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Jealous?? I'm watching Gavin and Stacey... for the very first time!

179 replies

LovingMyLiver · 07/09/2023 20:29

One episode in... I need Nessa in my life

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toadasoda · 07/09/2023 23:50

Isn't that the typical comic template, one conventional character as a contrast to other exaggerated characters, like Fr Ted for example. Gavins expression sometimes when all the mad stuff in Barry went on was priceless. Never liked Stacey's character, she was a spoilt brat

meemawwww · 07/09/2023 23:56

Chicken bhuna, lamb bhuna, prawn bhuna, mushroom rice, keema naan and nine poppadoms

toadasoda · 07/09/2023 23:56

Let's not forget Sheridan Smith as Smithys sister Rudi. The argument with her friend out the car window, the fights with Smithy, the heelies... she is a brilliant comic actress.

Wait, that means she was a Smith playing a Smith? What's Smithys real name??

Floopyfloop · 07/09/2023 23:57

We lived in Uncle Bryns house. We moved in after they filmed season one and we had no idea it was used for filming so it was a lovely surprise. We lived there for season two and three and the first Christmas specials.

toadasoda · 08/09/2023 00:04

Floopyfloop · 07/09/2023 23:57

We lived in Uncle Bryns house. We moved in after they filmed season one and we had no idea it was used for filming so it was a lovely surprise. We lived there for season two and three and the first Christmas specials.

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Did you use the gym?😉

Floopyfloop · 08/09/2023 00:14

lol we get asked that all the time. They filmed that on a set as they couldn’t get the equipment upstairs. They matched the decor very well though. It one of my fave scenes.

in season two and three they actually used a lot of our furniture which is why Bryn suddenly has a funky lilac blue dfs couch and pink pillows.

They even left all my dvds in our shelf and there are a lot of chick flicks and the entire sex and the city box set!

meemawwww · 08/09/2023 00:19

toadasoda · 07/09/2023 23:56

Let's not forget Sheridan Smith as Smithys sister Rudi. The argument with her friend out the car window, the fights with Smithy, the heelies... she is a brilliant comic actress.

Wait, that means she was a Smith playing a Smith? What's Smithys real name??

Neal

SullysTail · 08/09/2023 00:36

Floopyfloop · 08/09/2023 00:14

lol we get asked that all the time. They filmed that on a set as they couldn’t get the equipment upstairs. They matched the decor very well though. It one of my fave scenes.

in season two and three they actually used a lot of our furniture which is why Bryn suddenly has a funky lilac blue dfs couch and pink pillows.

They even left all my dvds in our shelf and there are a lot of chick flicks and the entire sex and the city box set!

We all know Bryn loved sex and the city! 🤣

emmag1925 · 08/09/2023 00:58

Terrible unfunny programme

GrandTheftWalrus · 08/09/2023 01:34

Neil Smith

ChewbaccasMrs · 08/09/2023 01:52

The priest and the bloody sandwich did it for me😁poor Gavin.

plum1304 · 08/09/2023 05:37

I love it all and it never fails to make me laugh.
My mum is just like Pam… the poor baby badgers on pet rescue… I can hear mum saying some of the things that Pam says and it makes giggle every time.
favourite episode is the Italian restaurant I think and when they go to the beach.
The writing is great and folk like Alison Stedmannand Larry Lamb are just super

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LovingMyLiver · 08/09/2023 05:46

Kind of agree about Gavin and Stacey themselves. He's a bit dull and she's VERY full on. The kind of woman I'd be running a mile from if I was a bloke!

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Iamlikesorry · 08/09/2023 05:55

They haven't 'fallen off a lorry', Mick - they've been stolen!

Dogsitterwoes · 08/09/2023 06:01

What happened on the fishing trip?

I love the way it leaves questions unanswered, yes, even THAT question.

TerfTalking · 08/09/2023 06:05

G&S has to be watched at least twice, it’s really easy to miss little innuendos the first time.

Most of us can pick up any off episode and rewatch and know exactly what happened before and after.

tbf James Cobden was pretty unknown in the early days and quite likeable as Smithy, but then he got super famous, up his own arse and obnoxious.

I see JC and Smithy as two entire different people 😂

Agree Gavin and Stacey themselves are dull and not the show or main characters.

Iamlikesorry · 08/09/2023 06:08

I'm having the turkey.

But they all think
you're a vegetarian.

I know but I've decided there's no
way I'm doing Christmas without my
Michael's turkey. No way, blase.

So, I'm just gonna plate myself up,
sit down and tuck in.

And I'm having stuffing,
pigs in blankets, the lot.

And when the inevitable questions
come, which they will, Michael,
I shall simply say, I'm sorry,

it's Christmas,
please let me eat my dinner in peace

the way Jesus would have
wanted me to, on his birthday.

Nessa as Santa

O. O. O. Merry Christmas.

Did you send me a letter? Yes.

That's right, I remember.
What was it you asked me for again?

An Xbox. That's right, I remember.
Now you're Sue's boy, is that right?

And Tony's your step? Yes.

Nasty business, all that.

Your dad's due for parole?
Will he be out for Christmas? No.

No. Probably for the best.

Given the amount of people
that eventually came forward.

Louise303 · 08/09/2023 06:23

So good Doris where's the salad?

Louise303 · 08/09/2023 06:40

Hope they do a spin off would love to know.

PinkPondQueen · 08/09/2023 06:41

Absolutely love it! But I will never understand the last Christmas episode in 2019. Not sure what they were thinking tbh. And it pisses me off that we never found out what happened after Nessa proposed to Smithy 😫

terraced · 08/09/2023 06:43

It's the drama. I love it.

WitchTrials · 08/09/2023 06:44

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MariaVT65 · 08/09/2023 06:50

I’d like a sag aloo as well please Mick!

NotNewButNameChanged2023 · 08/09/2023 06:54

One thing that really bothered me about the show is that in one of the earlier episodes Mick asks Nessa if she can drive and she says “No, and it’s a shame really as I loves a good ride….”

But then the next episode she turns up driving that massive lorry 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

I really love all the comments that Smithy makes in relation to how young his girlfriend is, for example when she gets grounded or having cigarettes in her bag, or when she’s working in the Tuck Shop, and when it’s the wedding episode and the maps go missing and Smithy explains that Lucy last had them as she was colouring them in 😂

mrsjoyfulprizeforraffiawork · 08/09/2023 08:06

I now harness my inner Nessa when the dog is contemplating a lovely pile of horse poo......OY! It works every time.