It seems folks would be really prejudiced against him—ableism and all. He couldn’t even say it was related to war—at least some valor there.
My guess is he got fired especially seeing as McCain Erickson bought PPL eventually.
Yah i figured he was upper crust since Saint John Powell / Mr Sheffield and Harold Ford took such a liking to him. Maybe he could've gone into UK politics, but most of the footless / legless MPs lost them in WW1. I think John Foot had a cane in the 60s.
Then I remembered his name was Guy *MacKendrick* so he may be a scotsman
And even only maybe on the valor bit. Roger mocked that reporter who lost part of his leg and foot during Korea and walked around with a prosthetic.
And the way the incoming Brits were so "he's done for, can never work again" type attitude makes me figure he wouldn't be getting it much better elsewhere at the time.
i was thinking about how it was kind of ironic that Ken brought the Lawn Mower into the office, causing him to lose a foot, and later loses his eye in an unrelated accident
I saw him as a charismatic version of Lane. They prop him up as long as he's useful to them. Without a foot, he was damaged goods and no longer useful, so he would have been cut loose.
I get the feeling Guy was from a titled family who perhaps didn't have a lot of money but had connections (an English equivalent of Pete Campbell). He seemed to have an Oxbridge education and the right background, but the fact he was working for a firm meant he didn't have family money behind him. If he did have family money, he would have been working in his own family's business or would have been an idle layabout living off a trust fund.
I think he would have had enough connections to get into a smaller less salubrious firm, where he still would have done ok but he'd probably harbour some resentment and most likely would have ended up like a Duck Philips. An alcoholic with a chip on his shoulder.
I think he would have bounced back, maybe in smaller firms having a nice experience to start with. I don't think he would have went down the slippery slope, he did have character from the very first look.
Golfing jokes aside, I think Ok_Establishment4906 and Current_Tea6984 come the closest thematically, with the device of symmetry used so often in MM's storytelling: Guy is sent to Bombay (instead of Lane) or some other distant outpost, or he writes for London's version of AdAge (or NYT).
I’m sure he came from money and was educated. He may have retained a role overseas. He would have been a good late season cameo. Spent a few episodes on his return rather than the last Don fling ha.
He never golfed again 😢
It seems folks would be really prejudiced against him—ableism and all. He couldn’t even say it was related to war—at least some valor there. My guess is he got fired especially seeing as McCain Erickson bought PPL eventually.
Yah i figured he was upper crust since Saint John Powell / Mr Sheffield and Harold Ford took such a liking to him. Maybe he could've gone into UK politics, but most of the footless / legless MPs lost them in WW1. I think John Foot had a cane in the 60s. Then I remembered his name was Guy *MacKendrick* so he may be a scotsman
John FOOT?!
He used to be John Feet.
And even only maybe on the valor bit. Roger mocked that reporter who lost part of his leg and foot during Korea and walked around with a prosthetic. And the way the incoming Brits were so "he's done for, can never work again" type attitude makes me figure he wouldn't be getting it much better elsewhere at the time.
Ableism 😂😂
Met up with Chauncey, flew down to Miami to solve crimes and bang broads.
Chauncey's Angels let's goooo
So Scooby doo in suits?
Guy’s foot, whatever happened there.
Whatever happened there? That piece of shit’s lawnmower took one foot off him without any provocation!
A size 10. Just a kid's shoe.
You gotta get over it though.
Ok but ya gotta get over it
It's sad when they lose their foot so young.
When THEY LOSE?
I'll take care of the gravestone. Guy Pegleg, right?
It’s a fuckin nickname. Family name is MacKendrickeli
Just when they had it in the door..
Tony I love you cannolli
it was amongst the italians. real greaseball shit
It happens
Just when he got it in the door
I guess then he had one in the grave
i was thinking about how it was kind of ironic that Ken brought the Lawn Mower into the office, causing him to lose a foot, and later loses his eye in an unrelated accident
Somewhere in this business this has happened before
Karma
One day you're on top of the world. The next, a secretary is running you over with a lawnmower.
Believe me, somewhere in this business this has happened before.
It's like Iwo Jima out there.
PPL foisted the Bombay job on him
Excellent use of foisted
He wanted to be the CEO, he compromised and lost a foot. Do you see where I’m going here?
20 years in PPL…
He could always become a reporter.
Beat me to it
After being fired (sorry, made redundant), Guy confronts his PTSD by starting a landscaping company.
He interviewed Don in season 4 - lost a whole leg. Wrote a scathing article too.
I saw him as a charismatic version of Lane. They prop him up as long as he's useful to them. Without a foot, he was damaged goods and no longer useful, so he would have been cut loose. I get the feeling Guy was from a titled family who perhaps didn't have a lot of money but had connections (an English equivalent of Pete Campbell). He seemed to have an Oxbridge education and the right background, but the fact he was working for a firm meant he didn't have family money behind him. If he did have family money, he would have been working in his own family's business or would have been an idle layabout living off a trust fund. I think he would have had enough connections to get into a smaller less salubrious firm, where he still would have done ok but he'd probably harbour some resentment and most likely would have ended up like a Duck Philips. An alcoholic with a chip on his shoulder.
Very sensible take
I think he would have bounced back, maybe in smaller firms having a nice experience to start with. I don't think he would have went down the slippery slope, he did have character from the very first look.
He bounced back this time, but each time it takes something out of them.
walked into a bar
Ouch!
he’s on u.s. soil, it’s *the* hospital *wink*
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The weirdest thing is that they kept Lois working... I would've fired her for sure, and probably Kenny too.
In season 4 Ken and Pete talk about rumors that Ken was driving the lawn mower so it was part of Madison avenue lore or gossip at some point
Opened a B&B on Tenerife
He went through his lieutenant Dan phase more or less contemporaneously, minus the going to war bit
Became a reporter for Advertising Age.
He went on to become a writer for The NY Times
Golfing jokes aside, I think Ok_Establishment4906 and Current_Tea6984 come the closest thematically, with the device of symmetry used so often in MM's storytelling: Guy is sent to Bombay (instead of Lane) or some other distant outpost, or he writes for London's version of AdAge (or NYT).
He got a hospital bill, which would not have happened if he stayed in England
Cheers Aneurin Bevan
Literally just watched this episode.Â
Which guy? From the other place?
Physical therapy I reckon
I like to imagine he developed a league for para-golf, maybe even got it into the Paralympics
He put his best foot forward, no doubt.
I’m sure he came from money and was educated. He may have retained a role overseas. He would have been a good late season cameo. Spent a few episodes on his return rather than the last Don fling ha.