Richard Franks puts Mum on muddy-paw duty
Two new sketches pair a sponsored kitchen clean-up with a SADA acting masterclass featuring Lizzie Garland.
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AD | Mum’s having a muddy paw print meltdown 😱
Next story: Richard Franks' Mum has no time for Parma Violets
Mum walks into the kitchen in an orange knitted dress and finds muddy paw prints everywhere. Richard Franks' familiar character has a dog to contend with, a bucket to dismiss and, inevitably, a thought about how livid Tracy would be.
"AD | Mum's having a muddy paw print meltdown 😱" is a sponsored cleaning-product sketch, and the most-watched of his two uploads this week, with around 45,000 views. The comments turn its commercial premise into another instalment of the Tracy joke: several viewers wonder whether she ought to receive a share of the sponsorship money. Others pick up on the deliberately familiar British-advert style.
The other arrival, "The Actor's Movement - A SADA Masterclass 🎭", swaps domestic disorder for theatrical preparation. Its description offers Sebastian Baxter-Sinclair's comparison between an unprepared actor and a builder using Greek yoghurt as mortar. Lizzie Garland is credited as the acting student, with filming by Penny Dyer; a third SADA instalment is announced for 23 November.
Away from the new sketches, Mum's soft-play social life remains busy. September's coffee-date clip is drawing the most daily views of the highlighted older uploads and is approaching a million views. The soft-play security sketch and the Parma Violets trick-or-treating outing are also keeping the archive moving.
The channel added a thousand subscribers over the week, though its daily viewing is currently well below its usual pace. Nearby in the sketch-comedy group, Jenna Lu had a substantial week for views, while Brock Baker 2 was quieter. For Franks, the fresh uploads offer two distinct character worlds: Mum's kitchen and SADA's gloriously questionable acting wisdom.
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What viewers say
the fact that this feels like an actual add made by a mum 😂😂😂
@o5r8itSee it on YouTubeThis is the only good sponsor video I’ve seen, you really took on the British advert vibe
@Fraser1991See it on YouTubeThe dirty bucket water 😭💀😭💀
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I’ve never wanted to watch an ad-
Oh.@Funnyfrog_57See it on YouTubeAs soon as I saw this is started singing the song 😂😂
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- Channel
- Richard Franks
- Subscribers
- 139,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,244,639
- Videos published this week
- 2
- Video published
- November 6, 2026
- Video views so far
- 45,044
- Views on its first day
- 33,834
The numbers
Here is how Richard Franks' week looks in views and subscribers.
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Who is credited as the acting student in Richard Franks' SADA movement masterclass?
The description of "The Actor's Movement - A SADA Masterclass 🎭" credits Lizzie Garland as the acting student.

