Talk:Norman Stanley Fletcher

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Porridge wasn't the first sitcom to do a single-set dialogue-heavy episode. Galton and Simpson did it several times in Hancock and Steptoe & Son, and several episodes of Till Death Us Do Part were all talk. Bonalaw 13:33, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)


 * Yeah, but they were all crap.--Crestville 17:23, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)


 * If I might use a very un-wiki-like acronym... LOL Bonalaw

What? "LoL, that was funny" or "LoL, you fool, Steptoe, Till Death and Hancock were not crap, but rather important and influential televisual productions that have shaped the landscape of the British sitcom"? Either way I agree, but I still think "A Night In" is the most memorable example. Love --Crestville 17:49, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Weasel words
"is widely renowned as one of the great comic creations." Personally, I think he's hilarious... but some references to that claim wouldn't go amiss. 86.136.249.91 00:25, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Spurs Fan?
Please no. It cannot be! Srsly, I always remembered Fletch as an Orient fan. Or is that because he mentioned their erm somewhat unpredictable performances so often? A Hammer in confusion Plutonium27 (talk) 17:02, 17 September 2008 (UTC).


 * If I recall correctly in the first series when he gets weekend release he says he's been able to watch Sputs win at home, whereas in the film he's says a disillusioned lifelong Orient fan. I guess the show's and film's writers didn't have an indepth guide of every throwaway line for reference. Timrollpickering (talk) 13:01, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

WikiLink
Added wiki link via the see also section. TheHappiestCritic (talk) 23:18, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Not being rude but who wrote this?
This entry is pretty poor and in my opinion needs a complete rewrite. Preferably by somebody who has watched the whole thing at least once.

I have already corrected the error about the crime Fletcher was sentenced for which was breaking and entering. The previous version had it as stealing a lorry and crashing it through garden walls and a shed but this was just a (very old) shaggy dog story that clearly went over the head of the author. It was a build up to the play on words punch-line "I asked for six other fences to be taken into consideration". (Fences/Offences... Geddit?). It's clearly not intended to be taken to be true but Mr Barrowclough fails to get the joke... Much as the author of the previous version seems to have done.

I don't know where the person who wrote this is from... "He is also something of a drinker - on one occasion, after sneaking away from an outdoor trip, he goes straight to a pub and drinks several pints of beer, one of which he downs in one. In Going Straight, he consumes several pints of beer and a few whisky chasers just on the train from Carlisle to London. He mentions that an average day in Muswell Hill involved visiting four different pubs for a 'swift half'.".. but in working class British terms that barely even counts as wetting your whistle. That's perfectly normal social drinking by British standards and is not worthy of the expression "something of a drinker".

Also... His son Raymond was not conceived at the cinema. He was conceived at home when Ingrid was at the cinema not Fletcher and Isobel. In the episode "Women Without Men" when Fletcher is on compassionate leave Ingrid says that if he gives her the money she'll go to the pictures leading to Fletch saying that that was how her brother was conceived. Ingrid was out at the pictures... Fletch and Mrs Fletch stayed home and "conjugated" as he would say. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.78.66.211 (talk) 00:27, 5 June 2020 (UTC)


 * I also think it needs to rewritten. Although I have not watched this series, I think the information about the character was randomly jotted down and did not really have a proper structure or breakdown. In my opinion, the structure should have a logical flow...start with full name, location, career. Then move on to family and friends. Then move on to character trajectory in the show. Sruthijayanti (talk) 05:01, 20 March 2022 (UTC)