Seymour was played by Henry McGee, who often worked with Benny Hill.

@rwlynch3468

23 күн бұрын

I've been watching some funny Benny Hill clips recently and trying to figure out where I had seen him (apart from in Benny Hill). It has been bugging me.

Basil & Rupert definitely wouldn't get on. They're both snobs but Basil is middle-class whereas Rupert is very much working-class. They'd hate each other.

Like Basil Fawlty, Rigsby's snobbishness is easily exploited by a conman who pretends to be classy.

One the greatest British sitcoms.

@johngoward9708

Ай бұрын

These days Seymore would be exposed as a scammer lol.

Henry McGee who played "Seymour" in this, was, for many years, a regular on The Benny Hill Show. He also gained national fame for appearing in a series of adverts in the seventies for the "Sugar Puffs" breakfast cereal, alongside the "Honey Monster."

This episode appears to have been broadcast a few months after the first Fawlty Towers episode, A Touch Of Class, in 1975, which has a similar plotline. I wonder if Rising Damp writer, Eric Chappell, had been influenced by that or whether it was just a coincidence. It probably is, because as other posters have mentioned, Rigsby and Fawlty do have similar class pretensions, making them naturally susceptible to conmen through their rose-tinted glasses, as Megan pointed out.

Class and wealth don't always go hand in hand.

There called working class snobs!

Rigsby and Fawlty do have very similar values, but I don't think they would get on. Rigsby is from a working class back ground, he has a bit of property, but his attitudes are those of the domestic service class of old. Looking up to the toffs, resenting those just above them, and generally were more Conservative than their masters. Fawlty is firmly middleclass, went to a minor public school, or aspired to. Family probably bounded around clerical roles or the colonies. Rigsby would quickly have resented his slightly elevated position while Fawlty would have thought Rigsby was more of the riff raff he wanted to keep out of his hotel.

It's why Rigsby is so great a character. He is a terrible person in so many ways, but he is so complex, so relatable that we sympathise with him.

Henry McGee starred alongside Charlie Drake in The Worker. Rigsby and Fawlty would have loathed each other. Rigsby would think of Fawlty as an upper class snob and Fawlty would have looked down at him because he was working class even though they are both snobs. They are both easily taken in by con men who sound posh.

Tigers are in Asia.

Pretending to be classy is a continual theme in RD. Many of the characters - including Rigsby, Ruth & Philip - are failures who routinely pretend to be classy.

@Poliss95

Ай бұрын

Failure? Phillip went on to be a Police Commissioner on the island of Saint Marie. 😁😁

@SamuelBlack84

22 күн бұрын

​@Poliss95 He was briefly president of Great Britain but was turned into a Cybermen 😂

A 70's scammer. Yes they did exist! A lot!

Thank you for reaction, Henry McGhee appeared with Benny Hill and advertised Sugar Puffs, he’s very good

@MeganRuth

Ай бұрын

Oh really? Thats really cool! 😊

The guy who plays Alan is Richard Beckinsale who is Kate Beckinsales dad...

You got this right about the Lord at Fawty Towers who wanted to ‘loan’ £200 from the cash register.

Megan, may I suggest to you another couple of Eric Chappell (who wrote "Rising Damp") sitcoms, which came after "Rising Damp." Namely; "Only When I Laugh" and "Home To Roost." Hilarious. As far as I know, all of "Home To Roost" episodes are already up on YT. (well, last time I checked they were.) X

@garycoates4603

Ай бұрын

Agree about Only When I Laugh. The scripts weren’t as strong as RD, but the pairing of James Bolam and Peter Bowles was magical. Watch out for Peter Bowles in an episode of RD Megan, it’s hilarious.

Check out Reggie Perrin with Leonard Rossiter. Same quality of writing.

You've left the e off the end of Episode.

Is she the actor's grandaughter? They look so much alike

@DavidZ4-gg3dm

Ай бұрын

You're saying that Megan looks like Leonard Rossiter?

@FloridaMugwump

Ай бұрын

@DavidZ4-gg3dm Check out the thumbnail for season 1 episode 4

At last a classic ❤✌️

Good morning Megan, and it's so wonderful seeing another beautiful reaction towards Rising Damp here! Seeing your videos makes my day here & have a beautiful weekend! ❤

@MeganRuth

Ай бұрын

Thanks Falcom! Have a great weekend :)

Very forgotten scouser 👍👍👍