Two men, Charlie Hinton (Eddie Murphy) and Phil Ryerson (Jeff Garlin), get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs. This inspires them to open their own day-care center.
Two different scenes from The Three Stooges shorts were featured: Becca watched Punch Drunks (1934) and Crispin watched Pardon My Scotch (1935).
Ben:
Good morning, Daddy.
Charlie Hinton:
Hey, Ben, how you doing, man?
Charlie Hinton:
Oh, God. Daddy's got to get ready for work.
Ben:
Can't you stay home?
Charlie Hinton:
No, I got a big day at work today. A real big day.
When Charlie and his son are sitting at the table having breakfast, Charlie puts his fist to the side of his face, and his son copies. In the shot of both of them, his son's hand isn't a complete fist, he still has his fingers pointing out, but in the next shot of just him, his hand is a complete fist.
Outtakes are shown during the first portion of the closing credits.
The UK version is pre-cut by the distributors to remove a scene in which a child drinks bubble mixture and blows bubbles from his mouth.
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