Rising Damp (TV Series) For the Man Who Has Everything (1975) User Reviews

Hilarious.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 9/10 · 7 January 2021]

For the Man who has everything has been a part of my Christmas routine for as long as I can remember. The only Christmas special from the show, but it is a definite classic. The Man who has everything, not a tag I would apply to Rigsby, instead he's happy wallowing in his own misery.

It's funny from start to finish, it has some classic scenes, Helen Fraser is absolutely lovely as the Postwoman, Rigsby has funny scenes with her and the Milkman, but if course the funny scene comes when Rigsby encounters Philip's date, and a misunderstanding occurs, the line about the shop steward was funny. Rigsby never changes!

Loved it 9/10.

For the Man Who Has Everything

[Prismark10 · 6/10 · 20 September 2017]

The Christmas special sees Rigsby on his own on Boxing Day, only Vienna is keeping him company. He was meant to visit his brother and both the milkman and the postwoman realise he has been on his own at Christmas. To make things worse the milkman has run out of double cream.

However Rigsby is not on his own for long. Alan and Brenda sneak in to be together thinking Rigsby is away. Later Phillip sneaks in with a girlfriend from Northampton.

Rather amusing to see Rigsby's lodgers give him bath salts as a Christmas present implying that he smells. Rigsby thinks that Phillip has got him a woman from darkest Africa when in fact he just bought him some strong spirits.