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Professor Everrett (Richard Long) is being wooed into the business sector by Arthur Swanson (Hal Buckley). Swanson gives him a prestigious job offer at Astrodynamics, a private research center where scientists develop computer language in Astroville- a planned community he labels "the city of tomorrow". The professor tells his children that it's something he can't afford to pass up, leaving them disappointed. They tell Nanny (Juliet Mills) that they have their own roots and don't want to move. Nanny tells them if they love their father they can be happy wherever he's happy, regardless of where it is. On behalf of the others, Hal (David Doremus) tells his father they support the move, but are clearly dejected when he says he's signed the contract. Nanny later learns that the professor doesn't want to move, but is doing it for the children and wants them to think he is as excited as they are. (A bit of a stretch to believe he couldn't read their visible emotions.) Now, Nanny must figure how to get everyone on the same page.

A private think tank wants the Professor to come work for them. The guy they send to get the contract signed is popping nerve pills the whole time he is doing the sales job for "Astroville," the city of tomorrow and trying to get the Professor to sign, but Nanny discovers the kids don't want to go and the Professor doesn't really want to either - he'd rather stay a teacher but he wants the pay and benefits of the think tank for his children. The only one who is honest about his feelings appears to be Waldo the dog, who does not like the man from Astroville at all and conspires with Nanny to kill the deal.