California Here I Come (12 Feb. 1989)

Director:

Geoffrey Sax

Writers:

Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran,

Stars:

Rik Mayall, Michael Troughton, Lou Hirsch

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Rik Mayall	...	Alan B'Stard
Michael Troughton	...	Piers Fletcher-Dervish
Lou Hirsch	...	Houghton Mifflin
Julianne White	...	Donna Nightingale
Mac McDonald	...	Sheriff
William Sleigh	...	Castro
Lewis Hancock	...	Elevator Attendant

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

waterbed | tied to a bed | lingerie | actress | quaaludes | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 February 1989 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yorkshire Television (YTV)

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Donna Nightingale: Oh no, wait! I need my 'ludes.
Alan B'Stard: 'Ludes? Oh, I can be lewd. I can be really disgusting!
Donna Nightingale: No no no, my Quaaludes. They relax me. They make sex last *forever*.
Alan B'Stard: Do they? Where are they? Give me some!

User Reviews

Go west young B'stard!

This is the wrong place to pay tribute to the great Leslie Neilsen, who passed away on Monday, but until I get round to doing a full review of the first 'Naked Gun' movie I'll just say for now that he will be greatly missed. Bet he's making them laugh in Heaven right now.

This episode has Alan and Piers jetting off to sunny California. Alan is as contemptuous of Americans as he is of poor people. At a party thrown by big-shot Hollywood producer Houghton Miffin ( Lou Hirsch ), he insults the host. Piers gets high on cocaine, and attacks Miffin when he insults the Queen. Alan gets off with the stunning soap actress Donna Nightingale ( Julianne White ) and goes to her apartment for some action. She is into Bondage and insists he chain her to the bed. Alan is made to go back to her car to find her drugs, and gets locked out. Just as a police patrol car is approaching...

In earlier times this might have been the plot of a spin-off film. The production team does a reasonable job in recreating California, certainly better than 'Duty Free' Spain. With Alan and Piers in a foreign land, the opportunities for political humour are severely limited ( apart from a few cracks about Vice President Dan Quayle ), and the pair come across as fish out of water, making this a rather unusual instalment. Mac McDonald ( 'the Sheriff' ) was 'Captain Hollister' in the first episode of 'Red Dwarf'. William Sleigh is particularly good as 'Castro', the pervert Alan finds himself sharing a cell with.

Funniest moment - locked out of Donna's apartment, Alan sees the police coming and tries to dispose of her drugs by swallowing the whole bottle!