The High Life

""If we're feeling kind of tedious,

if life is seriously mediocre,

here's how to get that adrenaline flowing:

just step up on a boeing going high.""

This sitcom followed the cabin crew of the fictional "Air Scotia" airline, based at Prestwick Airport in its pre-Ryanair days. There's the camp, ego-centric Sebastian Flight, perennially single Steve McCracken, their boss Shona "Hitler in Tights" Spurtle and a Captain who is so out of it, he makes Dougal seem normal. Add surrealism and song and dance numbers for anarchy.

This show contains examples of:
""Nothin' good ever happens tae folk from Falkirk.""
 * Bland Name Product: Averted with Betterware, which is still going strong.
 * British Brevity: Only six episodes ever made.
 * Butt Monkey:

"Steve: That man is so surreal, he's no' real.
 * Catch Phrase: "Oh Deary Me".
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Captain Duff. Lampshaded by Steve and Sebastian:

Sebastian: Aye - he's Salvador Dali in epaulettes."

"Steve: I don't know about you, Sebastian, but I never come first.
 * Disappeared Dad: Shona's dad.
 * Does This Remind You of Anything: Steve is showing Sebastian the engagement ring he has bought . Captain Duff comes in, sees them with the ring and congratulates them on their engagement.
 * As well as Steve trying to get Sabastian out of the dog costume. See for yourself.
 * Eurovision Song Contest: Parodied with what could be considered to be a spiritual predecessor to My Lovely Horse.
 * Failure Is the Only Option: Played straight.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: On competition:

Shona: (horrified) Steve! You give me the dry boak."

": Driver, take this plane to Dunoon, or the steward gets it."
 * Gossipy Hens: Steve and Sebastian. A variation on the trope since Sebastian seems to be the one who pecks at Steve to get gossip rather than just passing it on.
 * Half Hour Comedy
 * Heroes Want Redheads: Even if that isn't their natural colour.
 * Hey Its That Guy: Patrick Ryecart, who played Captain Duff, features in Still Game. Not to mention that one of the protagonists is Nightcrawler whose best friend hooks up with Scarlett.
 * Sam Ballard QC apparently has a sideline as a villainous biscuit maker, while in the same episode, Hazel the McWitch is a professor of biscuits.
 * Inept Talent Show Contestant
 * New Old Flame: Avril,
 * One of Us: Captain Duff is a con-attending Trekkie. He even gets beamed up while the crew aren't looking.
 * Shout Out: Sebastian Flight.
 * Episode 6 is an episode-long Homage to Batman.
 * A Simple Plan: Premise for most of the episodes. Also includes the odd Zany Scheme.
 * Stealth Pun:


 * As in that old favourite, "Fly me to Dunoon...".
 * What Did I Do Last Night: Played with, when Sebastian is desperately trying to find out what Steve did the previous night.
 * Work Com