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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22 episodes • 1982
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In the Beginning... | Oct 25, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Mrs. Newton's Body Lies A'Mould'ring in the Grave | Nov 1, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Hail to the Councilman | Nov 8, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Shall We Gather at the River? | Nov 15, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 5 | This Probably is Condemned | Nov 22, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 6 | No Tigers at the Circus | Nov 29, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Perfect Match | Dec 6, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Some are Born Writers...Others Have Writers Thrust Upon Them | Dec 13, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 9 | No Room at the Inn | Dec 20, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Senator's Wife Was Indiscreet | Dec 27, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Sprained Dreams | Jan 3, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Way We Thought We Were | Jan 10, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Visitors | Jan 17, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 14 | What is This Thing Called Lust? | Jan 31, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Breakfast Theater | Feb 7, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Ricky Nelson, Up Your Nose | Feb 14, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 17 | A View from the Bench | Feb 21, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Boy Who Cried Goat | Mar 13, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Heaven Knows Mr. Utley | Mar 20, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 20 | You're Homebody 'til Somebody Loves You | Mar 27, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Grandma, What a Big Mouth You Have | Apr 3, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 22 | I Enjoy Being a Guy | Apr 10, 1983 | 0.0 |
22 episodes • 1983
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It Happened One Afternoon (1) | Oct 17, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 2 | It Happened One Afternoon (2) | Oct 24, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Animal Attractions | Oct 31, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Stratford Wives | Nov 7, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Girl From Manhattan | Nov 14, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Don't Rain on My Parade | Nov 21, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Lady & the Tramps | Dec 5, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Man Who Came Forever | Dec 12, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Looks of Love | Dec 19, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Kirk Goes for the Juggler | Jan 2, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 11 | A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread and POW | Jan 9, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Cats | Jan 16, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Curious George at the Firehouse | Jan 23, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Book Beat | Jan 30, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Kirk Pops the Question | Feb 6, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Best Friends | Feb 13, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Kirk Ties One On | Feb 27, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Go, Grandma, Go | Mar 5, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Leave It to the Beavers | Mar 12, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Vermont Today | Mar 19, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Send Her, Ella | Mar 26, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 22 | New Faces of 1951 | Apr 2, 1984 | 0.0 |
22 episodes • 1984
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell a Lie, Get a Check | Oct 15, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Twenty Year Itch | Oct 22, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 3 | A Hunting We Will Go | Oct 29, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Miss Stephanie | Nov 5, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 5 | But Seriously, Beavers | Nov 12, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Tickets, Please | Nov 19, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Poor Reception | Nov 26, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Fan | Dec 3, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Happy Trails to You | Dec 10, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Georgie's Girl | Dec 31, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Pillow Fight | Jan 7, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Local Hero | Jan 14, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Dick Gets Larry's Goat | Feb 4, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Once I Had a Secret Love | Feb 11, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Lady in Wading | Feb 18, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Look Homeward, Stephanie | Feb 25, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 17 | My Fair Larry | Mar 4, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 18 | You're Nobody 'til Somebody Hires You | Mar 11, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Out With the New, Inn With the Old | Mar 18, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 20 | R.I.P. Off | Apr 8, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Prodigal Darryl | May 6, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 22 | What Makes Dick Run | May 28, 1985 | 0.0 |
24 episodes • 1985
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pirate Pete | Sep 30, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Way We Ought to Be | Oct 7, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Summa Cum Larry | Oct 21, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Oh, That Morocco | Oct 28, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Candidate Larry | Nov 4, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Locks, Stocks, and Noodlehead | Nov 11, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Geezers in the Band | Nov 25, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Shape of Things | Dec 2, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Write to Privacy | Dec 16, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Still the Beavers | Dec 23, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Much Ado About Mitch | Jan 6, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Look Ma, No Talent | Jan 13, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Larry's Dead, Long Live Larry | Jan 20, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Stephanie Nightingale | Jan 27, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Stratford Horror Picture Show | Feb 3, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 16 | I Do, Okay | Feb 10, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Snowmen Cometh | Feb 17, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Will the Real Dick Loudon Please Shut Up? | Feb 24, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 19 | He Ain't Human, He's My Cousin | Mar 3, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Dwight Schmidlapp Is Not a Quitter | Mar 10, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Torn Between Three Brothers | Mar 17, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Baby, I'm Your Handyman | Apr 7, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Replaceable You | Apr 14, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Pre-Nups | May 12, 1986 | 0.0 |
24 episodes • 1986
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Co-Hostess Twinkie | Sep 29, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Camp Stephanie | Oct 6, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Dick the Kid | Oct 13, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 4 | High Fidelity | Oct 20, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Desperately Desiring Susan (1) | Oct 27, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Desperately Desiring Susan (2) | Nov 3, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 7 | My Two and Only | Nov 17, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Thanksgiving for the Memories | Nov 24, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Utley, Can You Spend a Dime | Dec 1, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Sweet and Sour Charity | Dec 8, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Everybody Ought to Have a Maid | Dec 15, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Saturday in New York with George | Dec 22, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Love Letters in the Mud | Jan 5, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 14 | First of the Belles | Jan 12, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 15 | It's My Party and I'll Die if I Want To | Jan 19, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Chimes They Are a Changin' | Jan 26, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Unfriendly Persuasion | Feb 2, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Jail, Jail, the Gang's All Here | Feb 9, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Loudon | Feb 16, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Fun with Dick and Joanna | Feb 23, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Night Moves | Mar 9, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Harris Ankles PIV for Web Post | Mar 16, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Good-Bye and Good Riddance, Mr. Chips | Apr 6, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Much to Do Without Muffin | Apr 13, 1987 | 0.0 |
24 episodes • 1987
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Here's to You Mrs. Loudon | Sep 14, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Prima Darryl | Sep 21, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Inn This Corner | Sep 28, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Me and My Gayle | Oct 5, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Reading, Writing, and Rating Points | Oct 12, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Vintage Stephanie | Oct 19, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Take Me to Your Loudon | Oct 26, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Till Depth Do Us Part (1) | Nov 9, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Till Depth Do Us Part (2) | Nov 16, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Telethon Man | Nov 23, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Laugh at My Wife Please | Dec 7, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Support Your Local Shifflet | Dec 14, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 13 | My Three Dads | Jan 4, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 14 | A Friendship That Will Last a Lunchtime | Jan 11, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Presence of Malice | Jan 18, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Would You Buy a Used Car From This Handyman? | Feb 1, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Buck Stops Here | Feb 8, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Attention WPIV Shoppers | Feb 15, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Big Uneasy | Feb 22, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Draw Partner | Mar 7, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 21 | A Midseason's Night Dream | Mar 14, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Newsstruck | Mar 21, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Gleeless Club | May 2, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Courtin' Disaster | May 9, 1988 | 0.0 |
22 episodes • 1988
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Town Without Pity | Oct 24, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Apples, Apples, Apples | Oct 31, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 3 | This Blood's For You | Nov 14, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 4 | I Married Dick | Nov 21, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Goonstruck | Dec 12, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 6 | I Came, I Saw, I Sat | Dec 19, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Twelve Annoyed Men...and Women | Jan 9, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Home for the Hollidays | Jan 16, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Shoe Business Is My Life | Jan 23, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 10 | George and the Old Maid | Feb 6, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Hi, Society | Feb 13, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Cupcake on My Back | Feb 20, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Another Saturday Night | Feb 27, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Nice Man Cometh | Mar 13, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 15 | One and a Half Million Dollar Man | Mar 20, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Little Match Girl | Mar 27, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Buy, Buy Blues | Apr 10, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Message from Michael | Apr 24, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Homes and Jo-Jo | May 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Georgie & Bess | May 8, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Murder at the Stratley | May 15, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Malling in Love Again | May 22, 1989 | 0.0 |
24 episodes • 1989
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't Worry Be Pregnant | Sep 18, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Get Dick | Sep 25, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Poetry and Pastries | Oct 2, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Utley Exposed | Oct 16, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Ramblin' Michael Harris | Oct 23, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Meet Michael Vanderkellen | Nov 13, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Good Lord Loudon | Nov 20, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Cupcake in a Cage | Dec 4, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Attack of the Killer Aunt | Dec 11, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 10 | I Like You, Butt... | Dec 18, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Jumpin' George | Jan 1, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Lights! Camera! Contractions! | Jan 8, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Beauty and the Pest | Jan 15, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Good Neighbor Sam | Jan 29, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Child in Charge | Feb 5, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Seein' Double | Feb 19, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Born to Be Mild | Feb 26, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Daddy's Little Girl | Mar 5, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Georgie and Grace | Mar 19, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Handymania | Apr 9, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Dick and Tim | Apr 30, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Father Goose | May 7, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 23 | My Husband, My Peasant | May 14, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 24 | The Last Newhart | May 21, 1990 | 0.0 |