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** Ted mentions about how people "are doing this show about people [[Series/CoronationStreet that live in this mucky street]]".
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** Fred hates the old and sick horses he had to use, compared to later episodes where he'd be their biggest supporter and stay up all night to comfort them.
** Marty Storm is introduced twice alongside the other mains only quickly drop off the face of the Earth.
** Peggy is quite snarky and flirty, something that wouldn't last long.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Barry and Yvonne's introduction has them ballroom dancing all while engaging in SnarkToSnarkCombat.
** Fred hates the old and sick horses he had to use, compared to later episodes where he'd be their biggest supporter and stay up all night to comfort them.
** Marty Storm is introduced twice alongside the other mains only quickly drop off the face of the Earth.
** Peggy is quite snarky and flirty, something that wouldn't last long.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Barry and Yvonne's introduction has them ballroom dancing all while engaging in SnarkToSnarkCombat.
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** The name of the episode is a reference to comes from the nursery rhyme "The Cat and the Fiddle".
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what's up doc?]]"
* StickyFingers: Ted frequently steals soap from the chalets.
* WelcomeEpisode: Spike and Jeffrey join the entertainments staff at Maplins and meet the rest of the cast.
* StickyFingers: Ted frequently steals soap from the chalets.
* WelcomeEpisode: Spike and Jeffrey join the entertainments staff at Maplins and meet the rest of the cast.
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-->'''Jeffrey's mother''': We've lost the Empire, Eden's gone, and hordes of teddy-bear boys are tearing up cinema seats every time that dreadful little Cockney man singing about a little white ball.
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-->'''Jeffrey's mother''': We've lost the Empire, Eden's gone, and hordes of teddy-bear boys are tearing up cinema seats every time that dreadful little Cockney man is singing about a little white ball.
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* PhotoMontage: The first few days of the holiday camp and it's activities are shown through a montage of photos. With a half of them involving Spike getting thrown into the pool.
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* PieInTheFace: Jeffrey gets one to his face courtesy of Ted.
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** When going through the comedy props, Ted briefly comments, "Eh, [[Franchise/LoonyTunes What's Up Doc?]]"
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* ShoutOut: The name of the episode is a reference to the nursery rhyme "The Cat and the Fiddle".
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** The name of the episode is a reference to the nursery rhyme "The Cat and theFiddle".Fiddle".
** Ted mentions about how people "are doing this show about people [[Series/CoronationStreet that live in this mucky street]]".
** The name of the episode is a reference to the nursery rhyme "The Cat and the
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* Date First Aired: 01/01/1980
It is 1959, and Cambridge University Archaeology Professor Jeffrey Fairbrother, who's bored of the world of academia, has decided to take a job at the Maplin's Holiday Camp as the new Entertainment Manager, a job he looks forward to with idealized optimism. Meanwhile, Camp Host Ted Bovis decides to instruct his new recruit, Camp Comedian Spike Dixon, on succeeding at Maplins.
!!Tropes in this episode:
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Jeffrey's mother, describing the state of the country:
-->'''Jeffrey's mother''': We've lost the Empire, Eden's gone, and hordes of teddy-bear boys are tearing up cinema seats every time that dreadful little Cockney man singing about a little white ball.
* BookDumb: Apparently, Ted doesn't even know what an archeologist is.
* TheBore: Jeffrey is stated to be this. He comments that his wife left him because he was boring and that his students have been falling asleep at his classes.
* ExtraLongEpisode: This episode is 40 minutes long, longer than the 30 minute run of other episodes. Some repeats have cut this down to a shorter length.
* RightInFrontOfMe: Both Ted and Spike mock Jeffrey on the train not knowing that he was the man who was across from him.
* ShoutOut: The name of the episode is a reference to the nursery rhyme "The Cat and the Fiddle".
It is 1959, and Cambridge University Archaeology Professor Jeffrey Fairbrother, who's bored of the world of academia, has decided to take a job at the Maplin's Holiday Camp as the new Entertainment Manager, a job he looks forward to with idealized optimism. Meanwhile, Camp Host Ted Bovis decides to instruct his new recruit, Camp Comedian Spike Dixon, on succeeding at Maplins.
!!Tropes in this episode:
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Jeffrey's mother, describing the state of the country:
-->'''Jeffrey's mother''': We've lost the Empire, Eden's gone, and hordes of teddy-bear boys are tearing up cinema seats every time that dreadful little Cockney man singing about a little white ball.
* BookDumb: Apparently, Ted doesn't even know what an archeologist is.
* TheBore: Jeffrey is stated to be this. He comments that his wife left him because he was boring and that his students have been falling asleep at his classes.
* ExtraLongEpisode: This episode is 40 minutes long, longer than the 30 minute run of other episodes. Some repeats have cut this down to a shorter length.
* RightInFrontOfMe: Both Ted and Spike mock Jeffrey on the train not knowing that he was the man who was across from him.
* ShoutOut: The name of the episode is a reference to the nursery rhyme "The Cat and the Fiddle".
