Thu, Mar 8, 1973
Frank boards the train for his second honeymoon -the first time he landed in the wrong town. At the hotel, things start go really wrong when he tries to push the single beds together, gradually wrecking the whole room. Looking for replacements, he and Betty raid a neighboring room (funny Kenny's room), causing him to complain to manager Bedford about haunting, presuming it's his late grandpa.
Thu, Nov 22, 1973
Frank manages to mess up the library card system without actually getting a book out; he then returns to the farm supplies firm with one more chicken than he let escape. Frank finds out that the job he's going for with the farm supplies company comes with a company car. He lies he has a driving license and passes the interview with stand-in recruiter Henry. So they take the car for a picnic to the seaside.
Sat, Nov 11, 1978
The Spencers are moving, as the council sees no other hope for the house Frank has been wrecking with his 'repairs' for years, as dramatically proven when they leave. Betty drives too fast, so the movers's van which must follow has an accident. At their new home, also council owned, neighbor Lewis soon learns sharing a house with Frank means living in a live disaster area.
Sat, Dec 9, 1978
Frank takes a course in motorbike riding for a courier job with dodgy Mr. Hunt, who only took him as too dumb to ask questions, but can't even find the route, and the examiner gets run over by a similarly dressed motor-biker. Even his wife Betty dreads the idea of him behind the wheel and deliveries depending on his performance. At home, Frank tries out a self-made metal detector, dreaming of finding Roman remains. At his first delivery, 'deamon king' manages to block the break, starting his usual wild ride, everywhere unsafe. At the other side of the radio, Mr. Hunt has even more trouble with the police, which calls Frank back, just as much a public danger, somehow arriving, even trough the river. CID arrests him too for spreading porn. As if that weren't enough trouble, he decides to defend his incompetent self in court, trusting on character witnesses, who prove painfully honest. This proves him guilty of nearly everything loathsome, but incompetent to pull of the crime.
Thu, Dec 6, 1973
Tired of disappointing Betty as breadwinner, Frank signs up for a PR training course. One introductory reception, a night in the dorm and a morning class with Frank being his bumbling, naive self suffice to cause fights, damage and utter break-down of concept and confidence, even for seasoned instructor Watson.
Thu, Dec 20, 1973
Because Frank passed out in the only fatherhood class he attended, after one minute of the 'dirty film', Betty takes him along to a cousin's daughters, who only enjoy his inadvertent monkey-business, ultimately actually co-starring with a zoo chimp. Frank's loan credentials prove perfect- for refusal and expulsion. When he actually attends a class, that proves fatal for its entire course, and for peace among expecting families.
Thu, Dec 13, 1973
Betty and gynecologist Dr. H.S. Smedley have reason to worry when she must give Frank her good news: they're expecting a baby, but Frank is unemployed again. His next job is as animator in Mr. Lockwood's holiday camp, with self-made ventriloquist's monkey-dummy (already with an unfit second head) Marvin, is alas Frank's equal in IQ and ability to produce lip-less sound. The camp is in utter manpower penury, so Frank is auditioned: a testing experience his prospective colleague Roy will never forget.
Sat, Dec 16, 1978
Frank is all excited about the prospect of emigrating to Australia with his visiting grandpa, who is getting on Betty's nerves. First Frank demonstrates how a fence can give offense between neighbors. Next he drags Betty to Australia House, where the chief immigration officer is driven to utter despair but unable to make clear how inept Frank is, even if Betty didn't hesitate. Then a chimney-cleaning client, neighbour Lewis, and the milkman all suffer the Spencer inverse-Midas touch, whether they fight it or not.
Thu, Dec 25, 1975
Frank gets fired from a toy fair as head pixie as he disastrously oversteps his role, at the expense of sales and safety. His worries about another unemployment are alleviated when he receives a BBC letter, (worrying Betty) he was entered for a handyman programme, which comes to film his 'achievements' in the house. First he proves even the lowest gear suffices to make a driving lesson extremely dangerous. After making the recording session the most stressing and unhandy ever, it's time for his driving test. However experienced, the examiner gets the scare of his life.
Thu, Feb 15, 1973
Since Frank Spencer's mother died and he married Betty, her mother can't decide what's worst: her girl moving out or the one-man walking -rather stumbling- disaster-area staying, as everything he touches is doomed. A salesman job interview demonstrates Frank's inverse Midas-touch on the iron mongery company lift and his social skills being both scary and scared, his mental age embryonic.