40-year-old architect George Apple moves with his wife Barbara, four children and sundry dogs from California back to his hometown of Appleton, Iowa.
When George Apple finds animals being mistreated at a tacky roadside zoo, he swings into action at Cathy's insistence and takes the whole menagerie home with him.
The Apples need to hire a housekeeper, but a mix-up brings them a French teacher instead. Too tender-hearted to fire the old lady, the family decides to start learning French.
Trouble ensues for the coach of Appleton's high school basketball team after an extended losing streak. Angry students are trying to replace the easygoing man with a coach who promises the town a winning season.
A longtime department store employee is passed over for promotion because she is a woman, prompting Barbara Apple to demonstrate for equal rights and George Apple to become a perfume salesperson.
A story about the Apples' efforts to help a crippled Greek girl who has been corresponding with Patricia. The family is trying to raise enough money to bring the child to Iowa for an operation that could cure her.
When one of his sons is hurt in a traffic accident, George decides to fight city hall for a traffic signal on a dangerous street corner.
A 4-H farming project has young Steven Apple in an emotional turmoil. The boy cannot accept the fact that the farm animals he is tending will eventually be slaughtered for food.
The entire Apple family faces a major crisis when Patricia, feeling unloved and rejected, runs off to join the circus.
Without consulting anyone, George Apple invests the entire family savings into a business he knows nothing about and creates unhappiness in the Apple household.
A charity candy drive pits the Apple children against each other as each tries to outsell the other and earn enough commision to contribute to their mother's birthday present. George is upset to learn that the children will stop at nothing to sell the most candy even if it means employing deceit and manipulation.
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