Laughter is the Best Medicine

John Sullivan died last month, he was only 64, well writing that's put a song in my head! Anyway, he wrote one of my all time favourite shows, Only Fools and Horses.

There was a short tribute show on yesterday which I watched and subsequently learnt that he also wrote many other shows I watched and loved over the years, most notably for me Just Good Friends and Citizen Smith.

Additionally he wrote for comedy shows such as The Two Ronnies, another family favourite.

I have many of the Only Fools episodes on DVD. In addition to being a huge fan of the show and all of the characters I am a massive David Jason fan...and I do mean David Jason and not just Del Boy although I feel much affection for his character in Only Fools.

So I thought I would treat myself and look up a few classic clips on You Tube for some of the episodes I don't have copies of yet, and share them here, in tribute to a comedy genius. Enjoy!









There are loads more clips on the wonderful You Tube if you fancy some more, I am going to finish with the opening theme music, which contains that great line, 'Why Do Only Fools and Horses Work?'.

John Sullivan wrote and sang both the opening and closing theme music to Only Fools which was something I only found out a couple of years ago. I had always assumed it was Nicholas Lyndhurst singing and still think it sounds exactly like him!