withnail

If you’re a fan of Withnail then this watch-along with Bruce Robinson is worth your time.

Bruce Robinson wrote most of Withnail in the Spread Eagle at the end of Albert St.

While most would focus on Withnail and Danny's more on-the-nose moments, it's really Uncle Monty who steals every scene he features in.

There's something grim, damp, probably illegal, but also convivial and ingenious about the story that makes me think of Withnail and Marwood in Regent's Park.

By any objective criteria, Withnail was a horrible person.

In my opinion he is simply one of the most beautifully realised characters in all of comedy, his pompous and lugubrious Oxbridge eccentricities representing the last vestiges of a more genteel era that Withnail had just missed out on being a beneficiary of (Free to those who can afford it, very expensive to those who can't).

In fact, I would like a Potter/Withnail mashup, with Harry looking confused and distraught while Withnail shouts "Have you been at the controls!!?

If you liked Withnail & I, try "Naked" for the hard-edge & existential experience...

I love the random quote from "Withnail & I" in this - "A certain 'je ne sais quoi' oh so very special", spoken by the late, great Richard Griffiths.

"The Piano", or "Withnail and I" probably wont ever benefit from 3D treatment.

My best friend's birthday was the following week, and while he's not a Doctor Who person, he IS the person who introduced me to Withnail.

Grant's ability to be a living cartoon made it hilarious and charming and he let you suspend your disbelief in Withnail's grandeur and go along for the absurd ride.