# Let's talk about Red Dwarf **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf/297983 "2005-04-06T03:13:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf/297983/101 "2005-04-09T01:18:50Z")
Rimmer lamenting on his ignorance of gazpacho soup: I bet Toddhunter was fed gazpacho soup as soon as he was on solids. No, he was probably breast fed on it. One side gazpacho soup, the other side chilled champagne. Pbbbbbbbt. Ah, I’m really going to have to dig up my tapes again. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf/297983/102 "2005-04-09T14:52:38Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > Rimmer lamenting on his ignorance of gazpacho soup: > > I bet Toddhunter was fed gazpacho soup as soon as he was on solids. No, he was probably breast fed on it. One side gazpacho soup, the other side chilled champagne. Pbbbbbbbt. I just watched that episode last night! It’s my absolute favorite. I love the part when Rimmer is talking to Lister in the cinema about how the new Rimmer is driving him crazy. “He’s gone and changed all of my military grey back to ocean grey, he’s quite, quite mad.” or when the two Rimmers are fighting, and the first Rimmer screams at the other and calls him a filthy piece of distended rectum. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf/297983/103 "2005-04-09T22:36:45Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > 😃 He’s already god. God of the Cats, that is. Two bad for him. 🙂 He’s not a god, he’s just been … misquoted. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf/297983/104 "2005-04-10T00:14:13Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > Cat: My stomach has been pumped and now I’m hungry! Aaaooowwww! This reminds me of my other favorite line:L Cat: My stomach has been pumped and now I’m hungry Aaoooowwww! Lister: Shh, Rimmer’s dad’s died. Cat: I prefer chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf/297983/105 "2005-04-20T18:32:08Z")
Just thought of this one. Rimmer claims he did some acting in his youth. He hunches over and makes his hand into a claw, mimicing Richard III. In a crackling voice he says… ‘_Now…_ Well, that’s all I can remember.’ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf/297983/106 "2005-04-20T18:38:06Z")
> [@Alias](#): > > > [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > > > The planet of wax figure robots had two of my favorite moments: > > > > -Listers face as he watches Winnie the Pooh go before the firing squad. > > > > -When Lister puts Rimmers “light bee” in his mouth and spits it out. The way Rimmer says, “My god, that was disgusting” just slays me. > > Ha! That was a great episode. I’d forgotten about the light bee. Rimmer’s line is great, but like most things Red Dwarf, it’s the accent that makes it hilarious. I just saw this one early Sunday morning, after Doctor Who. The bits with the transporter paddles were great! ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf/297983/107 "2005-04-20T19:54:56Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > This reminds me of my other favorite line:L > > Cat: My stomach has been pumped and now I’m hungry Aaoooowwww! > > Lister: Shh, Rimmer’s dad’s died. > > Cat: I prefer chicken. And before that… Lister: Rimmer, dumplings, when done properly, proper dumplings, when cooked to perfection… do not bounce. and… Lister: the skutters just do what you say Rimmer: But they don’t do they? You say “watch that lamb” and they do that. They sit there for three hours and watch it burn. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf/297983/108 "2005-04-20T20:38:37Z")
My favourite episode was always _The Last Day_, in which Kryten’s replacement from Divadroid International finally tracks him down aboard Red Dwarf and is prepared to replace him. No matter how many times I see it, I still laugh when Hudson-10 breaks the brick! My favourite character is Kryten. Hands down, his scenes make me laugh the most. I think the best scene was from one of the later seasons when Rimmer is torturing Kryten with a slideshow of his vacation from the diesel decks: Kryten: “Can we take a break, sir? It appears my intelligence circuits have melted.” Rimmer: “Kryten, if we stop, we may never make it to the Class V’s!” Kryten: “Sir, that’s a gamble I’m willing to take.” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf/297983/109 "2005-04-21T05:44:05Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Just thought of this one. > > Rimmer claims he did some acting in his youth. He hunches over and makes his hand into a claw, mimicing Richard III. In a crackling voice he says… > > ‘_Now…_ Well, that’s all I can remember.’ Ah, yes, that famous “now” speech… ---
**Author:** ![Improbability](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf/297983/110 "2005-04-21T07:56:28Z")
Even though a large number if my friends wax lyrical about Red Dwarf frequently, I have never been able to acquire a taste for it. I tried again a few months back, by watching a few episodes, but it didn’t happen. That said, those episodes were from the first series, which I have been led to believe is not as good. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf/297983/111 "2005-04-21T14:27:56Z")
> [@Improbability](#): > > Even though a large number if my friends wax lyrical about Red Dwarf frequently, I have never been able to acquire a taste for it. I tried again a few months back, by watching a few episodes, but it didn’t happen. That said, those episodes were from the first series, which I have been led to believe is not as good. Well, Red Dwarf, sadly, isn’t for everyone. The first series has some of the best jokes in it, but the best story lines come from the later series like 3-6, although I think series 6 is definitely inferior to the earlier series. ---
**Author:** ![Improbability](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf/297983/112 "2005-04-22T16:58:15Z")
That’s interesting. It wouldn’t be the first time that the first series won out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-red-dwarf/297983.md?page=5)