Mr. Humphries is never elaborated upon. Though Mr. Humphries exhibits many of the behaviors typical of a gay stereotype, his true sexual orientation is never explicitly confirmed in the series. The reticence was a necessity given prevailing attitudes at the time the series was produced: after the first five episodes of "Are You Being Served?", a senior BBC executive ordered David Croft to "Get rid of the poof" from the show – Croft declined, saying: "If the poof goes, I go." Many jokes throw Mr Humphries into heterosexual clinches. At one point he is asked to fill in for Mrs. Slocombe at
Mr. Men and Little Miss released on DVD several times in the UK, there has not been a DVD release of the US version as of 2018. The series was French produced as can be seen by the inclusion of characters only seen in France such as Little Miss Prim in 'Mr Cheerful Doffs his Hat'. The French version had lyrics to the theme tune and a selection of episodes were novelized in France. These books finally became available in England in 2014. Mr. Men and Little Miss Mr. Men and Little Miss (also called "The Mr. Men Show" in the US) was a British