This episode of 'The Baldy Man' is a unique one in the series as it is the only episode that is not divided into two stories, despite being incorrectly labelled as so. 'Tearoom' is in fact a five minute sketch shown prior to the opening credits in which we see Baldy in a cafe displaying his less than acceptable table manners, much to the disgust of two nosey old women at the next table ( Baldy wears the same hideous suit he wore in 'New Look' in this sketch. One is tempted to speculate that this scene could originally have been a scene from that episode ).
After the sketch, we are then onto 'Pets'. Baldy is trying to find himself a new hobby and so settles on trying his hand at keeping pets. His first choice is a hideous lap dog who he trains to try and chew up his neighbour's gardening shoes ( as revenge for him tormenting Baldy with his vicious Alsatian ) but the dog ends up chewing of all of Baldy's shoes instead. He then tries keeping a mynah bird, which at first he is content with until the bird starts greeting him with ''Hello Baldy!'', as well as constantly pooping on his head. His third choice of pet is a boa constrictor which he hopes to use to scare his neighbour but it ends up attempting to strangle Baldy. He finally is successful with his final choice of a small kitten however it creates more trouble between him and his neighbour when the cat falls in love with next door's Alsatian!
'Pets' is not classic 'Baldy Man' but is does still have its moments and is appreciated best by owners of unruly pets. The brats from next door appear again, yet again playing nasty pranks on poor Baldy. They were neither funny nor interesting and thankfully did not return by the time the show returned for its second series. The snake looked about as realistic as Shep the canary in the 'Rab C. Nesbitt' episode 'That's Entertainment'.
Thankfully, Baldy's neighbour gets his comeuppance when he finds a group of rabbits chewing their merry way through his cabbage patch. Serves the git right!
Funniest bit - Baldy glancing through various magazines in a newsagent in order to find himself a new hobby, and picturing in his mind the painful downsides to each one!
After the sketch, we are then onto 'Pets'. Baldy is trying to find himself a new hobby and so settles on trying his hand at keeping pets. His first choice is a hideous lap dog who he trains to try and chew up his neighbour's gardening shoes ( as revenge for him tormenting Baldy with his vicious Alsatian ) but the dog ends up chewing of all of Baldy's shoes instead. He then tries keeping a mynah bird, which at first he is content with until the bird starts greeting him with ''Hello Baldy!'', as well as constantly pooping on his head. His third choice of pet is a boa constrictor which he hopes to use to scare his neighbour but it ends up attempting to strangle Baldy. He finally is successful with his final choice of a small kitten however it creates more trouble between him and his neighbour when the cat falls in love with next door's Alsatian!
'Pets' is not classic 'Baldy Man' but is does still have its moments and is appreciated best by owners of unruly pets. The brats from next door appear again, yet again playing nasty pranks on poor Baldy. They were neither funny nor interesting and thankfully did not return by the time the show returned for its second series. The snake looked about as realistic as Shep the canary in the 'Rab C. Nesbitt' episode 'That's Entertainment'.
Thankfully, Baldy's neighbour gets his comeuppance when he finds a group of rabbits chewing their merry way through his cabbage patch. Serves the git right!
Funniest bit - Baldy glancing through various magazines in a newsagent in order to find himself a new hobby, and picturing in his mind the painful downsides to each one!