Jeffrey Fairbrother is in a rut, and leaves his Cambridge professor position to become a summer camp entertainment director.
He beats out the best candidate for the job, Ted, who works as the emcee.
Ted's best mate is Spike, the comedy relief of the resort who always gets thrown in the pool.
Add Gladys, the assistant who is immediately smitten by Jeffrey, Peggy the chalet maid who wants to be one of the entertainers (called yellow-coats, because of their yellow jackets), the snooty dance couple, the grouchy Punch and Judy puppeteer, a horse-ride instructor and the group for this show is largely rounded out.
Jeff feels he isn't cut out to be the instructor, and he is right. He almost leaves the job, giving it to Ted, but changes his mind at the last minute due to extenuating circumstances.
The relationships and connections of these ten or so characters are amazing to watch, and aside from an Elvis impersonator who is eventually dropped, the pilot is the best place to begin.
Other than the departure of Simon Cowell who would play Jeffrey, many of these characters would remain for the run of the show, one or two others would leave as well.
But Ted, Spike, Peggy, Gladys, they were there thru the end.
Great pilot to a great show.
Listen for Peggy giving a small rendition of "Clang, clang, clang went the Trolley".
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