Zwei nette Früchtchen (1976)
26KZwei nette Früchtchen: Directed by Michael Tuchner. With Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth, Mary Tamm. Spin-off from Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? 1973, although it shares its title with the earlier 1960s British television series The Likely Lads, of which Whatever was the sequel. Terry is divorced from his German wife and has a Finnish girlfriend Christina. At Thelma’s suggestion they join her and Bob on a caravan holiday but due to a mishap the men get separated from the women. Thelma mistakenly accuses Bob of infidelity and their row is heard publicly as they are in a van with the PA still switched on. Bob and Terry then holiday without the girls in a hotel at Whitley Bay. They score with both the landlady and her daughter but have to make a hurried trouserless exit. Terry decides to emigrate and Bob joins him for a farewell drink on board his ship. However Terry changes his mind at the last minute and disembarks realising too late that Bob is still on board heading for Bahrain.
“Itu0026#39;s all too easy to get lost in the trend for sitcom films that ran through the 70u0026#39;s and 80u0026#39;s in the UK. But The Likely Lads will always stand out to me, as the finest example of itu0026#39;s type. Its cheerful 70u0026#39;s sitcom trappings hide a wonderfully written journey that captures that moment everybody goes through in life. When we question our entire existence. Then realise the only sensible solution is to put a frozen lasagne in the oven and pour a Newcastle Brown Ale into a dimpled pint glass with a handle.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;In the chocolate box of life, the top layeru0026#39;s already gone. And someoneu0026#39;s pinched the orange creme from the bottom.u0026quot;”
