The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin: Difference between revisions

 

In the 80s adapted as an American sitcom called ''Reggie!'' with Richard Mulligan in the title role, and more recently [[The Remake|remade]] as ''Reggie Perrin'', with Martin Clunes in the title role.

 

* [[All Men Are Perverts]]: Reginald likes to fantasize about him and his secretary suggestively licking ice cream cones, of making love to her on his desk in the middle of a field, &c.. His doctor spends his downtime looking at porn in his office.

'''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".

** [[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]]''

* [[Metaphorgotten]]: CJ is quite prone to these.

{{quote| "There's no smoke without the worm turning."}}

* [[Not That There's Anything Wrong With That]]: One of the boss' toadies is [[Mistaken for Gay]] after overindulging at a party and does a desperate Not That There's Anything Wrong With That speech, going overboard with panic when he thinks his boss might be reading more into his use of the stock phrase "Some of my best friends are ..." than he intends.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Elizabeth, who pretends not to realise that Martin is in fact Reginald.