Release Date | 1990-05-21 |
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Runtime | 30 minutes |
Genres | Comedy, Drama |
Stars | Bob Newhart, Mary Frann, Tom Poston, Julia Duffy, Peter Scolari |
Directors | Mark Egan, Mark Solomon, David Mirkin, Sheldon Bull, Barry Kemp |
Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at the inn and Leslie Vanderkellen is the maid, with ambitions of being an Olympic Ski champion; she is later replaced by her cousin Stephanie, an heiress who hates her job. Her boyfriend is Dick's yuppie TV producer, Michael Harris. There are many other quirky characters in this fictional little town, including Dick's neighbors Larry, Darryl, and Darryl...three brothers who buy the Minuteman Cafe from Kirk Devane. Besides sharing a name, Darryl and Darryl never speak.
Joanna has trouble dumping a 16-year-old boy with a crush on her. George searches for a nickname.
Larry is ousted as leader after he discovers that Darryl is actually the oldest of the three.
Dick and Joanna love the fun-loving couple staying at the Stratford...until they announce they're opening a posh new inn down the street.
George reunites with an old high school flame.
Michael steals an idea for a new program from a student in his television production class.
Stephanie panics when she discovers she's no longer 'blossoming'. It takes Larry, Darryl, and Darryl's sage advice to break her depression. George buys blue jeans.
Michael seeks to create an Orson Welles-style panic when he programs The War of the Worlds on Halloween night. Dick desperately tries to control the panicked guests at the inn's costume party.
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Dick hosts a 48-hour telethon when WPIV is about to go under.
Joanna delivers Dick's unfunny speech when she's picked to give historical presentations to tour groups. George babysits the Darryls while Larry vacations.
Dick encourages Officer Shifflet to go on strike after the town refuses to give him a raise.
Larry, Darryl & Darryls announce their plans to adopt a child. Little do they suspect their 'child' will be 18-years-old.
Dick's former co-host Buffy Denver visits the inn and strikes up a friendship with Stephanie after discovering they have so much in common.
Dick has a showdown with television critic Curtis Bilgray after Bilgray writes several negative reviews of 'Vermont Today'. Larry and the Darryls become cult figures after finding a pancake with Paul Anka's face on it.
George decides to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a used car salesman.
Dick becomes the town pariah after he inadvertently kills the town's good-luck charm, The Great White Buck.
Dick is roped into co-hosting a home shopping show with Stephanie.
Michael is tempted by a television executive during a conference in New Orleans.
Dick gets a chance to work with his favorite illustrator, Corinne Denby, while George & Joanna eagerly await the Inn's 5,000th guest.
This unique episode goes inside several characters' dreams. Dick dreams all his troubles have disappeared; the wicked Joanna torments Stephanie; Michael runs three major networks; and Larry guest hosts the Tonight Show.
Michael changes his entire outlook on life when he starts producing the news. George gives up on the Red Sox.
Dick's on the outs with Joanna when he's accepted into the town glee club and she's not.
Joanna sets George up on a blind date. Everything goes great until George runs into his date's jealous ex-boyfriend.