John Challis (Boycie) has died

[Kainz]

It was very sad news this weekend for sure. First Greavsie and now this legend. Boycie will be in good company up there though, Trigger & his Broom along with the others will keep the spirit alive.

 

[cheesefest]

There have been moments in my life when it needed the Boycie laugh, along with Mutley’s snigger

 

[jaybee]

The timing, build up, chemistry in his acting and the whole only fools cast was legendary. RIP

 

[glenimp617]

Sheffield Steel, give me that phone!

 

[Fluffybob]

That laugh used to do my head in, still ruddy sad news RIP

 

[bm_999]

RIP Mr Boyce. Did and is still giving us a load of laughs

First Trigger now him

 

[Gerard]

Don't understand this blurring of images on their uploaded vids, copyright issues or what?

 

[V F]

RIP.

“Did you know, 500 years ago this was a green and peaceful area? The old Earl of Peckham had a castle where the Kwik-Fit exhaust centre now stands.

"Flaxen-haired maidens used to dance round the village maypole of an evening. And then one fateful medieval day, the Trotter clan arrived in a stolen Zephyr.

"Before you knew it, the flaxen-haired maiden was up the spout, the old Earl had been sold some hooky armour and someone nicked the maypole."

That was from the episode Dates, was it not?

 

[HoneyBadger]

That was from the episode Dates, was it not?

Yup

 

[glenimp617]

I want to buy everyone in this pub a drink....here's a pound....and I want change

Large Cognac please Mike

 

[robfosters]

Cracked me up when he didn’t tell Del and Rodney that the bloke throwing the fancy dress party had died

“Straight through there, caped crusader!”

 

[V F]

Yup

Crazy to think that was 25 December 1988.

 

[glenimp617]

The jolly boys outing will always be my fav episode, although my fav scene.....has to be this one

 

[V F]

Cwying.

Stick with me son, I'll make you wich!

 

[PC777]

Sad to see him go, what a performer he was.

One of my mates from uni came back from summer break years back with a prized possession that he kept in his wallet, a signed Polaroid of him and Boycie posing at some school fair in Banbury where he was guest of honour, taking paid pics for charity.

 

[beachBOYken]

The jolly boys outing will always be my fav episode, although my fav scene.....has to be this one

Have all the series on dvd but not all the specials, do happen to have The Jolly Boys Outing though, might give that a watch later, not seen it in ages.
I have to class Only fools as a legendary comedy series along with all the actors, those that leave us, leave behind some of the greatest tv.

 

[glenimp617]

Cwying.

Stick with me son, I'll make you wich!

It's the build up which gets me. Superb writing.

 

[Gerard]

 

[robfosters]

It's the build up which gets me. Superb writing.

“How can I change the lywics to cwying? Bloody songs called Cwying”

I honestly thought my dad was gonna die laughing at that episode. Never seen anybody so totally disabled by laughter. He literally could not move.

Philip Pope deserves a lot of recognition for that performance as Tony Angelino. It was sublime. Don’t think I’ve seen him in anything else.

Another classic in that episode was when Del handed Rodney the Mathessons sausage that Tony kept in his pants to enhance his manhood lol

 

[WoZZeR]

I believe he was a patron of the Hedgehog Preservation Society which surprised me somewhat