Trivia / Desmond's

• Actor-Shared Background: Like their characters, Norman Beaton, Carmen Munroe, and Ram John Holder were Guyanese.
• Namesthe Same: The episode "Shimmer and Shine" shares it's name with a Nick Jr series that came out 22 years after the episode aired.
• The Character Died with Him: The first episode of Porkpie reveals that Desmond has passed away, Norman Beaton having died the previous year.
• Technology Marches On: Michael once brings a portable computer to the barber shop to show he's a tech-savvy modern man with aspirations. It's the size of a briefcase, features a minuscule screen, and works entirely through keyboard input.
  • Desmond regarded their vicar having a mobile phone to be absurd. Furthermore, in another episode where he is absent due to attending a business course, he borrows Michael's mobile to ring Shirley from a train.
  • During the stag night of Susu's fiance Willy, Porkpie uses a Polaroid camera to take a photo of him dancing sexily with another woman to show to her. With cameraphones nowadays, Polaroids are rather obsolete.