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Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'EmSome 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.

Christopher Timothy Meets Frank Spencer and Marvin The Dummy 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

Frank Spencer

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Michael Crawford

Betty Spencer

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Michele Dotrice

Skipper

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Charles Lamb

Boatman

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Christopher Holmes

Dr. H.S. Smedley

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Anthony Woodruff

Lockwood

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Sydney Tafler

Roy

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Christopher Timothy

Mrs. Jones

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Pamela Binns

Mrs. Ford

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Julia Breck