pringle  and Tyler Butterworth. Rather fortunately, it's since been repeated on BBC 4 and consequently, is easy to find online. If you haven't seen it, it's worth checking out.

[Ignatius_S]

Nearly finished the first series of Slinger's Day. It's quite naff and one note and the security chief character is a massive stereotype, but Forsyth, Vicky Licorish and Andrew Paul are very good in it. Love the theme tune as well.

That's good to hear about the performances - I was wavering about whether to watch it again, but think I will now.

[poodlefaker]

See, "Tripper's Day" I get: it's a play on "day tripper", but "Slinger's Day"? Is a day slinger a thing? They could've called Brucie's character Derek Release.

[Huxleys Babkins]

Let us not forget Bruce Forsyth was in Bedknobs and Broomsticks. He threatened the main child characters with a knife. Children's films were weird in those days.

Knife to see you, to see you... KNIFE!

[Virgo76]

Shall I push the knife higher...or lower?

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

Oh, You're so much more scared than last week's children who I threatened with a knife


_{Don't worry, I know this is rubbish.}

[petril]

do you wanna bet on it?

[TheMonk]

See, "Tripper's Day" I get: it's a play on "day tripper", but "Slinger's Day"? Is a day slinger a thing? They could've called Brucie's character Derek Release.

Or Barry Ohwontyous

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

Or Bill Withers-lovely.