The listing, VHS MOVIE CLASSIC, THE EGG & I, The Kettles, Claudette Colbert,The original "Money Pit" has ended.
The story is an old one: executive husband decides he wants to become a farmer so he quits his high-paying job in the city to live his dream. His wife is an unwilling participant at first, especially when she sees her new home for the first time. The new home turns out to be a run down shack that leaks in a rain storm (which comes their first night in their "new" home...). Of course, once the new farmer hires Pa Kettle to do some building and repairs around the house, the story ramps up the country yokel jokes. When the Claudette Colbert character accepts an invitation to visit Ma Kettle, the gags pile on. Ma Kettle shooing chickens out of the house so she can serve lunch, the 12 (I think) children descending on the meal like so many locusts, and so on. Of course, the country folk all turn out to have hearts of gold, the wife is won over, and... well, can't tell you everything or I'd ruin it! This movie was re-done as the modern "Money Pit" movie I love ma & Pa Kettle and I think this is their first of many films!