man about the house be a true situation comedy in every sense of the word . the comedy concern a character call robin tripp ( play by the great richard o sullivan ) who find himself after a wild party and end up at the home of two lady call jo and chrissy . ironically the party be hold to say goodbye to their old flatmate . the obvious end up happen a he move in . man about the house be a pre cursor to cooke and mortimer spin off show george and mildred which feature the 2 character who be landlord to jo and chrissy and robin . these two character would actually turn out to be the linchpin of man about the house with mildred ( the late and much miss yootha joyce ) in particular get some of the best line of the series . a semi regular character be larry ( doug fisher ) a useless person who be always on the scrounge and only ever come round when he want to borrow something ( and never to return it ) . the american do a version call three company but it doesn not stand a chance when compare to this far funny original . thames take a risk in produce a comedy about a man share a flat with 2 woman at a very conservative time but they should worry a the rating at the time suggest that around 20 million people just want to watch a good old fashion bit of comedy with inspired casting and a sharp script . what a pity modern comedy can not reach that high standard . this programme be available on network dvd .