Having rejected Percy Pilbeam as a helper, he visits Chimp Twist's fake detective agency, and hires Twist to spy on Sam; he forces Sam to hire Twist as an odd job man, but Sam makes Twist remove his repulsive moustache.
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His most recent publications are " Language ! 500 Years of the Vulgar Tongue " ( Atlantic Books 2014 ) and " Odd Job Man : Some Confessions of a Slang Lexicographer " ( Jonathan Cape 2014 ) Green lives in London and Paris.
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The concept was originally made as an episode of the London Weekend Television / ITV series " 6 Dates With Barker " in 1971, with Ronnie Barker as Arthur Harris and David Jason as the Odd Job Man ( who plays the same role in the feature film ).
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These include Yolanda Yummy ( cook ), Peter Patent ( inventor ), Fineas Fixit ( odd job man ), Dr Quack ( GP ), Daisy Digger ( gardener ), Wendy Whizz ( keep fit fanatic ), Camilla Divine ( artist ), Maximus Volume ( singer ) and Rosie Raucous ( saleswoman ).
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As the story unfolds, it introduces us to an array of characters in the village . . . the Communist tailor given to fiery speeches, laced with quotations; the landlord's bossy manager; Kuttan, the odd job man, hitching his star to the influential newcomers; the wise school teacher, the adolescent boy and girl; the braggarl overseer . . . Families and groups are deftly sketched with a cartoonist's sharp eye.
