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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.
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Episodes
1. Town Without Pity
Dick becomes the focus of the town's ire after a prisoner breaks out of jail using one of Dick's how-to manuals.
2. Apples, Apples, Apples
Michael revs up the stale Ye Olde Apple Days festival, leaving George and his traditional activites in the cold..until George organizes a rival festival. Larry and his brothers stage a walk-a-thon when swampland is endangered.
3. This Blood's For You
Stephanie is horrified to discover that a blood transfusion following an emergency appendectomy came from Darryl.
4. I Married Dick
Dick and Joanna visit a therapist after Joanna becomes concerned that their marriage is stagnating. Stephanie is worried after discovering that Michael had large ears as a child.
5. Goonstruck
Stephanie is attracted to the virile young stomemason working at the Inn.
6. I Came, I Saw, I Sat
Dick's father visits the inn and, to Dick's consternation, resists all Dick's efforts to entertain him.
7. Twelve Annoyed Men...and Women
Dick's patience is tried when he's elected foreman of a jury of the townspeople, who as always use their peculiar intellect to irk Dick.
8. Home for the Hollidays
Joanna lands a job selling real estate. Her first sale hits a snag when her low-class clients, the Hollidays, stay at the inn while looking for a home.
9. Shoe Business Is My Life
Michael goes job hunting after he's axed by WPIV.
10. George and the Old Maid
The Inn's old maid, Madelyn Stone, returns after a 25 year absence to answer George's marriage proposal. Stephanie competes with Madelyn.
11. Hi, Society
Dick fills in for Michael and takes Stephanie to a high society charity ball. Dick is the life of the party after Stephanie tells everyone that Dick owns a large hotel chain.
12. Cupcake on My Back
Michael goes into debt after spending lavishly on Annual Cupcake Day.
13. Another Saturday Night
Michael & Joanna endure a torturous evening at Larry, Darryl & Darryl's house. Dick gives a commencement speech at an exclusive school.
14. The Nice Man Cometh
Dick is picked to be the sidekick for a new late night talk show hosted by an abrasive man who has it in for Dick.
15. One and a Half Million Dollar Man
Wealthy socialite Scooter Drake drops by Vermont looking to purchase an inn. While Joanna shows Scooter around, Michael begins a new career as a mime.
16. The Little Match Girl
While visiting Michael in a sanitarium (he's vacationing), Dick runs into illustrator Corinne Denby and invites her to collaborate with him on his next book...despite her habit of burning things.
17. Buy, Buy Blues
Stephanie goes on a shopping spree while she tries to forget Michael. Meanwhile Dr. Kaiser realizes she has developed an attraction for Michael (who's been released from the sanitarium).
18. Message from Michael
Michael becomes a last minute guest on Vermont Today and emerges a town favorite. The dimwitted locals hang on his every word.
19. Homes and Jo-Jo
Joanna gets her own realty television show providing a great lead-in for Vermont Today. Dick loves the big ratings but can't stand Joanna's amorous co-host. Meanwhile, one of the Darryls' receives a manservant as a present.
20. Georgie & Bess
George's Aunt Bess visits, shattering several of his childhood beliefs when he finds she wasn't the sweet lady he remembers. Dick and one of the Darryls play chess.
21. Murder at the Stratley
The townspeople accuse Dick of murdering Joanna after her "disappearance" strangely fits the scenario of his first murder-mystery novel, "Murder at the Stratley".
22. Malling in Love Again
Michael and Stephanie conduct personal interviews at the mall and realize that they're perfect together after all.
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