Talk:Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps/Archive 1

Archive 1

Article Overhaul

Edited a couple of Season Five episode titles. Will overhaul the article soon. If anybody has any idea what a full, in-depth article for a sitcom should look like please give me some examples. Gs83 00:05, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Here's some good ones.

• Becker
• Cheers

Good to hear you're planning an overhaul. I've added the page to my watch list and will be happy to help out. zozart 14:50, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Me too, I've seen every episode at least twice (insomnia is a lonely thing...) so ifthere's any help you need, just ask. I think that some mention should be made of that fact that unusually for a sitcom, the story arcs span over complete series, and even between series, with even minor characters (Kate, David, Kelly) given a lot of airtime and to be seen to develop e.g. kelly goes from a sycophantic dim bakery worker to a predatory slut barmaid, while Kate went from a forward seemingy prim barmaid, to quickly becoming a controlling needy freak chrisboote 12:07, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Major plots Ep6.6

At the end of 6.6 Gaz find out that he's been 'shooting blanks'. Does this mean that Corinthian is Johnny's son? This could possibly be put in major plots - or does it need to be comfirmed? (Anyone seen 6.7 this may help us) TheTallOne 18:52, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Who removed the comments about the refernce on the BBC ite? Sort of people who watch this also watch Hollyoaks - pure shite —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.58.119 (talk • contribs) 23:59, 22 April 2006

yes it is johnnys baby because johnny swaps his baby with gaz for a t-shirt but gaz can't do it and confess's and johnny taunts him for not being able to conceive Rubberchix 17:44, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Horror Special

Who else thought that this was extremely gory and will attract a 18 certificate when the series is released on DVD?

I think it deserves a seperate mention on the main Wikipedia page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.209.187.44 (talk • contribs) 16:03, 30 April 2006

Episode Guide

I improved on the episode guide providing synopsises for the episodes. Some parts may need a clean up, but I think that it's mostly good. I haven't done anything like this before, so I'd like some feeback. I also may expand on other sections in the future. Adamravenscroft 20:58, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Continuity errors

The section on continuty is informally written and has many grammatical errors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.142.9.248 (talk • contribs) 00:58, 16 September 2006

I think that the continuity section is quite unnecessary anyway. (Note: I did not write the above, it is unsigned.) Adamravenscroft 11:41, 16 September 2006 (UTC)Adamravenscroft

I've sorted the section out, added more info and think it should stay. - The 4th Snake 15:40, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, sorry i did it to start with and thought it was just going to be a plan for it, but it is necessary if you watch it. Rubberchix 12:17, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Reverted edit on 4th December as was not relevent to article and just a question by someone--Fluffy Kitten 23:58, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

It is relevent, its been mentioned in many magazines Rubberchix 01:06, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Live?

should it say laughter track it is filmed infront of a live studio audience should it be added? Rubberchix 17:47, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

I've amended the wording referring to the lack of a laughter track on the Horror Special. Clearly it was too technically complex to have been shot in front of an audience, unlike the rest of the series - I've been in the audience for a few episodes in the past, and it takes long enough to do a "normal" one! Nick Cooper 21:41, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

BBC/TV Licence

Who ever it was at the bbc that scrapped two pints of lager,they need shooting,absolutely brilliant series,but scrapping the good stuff and keeping the crap,that what the bbc do best,god knows what we keep paying for a licence every year,for what ???

i dont watch any bbc channels anymore,does that mean i dont have to get ripped off by buying a licence,only in the uk we have to have a licence,when i told my american friend that wwe have a tv licence,he laughed his ass off. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gettoman (talk • contribs) 17:16, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

It's not "only in the UK" - virtually every European country (and a few non-European ones) has a licence fee. Some even retain a separate radio licence. Nick Cooper 18:00, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Er...new series starting this year...what makes you think it's scrapped? 87.194.44.145 21:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC) You ain't seen me, roight?

Jonny or Joney?

I just thought I'd bring this up. In the Musical Special, at the start where Janet is about to leave, she leaves a letter. The letter reads "Joney". Just thought this might be the way you actualy spell his name. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.78.178.241 (talk) 16:57, 9 December 2006 (UTC).

Having just checked my DVD recording, the letter definitely says "Jonny" although the letters are very small on the screen, so anyone relying on a small screen and/or a poor quality recording or reception might be mistaken. Nick Cooper 16:53, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

character bios

Im going to write out bios for the five main characters and ones like Flo and Munch and Kelly, any objections?

Mafew 17:02, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Not from me, I did not notice the characters had nothing about them. AxG (talk) 17:09, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Well I have to leave them as they are until I have more time..feel free to add or edit if you want Mafew 17:20, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Original Channel

The article says the original channel is BBC Three, yet the first series was shown before BBC Three came into existane. Wouldnt the original channel therefore be BBC Two? 172.209.73.211 17:49, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Good point. Having checked the appropriate copies of Radio Times, Series 1 debuted on BBC Two, with the episodes being repeated on BBC Choice the following day. Series 2 was first shown on BBC Choice, which had been replaced with BBC Three just before Series 3 started. I'll change the page accordingly. Nick Cooper

Designated coconut?

Under the Character bios, Jonny is listed on wiki (and a few sites) as liking "Designated Coconut". I'm not a big enough fan of the show (haven't seen them all :-)) so I might have missed this reference, if it is a reference...I almost corrected it as a typo. Does anyone here know if it is a typo or a reference?

BTW Wikipedia, check out http://www.sitcom.co.uk/two_pints/characters.shtml ...either you're breaking copyright laws by stealing their material or vice versa :-)

"designated" might be a deliberate typo by someone else to track copyright infringement...easy to find who uses the content using google :-) 87.194.44.145 22:01, 21 January 2007 (UTC) You ain't seen me, roight?

In the subtitles, it says "dessicated coconut" WalrusMan118 14:13, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

musical two pints

what would be of use in this episode would be the song "covers" 172.200.193.68 23:08, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

There does seem to be a page on Wikipedia dedicated to the Two Pints Musical Special but I don't agree it should have a whole page to itself and overall think the article is quite badly written; even the title is non-helpful to those Wikipedians who have never even heard of Two Pints nquinnathome1 22:08, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

That page is a recent addition and seem incredibly unencyclopedic, both in the page name as simply "Musical Special" - which one would assume is too broad for this single example - its poor structure, and the factuial errors it contains. Nick Cooper 07:19, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

How about if we just clean the article up and 'move' it so that the page is actually given a suitable name rather than just 'Musical Special'; I noticed that other TV shows have a 'specials' page so as long as there is enough information to warrant a whole article it could be a good option. nquinnathome1 07:54, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, the onscreen title is When Janet Met Jonny, which is as good a title as any. Nick Cooper 17:39, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Done. Nick Cooper 07:24, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Copyright dates

Would whoever keeps putting in the detail about the mis-match between the copyright date at the end of first series episodes and the transmission dates please stop doing so. Two pints is far from being unique in this respect, especially with programmes that start within the first few months of any given year. Nick Cooper 17:25, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Series 7 (2007/08)

All of the completely untrue stuff removed. Series 8 has not been mentioned and there is no proof of viewing figures for Series 6 being "low". It's nice to speculate, but only write it down if you know it's concrete fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.139.21.204 (talk) 22:18, 12 May 2007

It's on BBC3 and only watched by A level students who don't have social lives and those that go to polytechnics, sorry "university". Other than that it's watched by people who switch it on after going out for beers after work who fall asleep on the sofa, cock in one hand, kebab in the other.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.153.31.128 (talk) 23:55, 9 August 2007

I'll think you will find that it has a rather large, wide range audience. I watch it (I'm 14), and most of my friends do to. We are still in school. I also know many people who watch it who are in their 30s and 40s. Don't make childish comments just because you don't like a show. Okay, voice your opinion, but Wikipedia is a factual encyclopedia, Not a review Website. Martinurquhart 03:10, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Someone re-write as an Enclyclopedic entry

Can someone have a go at actually writing this as an encyclopedic entry rather than a sub a-level standard article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.153.31.128 (talk) 23:55, 9 August 2007

Well it doesn't help when you make comments like the above comment under Series 7 (2007/08). It's non-constructive and totally unhelpful. Nor when you do not sign your comments. If you're prepared to contributed to the article please do, as long as it is constructive. -- Halo2 ^Talk 23:41, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

It's a new section so go and get bent - fucking penis "Halo2" - laughing my fucking arse off —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.75.222 (talk • contribs) 17:57, 10 August 2007

if you dont like the show dont comment on it, ignore its existance why waste the time and energy to abuse people and bad mouth the show. Skitzo, co-founder of the AfTaDaRkCrU 20:08, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

What's in a new section. But with regards to you comment, it's people like you who vandalism wikipedia... -- Halo2 ^Talk 23:15, 10 August 2007 (UTC)