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In It’s a Wonderful Life, a dead man, Clarence (Angel, 2nd Class) is sent to save George Bailey. If he succeeds, he will gain his wings and be promoted to 1st Class. 

Obviously I was aware of the link between the film and Red Dwarf and I knew the plot, but not having actually seen this film since I was a child, I was pleasantly surprised to see this little link between Clarence’s mission and ambitions and the reason Holly brings Rimmer back as a hologram to “save” Lister and keep him company. 

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Series VII was the first Red Dwarf I ever saw so it has a place in my heart for that reason, even if I can see now that there are stronger seasons. 

However, my 10 year old girl always chooses the series VII Kochanski episodes to rewatch. She used to like series 8 too (because of Kochanski), but I think she has started to understand the terrible jokes so she’s gone off that season now. Too embarrassing to watch with your parents apparently. 

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I just realised that Hollister’s love of “orange ice pops” is probably an American way of saying ice lolly (“popsicle?”) and not the cheap tubes of frozen juice you get in a multipack of 20 for 99p, which is what I always visualised but now seems unlikely for a grown man to be obsessed with.
Or does he mean like a Callipo?

I don’t think I’ve ever heard an American call them ice pops, only popsicles. 

I also assumed he meant the ice pops we have, which you have to freeze after you buy them, then fight over who gets the blue ones, while the dismal cola ones are left behind in the freezer forever. 

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You can be polite and lovely (everyone who meets him at conventions says he is a lovely person), but also believe that things were better in [insert whatever date in the past that person relates to because they were relatively comfortable and “at home” with the prevailing culture of that time], which is basically what he is saying. 
He and I would probably not choose to be close friends in real life, but that doesn’t mean we wouldn’t be polite to each other in a work/public environment. 

But would he be polite to you in a WOKE environment? Eh?

He probably meets many “woke” people at these conventions. I’ve never read any reports to say he has been anything other than a pleasure to meet. 

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You can be polite and lovely (everyone who meets him at conventions says he is a lovely person), but also believe that things were better in [insert whatever date in the past that person relates to because they were relatively comfortable and “at home” with the prevailing culture of that time], which is basically what he is saying. 

He and I would probably not choose to be close friends in real life, but that doesn’t mean we wouldn’t be polite to each other in a work/public environment. 

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The dog looks like his name is Duane. 

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#RedDwarf #Smegle 05/03/2024 

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First time playing, didn’t expect to get it in one! 

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The Osmonds joke is about them having lots of teeth and being a big family – they had big American white sparkly smiles plastered on their faces all the time, which was an unusual look for Brits at the time. (Which is why Confidence having the same American smile is so funny). 

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And Red Dwarf had a nod to the Wild West popularity in season 1 with the Scutters liking John Wayne. 

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Wild West themes were popular at the time anyway… I was barely alive in the late 80s/early 90s and Westerns aren’t my favourite but off the top of my head there was City Slickers (1991), Maverick (1994), Young Guns (1990) and Bon Jovi did Blaze of Glory as part of the soundtrack, Cher’s Just Like Jesse James (1989) and Dr Quinn Medicine Woman (93 I think?).  Probably loads more too. 

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Child Rimmer in the dormitory does the salute to Adult Rimmer (who does it back in response) in Timeslides. 

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