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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 221275" data-attributes="member: 13">There's a great scene in the special where Frank takes flying lessons, and he gets muddled up with his words, telling the pilot "I don't want to be pistamestic (pessimistic)", a classic example where he has trouble with his pronunciation.Another important point with the character of Frank Spencer, much like Manuel in Fawlty Towers and Baldrick in Blackadder, is that he is trying so hard to do his best and his intentions are always good but his attempts always end in failure.  If he was surly and grumpy, it wouldn't be anywhere near as funny.  Likewise the fact that he retains so much of a child-like innocence. Swami</blockquote>