The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.

[Globalti]

Was that SUNSHINE DES ERTS or did you just misspell desserts?

 

[Kirstie]

I can never remember the name of the character - Rigsby was it? - who was always mixing his metaphors. There is a website dedicated to him and his sayings, and i can't look at it for too long cos I laugh so much it hurts!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Have a nice day at the office dear

I won't.....

 

[Paulus]

8.25 late again, badgers in the signal box at Surbiton.

 

[Proto]

I can never remember the name of the character - Rigsby was it? - who was always mixing his metaphors. There is a website dedicated to him and his sayings, and i can't look at it for too long cos I laugh so much it hurts!

This one?

http://www.leonardrossiter.com/risingdamp/Rigsbyisms.html

 

[dellzeqq]

absolute genius. And who, now, remembers John Stonehouse?

 

[Maz]

I always got sent to bed before it came on TV. I used to linger by the door and see snippets of it and think 'what is THIS?' before dad's slipper got hurled at me.

 

[yenrod]

> The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.

Dry comedy at its best - fantastic !

 

[Night Train]

How many people have thought about the pile of clothes left on the beach as a way to escape the rat race?

Loved the show, and the hippo!

 

[hackbike 666]

Norbiton Station (near me) is the one he goes to each morning as the credits roll.

Claim to fame indeedy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbiton_railway_station

As you said.I never knew that till now.I drive trains round there.

Used to watch it,it was so funny.Loved the excuse every time he was late for a points failure or something.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Reginald Perrin... My Hero, my inspiration. All you need to know is here:
http://www.leonardrossiter.com/reginaldperrin/

Absolute Genius, both writing and Leonard Rossiter's performance.

Every time I have to do a product tasting at work,I want to blurt out "Bolivian Unicyclist Jockstrap".



"Twenty-two minutes late, fed up by train delays, came by bike. Slow puncture at Peckham."

 

[hackbike 666]

8.25 late again, badgers in the signal box at Surbiton.

True,there was a working Signalbox at Surbiton when I first transferred to Waterloo until approx 1997.

 

[dellzeqq]

How many people have thought about the pile of clothes left on the beach as a way to escape the rat race?

Loved the show, and the hippo!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stonehouse - see post #23 above. The inspiration for Reggie's disappearance.

 

[zimzum42]

I thank God my parents were wise enough to make sure I got to see this show given that I am too young to have seen its original transmission....

 

[very-near]

They showed the first series of the fall and rise of Reginald Perrin on Sky Gold last week. One of the best sitcoms to come out of the 70's in my opinion.