Mr Mann
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Mr Mann is a character in the British comedy Little Britain, portrayed by comedian David Walliams. The sketches revolve around Mr Mann entering a shop, which changes its theme each time, and asking the owner, Roy, for an oddly specific item. Roy will holler for his never-seen wife Margaret for help. She suggests suitable items, usually to no avail.
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| First appearance | Series 1 (first series appearance) |
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| Gender | Male |
Mr Mann hardly ever purchases the items. However, he did purchase a record of James Last playing the hits of Nelly Furtado on the banjo, with a picture on the cover of Last holding out his hands displaying stigmata, which Roy happened to have in stock. He also purchased a picture of a displeased owl (to go with a painting of an inconvenienced badger).
After so long of being tormented by Mr Mann, Roy begins to snap back at him, retorting with comments such as "I hate you so much", and "Get out or I will strangle you."
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[edit] What Mr Mann has asked for
[edit] Series 1
- A pirate memory game suitable for children between the ages of four and eight, but he didn't want a memory game that was very piratey. Roy had two different games in stock, both priced at £4.95, but Mr Mann wanted to spend £4.80, and proceeded to wait for his birthday the following week.
[edit] Series 2
- A date with a woman named Linda Williams (he liked the name, but his favourite was Catherine Drew) aged 38 to 39, should have some height and shoulder length hair. He would not go out with Lindsay Williams or Linda Willis. Roy found the woman Mr Mann asked for, but then he quickly adds "did I mention, she has to have a glass eye?"
- A film starring Chevy Chase and Rick Moranis as a pair of cops who have to go undercover and pose as rappers in order to foil a drug deal but ends up with a very amusing scene where they have to take part in a rap competition - Certificate 15. He is not sure the film exists but he would have liked to see it then. He would even wait until it was made.
- A birthday card for a man who is 65, he hates dogs, and cats, and cartoon frogs, but he likes single-celled organisms like amoebas, and loves the sea... word (c word). And then he asks for a birthday card that just says "Happy 65th birthday Michael Phillipedies".
- A book on Medieval English music dating between 1356 and 1390. Roy had a book, but he wanted a book that consisted of 306 pages and not 312. He ends up purchasing all of the books in the store and claims (probably sarcastically) that he is blind.
- A record of James Last playing the hits of Nelly Furtado on the banjo, with a picture on the cover of Last holding out his hands displaying stigmata and the sleeve notes by Dr Graeme Garden. Roy had the record in stock.
[edit] Series 3
- A painting of a disappointed horse (disappointed because it received bad news). He can apparently tell the difference between horse emotions, as he wouldn't go with a painting of a perturbed horse or a horse that had high expectations in life that have remained unfulfilled, or a horse that had a flicker of hope. He wouldn't go with a painting of a vexed kitten (but would reconsider a picture of an irked kitten), but he purchased a painting of a displeased owl.
- Any magazine devoted to problem feet out of Bad Feet Monthly, Athlete's Foot Times, Veruca Today, What Bunion, Ingrown Toenail Weekly, but not Celebrity Callus Monthly as he already has the magazine, or Foot and Ankle Pain Bonanza, as he's only interested in foot pain and not ankle pain.
- A costume of the comedian David Baddiel; Roy manages to fashion one out of "nondescript" items around the shop, including Rory McGrath's jumper and Terry Waite's beard. When in the costume Mr Mann was played by Baddiel himself, miming to the line "Nothing like him!".
