I noticed they tackled his name this episode too, making it clear it's a stage name.
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Quote: zooo @ November 24 2008, 1:52 PM GMTJack Dee's quite sexy.
Not so sure about Rick Spleen. But they met when he was younger and probably less of a curmudgeon...
Really? Really?
Really?
Quote: Godot Taxis @ November 24 2008, 1:58 PM GMTReally? Really?
I think you are supposed to think that a bit, because he obviously enjoyed some degree of success in his younger days; success that he hasn't been able to properly maintain or build upon, which has made him into the sort of person we see in the show. Though maybe I'm reading too much into it!
Jack's a handsome little fellow!
Quote: zooo @ November 24 2008, 2:07 PM GMTJack's a handsome little fellow!
He reminds me of a young chubby Larry Hagman.
Ha!
Actually, you do have a point.
Quote: chipolata @ November 24 2008, 2:09 PM GMTHe reminds me of a young chubby Larry Hagman.
Good Call. So that's two Larrys he's sort of imitating...
Quote: Godot Taxis @ November 24 2008, 2:25 PM GMTGood Call. So that's two Larrys he's sort of imitating...
Very good.
Funny, even if NOT TRUE. 
Quote: chipolata @ November 24 2008, 12:06 PM GMTAren't sitcoms filled with improbable marriages?
Isn't life?
Quote: David Chapman @ November 24 2008, 5:14 PM GMTIsn't life?
To a certain extent, although I think the long-suffering infinitely wiser partner is a staple of the genre. Suich as Martin Bryce's wife - what was she doing with him? Especially as she had a perfectly good suitor next door. And in the Christmas Special of The Office, the woman attracted to Brent seemed improbably good looking. Of course it cuts both ways, Hyacinth Bucket's husband was clearly way too good for her.
Quote: chipolata @ November 24 2008, 12:06 PM GMTAren't sitcoms filled with improbable marriages? How did Victor Meldrew manage to snare his wife? Raquel could surely do better than Delboy? And it took six seasons for Larry David's wife in Curb to grow sick of Larry and his gleefully insensitive ways...
Well said - I'm reminded of the John Cleese interview on the Fawlty Towers DVDs, where he says that people continually ask how Basil and Sybil got together. His answer was that it was one of those inexplicable occurances that is no longer relevant. It's true, life is full of illogical irregularities that no one could (or should) explain. There's my sixpence
Inexplicable marriages in sitcoms...?
Well, unless you're pre-pubescent, most teenagers (and often moreseo when they become adults) can't deduce or explain how/why their own parents ended-up together. Fortunately sitcom benefits from the eternal child-like suspension of disbelief that we apply subconsciously within our own families.
The ultimate (IMO) is Basil/Sybil - yes, no particulary sane reason that explains how they ended-up together. Yet, very soon after meeting them, you can't imagine them being apart.
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 25 2008, 3:45 AM GMTThe ultimate (IMO) is Basil/Sybil - yes, no particulary sane reason that explains how they ended-up together. Yet, very soon after meeting them, you can't imagine them being apart.
Yes - but I'm convinced I know who they are based on. Lots of aspects at least. My Godmother.
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 25 2008, 3:45 AM GMTInexplicable marriages in sitcoms...?
Well, unless you're pre-pubescent, most teenagers (and often moreseo when they become adults) can't deduce or explain how/why their own parents ended-up together. Fortunately sitcom benefits from the eternal child-like suspension of disbelief that we apply subconsciously within our own families.
The ultimate (IMO) is Basil/Sybil - yes, no particulary sane reason that explains how they ended-up together. Yet, very soon after meeting them, you can't imagine them being apart.
Christ, do you talk like this in your scripts?