On his way home from the take-away, Frank is followed by a stray dog. He tries to shake it off but it follows him all the way to the garden gate. Taking pity on the animal, he brings it into the house. Betty is not happy about having another mouth to feed. The next day, Frank tells the postman ( Bunny May ) that the new addition to their family is called 'Columbo', but the postie thinks he is talking about their baby.
Frank shows the man from the insurance company, Mr.Harris ( Richard Wilson ), round the house as he has tried to claim for the furniture damaged in the move to Sodbury Terrace. Most of it is Frank's own work, and would have fallen to bits in any case.
At his woodwork class, Frank has built a chair with the aid of a tube of super-glue. When he tries to get it home on the bus, it sticks together an old lady, himself, and a bus conductor. But the ultimate challenge comes when he has to get a Wendy House out of the building...
Frank's trademark beret and mackintosh are back in this episode. Bunny May was in Eric Idle's 'Rutland Weekend Television', while Richard Wilson was at this time to be found in David Jason's 'A Sharp Intake Of Breath' in which he played a new character each week. Norman Chappell had previously been writer 'Mark Faraday' in Episode 2 Season 1. This return appearance ( as a different character ) just requires him to pull a funny face, nothing more.
Funniest moment - Frank and Betty are on the sofa, inviting Harris to join them. But as he sits down, he sinks through, finding himself on the floor. Michael Crawford can be seen struggling not to laugh, but Wilson loses control completely and the camera focuses instead on Michele Dotrice. Like the 'undercover cops' sketch in 'At Last The 1948 Show', its unprofessional behaviour but hilarious all the same.
Frank shows the man from the insurance company, Mr.Harris ( Richard Wilson ), round the house as he has tried to claim for the furniture damaged in the move to Sodbury Terrace. Most of it is Frank's own work, and would have fallen to bits in any case.
At his woodwork class, Frank has built a chair with the aid of a tube of super-glue. When he tries to get it home on the bus, it sticks together an old lady, himself, and a bus conductor. But the ultimate challenge comes when he has to get a Wendy House out of the building...
Frank's trademark beret and mackintosh are back in this episode. Bunny May was in Eric Idle's 'Rutland Weekend Television', while Richard Wilson was at this time to be found in David Jason's 'A Sharp Intake Of Breath' in which he played a new character each week. Norman Chappell had previously been writer 'Mark Faraday' in Episode 2 Season 1. This return appearance ( as a different character ) just requires him to pull a funny face, nothing more.
Funniest moment - Frank and Betty are on the sofa, inviting Harris to join them. But as he sits down, he sinks through, finding himself on the floor. Michael Crawford can be seen struggling not to laugh, but Wilson loses control completely and the camera focuses instead on Michele Dotrice. Like the 'undercover cops' sketch in 'At Last The 1948 Show', its unprofessional behaviour but hilarious all the same.
