Man About the House
- TV Series
- 1973–1976
- 30m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.6K
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Sitcom exploring the trials and tribulations created by one man and two women flat-sharing in the 70s.Sitcom exploring the trials and tribulations created by one man and two women flat-sharing in the 70s.Sitcom exploring the trials and tribulations created by one man and two women flat-sharing in the 70s.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaWriters Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer were inspired to create Man About The House after noticing increasing numbers of advertisements in the London press for flatmates of either gender - until the early 1970s it was usual for flatsharing households to be all male or all female.
- Crazy creditsThe closing credits in later series show each credit caption against a still image featuring two 'female' objects and one corresponding 'male' object (eg drinks or item of clothing). One still image used features two cooking utensils as the 'female' items and a spanner as the 'male' item. This is ironic given that in the show Robin is a cookery student while Chrissy and Jo are self-confessed terrible cooks.
- ConnectionsFeatured in All Star Comedy Carnival (1973)
- SoundtracksUp to Date
(uncredited)
Composed by Johnny Hawksworth
Performed by The Hawksworth Big Band
[series theme tune]
Featured review
I absolutely LOVED this show when it aired here, even though I was a little kid by then. It had the kind of charm and mood that keeps you laughing until it hurts, the cast was excellent and so was the timing. If compared to what the sitcom genre has degenerated to (And I don't think it's necessary to name any specific title, most of the sitcoms are awful except Seinfeld) it's a crying shame that shows like Mad About The House are no longer made. Whatever happened to witty writing and great cast?
What you've got now in any sitcom is a cast full of supposedly cute girls who look like they just got out of a concentration camp, plus they can't act. And male cast is not much better, either. It seems any sitcom actor/actress must come out of a models' agency, as if the 'beauty' actually mattered more than the acting skills.
Somebody may accuse me of nostalgia, and I'm willing to be called that if it means yearning for good and funny shows like Mad About The House. The current sitcoms really stink. And I am looking forward to be able to get this fantastic show on DVD someday. By the way, The Roper was awesome as well.
10/10.
What you've got now in any sitcom is a cast full of supposedly cute girls who look like they just got out of a concentration camp, plus they can't act. And male cast is not much better, either. It seems any sitcom actor/actress must come out of a models' agency, as if the 'beauty' actually mattered more than the acting skills.
Somebody may accuse me of nostalgia, and I'm willing to be called that if it means yearning for good and funny shows like Mad About The House. The current sitcoms really stink. And I am looking forward to be able to get this fantastic show on DVD someday. By the way, The Roper was awesome as well.
10/10.
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- Also known as
- Ein Mann im Haus
- Filming locations
- Alma Square, St John's Wood, London, England, UK(exterior: George and Mildred's house where in the flat is rented.)
- Production company
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