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==Premise==

The show followed the daily life of Charles Babbage III, a brilliant but perpetually exasperated man who attempted to explain complex concepts to his wife, a common household broom. The broom, despite being an inanimate object, was portrayed as having a level of comprehension that was ''just'' sufficient enough to ask the wrong questions at the worst possible moments.

Every episode followed a [[formula]]:

# Charles would explain something in perfectly reasonable terms
# The broom would sit silently
# Charles would re-explain it
# The broom would somehow manage to misunderstand in a way that was physically impossible for an object with no brain
# Charles would stare directly into the camera for 8-12 seconds while the [[laugh track]] played

The show's [[tagline]] was: <blockquote>''"He invented the computer. She sweeps the floor. Together, they're going nowhere fast."''</blockquote>