After Max shows an incredulous Paddy his notebook filled with childlike drawings of a television programme he's invented called "Magnet and Steel", the pair reluctantly decide to sleep rough in the woods. ** Brian Potter squeezes a few indignant utterances of his signature phrase: "I don't know if you haven't noticed but I'm disabled" into his short cameo in Episode Four. The episode concludes with Tina, Max's ex-love, admitting to the authorities that Daniel is actually Max's son and he was acting under stress when he stole the bus. Apparently, he wasn't much better as an actual child, stabbing his careworker 18 times with a potato peeler for making him play with a jigsaw puzzle that he didn't like. Dressing as sailors to blend in, the two of them get the attention of two girls called Tracey and Louise. The pair are now in prison after the school bus siege. The following morning, the two discover to their annoyance that they were a short walk away from a Petrol Station and a Travelodge. As is RaymondTheBastard. * ThePigpen: Paddy considers Max to be this. When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted. Thankfully when they turn around, the credits are used as a SceneryCensor. It comes to a close when the two of them manage to return to the garage. He also keeps a poster of ''Film/BladeII'' in his bedroom, another BadassLongcoat wearer. Paddy is steaming drunk and has very loud sex in his bedroom while Max tries to have a drink and a chat with the other girl in the living room. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment. The pair are now in prison together after the school bus incident. Kay and McGuinness themselves sang it in the opening sequences of episodes 2 to 6. He had also stated in 2010, during an appearance on The Chris Moyles Show, that he wanted Sir Terry Wogan to play an Irish baddie when Max and Paddy go to a funeral in Ireland but, after a stag night, only have fancy dress magician clothes. Paddy is an idealistic wide boy obsessed with sex, pornography and food. You need to be logged in to continue. Get us out! Ironically, he's also gay, and Jamaica, where the original Yardies started out, is a country with a reputation for homophobia. * YouCanKeepYourHatOn: Non-sexy variant, when the Phoenix Club staff(the male half, anyway) is forced to strip nude and get sprayed with disinfectant, Young Kenny is still wearing his hat. * PrisonEpisode: [[spoiler:Episode Four after being set up at the end of Episode Three. Sign Up. ]], * LuxuryPrisonSuite: [[spoiler: Max and Paddy get one complete with duvets, a box of Terry's All Gold chocolates, and satellite TV after making out that they are rich gangsters and promising Raymond The Bastard 60% of their non-existent loot. Max & Paddy Steal A Plasma Screen | Peter Kay Watch on What is Altria known for? This page is not available in other languages. While awaiting Tina's reluctant assistance to get them freed, they are forced to make a deal with Raymond the Bastard to share their non-existent loot. * FatIdiot: Max is as much a KnowNothingKnowItAll as he was back in Phoenix Nights. Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere is Channel 4 Brit Com spun-off from the popular comedy Phoenix Nights that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max ( Peter Kay) and Paddy (Paddy McGuinness) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final 35K views, 99 likes, 4 loves, 102 comments, 86 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from No Context Max and Paddy: You've got yourself a deal Mr Bastard! ''Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere'' is Creator/Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy ''Series/PhoenixNights'' that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (Creator/PeterKay) and Paddy (Paddy [=McGuinness=]) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final episodes of ''Phoenix Nights''. [[DescriptionCut And this is after Max has mentioned him "softening up" in recent years.]]. * SeinfeldianConversation: Max and Paddy have these fairly regularly. Max in turn makes his own heroic sacrifice by [[spoiler: not telling Daniel that he is his father, and letting Tinas family remain intact. A big fight is about to break out between Raymond and his henchmen against Max and Paddy. Paddy doesn't oblige, pulling the soap over with his foot while resting his hands on Max's shoulders. * ContinuityNod: When Young Kenny appears in Episode Four, he still has the impossible to remove tiger facepaint that he got at Brians fun day in Series 2 of Series/PhoenixNights. Max tries to make amends with her, and discovers that she is actually married to, and has a child with, The Wolfster. While waiting, Max and Paddy catch the train to Middlewood, which actually turns out to be the last one that day, so the pair are forced to trek back through the woods, but get lost. * RoguishRomani: Gypsy Joe, played by ''Series/MrsBrownsBoys'' actor Brendan O'Caroll. Tina finally gets the duo out, but now before a payback for Potter Is due. * LargeHam: Mix Bustin, as played by [[Music/Slade Noddy Holder]]. [[spoiler: Max and Paddy get stuck with the job of shovelling coal into a furnace while in prison, and Max says that therell be two kitchen jobs available once Raymond The Bastard arranges for two inmates to get locked in the freezer.]] Today at 2:34 AM Brian mentions the Anthrax incident before performing his own upper-body work-out routine. The police are quickly on to the gang, with only Shannon aware of any crime. * ShapedLikeItself: Raymond The Bastard is, as. * HeroicSacrifice: Tina is determined to keep the secret that [[spoiler: Max is Daniel's father]] because it will destroy her family, despite that it means [[spoiler: Max and Paddy being in prison because her going to the police and corroborating their story will reveal everything. Elsewhere Paddys love of pornography is mentioned quite frequently. * ThePigpen: Paddy considers Max to be this. * [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: Averted. A second series of the show was initially planned for 2006, but Peter Kay instead confirmed a third series of Phoenix Nights (which as of 2023 has not yet happened). * OohMeAccentsSlipping: When Max sings Thats Why They Call It The Blues in Episode Three, Peter Kays natural voice slips through more than usual. * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Raymond, the main antagonist of Episode 4 clearly loves his boyfriend Pepe, and vice-versa. Tina finally gets the duo out, but now before a payback for Potter Is due.Welcome to the Official Peter Kay YouTube channel! Paddy's fear of getting "bummed" in the showers come close to true when he drops the soap in the shower. They are fugitives due to an incident in the last episodes of Phoenix Nights, in which a club patron threatened to have them killed by hitmen. He has also appeared in Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Doctor Who. But Max and Paddy's masquerade falls apart when Phoenix Club owner Brian Potter uses their plight as a publicity stunt for his club. Although Brian's actions were self-serving in that they helped to promote the Phoenix more than help Max and Paddy, there was no way he could have known that [[spoiler: he was putting them in danger.]]. He [[LampshadeHanging points out]] how stupid it is to expect this. And Max going along with it until one of them goes too far. ** In a deleted scene from the first episode, Paddy walks in on Max having some * AssShove: When Paddy was a child he used to frequently shove StarWars action figures up his arse and once had to be taken to hospital after sticking an Obi-Wan Kenobi figure up there. It's real life this son, not the frigging Shawshank Redemption! No Context Max and Paddy. Eventually, she goes to the Police and gets Max and Paddy released at the cost of keeping her secret, as well as finally letting Max meet Daniel after his release.]] I don't [[UnusualEuphemism drink from both pipes]] and [[HandsomeLech that lad]] ''definitely'' does not! '''Max''': How dare you?! * WaxingLyrical: When Max finally meets [[spoiler: his long lost son Daniel]], he attempts to give him some meaningful advice and ends up accidentally quoting Father & Son to him. [citation needed]. This involved holding up Little Chef employees to gun-point to make her open late for them. On the DVD packaging, it is now referred to as "The UK's fastest selling fitness DVD Ever!" The farmer sells them a breeding pig for 100, which he claims they can sell on for 300. Amazingly, no one calls them on it. Especially when, * StuffedInTheFridge: A literal version is discussed in Episode Four. It doesn't leave that much poo on the floor of their motorhome, but it farts. A spoof fitness DVD was released, Max & Paddy's The Power of Two, including several gags and pieces of scenery from the main series. ]], * HugeGuyTinyGirl: Taken to its absolute limit with Max (who is both tall and fairly large) and Tina (a woman with dwarfism). * TheYardies: Raymond the Bastard is black, a convicted criminal, and speaks with a Jamaican accent, so it's safe to say he qualifies as a Yardie. He trained at the Academy Drama School, where he was the recipient of the Stage Scholarship. After an altercation with a camp inmate called Pepe, Max and Paddy are soon confronted by the main man of their wing, Raymond The Bastard, who is also Pepe's boyfriend. Maybe one or two biological weapons though. He [[LampshadeHanging points out]] how stupid it is to expect this.]]. After an uncomfortable first night, Paddy admits his fear of being 'bummed' (see sodomy) in the shower room by Raymond the Bastard (Raymond Langley). Facebook. * ADateWithRosiePalms: Paddy tries to have one at the end of the first episode but the volume of the TV wakes up Max who is less than pleased. He claims they can sell it on at market for around 300. Max convinces him the best thing to do is make the other prisoners believe they are not just two silly doormen, but genuine big-league gangsters called 'The Phoenix Twins'. We find out in this episode that Max's full name is Maxwell Bygraves, a jokey reference to the veteran British entertainer Max Bygraves. ]], -->'''Max (Excited):''' [[spoiler: And what's in this cake? Max in turn makes his own heroic sacrifice by [[spoiler: not telling Daniel that he is his father, and letting Tinas family remain intact. ** A variant of this happens at the end of the same episode after Max and Paddy finally get some speakers for their TV and Paddy puts on his [[ParallelPornTitles Charlies Anals]] DVD. I know. Raymond has heard about the pair's alleged big-money heists and robberies, and wants a cut of their money. -->'''Max''': Me and him, when we're living together, we're kings of the road.\, '''Bobster''': Don't you mean ''queens''?!\. * AffablyEvil: For a DepravedHomosexual [[TheYardies Yardie]] who's literally named "The Bastard," Raymond the Bastard is pretty polite to Max and Paddy. -->And we dont take shit from anyone, the only thing we wanna do is have some fun. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. [[spoiler: Max decides not to tell his long lost son Daniel that he is his real father; allowing Daniel, Tina, and Kevin. Raymond has heard about the pair's alleged big-money heists and robberies, and wants a cut of their money. This joke is based around the rumour that Sunderland player John O'Shea is regularly teased by. * EmbarrassingNickname: When he was a child, Paddy wore callipers and braces and was nicknamed Spazzy Paddy. 5.7K views, 31 likes, 1 loves, 50 comments, 46 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Best of British Comedy: Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere - Raymond the Bastard * EmbarrassingNickname: When he was a child, Paddy wore callipers and braces and was nicknamed "Spazzy Paddy". * PreAssKickingOneLiner: [[spoiler:"'Ave it!" * AssShove: When Paddy was a child he used to frequently shove. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. It doesn't leave a mess all over their motorhome, but it farts. Max and Paddy get sent to jail for their crimes. They are left vulnerable and exposed as their fellow criminals realise there are no gold or diamonds, and certainly no cannibalism. * ActorAllusion: Paddy's full name is revealed to be Patrick O'Shea. However, the fight is prevented by a prison officer telling Max and Paddy to come with him. It doesn't leave. * [[spoiler: PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Episode Four includes a scene set in the prisons exercise yard and at the start of the episode, Paddys cellmate challenges him and Max to a game of tennis. Although the series was broadcast two years after Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, the plot is set immediately after the events of the previous series. * CharlieAndTheChocolateParody: One episode starts with Paddy getting a job in a promo called ''Willy Walker's Chocolate Factory''. As is. Max and Paddy drive into North East England to visit Max's old doorman friend Billy 'The Butcher' Shannon, who had previously briefly appeared in the 1994 flashback in Episode 2. This brilliantly observed comedy journey follows the exploits of these two modern outlaws as they escape the club in their prized motorhome and take to the open road, creating havoc across the country. [[GassHole A lot.]] With Shannon now unconscious and arrested, Max and Paddy slip away from a police lecture - due to the fact that earlier in the episode they cut down a speed camera - and drive-off into the night. * {{Gayngster}}: Raymond the Bastard is possibly a Yardie, definitely a scary convict, and definitely gay. * MessyPig: Played with by the pig Max and Paddy end up buying from a mad farmer. However, the child, a 10-year-old boy called Daniel, is actually Max's son. * VocalEvolution: Max's voice is different than in Phoenix Nights because continuing it would have risked long-term damage to Peter Kay's voice. Especially when they're on the road. Tracing the cow to a nearby farm, the pair head off to find the farmer and claim expenses for the damage to the van. * {{Hypocrite}}: When Max reveals that their new TV has no speakers, Paddy angrily calls Gypsy Joe a typical thieving gyppo and is glad hes eating the grapes they brought him for an injury they caused while heaving him off a bridge so they could escape with the TV hed just helped them steal. The rip-off merchant Mick Bustin wants 500 from them for them to reveal the campervan. Share the best GIFs now >>> ** One can only guess what Paddys part in the porn film ''[[ParallelPornTitles Willy Wanker And The Chocolate Factory]]'' entailed that makes him ask Max to drive over speed bumps more carefully. [[spoiler: Max decides not to tell his long-lost son Daniel that he is his real father; allowing Daniel, Tina, and Kevin (Tina's husband and an old friend of Max who believes he is Daniel's father) to remain a happy family. [[spoiler: She tells the Police why Max and Paddy stole a school bus full of children (Max was trying to meet his long lost son), which gets them released from prison but (more immediately) gets them pulled out of the exercise yard just as Raymond The Bastard and cronies are approaching them with the intention of savagely beating and quite possibly killing them. Raymond is the worse of Paddy's nightmares when Paddy drops the soap, and is eagerly commented about his manhood as "Stunning, like a young Burt Reynolds!". The pair are released, having their sentences reduced to community service, and get revenge on Brian Potter by informing the Home Office that there is an outbreak of anthrax at his club. * ItsAllAboutMe: Both Max and Paddy are prone to this. You'd think by his name he'd be Indian, right? What they didn't realise was that that train was the last train and thus they end up camping in the woods. [[spoiler: Daniel]] lampshades this. * GreenEyedMonster: Billy the Butcher is murderously jealous of Paddy for replacing him as Max's bouncing partner. They still end up in cells next door to each other though. Apart from being a bastard, he runs this wing. * AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Big Bob's Beans". '''Brian:''' [[spoiler: Sponge and a bit of jam. Although the main workout is shown in full, it is more intended as a spoof product than a genuine workout. ]], ** A straighter example is the end of Episode Four. He just forces Max to shake his hand. * ContinuityNod: When Young Kenny appears in Episode Four, he still has the impossible to remove tiger facepaint that he got at. The entire male staff of the Phoenix Club in Episode 4, stripped nude and sprayed with disinfectant. Theyre generally decent guys but not above stealing and conning people if it will benefit them. * ButtMonkey: Gypsy Joe in the first episode. She certainly doesn't agree with him. He's not. [[HandsomeLech Paddy]] exploits his costume to feel up a little boy's mother. ** When Paddy was a child he used to frequently shove ''Franchise/StarWars'' action figures up his arse and once had to be taken to hospital after sticking an Obi-Wan Kenobi figure up there. Paddy's full name is revealed to be Patrick O'Shea. He goes on to say that the relationship abruptly ended after she overheard him and his friends making jokes about her height. * LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Episode Three contains a montage of [[spoiler:Max following his long lost son to school and trying to deal with the news that he's a father]] set to the Boyzone cover of "Father & Son". * ActorAllusion: Paddy's full name is revealed to be Patrick O'Shea. After an altercation with a camp inmate called Pepe, Max and Paddy are soon confronted by the main man of their wing, Raymond The Bastard, who is also Pepe's boyfriend. ]], ** A more straight example comes in the last episode. What they fail to notice at the same time is that Shannon is carrying a revolver, which he uses to force a Little Chef employee called Brenda (played by Alex Hall) to open for the trio late at night. The series showed both characters going around Britain in a campervan and sees them getting into some trouble. * OopNorth: Traditionally Lancashire, but there are a few characters from other parts of Northern England, such as Mick Bustin' (played by Birmingham native Noddy Holder) and Billy the Butcher (Newcastle). Me and Paddy are in prison. They come across what they assume is him: a mentally unstable, dirty old man in a field, who instead of giving them compensation money sells them a breeder pig for 100. Me?! You've gotta go to the police and tell them I'm Daniel's dad, then they'll know why I did it. * AcceptableTargets: In-universe, when Max and Paddy pull up to cut down a speed camera, passers-by salute and cheer them. Max in turn makes his own heroic sacrifice by [[spoiler: not telling Daniel that he is his father, and letting Tina's family remain intact.]]. [citation needed] He has also provided voiceovers for several video games. Learn how and when to remove this template message, Screwed: The Truth About Life as a Prison Officer, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Everal_Walsh&oldid=1104797357, Short description is different from Wikidata, BLP articles lacking sources from October 2013, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2013, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 16 August 2022, at 23:45. For a cut of the money, he allows them to live in a cell with Sky+. )And best of all, we don't pay Council Tax! Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Comedy Rewind: Looking back at Sink Or Swim, The making of The Oldest Comedy Club In Britain, First Gig, Worst Gig: Schalk Bezuidenhout. Log In. Max decides not to tell his son that he is his real father, allowing the family to get on with their lives without him interfering. * DisabledSnarker: A woman with a HookHand flips Paddy off when he tries his CasanovaWannabe shtick on her. * ThirdPersonPerson: Paddy is this fairly frequently. * ContinuityNod: When Young Kenny appears in Episode Four, he still has the impossible to remove tiger facepaint that he got at Brian's fun day in Series 2 of Series/PhoenixNights. Tina warns Max to keep his distance and not reveal the secret, but the following morning he informs Paddy and the pair steal what they think is a school bus with young Daniel aboard. ** A RunningGag in the first episode is an African family camped near the motorhome catching Max and Paddy in seemingly compromising positions. In Dover, Max and Paddy buy a plasma television from an Irish crook called Gypsy Joe (played by Brendan O'Carroll). Image shows from L to R: Paddy (Paddy McGuinness), Max (Peter Kay). ]], ** Also Max and Paddy in Episode Four when [[spoiler: a news report about them, set up by Brian, is seen on one of the prison's TV; blowing their persona of rich gangsters and revealing to Raymond The Bastard that they have been lying to him.]]. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! * InnocentlyInsensitive: What Max thinks he was when he laughed along with his bouncing friends' jokes about Tina's dwarfism. After several unsuccessful attempts to sell the pig on to butchers shops, a supermarket, and even a Halal outlet, Max and Paddy decide to kill it themselves to get rid of the burden. No wonder Tina left him. * [[spoiler: ConvenientlyCellmates: Averted in the case of Max and Paddy along with some LampshadeHanging from a guard. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/article_history.php. * DudeNotFunny: Max's bouncer friends making jokes about Tina's dwarfism. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. * BearyFunny: Max and Paddy disguise themselves as dancing bears to obtain a TV screen from a supermarket. We're Max and Paddy (Paddy and Max! * MessyPig: Played with by the pig Max and Paddy end up buying from a mad farmer. Also Mick Bustin', but he's a car repair man, not a salesman. ]], * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: An example that is both romantic and non-romantic at the same time. Paddy causes tension by burning Max's book on their campfire, but Max eventually forgives Paddy and begins discussing, accompanied by a flashback, his one true love: a dwarf called Tina, whom he met in 1994. ** Paddy tries to have one at the end of the first episode but the volume of the TV wakes up Max who is less than pleased. The first few while Paddy is teaching Max to dance and pick up women; and the last when they hear an angry rant from Max after Paddy accidentally wakes up him while having ADateWithRosiePalms. Though Paddy [[ADateWithRosiePalms doesnt get very far]] before the volume wakes Max up. After hi-jacking a school bus, the boys are sent to prison and play up their tough image in an attempt for survival. * YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Non-sexy variant, when the Phoenix Club staff (the male half, anyway) is forced to strip nude and get sprayed with disinfectant, Young Kenny is still wearing his hat. With Max's inferior tunnelling skills, sharing a cell with Cliff Richard is the least of Paddy's worries; his good looks are bound to cause problems in the shower and not just in competing for the soap. * MistakenForGay: A running gag in the first episode is. Paddy is steaming drunk and has very loud sex in his bedroom while Max tries to have a drink and a chat with the other girl in the living room. [[spoiler: Max and Paddy get stuck with the job of shovelling coal into a furnace while in prison, and Max says that. ]], * [[spoiler: PrisonEpisode: Episode Four after being set up at the end of Episode Three. On one occasional, the pair end up in prison. Billy also appears in said flashback before he returns as the main supporting character in Episode Six. As soon as they're released, they call in an anthrax threat at the Phoenix Club on the night of Jerry's 60th birthday party.]] ]], ** Max and Paddy not paying the (admittedly extortionate) repair bill for their motorhome and instead [[spoiler: stealing it back (see MacGyvering), and taking all of the keys to cars the mechanics were working on and tossing them out of the motorhome one by one while driving off]] seems like this until the reveal that [[spoiler: the mechanics, ** Maxs attempt to [[spoiler: gradually tunnel out of prison. spoken by Paddy to Billy the Butcher when knocking him out with a traffic cone.]]. Their 10 year old son, Daniel, is secretly revealed to be Max's but Max promises never to interfere in his life and to keep the secret. * HonestJohnsDealership: Gypsy Joe's shop is in the back of a lorry and everything is stolen. Raymond is the worse of Paddy's nightmares when Paddy drops the soap, and is eagerly commented about his manhood as "Stunning, like a young Burt Reynolds!". They soon realise that they have been conned. Elsewhere Paddys love of pornography is mentioned quite frequently. The introduction of all but one of the episode shows Max and Paddy singing the following song: Don't know where we're going,Got no way of knowing,Driving on the Road to Nowhere.Sponging for a living,Checkin' out the women,Riding on the Road to Nowhere.And we take don't shit from anyone.The only thing we wanna do is have some fun.It's Max and Paddy (-Paddy and Max! [2] In 2011, he played his first major role in the feature film Screwed, directed by Reg Traviss, playing the part of Curtis Nelson. * TheCameo: The cast of Series/PhoenixNights briefly reprise their roles in Episodes Two and Four. * EnfanteTerrible: Apparently, Billy the Butcher earned his nickname by stabbing his care worker ''18 times'', with a ''potato peeler'', just because he didn't like jigsaw puzzles. ''Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere'' is Creator/Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy ''Series/PhoenixNights'' that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (Creator/PeterKay) and Paddy (Paddy [=McGuinness=]) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final episodes of ''Phoenix Nights''. Later, Max spots in a local newspaper a 40th birthday message for his old school friend Kevin 'The Wolfster' Wolfson, who had moved to London some years before. * EvilIsPetty: Billy the Butcher gets into childish arguments with Paddy over song titles. The staff, however get punished as well as Brian, at the end of Episode 4. * ZanyScheme: Max, Paddy, and Gypsy Joes plan to steal a plasma TV from a shopping centre. Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere. Actor 1 episode, 2004 Beric George 1 episode, 2004 Stuart Wolfenden . Raymond is the worse of Paddy's nightmares when Paddy drops the soap, and is eagerly commented about his manhood as "Stunning, like a young Burt Reynolds!". It doesn't leave that much poo on the floor of their motorhome, but it farts. At the very least, he doesn't make rude jokes about her dwarfism like her first love Max did. PHONE Hello? The film, released nationally by Lionsgate Films in June 2011, was based on the 2008 book Screwed: The Truth About Life as a Prison Officer written by the pseudonymous Ronnie Thompson.

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