Mr. Humphries running his own division. Mr. Humphries is the only character from the original series to be featured in the Australian version of the original series. John Inman reprised the role of Mr. Humphries for the spin-off show, "Grace and Favour", in 1992. The character is mentioned in sketch comedy series "Little Britain". In episode 1 of season 1 Daffyd asks "Who was the gay character in "Are You Being Served?"" to which everyone in the pub replies "Mr. Humphries." Daffyd replies "Really, I thought it was Captain Peacock. He's the one with the moustache." In episode 5 of "Ashes to
Mr. Noodle they can do what he can't". According to "Sesame Street" researcher Lewis Bernstein, the characters, whom he called "bungling", gave young viewers "the opportunity to figure it out" before the adults did. Mr. Noodle Mr. Noodle and his siblings—Mr. Noodle's brother Mister Noodle, Ms Noodle, and Miss Noodle—are characters who appear in the "Elmo's World" segments during the educational children's television program "Sesame Street". Mr. Noodle was played by Broadway actor Bill Irwin, who had previously worked with Arlene Sherman, executive producer of "Sesame Street" and co-creator of "Elmo's World", in short films for the program. When Irwin became unavailable,