Obscure Trivia

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In Fawlty Towers, Mrs Peignoir, the flirtatious French lady who fancied Basil? "Ahhh meester Fawlty" etc: The mother of renowned journalist and critic AA Gill.

Oh yeah, and Dawn, the receptionist in The Office? Jasper Carrott's daughter.

There ya go.
 
Joe Swift, one of the guys on BBC's Gardener's World (and other gardening shows) is the son of Clive Swift, who was Mrs Bucket's persecuted and persevering husband in Keeping Up Appearances!

How's that for trivia!
 
Here is another bit of useless information.

The baldy old fellow that Benny Hill used slap on the head is the grandfather of Alan Kernaghan, ex Man. City and Republic of Ireland.
Sorry must take my tablets now
 
In ZZ TOP there were two guys with really long beards, as we all know, but the guy without the beard is called Frank Beard. That may not be obscure enough for this thread though.
 
The mayor of the town where Frank lives (Richmond), has been in office since 1949.
 
Caveat said:
E.g.

In Fawlty Towers, Mrs Peignoir, the flirtatious French lady who fancied Basil? "Ahhh meester Fawlty" etc: The mother of renowned journalist and critic AA Gill.
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Biggest surprise of all - Manuel wasn't Spanish at all...
 
Celtwytch said:
That's right up there with Sean Connery, a Scotsman ...
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No he's Irish through and through, just like Billy Connolly. As proof I offer his name (Gaelic = O'Connaire, Anglecised as O'Connor or Scotchised as Connery) and his appearance in The Longest Day where he played one of his ancestors, a mercenary 'Oirish' soldier fighting in France.
 
becky said:
The character Santos in the West Wing was based on ..
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.. Barack Obama.

President Obama's White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, is cited as the basis for the Josh Lyman character in The West Wing.

Rahm Emanuel's brother Ari is a talent agent in California and is cited as the basis for the Ari Gold character in Entourage.

Does this qualify as obscure trivia, or just nerdishness ?
 
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