This third edition from series two of 'The Baldy Man' starts with two pre opening credits sketches, the first of which sees Baldy checking the weather with the use of a weathervane. Satisfied it works, he steps outside, only to have his comb over blown out of place by a huge gust of wind, much to his irritation. The second sketch sees him build a pyramid out of playing cards, however he starts suffering a sneezing attack and wrecks everything around him apart from the card pyramid. Relieved, he carries on. Unfortunately, just as he places the last two cards on top, a large chunk of the ceiling falls down and ruins the entire display. Baldy is understandably livid.
Onto 'Barbecue', Baldy's mother is visiting and, noticing his neighbours are throwing a barbecue, she suggests he do the same. His barbecue set is filthy and covered in cobwebs. Worse, it wont ignite, much to the amusement of his neighbours. Hearing a strange noise coming from his shed, he goes to investigate and is horrified to find a vagrant and his dog squatting in the shed. Baldy is about to throw him out until the mother recognises him as a long lost love and potentially as Baldy's father ( he sports the same comb over as Baldy ).
However, there is confusion aplenty when more vagrants show up, all showing an alarming resemblance to Baldy. Frustrated beyond words, Baldy throws them all out. Then a suave looking Australian turns up at the door who turns out to be the mother's estranged husband and Baldy's real father. Both are delighted to see him and suddenly a huge party is in place to celebrate his return. This in turn puts the neighbours noses out of joint as the their gathering now pales in comparison with Baldy's.
A sweet episode, giving some glimmer into Baldy's background and giving an extra dimension to the character of Baldy's mother. Here she seems to undergo another personality change. In her first appearance in 'Ill', she was Baldy's mother the hypochondriac, in 'Mother's Day', she was Baldy's mother the favouritist, here she is Baldy's mother the desperate housewife. We even find out here that her first name is Fanny. Baldy's name is never fully revealed ( the closest we came to finding out his name was in 'Aliens' when we saw a nameplate on his front door reading 'B. Aldyman'. ). However, in 'The Baldy Man' book 'Creating An Impression', it is revealed that his full name is Basil Aldyman. Baldy's kindly side to his nature is also in evidence here. When the neighbours plead to join in Baldy's gathering, rather than rebuff them ( which he would have had every right to do considering their treatment of him beforehand ), he graciously invites them over.
The vagrants are played respectively by John Grieve, Sean Scanlan and Ronnie Letham whilst Baldy's father is played by Iain Cuthbertson, all of whom have appeared from time to time alongside Fisher in 'Rab C. Nesbitt'.
Funniest bit - one of the vagrants dangling a sausage under the table for his dog, at the same time the mother puts her hand under the table to stroke the dog. Feeling the sausage, she immediately suspects the worst!
In 'China Doll', Baldy decides he would like to attract some female company however any woman he tries to woo are put off by his ridiculous appearance. Later, an attractive woman winks in his direction as she walks by him to enter an antiques shop. Inspired by this gesture, Baldy follows her in and witnesses her about to purchase an expensive ornament. To gain her interest, he withdraws money from a cash dispenser to buy the doll for her however when he returns she is gone. Determined, Baldy pays for the doll and sets off to find her. Eventually after some setbacks, he catches up with the woman and presents her with the ornament as well as reciprocating the wink from earlier. The woman takes offence at this and breaks the ornament over his head. It turns out the her 'winking' is an uncontrollable twitch in her eye!
'China Doll' has its moments but starts to get a bit tiresome with all the palaver of trying to catch up with the mystery woman. Any sane person would simply just give up and concede defeat, but Baldy, not one to learn from past mistakes, breathlessly persists on to fight a losing battle. The woman is played by Louise Beattie, who had appeared in the first series in a variety of different roles.
Funniest bit - a scruffy looking mugger jumps Baldy in an underpass to steal his clothes from him. Seeing how ridiculous he looks in Baldy's hideous attire, he swiftly runs back into the underpass and changes back into his original scruffy clothes!
This edition's post closing credits sequence is a pretty lame effort which sees Baldy partaking in a rugby game. During the rugby scrum, he shiftily snatches a wig from one of the other players and emerges with it on his head. The two men start tussling over the wig.
Onto 'Barbecue', Baldy's mother is visiting and, noticing his neighbours are throwing a barbecue, she suggests he do the same. His barbecue set is filthy and covered in cobwebs. Worse, it wont ignite, much to the amusement of his neighbours. Hearing a strange noise coming from his shed, he goes to investigate and is horrified to find a vagrant and his dog squatting in the shed. Baldy is about to throw him out until the mother recognises him as a long lost love and potentially as Baldy's father ( he sports the same comb over as Baldy ).
However, there is confusion aplenty when more vagrants show up, all showing an alarming resemblance to Baldy. Frustrated beyond words, Baldy throws them all out. Then a suave looking Australian turns up at the door who turns out to be the mother's estranged husband and Baldy's real father. Both are delighted to see him and suddenly a huge party is in place to celebrate his return. This in turn puts the neighbours noses out of joint as the their gathering now pales in comparison with Baldy's.
A sweet episode, giving some glimmer into Baldy's background and giving an extra dimension to the character of Baldy's mother. Here she seems to undergo another personality change. In her first appearance in 'Ill', she was Baldy's mother the hypochondriac, in 'Mother's Day', she was Baldy's mother the favouritist, here she is Baldy's mother the desperate housewife. We even find out here that her first name is Fanny. Baldy's name is never fully revealed ( the closest we came to finding out his name was in 'Aliens' when we saw a nameplate on his front door reading 'B. Aldyman'. ). However, in 'The Baldy Man' book 'Creating An Impression', it is revealed that his full name is Basil Aldyman. Baldy's kindly side to his nature is also in evidence here. When the neighbours plead to join in Baldy's gathering, rather than rebuff them ( which he would have had every right to do considering their treatment of him beforehand ), he graciously invites them over.
The vagrants are played respectively by John Grieve, Sean Scanlan and Ronnie Letham whilst Baldy's father is played by Iain Cuthbertson, all of whom have appeared from time to time alongside Fisher in 'Rab C. Nesbitt'.
Funniest bit - one of the vagrants dangling a sausage under the table for his dog, at the same time the mother puts her hand under the table to stroke the dog. Feeling the sausage, she immediately suspects the worst!
In 'China Doll', Baldy decides he would like to attract some female company however any woman he tries to woo are put off by his ridiculous appearance. Later, an attractive woman winks in his direction as she walks by him to enter an antiques shop. Inspired by this gesture, Baldy follows her in and witnesses her about to purchase an expensive ornament. To gain her interest, he withdraws money from a cash dispenser to buy the doll for her however when he returns she is gone. Determined, Baldy pays for the doll and sets off to find her. Eventually after some setbacks, he catches up with the woman and presents her with the ornament as well as reciprocating the wink from earlier. The woman takes offence at this and breaks the ornament over his head. It turns out the her 'winking' is an uncontrollable twitch in her eye!
'China Doll' has its moments but starts to get a bit tiresome with all the palaver of trying to catch up with the mystery woman. Any sane person would simply just give up and concede defeat, but Baldy, not one to learn from past mistakes, breathlessly persists on to fight a losing battle. The woman is played by Louise Beattie, who had appeared in the first series in a variety of different roles.
Funniest bit - a scruffy looking mugger jumps Baldy in an underpass to steal his clothes from him. Seeing how ridiculous he looks in Baldy's hideous attire, he swiftly runs back into the underpass and changes back into his original scruffy clothes!
This edition's post closing credits sequence is a pretty lame effort which sees Baldy partaking in a rugby game. During the rugby scrum, he shiftily snatches a wig from one of the other players and emerges with it on his head. The two men start tussling over the wig.