Still game pub banter

Top review. Game On! Still Game is an absolute little gem of a comedy taking Victor and Jack from their sketch's in 'Chewin the Fat'into the wider world of fictional Glasgow scheme estate Craigland.

Victor and Jack are two elderly widowed gentlemen living in a grim world of scraping by on their pensions trying to keep warm in their high storey flats. But they make sure they make the most of their situation and it's pretty inspirational stuff.

The best laughs come from the other characters, crafty Winston, gossip Isa, shopkeep Naveed, barman Boaby etc, plenty of good story lines and sharp put downs make for the type of show where if you buy the DVD you watch one episode and keep on until the end, then go out and buy the another series Sadly on the network the BBC has seen fit to screen only a select few episodes. The laughs are often dark, and set amongst the bleak black drops of old age, poverty, crime, loneliness you name it!

But like say 'One foot in the Grave' it is adept at handling serious situations then bringing us back to the comedy with just one hot line.

For a spot of spirit in adversity look no further. VictorianCushionCat Apr 17, FAQ 1. Will there be a 7th series? Details Edit. Release date November 1, United States. And every exchange was deliciously cantankerous: Boabby the Barman Gavin Mitchell calls Jack and Victor by the name of a famous duo, from Batman and Robin to the Two Ronnies, whenever they walk into the pub — and always gets a scathing comeback.

My personal favourite? Throughout, it touched on issues felt by the Scottish community, from the rehabilitation of recovering addicts to pension poverty in the wake of austerity. Elsewhere, the dialect provided a saving grace. However, Stewart has been taking an American drug to cure his depression. He recommends Jack and Victor to take the drugs.

They are reluctant at first, but soon warm to the idea. Later on, Jack and Victor decide that they need to convince the doctor that they are really depressed. It works for them, and they get the tablets. Tam ruins Winston's chances of going out with Frances by pretending to be intellectual in order to impress her.

In doing so, Tam ends up making Winston look like a fool in front of Frances. Next morning, Jack and Victor take their tablets. Sure enough, they really feel the effects as they are full of life. Tam let slip that he knew about Boabby's porn tape when he accidentally called him "Troy". At some point, Boabby became the landlord of the Clansman. Younger people such as Peggy and Charlie are known to frequent the pub too.

Boaby laments how his pub isn't popular with young couples, although this is due to his sarcastic nature and the fact his pub isn't glamorous.

Boaby has tried to make his pub more popular by holding theme nights such as a pub quiz and a scampi and tarot night. Towards the end of the fourth series, the Clansman was sold from under Boaby by the brewery. As a result, the Clansman was set to be closed down and demolished, to make way for cottages. It turns out that the property developer was the son of Pete the Jakey, and hence, the pub was not demolished. Instead, the pub was renamed "Jenny's", in honour of Jenny Turnbull, the mother of the property developer.

Boaby still works in Jenny's, although he is taunted by Stevie Reid for "working in a pub that doesn't belong to him". In the later years, Boaby's regular elderly customers gradually passed away. An older Boaby still continued to serve at the Clansman until his 'boggin' death on the toilet from 'pleasuring' himself that was discovered in 'The Final Farewell' live show at the Hyrdo.

Boaby is a man of average height. He has light skin with brown hair, which he sports as a mullet. Boaby tends to be casually dressed. In his younger days, he had thin sideburns and had a pencil moustache, his left ear also had an earring.

In his older age, his hair has lightened to a blondish-grey colour, and is more shortened. He now wears glasses.