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April 22, 2017david nobbs

The greatest sitcom ever made and Walker Percy

I would urge Walker Percy aficionados (and indeed Confederacy of Dunces fans) to view this series (only three seasons) so there’s no “jumping the shark” moment. (Do not bother with the remake). The protagonist’s life is the most Percyean character I’ve come across outside of Percy’s own novels. Even though Simon Heffer doesn’t reference Percy,…

August 9, 2015david nobbs, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

Reggie Perrin writer David Nobbs dies

The man behind one of the great television satires The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, centering on the drudgery of suburban middle class Britain, has died. David Nobbs was prescient about the creeping banality and self-important and meaningless jargon of corporate culture and the dumbest of instantiations of consumerism with the luck of the market — Grot.…