There's no kind of atmosphere

[sovay]

I hope Rob Grant would take it in the intended spirit that when I heard the news of his sudden death, all I could think was "All most of us get is 'Mind that bus!' 'What bus?' Splat!" The first six and a half series of original flavor Red Dwarf (1988–99) were a social staple of my sophomore year of college, watched primarily in my case from the top half of a bunk bed occupied by a structurally unwise number of students who would shortly branch out into whatever British television comedy we could get hold of the tapes for. It became an immediate and ineradicable part of our language. Decades later, the number of quotations from especially the first three series that have worked themselves into my present household lingo would be difficult to estimate without a rewatch. In storage with the rest of my library, I still have some of the tie-in novels, including at least one of the separately authored parallel continuations, which unfortunately for this memoriam may have been Doug Naylor's. I cannot find that I ever saw another project of Grant's except for the first series of The 10%ers (1993–96) and I am still stricken to lose yet another artist while Kissinger's heirs don't even seem to be in this machine. Not everybody has to be dead, Dave.

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[thisbluespirit]

I saw that on tumblr - v sad! He'd just gone back to RD for the first time since the big split.

Decades later, the number of quotations from especially the first three series that have worked themselves into my present household lingo would be difficult to estimate without a rewatch.

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A good source. "Are you sure, sir? It will mean changing the bulb!"

I watched RD for the first time at uni, too - my flatmate made me watch eps 5.6 to 6.5 that she had taped in succession and that did it. (After that we rented what we could find at random, until '97 when s7 turned up on TV and I managed to catch some of it). So... I started with Back to Reality! XD (I think that's a suitably RD place to start, really.)

[sovay]

I saw that on tumblr - v sad! He'd just gone back to RD for the first time since the big split.

I know! I heard it from spatch! Give me a break!

I watched RD for the first time at uni, too - my flatmate made me watch eps 5.6 to 6.5 that she had taped in succession and that did it. (After that we rented what we could find at random, until '97 when s7 turned up on TV and I managed to catch some of it).

That's delightful. I was lucky enough to know someone who had six and a half series on VHS.

So... I started with Back to Reality! XD (I think that's a suitably RD place to start, really.)

Absolutely.

*hugs*