Only Fools and 3 Courses

[stonkers]

I only told you not to go out the bloody doors!!

[idunnosomename]

i feel so bad making fun of this but i keep creasing up over it

ironically his Frank Spencer is the best? his eyes are the same shape as Boris Johnson's which helps him there

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

No one's mentioned his uncannily accurate Ozzy Osbourne yet.

" Sharon? I Need my * does action indicative of taking cocaine, then just actually starts shouting DRUGS*....DRUGS! I NEED MY DRUGS!.....Sharon?"

Arguably another twofer deal, you could also say there's a bit of Charlie Chuck in there, as well.

[non capisco]

Joorin the war we didn't 'ave drugs, Sharon...hehehehehehehehehe

[peteprodge]

While this isn't an unauthorised dining experience, it is a piece of ludicrously awful fan fiction based on the UK's favourite cheeky conmen of Peckham.

https://www.ofah.net/blog/dels-red-nose/

It contains one actual joke, and that's being very very charitable.

[Fambo Number Mive]

There are quite a few fan scripts on there as well.

[Fambo Number Mive]

While this isn't an unauthorised dining experience, it is a piece of ludicrously awful fan fiction based on the UK's favourite cheeky conmen of Peckham.

https://www.ofah.net/blog/dels-red-nose/

It contains one actual joke, and that's being very very charitable.

In fairness it's better than most of my HS Art contributions.

[idunnosomename]

seems that his "Albert singing Yellow Submarine for no reason" is part of a whole panoply of characters singing Beatles songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDEcOtdVXrA

again worth sticking with to Mr Bean and his giant teddy imo

(his opening joke, which I admit took me several seconds to get, is making the reference to "posh" because Bibendum are a luxury wine wholesaler in London. so why they seem to have a party in the dingiest looking hotel function room I've ever seen watching this bellend I'm not sure. their staff must be aware they usually work with higher-end events than this)

[Wayman C. McCreery]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDEcOtdVXrA

again worth sticking with to Mr Bean and his giant teddy imo

Why does his Victor Meldrew sound like a deaf Jamaican?

[idunnosomename]

because he can only maintain a voice when he's saying one word over and over

"me Julie"
"cushty cushty lubbly jubbly"
"SHARON!!! SHARON!!! SHARON"
"TEDDY!!!!"

because Victor is singing lyrics about his willy(?) which is nothing like even a cartoon version of Victor, it does indeed sound a bit like Grim in Billy and Mandy

[Fambo Number Mive]

You can have "Del Boy" gatecrash your wedding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yni0bHbgSEc

[imitationleather]

I honestly feel a bit sorry for this guy.

What name does he post on her under?

[Fambo Number Mive]

You have to admire how he's managed to make money out of his impressions.

[idunnosomename]

if I was at that Beatles songs set I'd be laughing as much as anybody else in the audience. whatever works I suppose

ironically, in a way, a bit like Tony Angelino

[kalowski]

seems that his "Albert singing Yellow Submarine for no reason" is part of a whole panoply of characters singing Beatles songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDEcOtdVXrA

again worth sticking with to Mr Bean and his giant teddy imo

(his opening joke, which I admit took me several seconds to get, is making the reference to "posh" because Bibendum are a luxury wine wholesaler in London. so why they seem to have a party in the dingiest looking hotel function room I've ever seen watching this bellend I'm not sure. their staff must be aware they usually work with higher-end events than this)

The empty seats increase as the "show" goes on

[Ferris]

You can have "Del Boy" gatecrash your wedding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yni0bHbgSEc

good heavens

[Cuellar]

It's somehow worse when he comes out of character

[Glebe]

I'd love to see a Trainspotting experience where Begbie gatecrashes your wedding.

[Ron Maels Moustache]

Maybe his whole career is based around being booked at events where people are already too inebriated to notice how bad his impressions are by the time he's started.

[Glebe]

He should have found out the groom's middle name and had a bit of fun with that.

[badaids]

I particularly like how he makes his act completely about him, to the point he goes around afterwards recording himself asking people if they enjoyed it.

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

Yer man's 66 now, y'know. Wonder if he's got himself a nice little earner of a pension scheme?
At least three of his impressions all use slight variations on the same voice ( Del Boy, Frank Spencer and Alan Carr- I watched that Eggheads clip).

[idunnosomename]

that gate crash video was seven years ago. which is basically the same age as this thread. is he in the outfit in the first post? which by the way, is the Spanish Hall, Blackpool Winter Gardens

god still doing that "what's your name?" "I'll call you tomorrow" joke

[bomb_dog]

I love this thread. In the absence of more 'little and large', it's the gift that keeps giving.

Is doing second-hand impressions that are funny worse than doing good impressions that aren't? I've enjoyed the clips throughout though not perhaps in the way they were intended.

[purlieu]

Also Victor Meldrew, with his famous catchphrase "DON'T BELIEVE OT!"

I can't stop thinking about this. It's actually a reasonable impression for the most part - the live video earlier, featuring him muttering "in the name of sanity," shows he's got a reasonable knowledge of the source material - but the clip ending with him yelling "DON'T BELIEVE OT!" is just a wonderful derailing of any authenticity.

[idunnosomename]

he really dials up the camp aspects of Richard Wilson's performance so high they're distracting though. Which Richard Wilson never did. what an actor and great bunch of lads he is

[Twonty Gostelow]

You can have "Del Boy" gatecrash your wedding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yni0bHbgSEc

I actually think his Del Boy's pretty good, technically. Not looking like him is a distraction, but he does the tics and nervous confidence quite well, and the voice is convincing if you close your minces. It's not like he's on TV or anything.

[Twonty Gostelow]

Double post plonker

[idunnosomename]

yeah it works better on stage than it does to camera. I think if anything this guy can work an audience, even if he has incredibly limited material. certainly he's not a chancer, especially when he's being doing it best part of a decade.

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

That Del Boy *is* pretty good, I dare say it's because he's from roughly the same area as David Jason. It's his equivalent of Jon Culshaw's Tom Baker impression. Unfortunately, also a la Culshaw, the strength of this impression is somewhat overshadowed by several impressions that are what one might describe as not so good.
That Victor Meldrew impression is also passable, but, as other posters have pointed out, having the character sing about erectile dysfunction is not the way to go with it.