本剧主要讲述住在纽约长岛的西佛一家的日常生活故事,是中国大陆较早引进的国外情景喜剧,在中国从1990年一直播出至1994年。1990年代初期一经播出就引发了收视高潮,片中迈克开朗调皮的形象为广大观众所喜爱。而剧中西佛医生对子女采取启发式教育的方式,也让观众得到启示。
Jason: Alright lady drop that spatula or you're scrambled.
Maggie:Go ahead, make my day. Well, I guess I showed you.
Jason:Show me more
Maggie:Oh Jason, the kids.
Jason:I can kiss the kids later. You know I read an article that said that two career couples
should really make a special effort to always remain...frisky.
Maggie:At breakfast?
Jason:At all meals.
Mike:What's the matter? You guys aren't gettin' enough?
Jason:Michael, a lot of kids would getsmackedfor a remark like that
Mike:Come on dad, you can't hit me you're a liberal humanist.
Jason:Could be an accident.
Carol:Could be a dream come true.
Mike:Mom, can't we sell Carol and get a tape deck for the Volvo?
Carol:Mike, you give new meaning to the word vacuous.
Mike:Oh yeah? What was the old meaning?
Carol:I rest my case.
Jason:Ben! Ben! What's so funny Ben?
Ben:That Phyllis George, she'sscrewed upagain.