Harry (Robert Young) and Tacey King (Maureen O'Hara) have three kids and a dog in the suburbs. Their nanny has have enough and walks out on them. In desperation, they call up 16 year old Ginger despite her crush on Harry. They return home to find babysitter Ginger and her friends throwing a dance party. Tacey decides to place an ad and Lynn Belvedere (Clifton Webb) answers. Tracey is shocked to find an older strange gentleman who claims to be a genius at her door.
OMG. This is where the TV show comes from. First, it's light weight. Then, it gets weird. From yoga on, it gets funny. The comedy is fairly sitcom-ish which is fitting for its later iteration. It mostly boils down to somebody getting frustrated with Belvedere's strange mannerisms. This does introduce Belvedere which is a fun safe character to skewer the white bread suburbs. All in all, it's an easy comedy with an intriguing fish out of water character.
OMG. This is where the TV show comes from. First, it's light weight. Then, it gets weird. From yoga on, it gets funny. The comedy is fairly sitcom-ish which is fitting for its later iteration. It mostly boils down to somebody getting frustrated with Belvedere's strange mannerisms. This does introduce Belvedere which is a fun safe character to skewer the white bread suburbs. All in all, it's an easy comedy with an intriguing fish out of water character.