Only Fools and Horses (TV Series) Who's a Pretty Boy? (1983) User Reviews

Everyone's entitled to a cuppa tea Rodney, it's in that Magna Carta!

[snoozejonc · 8/10 · 25 September 2020]

Del, Rodney and Granddad land a job decorating Denzil's living room.

This is a great episode with very strong situational comedy throughout. It starts strongly at the Nag's Head with good banter between Del, Rodney and Brendon O'Shaughnessy, before most of the rest of the story unfolds at Denzil's place.

Paul Barber and Eve Mottley both give solid performances as Denzil and Corrine, but the best moments come when the Trotters are left to their own devices during the job. This is when hilarious disaster strikes and some excellent banter flies thick and fast between them. Lennard Pearce is brilliant, with practically everything coming out of his mouth being a solid gold punchline.

Interestingly, there is a little bit of racial humour and stereotyping in the script that probably wouldn't see the light of day now. John Sullivan even included a joke about how overly white Rodney's skin is which ensures there a punchline is aimed at his own ethnicity and not just the Irish, Italian, Indian and West Indian characters who appear.

This is also the episode that introduces Mike Fisher the long serving landlord of the Nag's Head who appears in many future episodes.

It's a 7.5/10 for me but I round upwards.

Kentucky fried canary

[dominic-paris · 9/10 · 3 September 2019]

One of the best of the series thanks to the brilliant script in a very familiar story of someone trying to replace a dead pet on the sly - yes, it's been done before in other shows, but they didn't have John Sullivan's genius and such a perfect cast. We are introduced to Mike Fisher, the landlord, who within two minutes of meeting Del Boy must have been double glad that he did, and another, who we would sadly never see again, Corinne, who couldn't be more displeased to see Del Boy after he mucked up her wedding to Denzil, another regular we are introduced to. We would hear of Brendan a couple of times after this episode but he was never seen again. Italian Louie was also a memorable character after having conned grandad in to buying his 'flea-bitten' canary for £45. Great mix of characters, superb twist and a win for Del Boy at the end puts this in my list of top ten OFAH episodes.

Who's a Pretty Boy?

[studioAT · 8/10 · 15 April 2023]

The third series of 'Only Fools and Horses' was great, with excellent episodes throughout, and this was no exception.

Full of lovely moments and interactions, this is a joy. It's such a shame that Leonard Pearce wasn't gifted more time to build on this, because if anything the fourth series set the programme back a bit due to his sad death and time having to be spent introducing Uncle Albert.

We see the first appearance of landlord and later key player Mike here and what a tragedy we didn't get to see more of Corrine (played by Eva Mottley) too.

Overall this is a great way to end what was a very strong third series.

Another supreme Only Fools episode.

[maureen_smith5 · 10/10 · 9 May 2015]

The third series of Only Fools up to this point was already legendary and after a show highlight with May The Force Be With You we get in my opinion series three's second best episode that introduces Del's school mate Denzil and Nags Head guvnor Mike along with the only seen appearance of Denzil's wife Corrine and has some very funny scenes.

Del,Rodney and Granddad convince old pal Denzil to let them redecorate his flat front room after Del lies about the Irishman who was going to do it by saying he was a drunk who burnt down another place. The job seems to go alright until Rodney leaves the kettle on the gas and Denzil's canary seems to be dead too but is everything as it seems.

A excellent penultimate episode of series three with two of the finest characters in the show introduced and Del Boys lies seeming to backfire along with some top humour.

Funniest moments include Rodney describing how Granddad used to go to work on a horse and then got the sack after wallpapering over a serving hatch,Corrine bringing up the story of how Del mucked up her wedding(how many bride and grooms do you see cutting a jam sponge),Rodney leaving the kettle on the gas which so say leads to the canary dying and then says to Del perhaps Corrine will think it was paint fumes(paint fumes when Corrine comes back in here she'll see her kettle's been nackered,her kitchen's been turned into a Turkish bath and she's got a Kentucky fried canary at the bottom of the cage)and Del describing how the Irishman mucked up his paint(it was meant to be apple white but I got battleship grey).

A classic episode of the best British series ever with real laugh out load moments,two classic characters introduced and the worst do it yourself team you could ask for.

He'll Come Back with a Goldfish...

[Lunerar · 7/10 · 15 June 2020]

First appearances of Denzil as Del's mate and Mike as the pub owner. There is also an appearance by the late Eva Mottley as Denzil's wife (who in real life had dated David Bowie for a couple of years).

Silly main plat-line aside (which is good but not all the episode has to offer) some of the jokes don't land for me (Rodney's paleness) but others are very close to the mark.

Overall though this episode helps keep the standard of series three very high.