A hilarious start to The Trotters (Only Fools and Horses - Big Brother)

Member Name: dangaroo

Product:	Only Fools and Horses - Big Brother
Date:	18/05/09 (6 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Lots of extremely funny things going on & patter

Disadvantages: none

The first ever episode of Only Fools and Horses is a far cry from the later disaster trilogy, an amazing piece of comedy that manages to ensure the viewer becomes enamored with the characters in this excellent sitcom by introducing them almost without you noticing. The cheeky use of funny vocabulary, great plotline, superb acting and the onscreen chemistry between all the characters is what sets this show apart and its extremely evident as early on as the first episode.

It may be our first glimpse of The Trotters but it seems like them and their friends have genuinely been together for years which is what makes the show so real. They use the formula of Del's dodgy dealing being messed up by a naive Rodney, variations of which would be used numerous times and all succesfully in the future. The storyline is quite whacky for a pilot episode with Rodney taking the huff and not being made in charge of finances, he heads off towards Hong Kong in search for a girl he met at university!

I'm not sure if I've ever watched Only Fools and Horses and certainly didn't originally as this episode was aired 5 years before I was born in 1981 but it definitely holds your attention and its clear to see why people watching them one after another originally would have been eager to catch the next episode!

Summary: Brilliant!