本劇主要講述住在紐約長島的西佛一家的日常生活故事,是中國大陸較早引進的國外情景喜劇,在中國從1990年一直播出至1994年。1990年代初期一經播出就引發了收視高潮,片中邁克開朗調皮的形象為廣大觀眾所喜愛。而劇中西佛醫生對子女采取啟發式教育的方式,也讓觀眾得到啟示。

Carol:Today it's mice. Tomorrow it's the neighbor's barking dog. Then maybe the mail man late one day. Killing a mail man is a federal offence, Mom.
卡羅爾:今天是老鼠,明天是鄰居家狂叫的狗,嘿,說不定哪一天,該倫到郵遞員了,殺害郵遞員這可是件人命案,媽媽。
Maggie:Well at least she didn’t just overreact? Hey, Mike. How was the concert? Is there an irate children convention upstairs?
瑪吉:她的反應還并不過分。邁克,音樂會....怎么了?孩子們為什么都這么氣呼呼的?
Jason:What?
詹森:什么?
Maggie:What's up with mike?
瑪吉:邁克怎么了?
Jason:How should I know? Didn't say a word to me all the way home.
詹森:我怎么知道?回來的路上他一句話也不說。
Maggie:Oh?
瑪吉:噢?噢?
Jason:Guess he thinks I embarrassed him or something.
詹森:是我出了他的洋相,還是別的什么?
Maggie:Why? What did you do?
瑪吉:為什么?你干了什么?
Jason:I didn't do anything. He's over reacting. Well we got interviewed by a television crew down there and...
詹森:我什么也沒有干,他的反應過分了,我是說今天電視臺采訪了我們......
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