The zany adventures of a suburban family, their next-door neighbors, and an innovative robot designed to look like a human child.
Cast:Richard Christie , Marla Pennington , Jerry Supiran , Tiffany Brissette , Emily Schulman , Paul C. Scott , William Bogert , Edie McClurg , David Moses , Bobby Herbeck , Kelly Britt , Lihann Jones , Daryl Bartley , Donald Craig , Alice Ghostley , Bobby Jacoby , Danny Wells , Lucy Lee Flippin
Jamie and Reggie, learns a sobering lesson by, smoking cigarettes and chewing tobacco to elevate their freshman status in junior high.
Joan contacts a local news channel about doing a story on the homeless in an effort to raise awareness for those who are as Joanie would put it residentially handicapped. After running an errand for their parents, Jamie and Vicki find a homeless man sleeping in an alley who introduces himself as Roland Cardwell. Jamie quickly finds a role model in the self proclaimed professional vagabond and invites him to stay in their home. After witnessing his admiration, Joan and Ted frantically think of ways to change Jamie's preconception of how easy the life of a homeless man is. However, when Roland goes missing they find their job is much easier than predicted. The family revisits the shady alley in which they had originally found him in and Jamie finds that the lifestyle isn't nearly as glamorous as he had previously thought.
A con man sells Jamie and Vicki stolen merchandise that doesn't work.
The Brindles involve the Lawson's in their squabble.
After being burglarized (while Vicki's home and they're at a restaurant), the Lawsons join the neighborhood watch.
Jamie starts a dating service to pay for a bicycle.
Against Ted's wishes, Joan enlist Vicki into the "Little Miss Shopping Mall" Beauty Pageant. After finding out that Harriet is also in the pageant, Ted changes his mind.
Jamie pretends Vicki is a boy so she can play baseball.
Pro-wrestler, Jesse Ventura, is invited to the Lawson house for dinner. He has a surprise for Ted, as years before he was the nerdy little kid named Wally who Ted teased in college.