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 Man
About The House
Man
About The House was a popular
sitcom in the seventies. The
show, produced
by Thames
Television and broadcast
across the ITV network,
ran for six series (aired between 1973 and 1976). The first
series
consisted of seven episodes, as did series three and seven. Series two,
four and five had just six episodes.
The Man
About The House series
can be summed up in just three letters and added together those letters
spell ‘fun.’ You only have to watch the first few
seconds
of the opening credits from episode one and you can tell straight away
that you are going to get a good laugh: Robin Tripp
sitting on his dinky little moped that is only revealed to the viewer
once the real bikes have roared away; Chrissy
Plummer,
losing her shoe while getting on the bus, while her roommate Jo
is being eyed-up by a supposedly blind man who is begging in the
street.
She did look pretty good in those tight yellow pants though, so who can
blame the old… faker.
Basically, Man
About The House
is the story of a man who shares a flat with two young girls. Both
girls are young and sexy, but the flat-share takes place on a totally
plutonic basis. Chrissy and Jo were the original tenants of the flat,
rented from George and Mildred Roper and they find Robin asleep in
their bath the morning after a party. The girls were already looking
for a roommate, but, as you can imagine, they were not looking for a
guy to share with. It turns out, however, that the young Mr Tripp is
not only looking for somewhere to rent, but is a student chef and an
absolute whiz in the kitchen. Chrissy and Jo on the other hand struggle
to boil an egg without burning it and having a man about the house who
can cook becomes a very appealing idea.
There is one more problem, however: the Ropers. But Chrissy soon sorts
that out. She tells George and Mildred that Robin is gay.
The Ropers are a very amusing couple. Mildred seems to live in a state
of constant sexual frustration and it is rather amusing to watch George
squirm whenever she suggests an early night.
The Ropers were so entertaining, in fact, that they went on to have
their own show: George
and Mildred. And although,
Chrissy and Jo never got their own spin-ff series, like the Ropers,
Robin did in the form of Robin’s
Nest.
Man
About The House is
light entertainment at its best. It is, in every way, class TV and not
only is the show now available on DVD, but it has stood the test of
time pretty well, even if Robin’s bushy sideburns have not.
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