Del and Rodney Smash the Chandelier - Only Fools and Horses

Del and Rodney Smash the Chandelier - Only Fools and Horses - BBC

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Del has decided to get into the chandelier cleaning business, but as he, Rodney and Granddad carry out their first appointment, things do not go to plan.
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@Sammyboy1991 6 жыл бұрын

There will never be anything like Only Fools and Horses again. The best sitcom ever made. Just pure genius they way it was wrote by John Sullivan and acted by the cast. Couldn't have picked better actors for their roles. Just brilliant.

@smokingjoe8039 5 жыл бұрын

Very well said Sam. Very tearful and nostalgic and makes you crease ha

@bp6329 4 жыл бұрын

nah, it's not that funny

@Keepingitrespectfulmostly. 4 жыл бұрын

@@bp6329 You again. You must spend a large part of your life trawling these pages leaving fish wife comments you sad sack.

@Sean-ce1hu 2 жыл бұрын

It was very much of its time, to call it the best sitcom ever made is a bit of a stretch.

@gkaplan2000 8 жыл бұрын

Hand on my heart, I never saw this coming the first time I watched this episode.

@Darkstar263 10 жыл бұрын

I've got to admire their willpower to keep a straight face in this scene. Seeing as how they only had one chance to get it right.

@alisonlaing5626 5 жыл бұрын

a REAL "CLASSIC" etc can,t to this day etc beat these lads.

@ronf1352 5 жыл бұрын

Brill, just brill!😂😃

@TallSilentGuy 4 жыл бұрын

I am a little skeptical of the "only one chance" story considering how many times the camera switches.

@Jessebella1 4 жыл бұрын

@@TallSilentGuy well the writers and actors have admitted lots of re takes and other mistakes, I cannot see why they would decide to lie on this one chance to get it right thing here for this episode. They gain nothing.

@emmettcoop1 4 жыл бұрын

@@TallSilentGuy they did only have one chance. They discussed it in a behind the scenes show

@inthebox7752 7 жыл бұрын

You missed out the best part. The funniest bit is when Grandad comes down the stairs with a massive grin on his face: "Alright?" "What do you mean alright?! Look at it!!" "Did you drop it then?"

@clarissamcpigeon7857 7 жыл бұрын

I wish you'd said something... I was working on that one!

@danw1374 7 жыл бұрын

Jack123 "Is it very valuable del? No not really........it was bleedin' priceless when it was hanging up there though" lol :D

@matejmateljak9492 4 жыл бұрын

You are right

@Andy-co6pn 3 жыл бұрын

Grandad had the best lines

@samuelholmes3696 5 жыл бұрын

According to Nicholas Lyndhurst (I saw him talking about this on a documentary about Only Fools once), they literally only had ONE possible take in which to shoot this scene. Before shooting started, Ray Butt (the show's producer) took Nicholas Lyndhurst and David Jason aside and said "Right, we only have one chance at this scene. You MUST NOT mess it up, so if EITHER of you laughs when the chandelier hits the ground, I WILL SACK YOU". So, they did the scene, Nicholas Lyndhurst was up the ladder, and as the chandelier crashed down he was thinking "Don't laugh don't laugh don't laugh, PLEASE DON'T LAUGH", and he looked out the corner of his eye, and he saw Ray Butt, biting his lip, shoulders heaving, tears in his eyes as he tried desperately not to laugh. Eventually he had to stick a script in his mouth and quietly make his way off set.

@Michael-kt5mu 2 жыл бұрын

I'm late 30s and I grew up watching these. They still make me smile. What a fantastic show.

@madelinewatts5938 2 жыл бұрын

I just loved this best comedy on Tele xxxx

@petelowson5481 2 жыл бұрын

This scene was the funniest in all of Only Fools. Classic. 😂😂😂

@s1k9 5 жыл бұрын

One of the most defining moments of Only Fools & Horses.

@mattymccourt3 10 жыл бұрын

Only seen it 45646887431247 times & cry with laughter every time like its the 1st time I've seen it.. BRILLIANT

@ForestKicks 5 жыл бұрын

"Now brace yourself Rodney" ... so much funnier when you know what's coming

@leoesposito8762 Жыл бұрын

after all these years this scene still make me lough very much

@dzonibgood6374 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic show, pure humor, i have grown up watching "Only fools and horses" every day. And now i am 40 years old and every few day i watch episode or two on youtube, because this show is timeless. Greetings from Serbia

@jrspiritcommunicator7611 3 жыл бұрын

Well said 👍, greetings from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@commonsenser244 7 жыл бұрын

A great example of why our British humour is and always will be the best in my opinion.

@AmiDonnelly 4 жыл бұрын

I so remember this episode. I literally died laughing 😂

@stevenhenry7862 3 жыл бұрын

I remember sitting in a good spot in the Kids Home for Orphans, when this came on every week. I would sit there with my little Feet resting on the Stool infront me. Emersing myself in the Program before I felt a hard sharp smack across my legs with a Ruler by one of the Nuns, that would bring me back to reality. If only for that one Hour, I am grateful for this Comedy, realising: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the Stars" Oscar Wild. Such a dry sense of humour that has got me through some difficult times. It became an instrumental Tool to my Psychological Strengthening and conditioning. I always felt part of Del's Family watching this, if only for a little while. Please don't say that this Program was not real, as it was to me, and it was the closest thing I had to the latter. LLB (Hons) LLM From an injured British War Veteran

@jamesbraine 6 жыл бұрын

Change the title of the video to just Del and Rodney chandelier scene. The joke is in the surprise.

@misterneckbreaker88 4 жыл бұрын

Best bit is when they do the offs and drive off in the van

@albaproductions9602 10 жыл бұрын

I remember John Sullivan telling how he got the idea for this scene from his father who told him off when he laughed because three or four men had lost their jobs. Sullivan's father used to ring him after every episode and tell him what he thought about it, after this had aired the phone rang and Sullivan was dreading picking it up he eventually did and his father said, You're right son it was funny.

@hl6087 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favourite only fools and horses episodes

@scousebusters1989 5 жыл бұрын

You cannot help but laugh as hard nearly 40 years after this episode as when it was first shown. Truly genius, British comedy at its best. For anyone who is either too young to remember OFAH or comes from another country, there are more classic scenes like this all over youtube. OFAH is truly an institution. 25 dislikes, I really do wonder how miserable some peoples lives must be not to enjoy this.

@Andy-co6pn 3 жыл бұрын

We're gonna do it properly right Del ? No superglue and windowleen 🤣

@JP-nb7tm 5 жыл бұрын

That was when it was worth the price of a tv license. Now you’ve got Stacey Dooley.

@stevemooney1908 8 жыл бұрын

Don't over think humour, just enjoy a good belly laugh and leave it at that.

@ElvarMasson Жыл бұрын

People are free to do whatever they want...as long as it's not illegal or morally wrong

@jeanneesposito7647 Жыл бұрын

I just love this show

@DamiensTrainsandTravels 10 жыл бұрын

my favourite of all the funniest moments of Only Fools and there's too many to name, gr8 show RIP John Sullivan, Lennard Pearce, Roger Lloyd Pack etc. and thanks for all the laughs.

@gkaplan2000 8 жыл бұрын

While I think Uncle Albert was the better character, he wouldn't have fit in this scene. Grandad's gold in this episode.

@georgestreet8470 5 жыл бұрын

A right cockney “cock up”

@Andy-co6pn 3 жыл бұрын

Grandad always had the best lines

@scorchx3000 3 жыл бұрын

@@Andy-co6pn What have you got, a Wendy House?

@harveynorth3759 10 жыл бұрын

Genius, classic, and all that - totally excellent!

@StevenBaileyZurgena 11 жыл бұрын

The best TV comedy moment ....ever!

@robertdoyle9564 Жыл бұрын

Best ever scene 😂

@oliver69cork 11 жыл бұрын

A classic scene-grand dads expression coming down stairs with a satisfied smile says alot and disaster on the floor-wish you said something,i was working on the other one!!

@animelovers000 12 жыл бұрын

hahahaha i know right! it will always be my favorite comedy ever! and its nice your son likes it i remember first watching this when i was 4 years old watching the 1996 time on our hands episode with my now sadly decsed dad he got me into this and he had the lot on video and i use to watch them with him great times

@redsquirrel1086 5 жыл бұрын

A wonderful scene from a wonderful series.

@MrSupercar55 4 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier! Uh oh...

@damianpugh3281 5 жыл бұрын

The funniest program there has ever been!

@southendparaquest 5 жыл бұрын

Somehow, somewhere, a lightbulb will be offended by this.

@tazmyk63 14 жыл бұрын

1 of the greatest tv moments of all time

@hl6087 5 жыл бұрын

It was so funny

@bp6329 4 жыл бұрын

not that funny

@NewEnglandViews 5 жыл бұрын

Grand Dad: What’s all that noise down there Del Boy? Dincha catch it?

@legendkhanproductions5263 2 жыл бұрын

This was brilliant. Lol

@Gaming_with_Jacko 4 жыл бұрын

I swear at 2:54 I could see David smiling a little bit

@animelovers000 12 жыл бұрын

XD i know right! apparently alot of the crew had to go out of the room. john sullivan had his fist in his mouth but yea how david and nicholous done it without laughing is just amazing shows how good actors they are and it was true about they would of got fired if they laughed hahaha

@TheCornishCockney 7 жыл бұрын

i miss it. everything seems so serious nowadays. you cant be funny in case you offend someone. thank God i see humour everywhere.

@Noface121 4 жыл бұрын

I mean... This kind of humour shouldn't offend anyone?

@JohnWalshLegend 4 жыл бұрын

@@Noface121 It offends those who say it should offend people.

@adebowalekonstantinov404 4 жыл бұрын

This doesn't offend anyone. You guys are everywhere with your fake nostalgia, just grow the f up.

@jimmykray9583 3 жыл бұрын

@@adebowalekonstantinov404 they didn’t mean this scene they just mean in general

@adebowalekonstantinov404 3 жыл бұрын

@@jimmykray9583 LOL I don't know what state of mind I was in 5 months ago, sorry about that, but I still feel my point still stands. Comment sections on old comedies are littered with people crying over "people getting offended nowadays", "-show- would never have made it in -current year- because of people getting offended" even though it might be completely irrelevant and no one was offended. They also gloss over anything good made nowadays and act like today's entertainment is all Avengers, and that stupid conformist content just wasn't a thing back then. You have to admit this phenomenon is just annoying as the people getting offended over nothing. Just what I think about the matter.

@kalavarathanthram1043 Жыл бұрын

Excellent comedy moments Nice video ❤️

@cappaslappa 11 жыл бұрын

Pure comedy genius

@michaelkearney4671 8 жыл бұрын

Classic :)

@MsFanmail 12 жыл бұрын

CLASSIC COMEDY MOMENT

@strahinjaradanov5830 Жыл бұрын

Legend!!

@SAVOYCHAPPELL 5 жыл бұрын

Just brilliant!

@ian260970 3 жыл бұрын

So funny

@Bob-Horse 4 жыл бұрын

My favourite episode.

@Lynneheal 9 жыл бұрын

Best ever

@guillezorro 4 жыл бұрын

Why do the audience start laughing before the thing even starts to fall?

@minicle426 3 жыл бұрын

It might also be because of editing? They took the actual studio laugh but added it in a bit earlier. Maybe they thought it worked better, who knows.

@MrSupercar55 4 жыл бұрын

🎵I’m gonna swing from a chandelier! From a chandelier!! I’m gonna...🎶 nah, never mind.

@kindnessyet2159 5 жыл бұрын

I would love to see the behind the scene footage, it's amazing how David and Nicholas keep a straight face for 15 seconds while the entire crew were laughing quietly behind the camera, if you look closely the camera is shaking with laughing

@jaggass 4 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Lyndhurst told a story about that. He said that he was threatened with the sack by the director if he laughed when the Chandalier came down. The director stuffed a handkerchief in his mouth and had to leave the room after it came down followed by all of cast and crew laughing after they shot the scene. The Chandalier scene was based on a true story as John Sullivan's dad and his workmates were fitting a new heating system for a stately home and had to move some Chandaliers.They undid the wrong one and his dad got sacked.

@davidrobins1021 4 жыл бұрын

@@jaggass Would Lyndhurst really have been sacked though? Because that would have been the end of OFAH, unless they brought another actor in to take over Rodney's role.

@jaggass 4 жыл бұрын

Nicholas said that got the giggles quite alot on set and got threatened with the sack if he laughed when the Chandalier came down because the prop was very pricey and only had one shot at doing it. He also mentioned that the BBC wouldn't have bought the series as well if he scene went wrong due to them lending the money to the production company for the props. After filming the scene Nicholas went ballistic at the director.

@Giblet-sf9lk 6 жыл бұрын

Comedy at its finest

@neilgillespie4498 4 жыл бұрын

Is there anything you want Rodney yea I want to go home 😂😂

@legendkhanproductions5263 2 жыл бұрын

I have days like this .its a nightmare.

@kianmcgovern1621 4 жыл бұрын

Alright Del boy? Alright? Whatya mean alright, look at it! Did you drop it?

@zoranmrdjenovic6080 7 жыл бұрын

Classic!!!

@Xvxfl 11 жыл бұрын

Love it!!!! ;-D

@appleblossom8384 4 жыл бұрын

We’re ready one more turn Del

@gloriamitchell3535 6 жыл бұрын

A classicepisode love this they are just so funny

@DaviesMartinezBeats 4 жыл бұрын

Classic Comedy...

@maudwagner7211 7 жыл бұрын

so funny!!

@bargainboymakem1 8 жыл бұрын

You know when you've seen something so many times that you become hyper critical? Well, I don't think they should've cut away to the close up when it hit the deck. Picky sod aren't I?

@circle2867 8 жыл бұрын

i actually think you're right. never noticed before but it would've looked so much better

@leec6424 5 жыл бұрын

Tosspot

@bp6329 4 жыл бұрын

yes i know you're a tosspot, Lee

@Dannyboy2k6 14 жыл бұрын

classic!

@jamesjennison881 4 жыл бұрын

Classic comedy lol

@kevinprior3549 Жыл бұрын

Alright Rodney? Brace yourself! SMASH!

@markcollins3710 5 жыл бұрын

The best scech

@levrone0075 6 жыл бұрын

well i was working on this one!!

@michaelsinfield1665 6 жыл бұрын

He still hasn't got it right

@iain.4627 3 ай бұрын

director ray butt said to Rodney if he started laughing he's fried he was in Rodney's right eye

@delboy315 6 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@Tv-Titan_YT Жыл бұрын

Seek Chase be like

@Keepingitrespectfulmostly. 5 жыл бұрын

In the full version that crunching noise when they step on the broken crystal oh £$%&.. Del says to the Butler "have you got our name and address".? Butler replies "no" Del shouts "leg it"..

@appleblossom8384 4 жыл бұрын

Alright Grandad 👴🏼 go upstairs Grandad yes

@alternativefm328 5 жыл бұрын

One more turn Del, Brace yourself Rodney

@MsFanmail 11 жыл бұрын

lAUGH SO MUCH AT THIS SCENE !

@mymumgangsta9925 9 жыл бұрын

Tod carry dancing on ice

@TheGamersState 9 жыл бұрын

The question I have is who screwed up? Did the Grandad release the wrong Chandelier or did Del and Rodney prepare for the wrong one? Regardless, this is hilarious.

@BronyDanProductions 9 жыл бұрын

It was Grandad unscrewing the wrong chandelier.

@TheGamersState 9 жыл бұрын

tellymad649 I think you're right. If they we're going after the wrong 1 I think the Butler would have pointed it out to them.

@BronyDanProductions 9 жыл бұрын

Plus the fact that this was based on a real incident involving John Sullivan's father where one of his friends did unscrew the wrong chandelier when they were chandeleir cleaners.

@scorchx3000 8 жыл бұрын

+BronyDan They were builders and they were removing the chandelier's to work on the ceiling.

@Jtmissile 6 жыл бұрын

Technically, they’re all to blame. There’s no planning whatsoever and no one knows who’s working on what

@cokerainbows 10 жыл бұрын

*too

@TheLambLive 2 жыл бұрын

It always bothered me that the laugh started before the Chandelier fell.

@Jtmissile 6 жыл бұрын

Ok guys. Which ones better: This, or the bar scene in Yuppie love?

@peterpedant 3 жыл бұрын

2:48 The laughter track is started too early. Spoils the scene.

@animelovers000 12 жыл бұрын

it was a prop that was made for this part but apparently it cost about either £2000 or £3000(i cant remember) and they only had one take to do this in they were not allowed to laugh

@majorkilljoy 4 жыл бұрын

Only Fools And Horses, Keeping Up Apperances, Fawlty Towers, On The Buses; 4 timeless classics that have and will stand the test of time because they were not only made before the world got too PC and offended by everything, but because they are genually funny. now every comedy has to have cheap repetitive gags in each episode to get everyone to watch instead of trying to come up with a new plot each time. and when each series lasts 20+ episodes and goes on for 10 seasons you just get saturated and bored, less is more and give people a chance to miss it

@22espec 2 жыл бұрын

The title is wrong, they didn't smash it.

@jackcaton9287 3 жыл бұрын

2:48

@vordman 6 жыл бұрын

Brace yourself, Rodney

@dantaylor7344 6 жыл бұрын

Locking nut on a non threaded bolt? Eh?

@ericbarber3420 5 жыл бұрын

Just missed out the bit where david Jason is actually laughing for real because it was the wrong chandelier, that’s the funniest bit of the whole sketch

@appleblossom8384 4 жыл бұрын

Old man are you 200000000000000000

@harrywithanh 7 жыл бұрын

I swear to God that if anyone makes British jokes in the comments, I will slap them

@robadubdubg6374 6 жыл бұрын

You got problems

@ryanclark7962 4 жыл бұрын

Fuck off you must naw be British

@cfcsteve86 9 жыл бұрын

uhhu uhhu uhhu!

@bigmanwilfred4955 5 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not this happened to my grandpa and his brother my dad told me whilst we watched this episode

@FAWLTYWORZELMELDREW 12 жыл бұрын

Wonder how muchthe chandelier cost.

@umbongoapg 14 жыл бұрын

@Dannyboy2k6 to true

@jessiejames7492 7 жыл бұрын

those chandeliers are very heavey..even if it didnt crash to the floor due to granddads mistake, it would have crashed anyway...I dont think del and rodney would have been able to catch it with that tarpaulin even...esp coming down with from that height

@TheCornishCockney 7 жыл бұрын

thanks for that Mr Pedantic. i bet you have your socks colour-coded.

@TheBenzer9 4 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I was thinking while suspended by my nuts upside down seeing how long I could last ...colour coded socks is right lol lol

@kindnessyet2159 4 жыл бұрын

Was this canned laughter or was there a real audience watching

@bp6329 4 жыл бұрын

canned, it wasn't even that funny

@Gaming_with_Jacko 4 жыл бұрын

BP63 clearly you don’t have humour then

@Gaming_with_Jacko 4 жыл бұрын

Real obvs