History Series / TheHighLife

-->'''Sebastian''': No' as cheap and tacky as doing a RoyOrbison impersonation.

* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: The celebrity sprog in ''Dug'' is named "Aurora Borealis", since that was what her dad was thinking about when she was conceived.

** He also spotted Lena Zavaroni in an Italian restaurant in Motherwell

* Sebastian probes Steve about one of his dates in the style of ''[[Theatre/{{Grease}} Summer Nights]]''.

-->''If we're feeling kind of tedious,\\

** Episode 6 is an episode-long Homage to {{Series/Batman}}. The machine that shows off all of Stoat's different products is most likely a nod to ''TheGenerationGame''.

** Episode 6 is an episode-long Homage to {{Series/Batman}}. The machine that shows off all of Stoat's different products is most likely a nod to Series/TheGenerationGame.

** Episode 6 is an episode-long Homage to {{Series/Batman}}. The machine that shows off all of Stoat's different products is most likely a nod to TheGenerationGame.

** Sebastian owns a [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves]] duvet cover.

* EurovisionSongContest: Parodied with what could be considered to be a spiritual predecessor to ''MyLovelyHorse''.

** Sebastian owns a [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves]] duvet cover.

[[caption-width-right:300:From left to right:Sebastian Flight, Captain Hillary Duff, Shona Spurtle and Steve [=McCracken=].]]

-->"Oh look, it's [[TheBionicWoman Lindsay Wagner]]."
* SpiritualSuccessor: Forbes and Cumming had previously played two very similar characters, the Kelvinside Young People’s Amateur Dramatic Art Society founders Victor and Barry, at the Edinburgh Fringe and on various STV programmes.

[[caption-width-right:300:From left to right:Sebastian Flight, Captain Duff, Shona Spurtle and Steve [=McCracken=].]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: Patrick Ryecart, who played Captain Duff, features in StillGame. Not to mention that one of the protagonists is [[Film/{{X2}} Nightcrawler]] whose best friend hooks up with Scarlett from ''River City''.
** Sam Ballard QC apparently has a sideline as a villainous biscuit maker, while in the same episode, Hazel the McWitch is a professor of biscuits.

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--->[[DontExplainTheJoke As in that old favourite, "Fly me to Dunoon..."]]

[[caption-width-right:300:From left to right:Sebastian Flight, Captain Duff, Shona Spurtle and Steve [[=McCracken=]].]]

This sitcom followed the cabin crew of the fictional "Air Scotia" airline, based at Prestwick Airport in its pre-Ryanair days. There's the camp, ego-centric Sebastian Flight, perennially single Steve McCracken, their boss Shona "Hitler in Tights" Spurtle and a Captain who is so out of it, he makes [[FatherTed Dougal]] seem normal. Add surrealism and song and dance numbers for anarchy.

-->"Oh look, it's LindsayWagner."

[[caption-width-right:300:From left to right:Sebastian Flight, Captain Duff, Shona Spurtle and Steve McCracken.]]

-->If we're feeling kind of tedious,\\

just step up on a boeing going high.\\

"If we're feeling kind of tedious,
if life is seriously mediocre,
here's how to get that adrenaline flowing:
just step up on a boeing going high."

This sitcom followed the cabin crew of the fictional "Air Scotia" airline, based at Prestwick Airport in its pre-Ryanair days. There's the camp, ego-centric Sebastian Flight, perennially single Steve McCracken, their boss Shona "Hitler in Tights" Spurtle and a Captain who is so out of it, he makes Dougal seem normal. Add surrealism and song and dance numbers for anarchy.

Added Alliterative Appeal: The dialogue is littered with this.
Bland Name Product: Averted with Betterware, which is still going strong.
Boot Camp Episode: Birl.
British Brevity: Only six episodes ever made.
Butt Monkey:
"Nothin' good ever happens tae folk from Falkirk."
Catchphrase: "Oh Deary Me".
CloudCuckoolander: Captain Duff. Lampshaded by Steve and Sebastian:
Steve: That man is so surreal, he's no' real.
Sebastian: Aye - he's Salvador Dali in epaulettes.
Dawson Casting: Played for Laughs when Siobhan Redmond plays seven-year-old Shona in a flashback.
Disappeared Dad: Shona's dad.
Does This Remind You of Anything?: Steve is showing Sebastian the engagement ring he has bought for Shona. Captain Duff comes in, sees them with the ring and congratulates them on their engagement.
As well as Steve trying to get Sabastian out of the dog costume. See for yourself.
Eurovision Song Contest: Parodied with what could be considered to be a spiritual predecessor to ''My Lovely Horse''.
Failure Is the Only Option: Played straight.
Getting Crap Past the Radar: On competition:
Steve: I don't know about you, Sebastian, but I never come first.
Shona: (horrified) Steve! You give me the dry boak.
Golden Moment: Parodied at the end of Feart after Steve delivers a rather long-winded spiel about how he turned down a promotion because he would rather work with Sebastian than be successful and lonely.
Sebastian: Oh, Steve...ya stupid mug!
Gossipy Hens: Steve and Sebastian. A variation on the trope since Sebastian seems to be the one who pecks at Steve to get gossip rather than just passing it on.
Half Hour Comedy
Heroes Want Redheads: Even if that isn't their natural colour.
Hey, It's That Guy!: Patrick Ryecart, who played Captain Duff, features in Still Game. Not to mention that one of the protagonists is Nightcrawler whose best friend hooks up with Scarlett.
Sam Ballard QC apparently has a sideline as a villainous biscuit maker, while in the same episode, Hazel the McWitch is a professor of biscuits.
In-Series Nickname: Sebastian has quite a few of these for Shona, including, but not limited to, "Pol Pot in Pantyhose" and "Goebbels in a Gossard".
Inept Talent Show Contestant
Innocent Innuendo: Shona, when talking about her ex, who used to work on a fish farm.
"Every so often, if I was lucky, he gave me crabs."
Large Ham: During his guest spot as the Batman-style villain Vincent Stoat in "Dunk," Peter Blythe serves up massive quantities of gleeful ham, complete with Evil Laugh.
New Old Flame: Avril, who came back as a Tartan Terrorist.
One of Us: Captain Duff is a con-attending Trekkie. He even gets beamed up while the crew aren't looking.
Shout Out: Sebastian Flight.
Episode 6 is an episode-long Homage to Batman. The machine that shows off all of Stoat's different products is most likely a nod to The Generation Game.
Captain Duff can be seen reading a copy of Fear Of Flying.
The instructor at the Air Scotia boot camp references the film Alive when teaching emergency landing procedures.
A Simple Plan: Premise for most of the episodes. Also includes the odd Zany Scheme.
Spiritual Successor: Forbes and Cumming had previously played two very similar characters, the Kelvinside Young People’s Amateur Dramatic Art Society founders Victor and Barry, at the Edinburgh Fringe and on various STV programmes.
Stealth Pun:
Avril: Driver, take this plane to Dunoon, or the steward gets it.
As in that old favourite, "Fly me to Dunoon...".
The Talk: Steve and Sebastian narrowly avoid being given a cow-themed version of this from Captain Duff.
What Did I Do Last Night?: Played with, when Sebastian is desperately trying to find out what Steve did the previous night. Then subverted when it turns out that Steve was totally wrong about what he thought he did and is rather disappointed to learn the truth.
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