The Darker Side of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

[Hallwood]

" oh they just sit with the men and have a drink and a meal"

Or a bowl of broth. Hence the name "brothel".

[Musta bin Elbowed]

I can't compare as I have never been to a brothel!!!!!!
Anyway, even now when I watch it I think it's seedy.

Oh Lou you have missed out in life....

It's all plush, ya knaa, red fittings and formica on the table tops. And there's a fella in the corner playing the piano with his sleeves rolled up. And all the birds have them whispy corsets on and stockings with the lines up the back. Phwaorr...

[AWP Corsa Tim]

Not so much 'Dark Side' but bad side... the fact the lads thought it was perfectly ok to cheat by going to the brothel and looking for someone.. Bomber was meant to be a family man wasnt he... all of his pay just about going back home every week.. With Oz it isnt as surprising because he obviously isnt mad on Marjorie anymore..

[AWPfanfromNZ]

Quite authentic for the 80's...

[RHill]

I was only 11 when series one came out and can remember watching the brothel scene with all the family.
In those days( God , get me, I sound ancient!) anyway, kids didn't quite know as much as they do now and I remember thinking to myself " I don't think I'd like to do that for a job' I asked my mom what they were doing and she said " oh they just sit with the men and have a drink and a meal"
Although it was probably toned down even then. I can't compare as I have never been to a brothel!!!!!!
Anyway, even now when I watch it I think it's seedy.

I'm starting to get those awkward questions from my kids, Lou. My eldest seems to want to watch what his friends have been talking about at school. Last week he wanted to borrow my 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' dvds - and me thinking yeah it's suitable. The following day he asks me strange questions that leads me to say: "Don't know, ask your Mam!" I reckon he knew, he just wanted to embarrass me.

[Breaking Away]

You think that's embarrassing. Wait until you have to ask kids about sex stuff because they know more about it than you do.

[RHill]

I agree. Mobile phones will be to blame there. God knows what they might be watching in the playgrounds. It's disgusting, especially when they don't send us the link.

[Musta bin Elbowed]

Curb Your Enthusiasm - suitable for kids

[Lou]

Watched a programme I recorded off channel 4 today called The Mega Brothel, about the legalised chain of Paradise mega brothels in Germany.
Don't know if any of you lot watched it but let's just say Bomber and Oz would have a field day.

[Tracy]

Watched a programme I recorded off channel 4 today called The Mega Brothel, about the legalised chain of Paradise mega brothels in Germany.
Don't know if any of you lot watched it but let's just say Bomber and Oz would have a field day.

Oz telling Barry, "And the totty ! So much of it floatin aboot ya go out ya mind with choice !"

[Musta bin Elbowed]

Watched a programme I recorded off channel 4 today called The Mega Brothel, about the legalised chain of Paradise mega brothels in Germany.
Don't know if any of you lot watched it but let's just say Bomber and Oz would have a field day.

Yeah I saw that. Thought it was boring! Dont even think I made it to the end.

[The Wai-Ling]

I always thought that Moxey came across a bit sinister and dark in 'Love & Other Four Letter Words'.

It's the bit where Wayne's getting cleaned up and he describes to him how Christa cleaned him up with her hanky after Oz chucked him out of the hut. Moxey replies something like, "She used her tongue".

Almost as if he had a hidden past.

[Tracy]

I always thought that Moxey came across a bit sinister and dark in 'Love & Other Four Letter Words'.

It's the bit where Wayne's getting cleaned up and he describes to him how Christa cleaned him up with her hanky after Oz chucked him out of the hut. Moxey replies something like, "She used her tongue".

Almost as if he had a hidden past.

Yes, that was creepy ! Moxey's f****d up childhood may have had a lot to do with this, "Been on me own since I was about three." It certainly showed us a side of our Mox that thankfully, we never saw again. Hidden depths ? Hidden something !

[ruggedscot]

well they cleaned it up in the Thai episodes at least..... well they were in a nice big hottub with loads a bubbles ha ha ha

[GatesheadRevisited]

Not really a darker side but one that really rankles for me is the class division and snobbery outlined in S2. Many of us can fully understand Nev when he said he felt more at home in Germany. And we all cheered when Oz shagged Lady Chatterley oops I mean Mrs Chatterley. Well I declare as they say in the trade!