This is a movie that I always avoided watching in the past. I watched it last night and I really liked it. Doris Day is Abby, a divorcée with three sons. Two of them are little rambunctious hellions but funny. The oldest son has just graduated. Brian Keith plays Jake a divorced parent with a daughter (Barbara Hershy in her first movie role) who has also just graduated. There is immediate resentment by the two oldest kids and it gets pretty funny. George Carlin appears as the waiter at the drive in. When they mentioned drive in back then it meant a place to eat not see movies. You can see from Carlin's portrayal that he has already developed his edgy voice and mannerisms. There is chaos when the two families are joined in wedlock. Neither house is big enough for the new family. They decide to sell both homes and buy a bigger place. Every thing comes out well (it usually did in a Doris Day film) When they all end up at a police station and end up defending each other as family. I liked it and while some of the stuff especially the ending, may seem contrived, relax, it is a typical Hollywood rom-com for the time period. Overall an entertaining and funny movie.
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