David Kelly in old sitcom

[Steve Cutting]

Hi all,

Can anyone remember the name of the old sitcom where David Kelly plays
a character with one arm ?? (David Kelly is the skinny Irish guy in
Waking Ned Devine)

He wasn't a main character in the show I don't think. I think he just
cropped up as one of the locals in a pub or something, but I can't say
for sure. I definitely remember him sitting there with one empty
sleeve pinned to his jacket though.

Thanks in advance. This has got everyone here stumped :)

Steve

[James McGowan]

Steve Cutting wrote:

> Can anyone remember the name of the old sitcom where David Kelly plays
> a character with one arm ?? (David Kelly is the skinny Irish guy in
> Waking Ned Devine)

Robin's Nest, starring Richard O Sullivan and Tessa
Wyatt, I believe. It was a spin-off from Man About
the House, and involved Robin Tripp running a bijou
restaurant somewhere in London. This is all from
memory, incidentally, there are probably web pages
devoted to this stuff.

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[GSX]

David's character in Robin's Nest was 'Albert', the show also featured
that other great bastion of comedy (?) Tony Britton.

[Steve Cutting]

On Mon, 08 Mar 1999 10:08:41 +0000, James McGowan
<ja...@sarsen.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Steve Cutting wrote:
>
>> Can anyone remember the name of the old sitcom where David Kelly plays
>> a character with one arm ?? (David Kelly is the skinny Irish guy in
>> Waking Ned Devine)
>
>Robin's Nest, starring Richard O Sullivan and Tessa
>Wyatt, I believe. It was a spin-off from Man About
>the House, and involved Robin Tripp running a bijou
>restaurant somewhere in London. This is all from
>memory, incidentally, there are probably web pages
>devoted to this stuff.

Thanks. I've found his name in the credits for this show. I don't
remember him in it though, although it's a long time ago and I didn't
see many episodes anyway. His character was called Albert Riddle
apparently. Do you remember what role he played in the show ?? Was he
a customer maybe ??

thanks again
Steve

[GSX]

He was the chef.

[James McGowan]

Steve Cutting wrote:

> Thanks. I've found his name in the credits for this show. I don't
> remember him in it though, although it's a long time ago and I didn't
> see many episodes anyway. His character was called Albert Riddle
> apparently. Do you remember what role he played in the show ?? Was he
> a customer maybe ??

He played the chef's assistant. Robin Tripp (Richard O
Sullivan) was the main chef, supposedly pretty hot stuff,
his wife (Tessa Wyatt) helped with the seving. Albert
was a sort of cooks helper, waiter, washer-upper, and
was always getting into scrapes, especially with Tony
Britton, who played Robin's father-in-law who owned part
of the restuarant.

It was repeated on UK Gold a couple of years ago, I seem
to recall.

[Steve Cutting]

On Mon, 08 Mar 1999 10:43:58 +0000, GSX <Gary.S...@bt.com> wrote:

>He was the chef.

Ahh I remember now. Thanks a lot :) mystery solved

Steve

[Steve Cutting]

On Mon, 08 Mar 1999 10:50:00 +0000, James McGowan
<ja...@sarsen.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Steve Cutting wrote:
>
>> Thanks. I've found his name in the credits for this show. I don't
>> remember him in it though, although it's a long time ago and I didn't
>> see many episodes anyway. His character was called Albert Riddle
>> apparently. Do you remember what role he played in the show ?? Was he
>> a customer maybe ??
>
>He played the chef's assistant. Robin Tripp (Richard O
>Sullivan) was the main chef, supposedly pretty hot stuff,
>his wife (Tessa Wyatt) helped with the seving. Albert
>was a sort of cooks helper, waiter, washer-upper, and
>was always getting into scrapes, especially with Tony
>Britton, who played Robin's father-in-law who owned part
>of the restuarant.
>
>It was repeated on UK Gold a couple of years ago, I seem
>to recall.

Yeah I remember him now. I definitely remember him waiting on tables
now that I think of it.

thanks again :)

steve

[Rapunzel]

James McGowan wrote:
>
> Steve Cutting wrote:
>
> > Can anyone remember the name of the old sitcom where David Kelly plays
> > a character with one arm ?? (David Kelly is the skinny Irish guy in
> > Waking Ned Devine)
>
> Robin's Nest, starring Richard O Sullivan and Tessa
> Wyatt, I believe. It was a spin-off from Man About
> the House, and involved Robin Tripp running a bijou
> restaurant somewhere in London. This is all from
> memory, incidentally, there are probably web pages
> devoted to this stuff.

i seem to remember he arrived in the program applying for the job of
dishwasher.
with one arm, and an irish accent
oh how we laughed

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[Douglas Lithgow]

David Kelly I recall was also in an episode of Fawlty Towers, playing a
'cowboy' joiner. He played a character called O'Reilly and got hit with a
brolly by Sybil. At the end, Basil was venturing out to shove a gnome up
his @&*!%".

The episode is The Builders.

[Jeff Naylor]

Just for the record, David Kelly is still acting in Sit-Com - "Upwardly
Mobile" for RTE - 32 Episode to date. He plays a grumpy, mad and talkative
Publican - IMHO brilliantly!

[Mark Coyle]

>>He was the chef.
>Ahh I remember now. Thanks a lot :) mystery solved

No he was the pot washer. Would you let a one armed man chop carrots?

cheers
Mark

[hidehi]

Was 'Man About The House' the only sitcom to have two further sitcoms spin
off from it? As well as 'Robin's Nest', there was also 'George & Mildred'.
Surely this must be a record?

[Adeheathen]

In article <7dmtgb$444$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>, "hidehi" <hid...@hideho.com>
writes:

>Was 'Man About The House' the only sitcom to have two further sitcoms spin
>off from it? As well as 'Robin's Nest', there was also 'George & Mildred'.
>Surely this must be a record?
>

well the young ones took a unique spin on the concept of spin offs and spun the
same story through three other series.

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[Chris Hughes]

>In article <7dmtgb$444$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>, "hidehi" <hid...@hideho.com>
>writes:
>
>>Was 'Man About The House' the only sitcom to have two further sitcoms spin
>>off from it? As well as 'Robin's Nest', there was also 'George & Mildred'.
>>Surely this must be a record?
>>
>

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[Susy Campanale]

Happy Days had 3 sit-coms spun off from it, actually. Mork adn Mindy,
Laverne & Shirley and the understandably forgettable Joanie Loves Chachie.
Love, a Harmless Pedant.

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[Steve Crook]

In article <7dmtgb$444$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>, "hidehi" <hid...@hideho.com>
writes:

>Was 'Man About The House' the only sitcom to have two further sitcoms spin
>off from it? As well as 'Robin's Nest', there was also 'George & Mildred'.
>Surely this must be a record?
>

It may well be if you look at the full list of spin offs ...

"Man About The House" (1973) begat Man About the House (1974) - the movie
"Man About The House" (1973) begat "Three's Company" (1977) - US remake
"Man About The House" (1973) begat "Fyra för tre, En" (1996) - Swedish remake
"Man About The House" (1973) begat "Tre på toppen" (????) - Norwegian remake
"Man About The House" (1973) begat "George and Mildred" (1976) - UK spin off
"George and Mildred" (1976) begat George and Mildred (1980) - the movie
"Man About The House" (1973) begat "Robin's Nest" (1977) - UK spin off
"Three's Company" (1977) and/or "George and Mildred" (1976) begat "The Ropers" (1979)
"Three's Company" (1977) and/or "Robin's Nest" (1977) begat "Three's a Crowd" (1984)

Is that all of them ? :)

Steve

[Adeheathen]

In article <37014D02...@brainstorm.co.uk>, Steve Crook
<st...@brainstorm.co.uk> writes:

>
>"Man About The House" (1973) begat Man About the House (1974) - the movie
>"Man About The House" (1973) begat "Three's Company" (1977) - US remake
>"Man About The House" (1973) begat "Fyra för tre, En" (1996) - Swedish remake
>"Man About The House" (1973) begat "Tre på toppen" (????) - Norwegian remake
>"Man About The House" (1973) begat "George and Mildred" (1976) - UK spin off
>"George and Mildred" (1976) begat George and Mildred (1980) - the movie
>"Man About The House" (1973) begat "Robin's Nest" (1977) - UK spin off
>"Three's Company" (1977) and/or "George and Mildred" (1976) begat "The
>Ropers" (1979)
>"Three's Company" (1977) and/or "Robin's Nest" (1977) begat "Three's a Crowd"
>(1984)
>
>Is that all of them ? :)
>

what about Game On ? surely that was a rip off er spin off ?

[Jeff]

Please Sir led to the Fen Street Gang and then another featuring the
Chaufeur....Bowler,, I think?
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