Jack and Victor

Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade are the main protagonists of the comedy play Still Game and it's spin-off TV series of the same name. They also appeared as recurring characters in the 1999-2002 Scottish sketch show Chewin the Fat. 
Jack was portrayed by Ford Kiernan and Victor was portrayed by Greg Hemphill.
They are pensioners who have been best friends since childhood and are next-door neighbours in Osprey Heights a tower block in the fictional town of Craiglang in Glasgow. They are also widowers as Jack's wife Jean and Victor's wife Betty died around ten years before the start of the series. They are also fathers, Jack's daughter Fiona lives in Canada with her husband Tony and two sons Jack and Steven whilst Victor's son John lives in Johannesburg with his wife and children. However whilst Fiona stays in touch with Jack, John doesn't stay in touch with Victor, but did appear in one episode where Victor faked illness to make John visit.
When not at home, Jack and Victor are usually hanging out at their local pub The Clansman owned by Boabby (Scottish form of Bobby) (who would come up with a new nickname for Jack and Victor whenever they entered the pub but they would always come back with a comment that would put Boabby in his place) with their friends Winston, Tam and Eric and also go to a shop called Harrid's ran by Navid (who moved to Glasgow from India in the 1970s) and his wife Meena. Also there is the cleaner Isa, the town gossiper who also lives in Osprey Heights on the same floor as Jack and Victor.
In the episode "Courtin", Jack falls in love with a charity shop worker named Barbara. At first, Jack was unsure of having a relationship with her as he thought it would insult the memory of Jean, but was convinced by Victor to go through with it, saying that Jean would have wanted Jack to be happy. Jack and Victor go on a double date with Barbara and her hunchbacked sister Edith, though Victor did not enjoy the experience. Victor later met with Isa, who revealed that Barbara is married. Victor confronted Barbara and told that she should not be with Jack. Barbara does not appear again after this episode, but Edith made recurring appearances in the series.
== Trivia ==
*Jack and Victor in recent years have had their own whisky company named after them which sells products such as "Jack & Victor Blended Scotch Whisky" and "Jack & Victor Still Gin". The origin of this likely comes from the episode of Still Game "Drama" where Jack and Victor visit a whisky distillery out of boredom and sneak into multiple tours after their initial one finished, becoming more drunk with every passing tour with the more whisky they tasted (and stole).
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