God save Mrs. Mopp and Good Old Mother Riley

The Wikipedia entry on Mrs Mopp:

Mrs Mopp was an early arcade game made for the ZX Spectrum home computer, released in 1984 by budget software house Atlantis.

The aim is to play a housewife, trying to keep her kitchen tidy against the best mess-making efforts of her family. As time passes, dirt, cups, glasses and clothes accumulate on the floor, blocking her progress around the kitchen. Mrs Mopp must pick up one of the appropriately coloured tools around the room (basket, tray or dustpan and brush) and use it to collect the mess. When Mrs Mopp flashes, the tool must be emptied into the appropriate part of the kitchen (washing machine, sink, or bin).

When Mrs Mopp gets tired, she can revive herself by having a swig of sherry, but care must be taken not to drink too much, or Mrs Mopp will become first tipsy (reversed controls), then drunk (random movement).

While that is interestingly retro, but I don't think it's what we're looking for.

From what I can tell, there was a character named Mrs. Mopp on a WWII era BBC radio comedy called "It's That Man Again." This might be more along the right lines.

And this is Old Mother Riley:



You can learn more here.

Remember the blog post from Live Journal in the previous post that I couldn't get to? That's all I can find for this line as well.