thunder94

RED Dwarf fan?!?!?

Awesome!

843de

(Off topic, but a huge fan of Red Dwarf, I've met Chris Barrie/Rimmer and Danny John-Jules/Cat. Both fantastically nice guys, Mr. Barrie signed my Talkie Toaster prop from Series 3.)

thunder94

Wow! That's sweet! What year was this?
I have loved this show since I accidentally discovered it in 1997. Have all the episodes, could quote each one.

843de

Moved these into their own thread here in the lounge, Red Dwarf doesn't exactly have a huge following here.

To answer your question, I met them both in NYC back in 2000, the Talkie Toaster prop I won back in '98 at a charity auction.

I've been watching RD since 1989.

thunder94

Series 10 came out but it was only 5? episodes?
It was a pretty good comeback I thought, wish there was more.
I'm glad the American pilot bombed, it's great the way it was.

843de

Yup, the U.S. pilot was horrible, glad we didn't have to deal with an Americanized RD.

My wife didn't believe me when I told her how bad Craig Ferguson looked at the height of his drinking problem until I showed her "Confidence & Paranoia" from Series 1.

We both huge fans of Craig and had the pleasure of dining with him in Charlotte back in April of 2011.

thunder94

I actually sent in an email to the Craig show once,

"Mr. Confidence, remind you of anyone?"

843de

I've seen a bit of Mr. Confidence in Geoff Peterson, when the Robot Skeleton Army deal started I wondered how far CBS would let Craig and his sister Lynn run with the idea.

Now I couldn't imagine the Late Late Show minus the robot, or Secretariat.

If you haven't read Craig's books "American on Purpose" and "Between The Bridge & The River", you've missed some really good stuff.

Beneath the whole "Cheeky Monkies" persona, there's one deep thinker.