The episode begins with Miss Hope (Hermione Gingold) arriving at a rich family's home, as they hired her to be their children's home school teacher. You soon see that she's an odd-ball...a lady who is extremely bossy, opinionated and has a strong capacity for alienating herself from others. She also uses the unconventional 'Schartz-Metterklume Method'* to teach the kids and it certainly seems unusual! Your only question about all this is how long the family will keep this strange woman before they give her the boot!
This is a most unusual comical episode...with no death, mayhem nor crime. It's clever and cute...ang Gingold is quite nice in the lead.
*While Miss Hope's odd teaching style doesn't fit in at all during the time period this is set (about 1900), I would have LOVED to have had many of these weird and interesting lessons!! And, I am sure most kids would adore this hands-on method.
This is a most unusual comical episode...with no death, mayhem nor crime. It's clever and cute...ang Gingold is quite nice in the lead.
*While Miss Hope's odd teaching style doesn't fit in at all during the time period this is set (about 1900), I would have LOVED to have had many of these weird and interesting lessons!! And, I am sure most kids would adore this hands-on method.