在这部没出息的儿子喜剧片中,经常没头脑惹出事端的Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford饰)和他的老婆Betty (Michele Dotrice饰)的无厘头爆笑生活，生活在他们周围的人一定要有够强的心理承受能力和生理抗击打能力……
本剧1973年经由BBC推出，国内曾经引进，中文译名《没出息的儿子》，相信也是很多人儿时的记忆了吧。演员Michael Crawford因为此剧而在英国声名鹊起，他扮演的另一个角色可能更为今天的中国观众熟知，那就是Andrew Lloyd Webber的音乐剧《Phantom of the Opera》1986年伦敦首演时，他所扮演的Phantom
Frank Spencer is more than just a complete klutz. Everything he touches falls apart, and he can't keep a job for more than a day. The only thing that keeps him going is his long-suffering wife Betty, who somehow manages to cope with his disaster-prone life-style.
记忆共同体。
