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From TVTome.com:

Welcome to The O'Keefes guide at TV Tome. The WB has ordered The O'Keefes as mid-season. The title for the show was recently Brave New World.

Harry (Judge Reinhold, Beverly Hills Cop) and Ellie O'Keefe (Kirsten Nelson) are loving but eccentric parents who've home schooled their three children to protect them from the loud and libidinal world.

Despite a ban on all things pop culture, teenagers Danny (Joseph Cross, Jack Frost) and Lauren (Tania Raymonde, Malcolm in the Middle) and younger brother Mark (Matt Weinberg) are growing increasingly curious about what lies beyond the walls of their school/dining room. They can speak six languages, but are unable to converse with kids their own age. The answer lies in their father's worst nightmare - public school.

Based on a true story, The O'Keefes is a whimsical, family-oriented comedy from executive producers Mark O'Keefe and Becky Hartman Edwards with director Andy Ackerman (Seinfeld, Frasier) produced by Turner Television.

They can speak six languages, but are unable to converse with kids their own age. The answer lies in their father's worst nightmare - public school.

my wife is home-schooling our girls, but I hardly find the concept - as outlined - for this show offensive. I would much rather my girls be able to speak six languages than be able to "converse" with kids their own age - whatever that means. I think we could benefit from the publicity this show might generate.

They can speak six languages, but are unable to converse with kids their own age.

I don't know of any homeschooled kid who can speak six languages. But, every homeschooled kid I know can speak to anyone of any age about anything in English.

It seems that their biggest audience could be homeschoolers, but it sounds like they are going to be mocking the very people they are intending to portray. That really doesn't sound too smart if you ask me.

They can speak six languages, but are unable to converse with kids their own age.

Yeah, I know I'd be very concerned if my kids couldn't converse with kids their own age. Doing sex, drugs and rock'n'roll is essential to their development.
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They can speak six languages, but are unable to converse with kids their own age. The answer lies in their father's worst nightmare - public school.

That is funny! - Come on... homeschoolers should know better than to be curmudgeons.

I hope.... 2J may strangle me for the mail joke!