Rob Grant, creator of Red Dwarf, has died

My random claim to fame; I was the support act (juggler) for Norman Lovett (the red dwarf ships computer), for one night only in the Welsh town of Bangor.

What a life I’ve lived.

There was nothing like Red Dwarf on TF (British or American) back then - a laugh-tracked show that could be simultaneously the most hilarious dry wit, not-so-dry bawdy humor, and a compelling and thought-provoking sci-fi action-adventure all at the same time.

I fell off it after they had that comeback season roughly in 2000 where the whole ship got revived. Then I saw a few clips from a later season where everyone was pretty schlubby. I'll need to track down some way to re-watch the whole thing.

RIP, thanks for the memories.

No sci fi effect has ever given me the same sense of wonder that I got from the shot of the camera slowly travelling over the gigantic ship in the Season 1/2 intro.

Btw: @dang : Grant was the co-creator, alongside Doug Naylor, who is still kicking

It's cold outside

There's no kind of atmosphere

I'm all alone

More or less

Let me fly Far away from here

Fun fun fun

In the sun sun sun

I want to lie

Shipwrecked and comatose

Drinking fresh

Mango juice

Goldfish shoals

Nibbling at my toes

Fun fun fun

In the sun sun sun

Fun fun fun In the sun sun sun

As an American, Red Dwarf along with Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy created a deep appreciation both for British humor and funny sci-fi in my adolescent self. I now own the box set on DVD and even have a random Red Dwarf novel I got at a yard sale (I forget which one of them wrote it though).

RIP Rob! Will be having a vindaloo, lager, and maybe some fish (Fish! Fish! Fish!) later in your honor

(EDIT: 100% talking about the UK version here, had no idea or forgot there _was_ an American version)

He's dead Dave. At least he went peacefully in his Jeep.

Stoke me a Clipper... I'll be back for Christmas!

Anyone else read Rob Grant's book Colony[0]?

It's a pretty funny sci-fi book, similar dry wit.. I picked it up at a yard sale only because it said "from the creator of Red Dwarf" even though I mostly only knew of the show through others..

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_(Grant_novel)

They’re all dead, Dave! What a great franchise.

I used to stay up late to watch Red Dwarf. [dark reference to the show incoming] Maybe he's moved on to somewhere Better Than Life.

Kryton is one of the greatest characters to ever grace a tv screen.

Smeeeeeeeeg head

Loved the show back in its heyday. From what I remember, the novels are pretty good too

Wow 2 in one day with Dan Simmons :(

Rest in peace.

Fab show, great memories! Thanks for the laughs Rob, RIP.

I'll pour out a lager and grab some chicken vindaloo in his memory.

RIP with the calculators.

Smeg

Damn. Guess I’ll be smoking some kippers in his memory.

Can we get a black bar?

On second thoughts, that would mean changing the CSS.