I don't know what the previous reviewer was talking about. This is the funniest Scottish show since Chewin the Fat ended. It's nothing like Max and Paddy - it's funny for a start! The last episode in particular was a scream. For what it's worth, my friends and I used to delay going out on a Friday night until we'd watched it. It's crammed full of jokes, but it's got a lot of meaningful stuff too. Lovely stuff about responsible parenting. As with any new sitcom, it takes a bit of time to warm to the characters, but by the time episode 3 came around, i was rooting for Fox, hoping he'd get back with his family. I genuinely believe that Legit has the potential to run and run for years, and it's so refreshing to see a Scottish sitcom that has non-Glaswegian voices. I have fingers crossed for a second series.
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"Danny's a fanny... deid cat in a carrier bag.... HAPPY DAYS!" - Happy Boab
Radu_Vladislas11 February 2011
Warning: Spoilers
This is a great little show so it is. I have watched it and watched it and still watch it on DVD to this very day. It never gets tiresome.
It's about two guys (Fox and Danny) who work in a market place together and what they get up to day to day. Fox lives in a caravan in Danny's garden. And Danny lives in the house with his mother. They are always scheming on how to make money as quickly as possible. And at times Fox has no choice but to perform drastic measures to make sure he lives up to being a good dad for his two kids. One incident involves breaking into a zoo to steal a monkey for his son for his birthday. And in another incident in "Night of the Lobster" he has to get 500 pounds together to give his daughter for her elite dance school position she got into.
Speaking of which in "Night of the Lobster" they are hired by an eccentric collector to track down a film called "Night of the Lobster" which apparently is extremely rare and those who starred in it are either dead or missing. The collector "Ophelia Baws" said she will pay them £1000 for the movie. So they try and track it down only to find out that it is only a myth. They decide to film it themselves and cash in on the idea. This leads to Fox getting stuck in a window of his caravan during the filming of a scene, and needs to be cut out of the side of his caravan with a chainsaw. Which leaves a huge hole in the side of Fox's home. A hole which he covers with black plastic refuse sacks.
Each and every episode is magic so it is. The show has some thing special in it that was never given time to really grow. Due to the unfair actions of the BBC this show was cut down without being given a chance. The BBC opted to renew Dear Green Place for a second series over this. Due to Kiernan and Riley from the Still Game fame being linked to DGP. Just because big named comedy stars are in it doesn't mean it will be a success and DGP proved this. It fails on all levels. And it too, eventually, was cancelled. I still say to this very day that Legit should have been the one out of the two that got two series made as it was the better show.
If the BBC have any respect for good comedy then they need to bring this show back. At least for one more season any way. And give it some advertising to promote it. Stop investing in shows that have run their course (Rab C Nesbitt for instance) and start on fresh new things like Legit. It's the least they can do. After all I don't pay my license to be handed recycled gunk and be expected to like it. Rab had his time and he was good back in the day. Leave him be now. Stop living in the past BBC.
Do the right thing and PLEASE bring Legit back. It's not too late.
HAPPY DAYS!.
It's about two guys (Fox and Danny) who work in a market place together and what they get up to day to day. Fox lives in a caravan in Danny's garden. And Danny lives in the house with his mother. They are always scheming on how to make money as quickly as possible. And at times Fox has no choice but to perform drastic measures to make sure he lives up to being a good dad for his two kids. One incident involves breaking into a zoo to steal a monkey for his son for his birthday. And in another incident in "Night of the Lobster" he has to get 500 pounds together to give his daughter for her elite dance school position she got into.
Speaking of which in "Night of the Lobster" they are hired by an eccentric collector to track down a film called "Night of the Lobster" which apparently is extremely rare and those who starred in it are either dead or missing. The collector "Ophelia Baws" said she will pay them £1000 for the movie. So they try and track it down only to find out that it is only a myth. They decide to film it themselves and cash in on the idea. This leads to Fox getting stuck in a window of his caravan during the filming of a scene, and needs to be cut out of the side of his caravan with a chainsaw. Which leaves a huge hole in the side of Fox's home. A hole which he covers with black plastic refuse sacks.
Each and every episode is magic so it is. The show has some thing special in it that was never given time to really grow. Due to the unfair actions of the BBC this show was cut down without being given a chance. The BBC opted to renew Dear Green Place for a second series over this. Due to Kiernan and Riley from the Still Game fame being linked to DGP. Just because big named comedy stars are in it doesn't mean it will be a success and DGP proved this. It fails on all levels. And it too, eventually, was cancelled. I still say to this very day that Legit should have been the one out of the two that got two series made as it was the better show.
If the BBC have any respect for good comedy then they need to bring this show back. At least for one more season any way. And give it some advertising to promote it. Stop investing in shows that have run their course (Rab C Nesbitt for instance) and start on fresh new things like Legit. It's the least they can do. After all I don't pay my license to be handed recycled gunk and be expected to like it. Rab had his time and he was good back in the day. Leave him be now. Stop living in the past BBC.
Do the right thing and PLEASE bring Legit back. It's not too late.
HAPPY DAYS!.
Legit avoids mistakes of The Office and The Royle Family
paultaylor-larsson719 September 2012
A few comments on here have suggested that this could have run for years. While it is sad it hasn't, perhaps it is also a blessing. let me explain.....
The first series of The Office & Royle Family were huge hits. Critics and fans latched onto the characters' personalities and they became part of our daily lives. When the second series came around, the main characters became caricatures based on those personalities and went totally off course. There are glaring inconsistencies between the first and second series of both comedies, a couple of examples being:
There are others, but I digress...
Perhaps Messrs Florence & Connell have done the Legit characters a favour by leaving it at one series. As most will know, the writers have gone on to write and start in the excellent Burnistoun, which appears to now be their outlet for their undoubted talents.
Well done and thank you for this guys, hope you continue to achieve success in your own write (sic)
The first series of The Office & Royle Family were huge hits. Critics and fans latched onto the characters' personalities and they became part of our daily lives. When the second series came around, the main characters became caricatures based on those personalities and went totally off course. There are glaring inconsistencies between the first and second series of both comedies, a couple of examples being:
- David Brent was portrayed as a bungling incompetent in Series 2 of The Office, yet in Series 1 he was personally selected to become a board member by the company's directors.
- In The Royle Family, Jim Royle was portrayed as a lazy sod who didn't get out of his armchair, yet in series 1 he was working overtime to pay for Denise's wedding.
There are others, but I digress...
Perhaps Messrs Florence & Connell have done the Legit characters a favour by leaving it at one series. As most will know, the writers have gone on to write and start in the excellent Burnistoun, which appears to now be their outlet for their undoubted talents.
Well done and thank you for this guys, hope you continue to achieve success in your own write (sic)
Legit Was Excellent
rossowen16 May 2008
I disagree with Mr Roberstons review of this programme.
Scotland has produced many fantastic comedy programs like Scotch and Wry, Rab C Nesbitt, Naked Video, Only An Excuse, Chewing The Fat, Still Game and now LEGIT. Personally I thought LEGIT was fantastic and definitely on a par with the others. Instead of being subjected to the usual modern day 'politically correct' student humour, LEGIT brought us the slapstick element which is sadly so often missing from todays TV. Slapstick humour will never die, unlike certain others of genre which are simply 'boring' and aimed at the student age group. LEGIT had some great 'true to life' patter and 'real' situations in it. It wasn't dependant on catchphrases either which I found was a refreshing change. Well done to Steve McNicoll, Jordan Young and everyone else involved. My favourite scene from the series has to be Andy Grays appearance in episode one. I still laugh when I think about it.
For me LEGIT is Only Fools and Horses meets Laurel and Hardy. Those ingredients simply cannot fail.
Scotland has produced many fantastic comedy programs like Scotch and Wry, Rab C Nesbitt, Naked Video, Only An Excuse, Chewing The Fat, Still Game and now LEGIT. Personally I thought LEGIT was fantastic and definitely on a par with the others. Instead of being subjected to the usual modern day 'politically correct' student humour, LEGIT brought us the slapstick element which is sadly so often missing from todays TV. Slapstick humour will never die, unlike certain others of genre which are simply 'boring' and aimed at the student age group. LEGIT had some great 'true to life' patter and 'real' situations in it. It wasn't dependant on catchphrases either which I found was a refreshing change. Well done to Steve McNicoll, Jordan Young and everyone else involved. My favourite scene from the series has to be Andy Grays appearance in episode one. I still laugh when I think about it.
For me LEGIT is Only Fools and Horses meets Laurel and Hardy. Those ingredients simply cannot fail.
Couple of chancers
smitchellstu12 May 2020
Absolutely awful
threecolours17 September 2007
Legit is a Scottish sitcom produced by The Comedy Unit, written by Robert Florence and Iain Connell. It is set in and around a market, where the main characters, Sammy Fox (Steven McNicoll) and Danny (Jordan Young) work. Fox has recently split up with his wife Kelly Ann and is living in a caravan in the back garden of Danny's mother, May (Clair Grogan). What follows is basically an attempt at a Glasgow version of "Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere", only with the jokes being replaced with the "Glesgae Banter". Only unlike the real thing none of the banter is funny. Frankly the only positive thing to say about it is at least it is not as bad as the Karen Dunbar Show.
Just goes to show that BBC Scotland will commission anything.
Just goes to show that BBC Scotland will commission anything.
What A Pile Of ****
Theo Robertson2 March 2008
Scottish comedy has really come in to its own over the last few years . CHEWIN' THE FAT became an instant hit overnight and the spin off show STILL GAME was no less successful . Unfortunately this raises expectations about any comedy show that is produced by BBC Scotland . Even more unfortunate is the danger that the next TV show from north of the border will live down to the expectations of even the most cynical viewer . LEGIT is that show
The premise centres around a couple of lads who are into all type of scams and being lads they also have one eye on the ladies . Cue lots of near the knuckle jokes about shagging etc . There you go most of the alleged humour is vulgar . You could make the same criticism about STILL GAME but the difference is STILL GAME is funny whereas LEGIT is anything but . There's also another problem and that is the intrusive canned laughter . I take it that it's canned laughter because I find it impossible to raise even a smile as to what was on screen . Truth be told I thought I'd never start laughing . And I didn't
The premise centres around a couple of lads who are into all type of scams and being lads they also have one eye on the ladies . Cue lots of near the knuckle jokes about shagging etc . There you go most of the alleged humour is vulgar . You could make the same criticism about STILL GAME but the difference is STILL GAME is funny whereas LEGIT is anything but . There's also another problem and that is the intrusive canned laughter . I take it that it's canned laughter because I find it impossible to raise even a smile as to what was on screen . Truth be told I thought I'd never start laughing . And I didn't
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