Uncle Albert: Still, proves his heart is in the right place.
Raquel: Yeah. Shame about his brain though.
Rodney: Trying to rekindle the romance in my marriage is like trying to give the kiss of life to a rasher of bacon.
Only Fools and Horses (1981)
2 quotes from season 7
Starring: David Jason, Roger Lloyd Pack, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield
Genres: Comedy
The Long Legs of the Law - S2-E1
Revealing mistake: At the very beginning of the episode, Leonard Pearce is waiting for the cue for his character to start looking for his teeth. He's standing in the living room, between his room and Del and Rodney's room. (00:00:25)
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Trivia: Only Fools and Horses was recently voted Britain's Best Sitcom, beating BlackAdder and the Vicar of Dibley into second and third place respectively.
Question: What exactly did Del and Rodney's mother die of?
Chosen answer: An apparent long string of illnesses.
Answer: Joan Mavis Trotter (Nee Hollins) was an unseen character in Only Fools And Horses, having died in 1964, 17 years before the series began. She died of an alcohol related illness due to both her sham marriage to Reg Trotter and being hit hard by the death of her secret lover Freddie "The Frog" Robdal.
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