Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the men are strong, the women are pretty, and the children are above-average.

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

What a bonanza! An unknown beginner to be directed by Lubitsch, in a script by Wilder and Brackett, and to play with Paramount's two superstars, Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert, and to be beaten up by both of them!