Paul and Corrie Bratter are newly-weds. After spending six days and six nights in their honeymoon hotel, they move into a tiny apartment in Greenwich Village, New York -- on the fifth floor, requiring an ascent of Everest proportions for any caller. There’s no heat, there’s a hole in the skylight, the bathroom has no bath and there’s a bedroom with just enough room for the bed. Into this recipe for a harmonious start to a marriage steps Corrie’s Mother, Ethel and an odd-ball neighbour upstairs cooking eels… oh, yes, and there’s a telephone man.
