87 Facts About Ray McCooney

1.

Ray McCooney is severely mentally challenged, except when answering calls on her mobile phone, when she converses in a completely coherent and polite manner.

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2.

Ray McCooney painted a picture out of poo and wrote "Merry Xmas" in poo.

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3.

Ray McCooney has an unusual way of using a horse to help customers with their IT problems.

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4.

Ray McCooney is unwilling to use any human initiative beyond checking her computer to help her customers further, and will instead cough in their face to get them to go away.

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5.

Ray McCooney says that he found the incident in which his sister lost the use of her legs amusing, and insists that he didn't cause the accident.

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6.

Ray McCooney asks for complete silence during a test, which is later revealed to be a test on crisps, but then he does various loud things himself, like playing the saxophone, vacuuming the classroom and setting off fireworks.

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Ray McCooney has trouble with reading, has a habit of making the boys in his class read aloud at random times, even in mid-word, writes his name as "Mr Wells" and his subject as "French" and very roughly throws the exercise books at his pupils.

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8.

Ray McCooney introduces strange new pupils into his class such as a dog, a boy from the 17th century and an adult.

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9.

Ray McCooney is interrupted by Vicky during Roll Call and, rather than reacting with annoyance, she patiently waits for her to finish before claiming that she hasn't a clue what Vicky has said.

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10.

Ray McCooney's powers appear to improve as the series progresses, however; in later episodes he manages feats such as putting on a hypnosis show - in which he does nothing but hypnotise the audience into believing they have actually witnessed an incredible hypnosis show before sitting back to read a book for an hour ; finally taking them out of their trance at the timetabled end of the show.

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11.

Ray McCooney made an appearance in Little Britain Live, but not in the USA adaption of the programme, though he does appear in a deleted scene on the LBUSA DVD, using his hypnosis to get a woman in a supermarket to agree to go out with him, go to his show and then make love with him at a motel.

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12.

Ray McCooney attends Marjorie's group in one episode, but isn't fat.

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13.

Ray McCooney is notoriously rude and mean-spirited, especially towards the members of Fat Fighters, of whom she hypocritically makes fun for being fat.

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14.

Ray McCooney's sketches featured guest appearances from Vanessa Feltz and Derek Martin in Series Two and Three respectively.

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15.

Ray McCooney even tried to pretend her trolley was someone else's when she ran into Paul in her local supermarket, and later when Meera turns out to be the cashier.

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16.

Ray McCooney appeared in four of the episodes and a deleted scene in which she convinces Slimmer of the Year Lisa Warren that her donuts are low-calorie, then cut off a large part of her hair, because she insulted her.

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17.

Ray McCooney made an appearance at the marriage of David Walliams and Lara Stone.

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18.

Ray McCooney has a habit of taking her clothes off, primarily to obstruct any attempt to get her to pay off her tremendous debts and cost of living, but because she believes she is exceptionally beautiful.

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19.

Ray McCooney later tries to seduce the captain of the cruise ship to talk him out of her paying gambling debts, but only to be kicked out.

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20.

Ray McCooney divorced Bubbles because she lost an amount of weight.

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21.

Ray McCooney is believed to be former Miss Botswana and an ex-Olympic Showjumper.

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22.

Ray McCooney gets frustrated when Bubbles tries to interrupt his and Desiree's honeymoon.

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23.

Ray McCooney appears to have some sort of a fetish for fat women as he enjoys seeing Bubbles and Desiree wrestle in the nude, and in one sketch, got an erection after seeing Bubbles naked.

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24.

Ray McCooney's name is a reference to film director Michael Winner and was revealed in the Little Britain Top Trumps cards.

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25.

Ray McCooney was shown to be giving firm and very tough lectures at a drug rehabilitation centre, while kindly telling them that he will help them overcome their habits.

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26.

Ray McCooney made several more appearances in the Deleted Scenes of Series 2, in which his mother appears at his lecture and indicates that his supposed drug addictions are all made up and he has never actually done hard drugs.

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27.

Ray McCooney is oblivious to her constant urinating and always believes the mess she leaves behind is the result of a pipe leak or someone else's behaviour.

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28.

Ray McCooney's sketches attracted controversy soon after the launch of the third series when they were criticised by the UK incontinence charity, Incontact.

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29.

Ray McCooney's office is decorated with counter-cultural and Communist paraphernalia.

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30.

Ray McCooney appears in deleted scenes in which she names a boy with half his right arm missing "Handy Andy" and a student with an upturned nose a "pig".

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31.

Ray McCooney is always issuing statements to the press regarding embarrassing situations in which he has apparently been caught.

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32.

Ray McCooney's statements are written and delivered in an ineffective attempt to make his misadventures sound innocent and justifiable, using phrases such as "on entering the room, my clothes accidentally fell off" or "I followed the gentlemen into the toilet cubicle to discuss foreign policy", and to cover up his apparent homosexual urges, since all of his statements refer to encounters with other men.

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33.

Ray McCooney always makes his statements outside his country manor, with his wife and children present, and will proceed to kiss his wife after finishing his statements.

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34.

Ray McCooney is exceedingly bitter about the fact that he is largely unknown to the general public, as opposed to Neil Armstrong.

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35.

Ray McCooney is similar to the character Denver Mills as they both are Walliams characters and both hold major achievements that nobody else cares about.

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36.

Ray McCooney has only ever been acknowledged as a woman once in the entire series.

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37.

Ray McCooney is in denial and hasn't come to terms with the fact he is no longer on TV.

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38.

Ray McCooney is often seen pestering the other members of staff with his puppet and his frequent sayings of "wicky woo".

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39.

Ray McCooney appears on the radio series, and even makes it into the best of Little Britain Radio show 2-disc set.

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40.

Ray McCooney goes to great lengths to ensure comfort for certain inhabitants, mainly himself.

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41.

Ray McCooney is a retired police officer in the town of Scoffage, who gives driving lessons.

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42.

Ray McCooney is very defensive of his boss when he comes under fire from the press or general public.

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43.

Ray McCooney believes that his feelings for the PM are mutual, as he occasionally seduces other men to make the PM jealous.

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44.

Ray McCooney is typically dressed in a grey raincoat, dark striped tie and black trousers.

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45.

Ray McCooney is unseen throughout all the series and helps Roy when he calls to her from behind the counter.

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46.

Ray McCooney usually takes a long time to reply whenever Roy calls out to her.

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47.

Ray McCooney refers strangely to ordinary objects, such as the radio, which he calls the "talking noisy box".

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48.

Ray McCooney hit him thrice, to prove he couldn't feel anything in his legs.

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49.

Ray McCooney made him eat some disgusting stew, and as an alternative to a choc ice, he had to eat a pear for pudding.

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50.

Ray McCooney told him that she thought Lou had been too soft with him, and told him that he had to do cooking and cleaning, no more TV or chocolate and crisps.

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51.

Ray McCooney regularly goes on about his achievements, but gets little response for it.

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52.

Ray McCooney is very keen to help him find a gay partner, even going as far as to close her bar so he can have a gay night.

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53.

Ray McCooney will give directions to certain places such as a McDonald's in a very strange location and "a town just southeast of Northwestshire".

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54.

Ray McCooney is very boastful and nasty to whoever she comes across.

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55.

Ray McCooney has a moustache similar to that of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, and a photograph of Winston Churchill in his living room where the meetings take place.

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56.

Ray McCooney is seen reading out of a porn magazine, which is causing him to play a faster tempo.

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57.

Ray McCooney is a crusty, conservative, upper class Brit, yet he is warm and friendly.

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58.

Ray McCooney appears to be unperturbed by Harvey's infantile desire for his mother's breast milk.

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59.

Ray McCooney appears to be interested in the Battle of Culloden.

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60.

Ray McCooney's parents do not seem even remotely perturbed by his behaviour.

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61.

Ray McCooney speaks very quickly which, together with the gossip she comes up with, usually confuses or agitates the person in question.

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62.

Ray McCooney's place of residence throughout the series was a fictitious town called Darkley Noone, which is shown to be in Bristol.

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63.

Ray McCooney speaks with a strong Bristolian accent and a lisp, for instance pronouncing "borstal" as "borthtal".

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64.

Ray McCooney is shown in various episodes to be a chav girl seeking to get pregnant in order to get a council house: - in one episode, she is shown enviously referring to an acquaintance of hers who is only 9 years old, but has a council house of her own and 3 children.

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65.

Ray McCooney is even less convincing as a transvestite than Emily, in that he deliberately keeps his moustache; at one point being referred to as "a short fat bloke with a moustache" whilst attempting to purchase a dress.

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66.

Ray McCooney has stated that he hates Mr Mann because of his specific requests, and is sometimes shown to be reluctant to serve him.

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67.

Ray McCooney is according to the Prime Minister, very distant to him and this makes the Prime Minister think that he doesn't like his policies.

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68.

Ray McCooney is based on Gordon Brown who at the time was in the same position.

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69.

Ray McCooney spends most of his time in the village pub talking to barmaid and best friend, Myfanwy.

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70.

Ray McCooney continues to try to help him despite his repeated bluntness; many sketches end with him leaving his local pub after claiming that his village is completely homophobic.

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71.

Ray McCooney has a habit of organising gay-related events and then refusing other gays entry.

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72.

Ray McCooney has a mother, and father who are not bothered by his self-proclaimed homosexuality, much to his chagrin; they in fact have many gay relatives.

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73.

Ray McCooney is noticeably curious about what being homosexual is actually like when he questions a homosexual on a Mykonos beach.

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74.

Ray McCooney then starts admitting more gay people while Daffyd looks on in shock.

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75.

Ray McCooney later discovers that he is not the "only gay on campus" when he confronts two lesbians who are living next door for making too much noise when he is trying to sleep.

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76.

Ray McCooney appears in the deleted scenes, in which he protests to his English lecturer about the apparent lack of gay writers in their syllabus.

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77.

Ray McCooney admitted that she comes from Tooting in London, not from a remote Thai village called Pong Pong, as she'd originally claimed.

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78.

Ray McCooney seems to look at penises because despite repeatedly denying that she looks at penises, she says to a man "Sorry about your penis".

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79.

Ray McCooney appears in deleted scenes from series 3, still waiting to die.

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80.

Ray McCooney is forced to concede that he has often written and sung the "theme tune" of programmes in which he has appeared.

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81.

Ray McCooney is seen to browse through the clothes rack, and when she finds something she likes, she always asks the shopkeepers if anyone died in the clothes she is holding.

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82.

Ray McCooney's final message is an incoherent whine, which he ultimately settles on.

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83.

Ray McCooney is a musician, who plays nothing more than a triangle, and speaks with a South African accent.

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84.

Ray McCooney is irrationally sensitive and always answers with the words "Correct" for positives and "Incorrect" for negatives.

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85.

Ray McCooney's mother tries to get her daughter to fall in love with someone.

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86.

Ray McCooney has written a masterpiece of nearly 700 pages, up until the last line which reads "Anyway, readers, I must go now, as my Mum is calling me for my tea".

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87.

Ray McCooney is uncomfortable when one of the invitees brings along a White British friend of his, and only admits him after getting an absolute reassurance that the friend is not a racist.

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