Comments on: Bread

By: Lee James Turnock

Lee James Turnock — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:35:14 +0000

“I’M A MODEL ARNI!” Fuck off.

By: Glam Racket

Glam Racket — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:47:55 +0000

In response to Glenn Aylett, I’d have paid good money to see Mike Reid replace David Jason as Del Boy. He would have been hilarious bellowing ‘Rohhhdnay!, yooooooh plonkaaaaaah!’

However, Bread’s premise of loveable, knockabout, deadbeat losers sticking it to the man/ripping off the taxpayer soon grew weary, pretty much like anything Carla Lane did.

First series was passable, quality soon trundled downhill.

Cringeworthy theme tune only cemented further my hatred for this show.

By: Glenn Aylett

Glenn Aylett — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:36:01 +0000

The first series was good but it started to go downhill when it used a technique familiar to viewers of Neighbours: use a different actor to play the same character. It never works, the same as if in Only Fools and Horses David Jason was replaced mid series by Mike Reid.

By: Ken Shinn

Ken Shinn — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:49:18 +0000

“Mam! Grandad’s goin’ senile again!”

By: David Pascoe

David Pascoe — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:18:40 +0000

The show was great until they started replacing original cast members. Peter Howitt and Gilly Coman in particular were brilliant and their replacements just didn’t cut the mustard. I also started to lose interest when Jack started turning into a moody psychopath, he always seemed to be verbally terrorising that posh older woman he hooked up with in the later series.

Still there was always “Where’s me dinner?” to raise a laugh and if I ever get one of those detachable chicken pots, I’ll make sure that my wife and kids all throw cash into it at the end of the day.

Linda McCartney popping round for a cup of tea with Ma Boswell and being picked up by Macca at the end of the episode also sticks in my mind. Oh and Adrian’s girlfriend, Carmel or Carmen was it? Phwoarr!

By: fl3m

fl3m — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:17:46 +0000

She! Is! A! Tart!

By: Dave Nightingale

Dave Nightingale — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:46:19 +0000

“Buy it
Sell it!
The game’s getting hard…”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SXMY4PaQMc

“Greetings!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVsNjVWRN80

By: Glenn Aylett

Glenn Aylett — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:54:46 +0000

Was very popular in its day, though, but not well remembered now and certainly doesn’t attract the same amount of attention and nostalgia industry as its stablemate Only Fools and Horses. Maybe because it became yet another vehicle for Carla Lane’s obsessions with green issues and relationship crises. This also proved to be her last big hit as her following sitcoms flopped after one series.