Newspaper columnist Dave Barry deals with everyday life in the suburbs.
Director: Fred Barron ,
Cast:Harry Anderson , DeLane Matthews , Shadoe Stevens , Zane Carney , Meshach Taylor , J.C. Wendel , Andrew Ducote , Patrick Warburton , Angell Conwell , Eugene Roche , Eva Charney , Florence Henderson , Tammy Lauren , Phil Leeds , John Ritter , Bea Arthur , Tia Riebling , Paul Willson
After Shel's van is stolen from in front of the Barry's home, the Barrys install a home security system.
Kenny gets into a fender bender and Dave helps out his friend.
The Barry's trip to Disney World is side tracked by various complications.
Dave struggles with writer's block while writing his column. Tommy develops a crush.
Dave and Beth play matchmaker with Kenny and Beth's friend Rita.
The Barry's get a visit from Beth's mother for Thanksgiving.
The Barrys search for Christmas gifts at the mall on Christmas Eve.
The Barrys celebrate Christmas after a rough Christmas Eve at the mall.
Shel gets back in the dating game by going out on a double date with the Barrys, but he tries too hard to impress the other woman.
Dave and Beth search for Dave's lost wedding ring.
Kenny looks after the kids and loses one of them while Dave and Beth spend a weekend out of town at a hotel with some unusual people.
After a rat chews through the dishwasher cable, Dave argues with exterminators and burrows under the house to kill the rat. Willie tries gardening as a class project.
Dave worries about Willie when he struggles in kindergarten and lags behind obsessive Fred Bakersfield's son Brendan. Then Dave schedules a dull class field trip to the newspaper office.
Dave and Beth have theater tickets, but her great aunt Lillian who dislikes her has died and Beth's mom Maggie pressures them to skip the play and attend the funeral like the rest of the family.
While Dave goes on a book tour, Shel, Kenny, Beth and the kids go to Shel's cabin and run into Shel's ex-wife, Estelle and her handsome new boyfriend.