Men Behaving Badly: Difference between revisions

The show lasted six seasons, with a follow-up trilogy of three extra-long episodes.

 

 

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* [[Catch Phrase]]: In the script book, Simon Nye grumbles that he was never able to come up with a good one, his attempts including Tony's "Sod you, then" and "I feel like a king".

* [[Christmas Special]] - Interpolated Dorothy's idyllic-perfect-Christmas fantasy [[Imagine Spot]] with the grittier reality.

* [[Continuity Nod]] - Quite a few in the ''Sofa'' episode, all of them in flashbacks. Gary having shorter hair, teenage Tony having longer hair, Gary wearing "the suit" on one of his three unsuccessful dates and Gary wearing his trousers on his head when meeting Dorothy for the first time.

* [[The Couch]] - or rather sofa

* [[The Ghost]] - Clive, "Gary's Only Other Friend". Often referred to, but never seen save for a brief glimpse in "Wedding" (where he's played by the writer Simon Nye in a cameo).

** Also, George's wife Marjorie.

* [[Ho Yay]] - There always seemed to be ''something'' between Tony and Gary, for all they talked about girls. [[Word of God]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2002/oct/21/broadcasting.tvandradio confirms it] saying "Men Behaving Badly was about a same-sex relationship. Everyone latched on to the lad thing, but to me there was always a significant homoerotic content in the relationship between Gary and Tony. You always got the impression that they'd rather be left alone together, but that was something that they could never admit to themselves."

** When Gary is soon to be married (later called off):