"She's hoping he's ready. He's wishing she's willing."
A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.
Social & External
The people behind it
Doris Day
Beverly Boyer
James Garner
Gerald Boyer
Arlene Francis
Mrs. Fraleigh
Edward Andrews
Gardiner Fraleigh
Reginald Owen
Tom Fraleigh
Zasu Pitts
Olivia
Elliott Reid
Mike Palmer
Alice Pearce
Irving's Wife
Kym Karath
Maggie Boyer
Brian Nash
Andy Boyer
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