This was the highest-charting episode of the series, reaching 33rd place with 7.7 million viewers.
This episode is a remake of Man Most Likely to (1975), with the script identical in some places, updated in others.
Some of the changes are minor, just to ensure that the script is contemporary - one such instance is that Ralph's wife (Rex in The Squirrels) saw Reggie Parsons behind the bike sheds as a young girl, instead of in a bomb shelter. Other changes are more overt, such as the fact that Harvey (Harry in The Squirrels) is heavily involved when pretending to be Ralph's manager - in the original this is still present, but is more of a throwaway gag before the advert break, rather than an extended sequence.
As The Squirrels episode didn't feature the equivalent of the Osborne character that week (Ellis Jones as Burke), Rex is instead the one given the task of looking after his manager's dog - in this remake the script has Ralph and Harvey gate crash Osborne's dog-sitting evening.
Another significant change is that in Fiddler's Three the manager comes back and tells Reggie that it's really his house, causing Reggie to leave - in the Squirrels Reggie leaves merely because he thinks the manager is mad. The scene ends abruptly in the 1975 play, but in this updated edition Osborne has encouraged Norma to join him at the house - the sight of Norma in a bikini placating the manager's ire.
The final change is another minor one, an update dictated by inflation - the "Sugar Balls" man gives Ralph £25 for having a box of the cereal in his house - in the original it was £5.
Some of the changes are minor, just to ensure that the script is contemporary - one such instance is that Ralph's wife (Rex in The Squirrels) saw Reggie Parsons behind the bike sheds as a young girl, instead of in a bomb shelter. Other changes are more overt, such as the fact that Harvey (Harry in The Squirrels) is heavily involved when pretending to be Ralph's manager - in the original this is still present, but is more of a throwaway gag before the advert break, rather than an extended sequence.
As The Squirrels episode didn't feature the equivalent of the Osborne character that week (Ellis Jones as Burke), Rex is instead the one given the task of looking after his manager's dog - in this remake the script has Ralph and Harvey gate crash Osborne's dog-sitting evening.
Another significant change is that in Fiddler's Three the manager comes back and tells Reggie that it's really his house, causing Reggie to leave - in the Squirrels Reggie leaves merely because he thinks the manager is mad. The scene ends abruptly in the 1975 play, but in this updated edition Osborne has encouraged Norma to join him at the house - the sight of Norma in a bikini placating the manager's ire.
The final change is another minor one, an update dictated by inflation - the "Sugar Balls" man gives Ralph £25 for having a box of the cereal in his house - in the original it was £5.