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* ActorAllusion: In "Up, Up And Away", Creator/ShermanHelmsley plays Colonel Reginald [[Series/TheJeffersons Jefferson]], who tells Lincoln "You better get movin' on up, sir".
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* ActorAllusion: In "Up, Up And Away", Creator/ShermanHelmsley Creator/ShermanHemsley plays Colonel Reginald [[Series/TheJeffersons Jefferson]], who tells Lincoln "You better get movin' on up, sir".
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* ActorAllusion: In "Up, Up And Away", Creator/ShermanHelmsley plays Colonel Reginald [[Series/TheJeffersons Jefferson]], who tells Lincoln "You better get movin' on up, sir".
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The series is extremely rare, never having been released on home video or in reruns, due to its extremely controversial nature. The NAACP led a protest against the show, citing its arguably light-hearted portrayal of the enslavement of African-Americans, and forced the pilot episode to be pulled. The now-defunct cable network Trio was set to rerun the show during the TurnOfTheMillennium as part of its "Flops" block (which also reran ''Series/CopRock'', ''Series/PinkLadyAndJeff'' and ''Series/MyMotherTheCar''), but backed out due to the show's UnfortunateImplications. Appropriately enough, for a show that was both critically panned and low rated (the reason it was cancelled), it was proudly advertised with the tagline "[[TakeThatCritics Critics hate it]]."
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The series is extremely rare, never having been released on home video or in reruns, due to its extremely controversial nature. The NAACP led a protest against the show, citing its arguably light-hearted portrayal of the enslavement of African-Americans, and forced the pilot episode to be pulled. The now-defunct cable network Trio was set to rerun the show during the TurnOfTheMillennium as part of its "Flops" block (which also reran ''Series/CopRock'', ''Series/PinkLadyAndJeff'' and ''Series/MyMotherTheCar''), but eventually backed out due to the show's UnfortunateImplications.out. Appropriately enough, for a show that was both critically panned and low rated (the reason it was cancelled), it was proudly advertised with the tagline "[[TakeThatCritics Critics hate it]]."
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* ServileSnarker: Desmond Pfeiffer.
* StraightMan: Desmond.
* TakeThat: One to the Clinton administration in light of the Monica Lewinsky scandal in the first episode, "AOL: Abe Online".
* StraightMan: Desmond.
* TakeThat: One to the Clinton administration in light of the Monica Lewinsky scandal in the first episode, "AOL: Abe Online".
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%% * TakeThat: One to the Clinton administration in light of the Monica Lewinsky scandal in the first episode, "AOL: Abe Online".
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''The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer'' was a very short-lived and controversial sitcom on Creator/{{UPN}} that only aired four episodes, all of which were in October 1998. Starred Chi [=McBride=] as the titular character, a ServileSnarker Black English nobleman and butler who is kidnapped and sent to America on a slave ship, then becomes a valet in UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln's White House. He finds himself being the OnlySaneMan in Lincoln's staff, which is full of morons. Think ''Series/{{Benson}}'' set in the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] era.
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''The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer'' was a very short-lived and controversial sitcom on Creator/{{UPN}} that only aired four episodes, all of which were in October 1998. Starred Chi [=McBride=] Creator/ChiMcBride as the titular character, a ServileSnarker Black English nobleman and butler who is kidnapped and sent to America on a slave ship, then becomes a valet in UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln's White House. He finds himself being the OnlySaneMan in Lincoln's staff, which is full of morons. Think ''Series/{{Benson}}'' set in the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] era.
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* OnlySaneMan: Desmond is the only person in the White House who has any kind of common sense.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: Not something spoken in the show, but when Desmond Pfeiffer enters the White House, it is exactly what he is when surrounded by President Lincoln's staff.
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''The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer'' was a very short-lived and controversial sitcom on Creator/{{UPN}} that only aired four episodes, all of which were in October 1998. Starred Chi [=McBride=] as the titular character, a ServileSnarker Black English nobleman and butler who is kidnapped and sent to America on a slave ship, then becomes a valet in UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln's White House. He then becomes more competent than everyone else, who are depicted as being comparatively stupider. Think ''Series/{{Benson}}'' set in the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] era.
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''The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer'' was a very short-lived and controversial sitcom on Creator/{{UPN}} that only aired four episodes, all of which were in October 1998. Starred Chi [=McBride=] as the titular character, a ServileSnarker Black English nobleman and butler who is kidnapped and sent to America on a slave ship, then becomes a valet in UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln's White House. He then becomes more competent than everyone else, who are depicted as finds himself being comparatively stupider.the OnlySaneMan in Lincoln's staff, which is full of morons. Think ''Series/{{Benson}}'' set in the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] era.
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Desmond Pfeiffer's surname is pronounced "Puh-feiffer" because the P isn't silent.
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Pfeiffer, an English nobleman, claimed that he and his trusted man-servant were forced by rival noblemen to flee to America due to a dispute over the queen... All 5 of them.\\
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Pfeiffer, an English nobleman, claimed that he and his trusted man-servant were forced by rival noblemen to flee to America due to a dispute over the queen... All all 5 of them.\\
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Everything that follows actually happened... You can't prove that it didn't."''
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Everything that follows actually happened... You you can't prove that it didn't."''
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[[caption-width-right:242:[[OurProductSucks That The infamous ad]].]]ad.]]]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: The episode "AOL: Abe Online" has Abraham Lincoln of all people using the [[NewMediaAreEvil new technology of telegrams]] to have a long-distance affair with another woman and then arrange a meeting in a bar with her. HilarityEnsues when it turns out that the woman was Abe's own wife who was using a pseudonym and ''she'' thought she was having an affair with another man.
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We were fortunate to acquire an extraordinary historical document. ''The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer''--[[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY the "P" isn't silent]]--chronicles the life and times of a member of President Lincoln's staff at the height of the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]].\\
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We were fortunate to acquire an extraordinary historical document. ''The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer''--[[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY Pfeiffer'' -- the "P" isn't silent]]--chronicles silent -- chronicles the life and times of a member of President Lincoln's staff at the height of the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]].War.\\
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[[BlatantLies Everything that follows actually happened]]... [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer You can't prove that it didn't.]]"''
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We were fortunate to acquire an extraordinary historical document. ''The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer'' ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY the "P" isn't silent]]) chronicles the life and times of a member of President Lincoln's staff at the height of the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]].\\
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We were fortunate to acquire an extraordinary historical document. ''The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer'' ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY Pfeiffer''--[[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY the "P" isn't silent]]) chronicles silent]]--chronicles the life and times of a member of President Lincoln's staff at the height of the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]].\\
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The series is extremely rare, never having been released on home video or in reruns, due to its extremely controversial nature. The NAACP led a protest against the show, citing its arguably light-hearted portrayal of the enslavement of African-Americans, and forced the pilot episode to be pulled. The now-defunct cable network Trio was set to rerun the show during the TurnOfTheMillennium as part of its "Flops" block (which also reran ''Series/CopRock'', ''Series/PinkLadyAndJeff'' and ''Series/MyMotherTheCar''), but backed out due to the show's UnfortunateImplications. Appropriately enough, for a show that was both critically panned and low rated (the reason it was cancelled), it was advertised with the tagline "[[TakeThatCritics Critics hate it]]."
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The series is extremely rare, never having been released on home video or in reruns, due to its extremely controversial nature. The NAACP led a protest against the show, citing its arguably light-hearted portrayal of the enslavement of African-Americans, and forced the pilot episode to be pulled. The now-defunct cable network Trio was set to rerun the show during the TurnOfTheMillennium as part of its "Flops" block (which also reran ''Series/CopRock'', ''Series/PinkLadyAndJeff'' and ''Series/MyMotherTheCar''), but backed out due to the show's UnfortunateImplications. Appropriately enough, for a show that was both critically panned and low rated (the reason it was cancelled), it was proudly advertised with the tagline "[[TakeThatCritics Critics hate it]]."
