Plot & Details

Ben (Jason Schwartzman), an idealistic psychology student, gets more than he bargained for when he moves into the guest house of a wealthy Beverly Hills family. Ted (Christopher McDonald) the proud patriarch of the family, is a successful pharmaceutical executive. Ted’s wife, Lesley (Molly Shannon), is the happy homemaker and helpmate.
Their three children are Chloe (Caitlin Wachs), the pretty cheerleader, who suffers from delusions of grandeur; Preston (Jake Sandvig), the all-American athlete, and Tanner (Brett Loehr), who they all consider the “troubled child.” They may look like the picture-perfect clan, living the American dream in a gorgeous mansion, but on closer inspection, each member of the family proves to be crazier than the next.
Ben and his fun-loving friend, Liam (David Walton), soon find themselves playing in-house therapists to a brood of whackos.
The household is the perfect training ground for a budding therapist and, although Ben is shocked by some of their more eccentric behavior, he is determined to help “fix” this family. They may be Cracking Up, but they’re also fascinating, lovable, and a whole lot of fun.

Info

Zooey’s Role: Heidi
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Jake Sandvig, Christopher McDonald, Bret Loehr, Molly Shannon, Caitlin Wachs, David Walton
Director: Miguel Arteta, Marc Buckland, Greg Mottola, Penelope Spheeris, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Jake Kasdan, Adam Bernstein, Jay Chandrasekhar, Michael Spiller, Lev L. Spiro
Writers: Mike White, Dana Baratta

Release Date: 9 March 2004

Genre: Comedy

Awards: 1 nomination (Casting Society of America, USA)
Channel: FOX

Zooey’s Character

Ted and Lesley invite Ben’s girlfriend Heidi to dinner but the family revels that Ben said that Ben and Heidi where going to have sex and the whole family thinks Heidi is a tramp and each one of the kid has questions about sex. She tries to help each one of the family but they get the wrong idea and they think she is evil.The show only had nine episodes, and Zooey was featured in one of them: “Birds Do It”, second episode of the first and only season.

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