Lawrence wrote:Mandrake wrote:All of which reminds me of that fake opera singer - Placebo Domingo....
My word that's a niche joke!
You don;t many people with surnames of days of the week in the UK do you?
My wife knows someone called Thursby. I suggested to my wife that this woman should change her name to Trudy Wendy Thursby.
There was of course Joe Friday in Dragnet (ask Mandrake), but that's another US show (and fictional too). You do see Munday as a name, but it's rare.
Lord Freddie, I did wonder about the risks of making someone a bit too confident, but I suspect that, off camera, they explained that getting involved in a real fight could be dangerous. I think the main point of the staged pub brawl was to help the guy (whose name escapes me) overcome the guilt he felt at running away from a previous situation.