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 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Series 2, Episode 4: Frank and
Marvin
First Aired: 13-12-1973
Written by:
Raymond Allen
"Where's the afternoon
boat?"
"Search me Skipper."
"It's three hours overdue. Who took it
out?
"Spencer."
"Well, he couldn't have lost the boat and forty
people between here and the lock. could he?"
Actually he hasn't but
he does need a tow and his passengers are not looking pleased; so that is
another job down the drain. Frank arrives home to find Betty munching on a
carrot and when he finds a whole bag of them hidden underneath a cushion
he worries that she is becoming a carrot addict. "It's no wonder that
she's putting on weight."
It is not the carrots though. Betty is
pregnant. She breaks the news to Frank later that day and he is so
surprised that Betty has to help the poor man onto the couch. Frank
really needs to find a job now. Maybe he will have better luck at the
holiday camp. He has applied for a position as camp playboy.
 Frank arrives for his
interview just as the head playboy, Roy (played by Christopher Timothy of All Creatures Great and
Small fame), is telling the manager, Mr Lockwood, that one of the
camp's playboys has been injured. They are now four playboys down and
everyone is working far too hard.
When Frank announces that he is
here for his interview it seems, at first anyway, that he is the answer to
all their problems. He is a ventriloquist, a singer and a man with a
volcano built into his suit for his big finale. Wow! Doesn't all that
sound impressive? It's just a pity that the reality does not live up to
anyone's expectations. Frank's dummy, Marvin, has had a little accident
and so now has the body of a gorilla and the head of a sailor. Frank's
singing is not just a showstopper, but a show-killer and Mount Vesuvius.
well. the less said about that the better.
CAST
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Frank
Spencer |
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Michael Crawford |
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Betty Spencer |
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Michele Dotrice |
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Skipper |
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Charles Lamb |
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Boatman |
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Christopher Holmes |
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Dr. H.S. Smedley |
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Anthony Woodruff |
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Lockwood |
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Sydney Tafler |
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Roy |
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Christopher Timothy |
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Mrs. Jones |
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Pamela Binns |
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Mrs. Ford |
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Julia
Breck |
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