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'''Tom:''': "Thank you. Well, I'll just give you one more, perhaps: 'Grot is the ideal place for gifts, because they're all on one floor, so there aren't any lifts.' They aren't all of that standard, of course." }}
'''Tom:''': "Thank you. Well, I'll just give you one more, perhaps: 'Grot is the ideal place for gifts, because they're all on one floor, so there aren't any lifts.' They aren't all of that standard, of course." }}
* [[Granola Girl]]: Reggie's son-in-law, Tom, who distills his own wine, smokes brier pipes, and insists that his children be treated not as children but as "tiny adults".
* [[Granola Girl]]: Reggie's son-in-law, Tom, who distills his own wine, smokes brier pipes, and insists that his children be treated not as children but as "tiny adults".
* [[Hey It's That Guy|Hey, It's That Guy]]:
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Hey, It's That Guy]]:
** [[As Time Goes By|Geoffrey Palmer]] as Reggie's brother-in-law, Jimmy.
** [[As Time Goes By|Geoffrey Palmer]] as Reggie's brother-in-law, Jimmy.
** CJ is played by John Barron, who later had a recurring role as Sir Ian Whitchurch on ''[[Yes Minister]]''
** CJ is played by John Barron, who later had a recurring role as Sir Ian Whitchurch on ''[[Yes Minister]]''
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* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: After Reggie has been insulting CL, the German sales rep, since the conversation started, he finally snaps after another barb about flatulence.
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: After Reggie has been insulting CL, the German sales rep, since the conversation started, he finally snaps after another barb about flatulence.
* [[Large Ham]]: CJ
* [[Large Ham]]: CJ
* [[Last Second Word Swap]]: "... and with the coming of metrication *office phone begins ringing* I feel confident -- no, the advent, the advent of metrication -- I feel confident that the bloody phone will ring all day."
* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]: "... and with the coming of metrication *office phone begins ringing* I feel confident -- no, the advent, the advent of metrication -- I feel confident that the bloody phone will ring all day."
* [[Mad Libs Catchphrase]]: Lots, which have [[Memetic Mutation|entered everyday use]].
* [[Mad Libs Catchphrase]]: Lots, which have [[Memetic Mutation|entered everyday use]].
{{quote| '''CJ:''' "I didn't get where I am today by [action/behavior]"<br />
{{quote| '''CJ:''' "I didn't get where I am today by [action/behavior]"<br />
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* [[Trans Atlantic Equivalent]]: VERY briefly adapted into an American sitcom called ''Reggie!'' starring Richard Mulligan in the 80s at some point between his playing Burt on ''[[Soap]]'' and Dr Westin on ''[[Empty Nest]]''.
* [[Trans Atlantic Equivalent]]: VERY briefly adapted into an American sitcom called ''Reggie!'' starring Richard Mulligan in the 80s at some point between his playing Burt on ''[[Soap]]'' and Dr Westin on ''[[Empty Nest]]''.
* [[Violent Glaswegian]]: Kenny McBlane, the cook from Series Three who is always muttering indeciperable gibberish and almost always weilding something very sharp in his time on-camera.
* [[Violent Glaswegian]]: Kenny McBlane, the cook from Series Three who is always muttering indeciperable gibberish and almost always weilding something very sharp in his time on-camera.
* [[Yes Man]]: Whenever Reggie or CJ suggests something, [[Those Two Guys|Tony and David]] respectively say "Great!" and "Super!"
* [[Yes-Man]]: Whenever Reggie or CJ suggests something, [[Those Two Guys|Tony and David]] respectively say "Great!" and "Super!"


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