In the TV series 'Rising Damp' what was the name of Rigsby's cat?
"his wife. Seedy and furtive, Rigsby has poor interpersonal skills. His professed love of Miss Jones is mostly sexual. She rejects him due to him being married, until his marriage ends and Miss Jones accepts his proposal. As he pries and spies upon his tenants, Rigsby often carries Vienna, his large, fluffy, black-and-white tomcat. Rigsby's amiable pet, and confidant, is so named because - as Rigsby tells it - when he goes to put him out on a cold dark night, if there is another set of eyes out there, then it's Good Night, Vienna. Ruth Jones (Frances de la"
"Rising Damp (film) Rising Damp is a 1980 comedy film based on the British situation comedy ""Rising Damp"", which aired on ITV from 1974 to 1978. The television series was, in turn, adapted from Eric Chappell's stage play ""The Banana Box"". Chappell adapted the play to television, and wrote the screenplay for this feature film. The film's director was Joseph McGrath. Leonard Rossiter plays Rupert Rigsby, the middle-aged landlord of a decrepit townhouse. Rigsby has fallen for his only female tenant, Ruth Jones (Frances de la Tour). Ruth, however, prefers Philip, who is much younger, more attractive, and more sophisticated"
"by film director Alan Parker and, at Rossiter's suggestion, used an old music hall joke where he spills a drink over his wife (played by Joan Collins). In the Channel 4 programme ""The 100 Greatest TV Ads"" (2000) Terry Lovelock, the director of two of the commercials, said that Rossiter used to refer jokingly to Collins as ""The Prop"". In the animated adaptation of ""The Perishers"" (1978) Rossiter provided the voice for Boot the dog. He reprised Rigsby for a film version of ""Rising Damp"" in 1980, thus achieving the distinction of playing the same role on stage, television and"
"Rigsby for the TV adaptation called ""Rising Damp"", with Leonard Rossiter replacing Brambell in the role. It was this ability to play old men that led to his casting in his best remembered role as Albert Steptoe, the irascible father in ""Steptoe and Son"" (his son Harold was played by Harry H. Corbett), a man who, when the series began, was said to be in his sixties, even though Brambell was only aged 50 in 1962 (thirteen years older than Corbett). The series began as a pilot on the BBC's ""Comedy Playhouse"", and its success led to the commissioning of"
"Leonard Rossiter Leonard Rossiter (21 October 1926 – 5 October 1984) was an English actor. He had a long career in the theatre but achieved his greatest fame for his television comedy roles, most notably starring as Rupert Rigsby in the ITV series ""Rising Damp"" from 1974 to 1980, and Reginald Perrin in the BBC's ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" from 1976 to 1979. Rossiter was born on 21 October 1926 in Wavertree, Liverpool, the second son of Elizabeth (née Howell) and John Rossiter. The family lived over the barber shop owned by his father. He was educated"
"Avis Bunnage Avis Bunnage (22 April 1923, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire – 4 October 1990, Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex) was an English actress of film, stage and television. She attended Manley Park Municipal School and Chorlton Central School in Manchester. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. She appeared as Veronica, the wife of Rigsby, in ""Rising Damp"", for one episode, and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ""In"
"a chief's son from Africa, but from Croydon, adopting his false persona to start a new life and gain respect. When Rigsby finds out, he tells Philip that he believes he must have some royal ancestry and he does not tell the rest of the characters about his deception. This plotline is from the original stageplay ""The Banana Box"". the series is still repeated on UK digital channel ITV3; Easter saw the entire series and film shown over the four-day holiday, accompanied by a brand new two-part documentary, ""Rising Damp Forever"", featuring cast and crew recollections on the making of"
"in Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, aged 67. Avis Bunnage Avis Bunnage (22 April 1923, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire – 4 October 1990, Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex) was an English actress of film, stage and television. She attended Manley Park Municipal School and Chorlton Central School in Manchester. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. She appeared as Veronica, the wife of Rigsby, in ""Rising Damp"", for one episode, and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy"
"worse"", who only appeared at the end of Bingo's first story. Bingo appeared on the show multiple occasions, starting from 2003. Bingo is voiced by Don Austen. Roxy is Basil's girlfriend, but unlike the other foxes in the show she is an Arctic fox. She has only been seen in four episodes (2006–07), including the 2006 Christmas Special. She pronounces Basil's name as Ba-Zeal. Mr Rossiter is the landlord who own the flats the main characters live in. He is named after Leonard Rossiter, who famously played the landlord Rupert Rigby in the sitcom Rising Damp. He is played by"
"Terence Rigby Terence Christopher Gerald Rigby (2 January 1937 – 10 August 2008) was an English RADA trained actor with a number of film and television credits to his name. In the 1970s he was well known as police dog-handler PC Snow in the long-running series """" Terence Rigby was born in Erdington, Birmingham, and was educated at St Philip's School. He did his national service in the Royal Air Force. Film roles included: ""Get Carter"" (1971), ""Watership Down"" (1978), ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" (1997), ""Elizabeth"" (1998), ""Mona Lisa Smile"" (2003) and ""Colour Me Kubrick"" (2006). Notable TV roles include ""Dixon"
"to his belief in some aspect of Philip's lore: for example, the 'love wood' which fails to excite Miss Jones (in the 'Charisma' episode, first broadcast 1974). Philip is an intelligent, educated man (more so than the moderately educated Alan and Miss Jones), he is sophisticated and suave; this makes Rigsby suspicious of him, particularly as Miss Jones openly fancies him. Philip does not reciprocate Miss Jones's romantic interest. Croydon was not revealed to be the true birthplace of Philip until the film version of ""Rising Damp"" (1980). Don Warrington commented in Britain's 50 Best Sitcoms on Channel 4, that"
"Randall returns home to Kingston Falls where he gives the mogwai to Billy as a pet. Billy works in the local bank, where he fears his dog Barney will be captured and killed by the elderly Mrs. Deagle. Randall names the mogwai “Gizmo” and Billy makes sure to treat him well. When Billy’s friend Pete spills a glass of water over Gizmo, five more mogwai spawn from his back, a more troublemaking sort led by the aggressive Stripe. Billy shows one of the mogwai to his former science teacher Mr. Hanson, spawning another mogwai, on whom Hanson experiments. Back at"
"the cat. The Richest Cat in the World The Richest Cat in the World is a 1986 American made-for-television drama film directed by Greg Beeman and released by Walt Disney Television. It first aired as the Disney Sunday Movie on ABC on Sunday March 9, 1986. The death of millionaire Oscar Kohlmeyer leaves an inheritance to a talking cat called Leo Kohlmeyer. Leo's inheritance is worth five million dollars while Oscar's nephew (Mr. Rigsby) gets twenty-five thousand dollars on the condition he doesn't contest the will. Being greedy and bossy, Mrs. Rigsby forces her husband to contest. The Rigsbys try"
"The Richest Cat in the World The Richest Cat in the World is a 1986 American made-for-television drama film directed by Greg Beeman and released by Walt Disney Television. It first aired as the Disney Sunday Movie on ABC on Sunday March 9, 1986. The death of millionaire Oscar Kohlmeyer leaves an inheritance to a talking cat called Leo Kohlmeyer. Leo's inheritance is worth five million dollars while Oscar's nephew (Mr. Rigsby) gets twenty-five thousand dollars on the condition he doesn't contest the will. Being greedy and bossy, Mrs. Rigsby forces her husband to contest. The Rigsbys try to kidnap"
"of the group, and becomes so on some occasions, such as the episode ""Hector's Takeover"". Riff-Raff and Hector's conflicts formed the basis of a number of episodes. He is also second in command. Wordsworth, named after poet William Wordsworth, is a white cat who wears roller skates, yellow headphones, sunglasses, and speaks in rhyme. In the episode ""The Big Swipe"", his full name was revealed as Wordsworth W. Wordsworth the 3rd. Mungo is a large, dim-witted purple cat who acts as a lackey for Riff-Raff. Mungo is often seen wearing a red shirt with a red winter hat. Though dimwitted,"
"Hat, which Dogsby never wears because if she wears it she 'might get too lucky!'. Dogsby is also not very good at getting colours right. Voiced by Sally Preisig (series 1), Sam Mason (series 2) and Liz Fost (one-off Christmas CBeebies appearance). Alarmorama, (often mentioned by Dogsby, Mukka and Tigs,) is a machine situated on one of the walls in the living room. Although Alarmorama doesn't speak, it communicates using hilarious noises. Alarmorama does many actions, including: NOTE: In some series one episodes, when Mukka the monkey and Tigs the tiger are being either noisy or crazy and the Alarmorama"
"he preferred cats while doing an autopsy on a woman who had her throat ripped out by a pet dog. He is also terrified of rats, and suits up in a hazmat suit before hunting for an escaped rat in the mortuary in the season seven episode ""Lab Rats"". In the season 12 episode """", it was revealed that he and his wife Judy (née Rubino) are grandparents as their daughter Pam just had a baby boy and that their cat was named Cinder. Robbins has a fondness for coffee, specifically macchiatos (""Table Stakes"") and plays guitar in a band"
"Rising Damp Rising Damp is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV. ITV originally broadcast the programme from 2 September 1974 until 9 May 1978. It was adapted for television by Eric Chappell from his 1971 stage play ""The Banana Box"" (retained as the working title early in the series). The series was the highest-ranking ITV sitcom in BBC's 100 Best Sitcoms poll of 2004. The show was recorded entirely before a studio audience at The Leeds Studios of Yorkshire Television in Leeds, West Yorkshire and featured no scenes shot on location. ""Rising Damp"" starred Leonard Rossiter, Frances"
"a son. Benson, who now becomes the owner of the park after Mr. Maellard passes on, reunites with Pam and the two adopt four cats and Applesauce, Benson's pig. Skips is still single and still working in the park, only now he is wearing jean shorts (or jorts) instead of jeans. At their 25th anniversary reunion Skips and Muscle Man raise the statue of Mr. Maellard along with the previous Pops, A now middle aged Mordecai and Rigby remember the sacrifice of Pops and how immature they used to be before deciding to play some old arcade games. This episode"
"satirical play by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus about the aftermath of World War III, later made into a film released in 1969. In it, one of the characters, Lord Fortnum, mutates into the aforementioned humble dwelling after expressing fear of this surrealist eventuality. The popular 1970s British sitcom ""Rising Damp"" was set in a house converted into bedsits, with the landlord Rupert Rigsby played by Leonard Rossiter. Tracey Thorn, former singer in the group Everything But The Girl, has written a memoir book titled ""Bedsit Disco Queen"" published in February 2013. In ""Miss Gee,"" from W. H. Auden's Another"
"protagonists in ""Jitterbug Perfume"" (Wiggs Dannyboy) exhibited certain characteristics of Leary's personality; Robbins has acknowledged using LSD with Leary. He is friends with Gus Van Sant, and performed the voice-over narration in Van Sant's film adaptation of ""Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"". He has been friends with directors Robert Altman and Alan Rudolph, as well, and has had small speaking parts in five feature films. Robbins has been married to Alexa D'Avalon since 1987 and continues to live in La Conner with Alexa and their dog, Blini Tomato Titanium. He has three sons, Rip, Kirk, and Fleetwood, all from previous"
"de la Tour, Richard Beckinsale and Don Warrington. Rossiter played Rupert Rigsby (originally Rooksby in the stage play), the miserly, seedy, and ludicrously self-regarding landlord of a run-down Victorian townhouse who rents out his shabby bedsits to a variety of tenants. Beckinsale played Alan Moore, a long-haired, naive, good-natured and amiable medical student who occupies the top room. Frances de la Tour played Ruth Jones, a fey, whimsical spinster and college administrator who rents another room, with whom Rigsby is in love and to whom he proposes in the last episode. In the pilot episode, a new tenant arrives. Philip"
"is haunted frequently by the guilt of her animosity towards Ramona and the uneasy sisterhood that they share as opposed to that displayed by her mother and Aunt Beatrice, and is finally prompted to revealing this during her tenth birthday celebration after Ramona has ruined a pair of birthday cakes intended for the party. However, after learning about memories from the childhoods of Aunt Beatrice and her mother, both of whom used to fight much like Beezus and her sister, Beatrice accepts that she can love (but may not always like) Ramona. Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy originally appeared"
"many things, which aggravates Michael. Michael owns a pet guinea pig named ""Tippy Toes"" due to the fact that Nicole is allergic to dogs and he cannot have one, and Nicole has a cat named Shelby, who shares a rivalry with Haley's dog Buttercup. Like Piper, Nicole and Michael are both Navy brats, and their mother sailed off on the same ship as Piper's father. Haley, Piper's other friend, and another member of the Gypsy Club. Haley owns a dog named Buttercup who resembles a cat, who resents Shelby, Nicole's cat. Ms. Mitchell, Piper's reading teacher, who helps Piper out"
"of Ralph Bakshi (as inbetweener) of ""Fritz the Cat"" fame. There were also six additional titles that were released theatrically, for show in cinemas and which were not part of the original TV package. The character of Deputy Dawg (a dog) is a deputy sheriff in the State of Florida, of the United States. As the episodes progressed, the location changed to Mississippi, and later to Tennessee. The other main characters are the 'varmints' Muskie Muskrat, Moley Mole, Possible 'Possum, Ty Coon, Vincent van Gopher, Pig Newton, and Dawg's boss the Sheriff, as well as Mrs. Deputy. Deputy Dawg was"
"his head. He begins eating, once again, after the cereal incident. Dribble – Peter's pet turtle, which he won at his best friend Jimmy's birthday party. Dribble is always annoyed by Fudge, which has led him to be swallowed whole by Fudge, killing him. Afterwards, Peter gets a dog and names him Turtle, so he'll never forget Dribble Sheila Tubman – Classmate of Peter and Jimmy, who lives with her family in the same apartment building as the Hatchers. Peter is annoyed at the very thought of her, considering her to be a bossy know-it-all who still has cooties. At"
"Cat"" or ""DC"" is a wily, adventurous Siamese tomcat who lives with young suburbanite sisters Ingrid ""Inkie"" (Dorothy Provine) and Patricia ""Patti"" Randall (Hayley Mills) and enjoys wandering around town and teasing a local bulldog named Blitzy. One night, DC follows bank robber Iggy (Frank Gorshin) into an apartment where he and his partner Dan (Neville Brand) are holding bank employee Miss Margaret Miller (Grayson Hall) hostage. Miss Miller uses the opportunity to replace his collar with her watch, on which she has inscribed ""HELP,"" and releases him to go home to the Randalls'. Patti discovers the watch on DC"
"Sex Olympics"", part of BBC 2's ""Theatre 625"", one of his four appearances in the series. In ""Rising Damp"", on ITV, Rossiter played Rigsby, the lecherous landlord of a house converted into seedy bedsits, reprising the role from the successful stage version, ""The Banana Box"". While he was in ""Rising Damp"" he also took the lead role in ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"", adapted by David Nobbs from his own comic novels and aired on the BBC. Rossiter was given a surprise tribute on ""This Is Your Life"" in 1975. He appeared in ""I Tell You It’s Burt"
"Piggy is short for ""Pigathius"", ""from the Greek, meaning 'river of passion'"". Also during the Jim Nabors episode when asked what (astrological) sign she was born under she replied that she wasn't born under a sign, she was born over one, ""Becker's Butcher shop"". She portrayed ""Wonder Pig"", a spoof a Wonder Woman in episode 419 while Lynda Carter sang ""The Rubberband Man"" and ""Orange Colored Sky"". In the series, Miss Piggy owned a pet; a white bichon frisé dog named Foo-Foo (performed by Steve Whitmire), who is one of the few characters that doesn't speak. Piggy is often seen"
"Mr. Badger (John Forbes-Robertson) Pamela Dean (Georgina Lane) Jinny (Adele Parry) Josie (Rachel Powell) Nadine (Abigail Fisher) Martin (Dexter Lynch) Lily Spencer (Sophie Buckley) Peter (Alex Moran) Razzle (Fizzy) Jonny Briggs Jonny Briggs is a Children's BBC kitchen sink realism television programme first broadcast in 1985. It revolves around the exploits of a young boy, the eponymous hero (played by Richard Holian), his pet dog, Razzle, and his eccentric family members: Mam (Jane Lowe) and Dad (Leslie Schofield), older sister Rita (Sue Devaney) and older brothers Albert (Tommy Robinson) and Humph (Humphrey) (Jeremy Austin). Another older sister, Marilyn, is mentioned"
"customers always ended up returning Magilla, forcing Mr. Peebles to refund their money. Magilla often ended each episode with his catchphrase ""We'll try again next week."" An adorable, admiring little red headed girl named Ogee, who asked, ""How much is that Gorilla in the window?"" during the show's opening theme song, appeared occasionally. In a send up of the feuding Hatfields and McCoys, an orange hillbilly cat named Punkin' Puss (voiced by Allan Melvin) is constantly chasing a hard to catch hillbilly mouse named Mushmouse (voiced by Howard Morris). Punkin' Puss' weapon of choice is a shotgun. Ricochet Rabbit (voiced"
"isn’t in his plans"". It is also revealed that Tony has a pet, the Goldfish named Kate, which refers to NCIS special agent Kate Todd who died in the season two finale ""Twilight"". As for the name Weatherly said ""we had two 13-year-old girls on set one day visiting [...], [and] the girls came up with ""Kate"", so we made it so"". The premise for the episode, ""uncirculated new U.S. $100 bills"", is based on a true story. ""Years ago we heard the Treasury Department would be putting them out in 2011 and, when that didn’t happen, we researched their"
"cat, never mind its name,” the story went into a drawer for many years. It came out with the meeting in 1977 of Vivian and Ki, at which point the story became bedtime reading for Vivian's son Rupert Stanshall (born 1968), and later for his daughter with Ki, Silky Longfellow-Stanshall (born 1979). In 1985 it “grew up” when Vivian and Ki decided to base a musical on its lead character, Stinkfoot. At that point, it became a melding of two very different visions and two very different musical traditions: Vivian’s days as frontman for the Bonzo Dog Band and his"