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An arrogant, aloof television personality gets more than he bargained for when he consents to be leader to a troop of Boy Scouts. The sponsor of Robert Jordan's TV program says he might cancel the show because Jordan appeals only to a middle-aged following and is out of touch with a younger audience.
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Jordan discovers that Mike is an orphan who tries to hide the fact that he lives with an irresponsible aunt in the city's waterfront district. Mike comes to the
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Jordan takes his troubles home to wife Helen, who wants a child of her own. When he learns that Helen has donated a favorite suit to a Boy Scout clothing drive, Jordan goes to retrieve it, but is flabbergasted when 8-year-old Mike
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570:Films shot in Los Angeles
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565:American comedy films
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