Struggling writers in the 1970's must have been on the verge of despair at times. Whilst continuously failing to sell their own ideas they also had to watch in horror - as did the viewers - as a succession of short-lived and woefully unfunny sit-coms somehow made it to the screen. One such was 'Our Kid' of which,mercifully, only 6 episodes were ever screened. The setting was a typically clichéd sleepy Yorkshire village where two adult brothers still lived in the same tiny house that they had once shared with their parents.The rather older of the two presents as being bitter and frustrated that he has had to waste his life caring for his slightly gormless younger sibling. If this doesn't strike you as a hugely amusing premise then you would not be wrong; it wasn't! In episode 1 Older Brother bemoans the support that he has given to Younger Brother;
OB; 'There was your education to pay for' YB; 'But I went to State school' OB; 'School meals!!' YB; 'But I came home for dinner' OB; 'Well......spam fritters don't grow on trees,you know!!'
And that was really about as good as it ever got. There was an equally predictable attempt to introduce Older Brothers unrequited love interest but the impression was very much that nobody involved was really putting much effort into a series in which they had no great confidence. The 13 week standard run perhaps suggests that there may be 7 episodes of 'Our Kid'that have never been seen. We can but hope that they stay that way
OB; 'There was your education to pay for' YB; 'But I went to State school' OB; 'School meals!!' YB; 'But I came home for dinner' OB; 'Well......spam fritters don't grow on trees,you know!!'
And that was really about as good as it ever got. There was an equally predictable attempt to introduce Older Brothers unrequited love interest but the impression was very much that nobody involved was really putting much effort into a series in which they had no great confidence. The 13 week standard run perhaps suggests that there may be 7 episodes of 'Our Kid'that have never been seen. We can but hope that they stay that way
