This short series (7 episodes) was made 12 years after Leonard Rossiter's death - but everyone else from the original cast (except the actor who played Tony Webster) is present.
Sad though this is , I now , at the age of 58, realise what a huge influence Reggie Perrin has been in my life. Back in the 70's I watched it all avidly. Now, I've just watched it all again on You Tube and it seems to be the story of my life. I didn't get where I am today.......... without watching Reggie.
As a kid watching him I thought he was just supposed to be a weird man. Only as an adult did I realize he was going through mid life crisis. I am rewatching it now. He was a brilliant comedian.
Having now watched the second of this ‘follow on series’ , I am sadly already reminded of just how Reggie held the previous three series together; sadly it’s not the same without his character. It all seems a bit pointless really.
The most impressive use of CJ's catchphrase I ever heard came from somebody who was in fact very successful in his field. He said, " I didn't get where I am today by trying to be successful". That might apply to a lot of successful people. As for anyone (Mr Matthews) being allegedly not successful, I was once reminded by someone that if I am claiming to be not successful, I need to define exactly what it was I was trying to do. She had a cat which she said was very successful. As a cat. That's all he tried to do. Be a cat. And he did it very successfully. I didn't get where I am today by not learning from that cat.
The *later* Last of the Summer Wine, when Bert Kwouk (RIP) was in it, and even the young folk had become old, which was even worse. No disrespect to BK, he was actually a decent actor but that era of LOTSW was pants.
@@thursoberwick1948 Very true about LOTSW, after Compo died it was never quite the same. Thurso Berwick interesting name, there was a songwriter think Glaswegian certainly Scottish went by that name.
@@thejamesieboy Yes, I had to take think of a username for here and stole that. His really name was Morris Blytheman and I think he was famous for the Rebel Ceilidh Book and his song about the Wee Magic Stane (think that was him) My last name was "αпоп", which unfortunately made people think I was into Dопа|δ Τгцмр and all that Qапоп сгар!
@@thursoberwick1948 Yes he was famous for the Bo'ness Rebels literary society and their Rebel Ceilidh books. I have a copy of the second Ceilidh book but sadly not the first. It was John McEvoy who wrote The Wee Magic Stane, but Thurso did write Ding Dong Doller amongst others. P.s I knew his real name too lol.
I actually use “I didn’t get where I am today” in conversation. Because people don’t know the source they think I’m being arrogant even though I’m not successful
The most impressive use of the expression I ever heard came from somebody who was in fact very successful in his field. He said, " I didn't get where I am today by trying to be successful". That might apply to a lot of successful people. As for you (Mr Matthews) being allegedly not successful, I was once reminded by someone that if I am claiming to be not successful, I need to define exactly what it was I was trying to do. She had a cat which she said was very successful. As a cat. That's all he tried to do. Be a cat. And he did it very successfully. I didn't get where I am today by not learning from that cat.
