Provides examples of:
- The Cast Show Off: Nina Conti, who plays Bea, is a professional ventriloquist and Monk is one of her regular characters.
- Companion Cube: Bea treats her puppet monkey Monk like he's a living creature. She completely breaks down when separated.
- Mockumentary: As with all Guest productions, the show is presented in documentary format, with frequent cut-aways to talking head interviews.
- Ruritania: Keith's eccentric wife Luba comes from Moldavia. She discusses many bizarre beliefs and customs from her home country.
- Stylistic Suck: The sitcoms that Keith watches are all broad, mass-appeal schlock.
- Women Are Wiser: Subverted. When Bea is first introduced, she's driving Tom around and giving him sensible advice about his hopeless life choices. Only in the next scene is it revealed that she constantly carries around and speaks through a hand puppet.