WARNING: MAY contain some minor spoilers.
Hard to say anything bad about this movie, except for one thing.
YOU DON'T GET TO SEE IT MUCH ANYMORE !!!! Then again, maybe that's because you have to be home in the morning or at 3 am to catch it the Fox Movie channel.
Too bad, for this is another gem lost to time, Clifton Webb takes his patented sour, know-it-all demeanor he had perfected as Lynn Belvedere ("Sitting Pretty" and sequels), and turns 'Nature Boy'.
Actually, it's like this.
Webb plays Robert Jordan the host of a Sunday children's educational program that is losing audience share, and the network breaks it to him that he needs to do something about it, or else.
Part of the problem may be due to the fact that the married host has no children.
BUMMER !!! But as such things happen, the local church pastor needs a leader for an unruly troop of Boy Scouts, and finds a willing victim ... ahhhh 'VOLUNTEER' ... in the host, so Jordan he takes the position.
Problem solved, RIGHT ???
WRONG !!! This being a movie there are other problems.
For example, it turns out one of the Scouts is the son of his boss at the TV station, which causes a little friction; especially since the kid is overweight, has asthma as well as an attitude.
And he is the more reasonable one.
Also, there is this Cub Scout, Mike (George Winslow) who wants to hang around, being the 'stray puppy' type.
As it turns out, the reason is that he has no folks of his own, but is cared for by a relative who hasn't much time for him.
It is things like this that makes his job harder than expected.
All in all, Webb becomes more understanding of kids, and not only saves his show but learns a rewarding lesson, and eventually even adopts Mike.
Still a great movie after all these years.
Hard to say anything bad about this movie, except for one thing.
YOU DON'T GET TO SEE IT MUCH ANYMORE !!!! Then again, maybe that's because you have to be home in the morning or at 3 am to catch it the Fox Movie channel.
Too bad, for this is another gem lost to time, Clifton Webb takes his patented sour, know-it-all demeanor he had perfected as Lynn Belvedere ("Sitting Pretty" and sequels), and turns 'Nature Boy'.
Actually, it's like this.
Webb plays Robert Jordan the host of a Sunday children's educational program that is losing audience share, and the network breaks it to him that he needs to do something about it, or else.
Part of the problem may be due to the fact that the married host has no children.
BUMMER !!! But as such things happen, the local church pastor needs a leader for an unruly troop of Boy Scouts, and finds a willing victim ... ahhhh 'VOLUNTEER' ... in the host, so Jordan he takes the position.
Problem solved, RIGHT ???
WRONG !!! This being a movie there are other problems.
For example, it turns out one of the Scouts is the son of his boss at the TV station, which causes a little friction; especially since the kid is overweight, has asthma as well as an attitude.
And he is the more reasonable one.
Also, there is this Cub Scout, Mike (George Winslow) who wants to hang around, being the 'stray puppy' type.
As it turns out, the reason is that he has no folks of his own, but is cared for by a relative who hasn't much time for him.
It is things like this that makes his job harder than expected.
All in all, Webb becomes more understanding of kids, and not only saves his show but learns a rewarding lesson, and eventually even adopts Mike.
Still a great movie after all these years.