First Full Appearance of Richard Trethewey 1981

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This Old House first full appearance of plumbing and HVAC contractor Richard Trethewey. He explains the rough plumbing at the Bigelow House and demonstrates how to assemble PVC pipe. With Bob Vila. From "This Old House" Season 2 Episode 5 "The Newton House Part 5". Originally aired Sun Feb 15, 1981.
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@ncc74656m 2 года назад

I love the concept of Rich explaining what PVC is. Like, you get an understanding of how genuinely old this is.

@ekop1778 Год назад

BOB WAS ALWAYS A ASS! INTERUPPING PEOPLE PRETENDING HES WORKING NO WONDER HE WAS FIRED NOW A DAYS THEY USE CUTTERS TO RIP PVC NOT HAND SAWS

@MrWolfSnack 10 месяцев назад

PVC was only out by 1975/1976 at the earliest. It was still super new in 1981. I have some old home improvement magazines from the 1970s they talk about "a new plastic composition pipe" in the news section but say it's far too costly to adopt for most homeowners, and they expressed how it could be brittle and prone to damage easily. Remember the only plastic we knew at that time was Bakelite, which was extremely delicate.

@DanBillings 4 дня назад

I'm 42 and I've never heard the acronym spelled out

@hand-jobs 3 года назад

I'm really enjoying these first appearances of such proud tradesmen

@johnenright4969 3 года назад

hand jobs I remember watching these on PBS every Sunday when I first got married flash forward 30 years and now in still watching them but on an I pad!!!!

@hand-jobs 3 года назад

and you're still watching the same guys. that's how you know they're good

@Craigthepope 3 года назад

It's strange to seem them so young, shy and nervous.

@ChrisMcKeown560 3 года назад

I'm not sure it's really him. He didn't say "full city water pressure" once.

@ElectionFraudHasConsequences 3 года назад

Bob sawed that PVC like he was saying "I'll show those bastards that I can saw this pipe, even though I've barely ever used a saw in my lifetime" 🤣😂🤣😂 Which is true of course.

@ElectionFraudHasConsequences 3 года назад

@@craigjensen6853 So true 🤣

@moemanncann895 3 года назад

🤣🤣

@TortureBot 2 года назад

Was thinking the whole time, "Get ready for a gusher, he's gonna saw through a leg artery!"

@jayhizzy22 Год назад

Exactly what I was thinking.😂 That PVC had no chance.

@Austin18025 Год назад

And as im watching im thinking its going to fall down that hole....sure enough...it did. Kind of a jerk wasnt he?

@bigmike2000mb 3 года назад

That’s the wrong Bob. He looks like he should be painting a picture.

@greggh.748 3 года назад

He's confused, can't decide if he want to be "Ross" or a so call-contractor.

@rsprockets7846 3 года назад

Or leading a third world revolution.

@Yezir760 3 года назад

LMFAO

@blucheer8743 2 года назад

Lol

@paulcarlsen4088 2 года назад

😂👍

@highdesertexplorer123 3 года назад

That beginning scene. I wasn’t sure if Bob villa was walking up or Bob Ross. Great old episodes.

@ochsj1971 3 года назад

Bob Ross had an afro. Bob Vila just looked shaggy, like someone from Michigan last year who wasn't allowed to go to the barber for several months.

@SenileOtaku 2 года назад

yeah, noticed that too.

@Mikidy303 3 года назад

Richard certainly aged gracefully. I remember watching this show back in high school, TOH has been a big part of my life. Thanks.

@wurly164 3 года назад

Rich was on the first year but with his dad doing most of the talking. Now with Rich's son on Ask TOH he is the 3rd generation of that family to be on the show.

@mariepotter9804 2 года назад

I didn’t know that his father was on as well! Thanks for the neat tidbit.

@pychopathsyphonf1528 2 месяца назад

I forgot his dad was on the show, i was like 5 in 1994, remember seeing him in few episode

@user-gk3lu1gg9t 3 года назад

"You have a very little amount of time Bob...so step on it."

@rsprockets7846 3 года назад

8 years til he jumps ship and goes sears and home again ....yen yrs til home improvement

@theactualsalvagedrover 3 года назад

That was what I WAS gonna comment!!! HAHAHA!!! :)

@pawpawstew 2 года назад

He still says the same thing when working with the Generation Next apprentices!

@jjlpinct 10 дней назад

I remember once when Bob grabs the paint brush and the painter grabs it back and says we like to do even Strokes

@JP-od9ps 3 года назад

I love Richard’s humor!!! “ Not bad for a rookie” he doesn’t it with no bad intentions. Just great humor.

@JAW88 3 года назад

OMG, I am 45 and I have been watching TOH since 1982 when I was 7. I love seeing the old footage!!! A lot has changed in building over the years.

@samueljaramillo4221 3 года назад

I’ve been watching this show since it stated in 1979

@rsprockets7846 3 года назад

Me too. April of 1979 when they did the DORCHESTER home I was home sick puking my brains out and this came on channel 13

@sadokbarbouche9427 3 года назад

I been watching when I was 4 5 in 2008 since I first starting watching TV I was obsessed with this old house

@taylorsmith9629 3 года назад

Still using pvc today

@ekop1778 Год назад

@@taylorsmith9629 YEP NOW YOU USE FANCY CUTTERS NO HAND WOOD SAW

@johnstancliff7328 3 года назад

OMG! Bobs using a hand saw to cut the pipe! and Richard was so young.... to think that he was raised in the plumbing industry! HUGS to Rich! we all love you!

@michaelmcneffii1912 3 года назад

@natty4now you’re an angry guy.

@chrisgrandpre6063 3 года назад

"Look out below"!!!

@Patrick94GSR 3 года назад

@natty4now so what if he is? Got any phobias?

@stevejensen3471 3 года назад

A woodworking rip saw no less. How times have changed.

@thesaexplorer 3 года назад

I really wish they would've kept the original theme song in today's episodes of TOH...it was fitting for the old houses they'd work on.

@andrewfutterman3346 2 года назад

I think they had to change it for copyright purposes. The original theme was Fats Waller's rendition of "Louisiana Fairytale". The subsequent theme songs were composed specifically for the show; the first one, which I think is called "This Old House 2001" had an old-timey sound to it, but the ones that followed had more of a modern sound.

@ekop1778 Год назад

THIS NEW TUNE KINDA SUCKS AND KEVIN ACTS LIKE A JERK

@JimDean002 5 месяцев назад

There's something so cool about the fact that in his very first appearance Rich had to bring out a prop to show what old plumbing look like. That is awesome

@SportsFan0027 3 года назад

He doesn’t sound at all the same. By far my favorite presenter. Lotsa love Richard.

@Type2DarylBTeas 3 года назад

I've noticed in recent videos, and have confirmed by watching these old videos, the space between Richard's eyebrows looks to be the exact width of a lady bic disposable razor.

@Killmonize 3 года назад

This is why he is till on TV. Always a pleasure to learn.

@alexveitia6909 10 месяцев назад

He’s a brown noser

@tripjet999 3 года назад

"Bob, do you have any idea what you're doing, here?" Bob: "Not a clue. Is that important?"

@Mosfet510 3 года назад

That's a blast from the past. Nice clip!

@dIIFEO 3 года назад

sick monobrow man!

@netdog713 3 года назад

TOH should revisit this house and see how it is doing

@rogermurph101 3 года назад

I’ve been watching this show off and on for 40 years. This is the first time I can remember seeing Bob do any hands on work. It’s apparent why he didn’t do it too often! Nice to see Rich lost that Boston accent. No more bothtubs!

@67marlins Год назад

what are you saying, we talk funny?

@kenmore01 Год назад

Bob did okay considering the circumstances. Get a table and a jig and it would be better. I'd be happy with his results.

@robertgroover3316 3 года назад

Did Bob Vila just come from a disco?

@petemcintire4339 3 года назад

Those pants make him look like he should be in a sketch with Will Ferrell and Jimmy Fallon

@johnroberts9560 3 года назад

I like when Richard told Bob to step on it , I like Richards unibrow , it reminds me of a caterpillar ! 👍😁🛠

@row8017 2 года назад

Rich is a true gem love his humor

@sean_heisler 3 года назад

Bob lived in Boston and sang for the band Boston as well, I'll be damned.

@Scottybravo1 3 года назад

Richard reminds me a little of Chet Kelly from Emergency, the 70's tv show

@timepoet77 3 года назад

I’m a huge Emergency fan.

@Scottybravo1 3 года назад

@@timepoet77 definitely one of my favorite shows ever

@steverosenbaum2469 3 года назад

Looks more like Andy Kaufman to me.

@TheGuitarman1968 3 года назад

I love EMERGENCY! I watched it as a kid in the '70s, and I have the entire series on DVD. However, I would have to say that Bob looks like another '70s icon in this video....Mr. Kotter!

@d206gt 2 года назад

If my memory serves me correctly, Richard's first appearance was actually a non-speaking role in a lot earlier episode, possibly even season 1. He brought in the new furnace to the basement of that season's house for his dad, who did all of the talking.

@christian8742 Год назад

This is correct. I don’t know the episode but his father was the master plumber in that episode, I believe.

@MrWolfSnack 10 месяцев назад

I love how a home improvement show has such a dedicated fan base and has all this lore and knowledge surrounding the show's production. Reminds me of the Sesame Street community. lol

@YellowBunchofBananas Месяц назад

Yes I believe he was also in the episode (may have been the same one) where they ripped out (with no PPE) the old asbestos covered gravity furnace that the new furnace replaced.

@patirvin-bz9pg 5 месяцев назад

I started watching from the beginning when I was young. I'm older than all of them now. I still learn something new on every show.

@dwderp 3 года назад

I remember thinking after Bob left, that the show could never recover from that. Little did I know all the show needed was a redheaded host or two. How silly I was and how great the show became.

@howtodoitdude1662 3 года назад

The show got better because the host actually knows construction, unlike Villa!

@joelkton1 3 года назад

It still hasn’t recovered in my opinion.

@JimDean002 5 месяцев назад

I would have to say that Kevin O'Connor was made for this show. He does such a good job letting them play off of him and explain things to him

@markkeller9378 2 года назад

Wow, the start of pvc! Great show…..cant get enough of TOH

@cantcomeupwithausern 3 года назад

Bobbo really did a bang-up job cleaning that connection considering the rag probably dried up by the time he used it.

@JimDean002 5 месяцев назад

The fact that they were using a rag to clean it really dated that episode for sure

@chevelle74us Год назад

A legend was born!

@michaelfuller2153 3 года назад

Wow! Richard looked a little younger in 1981...I'm glad I haven't changed! 🤔

@paulyandle6081 2 года назад

SO Cool, and More entertaining than today.

@ekop1778 Год назад

TOH IS KINDA LAME WITH KEVIN BEING A MORON TOO NORMS RETIRING ,ROGER GOT HEALTH ISSUES TOM IS UP THERE WATCHIGN BOB WAS MORE BETTER THAN 2022

@TransplantHelper 3 года назад

Wow! The “two match points” tip was awesome. Simple but great

@mushroomherbs 3 года назад

I only know all these guys from the mid 90s to now so this is so surreal!

@greywolves2 3 года назад

These are the BEST!!! A FAN from the BEGINNING

@XzTS-Roostro 3 года назад

His voice has changed over these decades

@tommy13t 3 года назад

Love the old school shows and then Seeing them now.

@chrischurch4551 3 года назад

Year I was born. Been watching these guys since not long after

@davcot3675 3 года назад

Really cool seeing these firsts for the TOH crew Great flash backs Makes me feel old

@adamkimball1721 3 года назад

I love these throwback clips! Great to see where these idols got their starts!

@nighthawkj30A4 3 года назад

Im Loving all of this Vintage This Old House videos thanks guys.

@cbalan777 3 года назад

I haven't seen Bob Vila since he was on the show, so when he shows up in these clips he looks how I expect. Seeing everyone else is a much bigger shock. Not in a bad way though. I hope these guys are around for another 40 years.

@chrisdwalter 3 года назад

You should watch the 40th anniversary show, Bob, Steve and Kevin all sit down together.

@cbalan777 3 года назад

@@chrisdwalter I hadn't heard about that. I'll check it out. Thanks for the info!

@kobelcofan 2 года назад

@@chrisdwalter which episode was it? I want to see

@chrisdwalter 2 года назад

@@kobelcofan it was a pledge special. I’m guessing if your a this old house inside you can probably stream it otherwise I did record it I could try emailing to you

@kobelcofan 2 года назад

@@chrisdwalter I ended up finding it on the this old house website. I enjoyed every minute of it.

@dipankarsd 3 года назад

First full appearance of Richard Trethewey and his hair!

@sanity1977 3 года назад

Old school 👍. Retro videos . Nice

@bobbg9041 3 года назад

Its funny to see that episode for one reason, it was so advanced that even today in 2021 you could drop in a few newer appliances and its still in style today. Shaker style never goes away. Its timeless.

@aidenp265 3 года назад

Remember when this old house was actually about old Victorian houses.

@irish89055 3 года назад

Well, they're doing one now in Rhode island.. but yeah the show is gotten away from its roots.. it's all about da money

@rsprockets7846 3 года назад

Sponsors

@Charlesb88 3 года назад

I bet they also considered the PBS members who watch the show to make sure they were OK with the show branching out beyond old Victorian houses to more general house building/remodeling, but then again that’s partly about donor dollars so we’re back to money.

@elfinmajictime 3 года назад

if only you'd do some research to see how they started. They had no sponsors. Now they do, and materials have gotten better and more expensive as the years went by. In 1979, you could build a whole lot of things for $100. Now you can't.

@ekop1778 Год назад

@@elfinmajictime THEY DO NEW HOMES NOW USED TO BE OLDER HOMES ALL THE TIME NOW ITS BOTH

@samueljaramillo4221 3 года назад

This is Richard 39 years ago. Dark hair, big mustache, and slender. Present, almost no hair, no mustache, and a little more weight. And his voice is a bit different .That’s called growing old. But he’s still a great guy. That’s why I still watch the show every week.

@67marlins Год назад

Thanks for posting!!!

@anthonyferrara2222 3 года назад

Richard, I would have never recognized that was you. Isn’t nice to be young.

@WardCo 3 года назад

Nice shoes, Rich!

@kevinnorman2937 3 года назад

He's wearing the "duck boots" Back in the 80s they was really popular!! Some were different colors. Blue was very popular then!! Ahhh!!! The good ol' 80s.

@Connectronix 3 года назад

Classic! Still getting it done! 👍🏼

@RangeRov49 3 года назад

Bob's so ancient that PVC was new enough for him to forget the acronym; "To do the exact job that we're doing over there with PV... Yeah." Richard: "Exactly."

@danielkennedy8530 3 года назад

Wow PVC has become popular in the last couple of years.! That's all I've ever known.

@sebastianramos8491 3 года назад

Nice clip thanks for posting

@SDS-1 3 года назад

Love these first appearance clips

@Peter-.H 3 года назад

So much fun to see these old clips. I love it! Thanks guys.

@ryanroberts1104 3 года назад

Bob Vila meets PVC...LOL! First appearance and he's prepared with props...I'm surprised he's not the guy explaining heat pumps later!

@SergioGonzalez-fk1dm 3 года назад

That’s pretty awesome keep up the good work Richard 👌 i’ll be seeing you on ask this old house! And Learning about Plumbing 😁

@GrahamDIY 3 года назад

Wow!!!!!! What an awesome clip!! Love Richard 🥰

@patirvin-bz9pg 5 месяцев назад

I love hearing him say, bahthroom.

@franarruda4640 3 месяца назад

Haha, old English?? Great guy and great show!!

@247snob6 3 года назад

Ahhhh, that's incredible

@kkknotcool 3 года назад

"bauth tub." He lost his Boston accent.

@ROGER2095 3 года назад

And his hair.

@joed1244 3 года назад

Yeah, his accent was pretty thick back then

@TJsVette 3 года назад

Wow he looks so different now lol. Wonder if the plumbing is still holding up in that house...its almost 40 years old

@K-Riz314 3 года назад

Wow! That's crazy to think. And by crazy, I mean depressing!

@lcusatis 3 года назад

This is amazing!

@chrisgrandpre6063 3 года назад

I love it! You guys need to post Roger Cooks first episode now.

@TOHClips 3 года назад

Roger's first appearance in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

@chrisgrandpre6063 3 года назад

@@TOHClips Awesome!

@lydialaird3979 3 года назад

and Kevin's first appearance too

@Mixwell1983 3 года назад

@@lydialaird3979 Kevins should be easy to find, he was actually one of the homeowners they helped and eventually became the host. I think TOH were at Kevins house removing wallpaper or something to repaint a hallways or something...

@carlcarlamos9055 3 года назад

I believe I remember the show with Kevin and his wife working to remove some very tenacious layers of wallpaper by crosshatching them and using various methods to soften them up.

@bobbg9041 3 года назад

I dont think I've ever seen Bob pick up a tool. Every host after him did. Ok Richard his first visit on the show had Bob cut one cut on 4" pvc pipe. Then glue up the joint. Might be why Bob started his own show with Craftsman tools. Back when sears sold simi decent woodworking tools.

@OneManParade 3 года назад

Richard is the reason I got in to the plumbing field.

@45asunder1 3 года назад

Wish they would bring back the original opening music.

@KLondike5 3 года назад

Good thing you're digitizing this before the old reels deteriorate into dust.

@K-Riz314 3 года назад

Wow how he's changed! If I didn't know going into this video, I would never had made the connection.

@pawpawstew 2 года назад

Man, that new-fangled PVC stuff is awesome. I wonder if it will catch on? Geez, I graduated high school in '81.

@ekop1778 Год назад

NOW ITS PLASTIC TODAY AND SOME NEW TECH KRAP THAT MAKES WORK LESS TOO DO AND DONT LAST LONG

@jgibs81683 2 года назад

Crazy watching them talk about PVC as this relatively new invention! You can’t think of using anything else now!

@bosse641 3 года назад

Fantastic. ....the great tutor, Richard.

@DustinPlatt Год назад

Now that I've watched the 40th Anniversary episode all I can hear now is Richard saying _Exactly Bob_ 20 times

@fastrice3461 3 года назад

So many extensions cords back in the day!

@oobaka1967 3 года назад

I didn't know Bob Vila was once a hobbit.

@SeanBaker 3 года назад

I feel Richard doesn't have the accent anymore. I don't even recognize his voice in this video.

@robertsturtevant6185 3 года назад

He actually sounds like Roger in this video....

@Craigthepope 3 года назад

He does, it's just more subtle. I think that's true for several longtime cast members.

@duenge 3 года назад

After all these years...Vila still doesn't belong on a home improvement show...

@PJ-HT59South 3 года назад

Richard was a beast back in them days 🏋️‍♂️

@lupelicious822 2 года назад

LOL...he's explaining to Bob how dangerous the PVC solvent is to breathe in but is bare handing it cleaning off the pipe.

@jonmiguel 3 года назад

Rich's Bostonian accent is REALLY obvious in his younger days. LOLOL

@elioselectric468 3 года назад

This is great in so many ways

@cruisinthru3916 3 года назад

WOW. 6 yrs before tom silva even!

@toats-mcgoats1833 3 года назад

No freaking way!!! 😄awesome

@AbouTheMagnanimus 3 года назад

Two things: 1. Where are the cutaway displays? 2. I can't believe he used to have two mustaches.

@doctorhorton 3 года назад

🤣

@lukpac 3 года назад

No full city water pressure in those pipes.

@eddo1983 2 года назад

This was two years before I was born. I'm surprised they didn't use purple PVC primer back then

@O_l_i_v_e_r391 Год назад

I came here to say the same thing, where's the purple primer. LOL

@patirvin-bz9pg 5 месяцев назад

Later

@neilrobertson3947 2 года назад

watching these videos as an adult I now understand why my dad used to talk trash about bob

@seabass450 3 года назад

Wowwwwww! He's soooo young!

@SolitaryMaverick 3 года назад

Richard was 25 when this was filmed.

@Insidiousotter 3 года назад

That's crazy, he looks 45

@rogermurph101 3 года назад

Wow. He looks pretty good then for 64.

@johnboren5910 3 года назад

He already had a bit of a combovee

@user-zy3nv1jy1m Месяц назад

Love the uni-brow

@farithjarir7616 3 года назад

That's Richard!! Whoaa~🤣🤣

@curiousgeorge986 3 года назад

It's amazing what age will do to you and your appearance

@keystonecarpenter3002 3 года назад

Things sure changed, today the walls built then the pluming go in.

@johnboren5910 3 года назад

Bob Vila swayed around a ton at the beginning, surprised they used that take.

@jamesw4912 3 года назад

Richard didn't say give it a three count when gluing up pipes. He said 5 Seconds. Oh you can tell he's new at this pipe.

@mntucket7410 3 года назад

Holy shit! Not talking about Bob but Richard

@russellmoore8187 3 года назад

Rich pronounces "bath" differently today than he does here

@ArchiLinkArchitects 3 года назад

Wow... Old days!? but I noticed that he didn't have any cutouts to show us, when explain the fittings