Balki Bartokomous, ktorý je na malom stredomorskom ostrove Mypos pastierom ovcí, cestuje do Ameriky hľadať svojich príbuzných. Nakoniec nájde svojho bratranca, Larryho Appletona, ktorý nedávno unikol svojej početnej rodine a užíva si nezvyklý luxus vlastnej izby. Uzavrú spoločné zdieľanie ubytovania v Larryho byte – aj keď dvaja bratranci ani nemôžu viac odlišní. Pokiaľ Laryy je panický, vzdychlivý, pracovitý a materialistický - Balki je pokojný, nedotieravý, veselý a idealistický.
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Hrají: Bronson Pinchot, Mark Linn-Baker, Lee Arenberg, Eugene Roche, Marianne Muellerleile, Jo Marie Payton, Ernie Sabella, Patrick Cranshaw, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, .....Gregg Berger, Forry Smith, John Anderson, Jack McGee, Rick Zumwalt, Mindy Sterling, Leslie Jordan, Alisan Porter, Sam Anderson, Steve Witting, David Sederholm, Kimmy Robertson, Diane Delano, James Hampton, Raye Birk, Peter Jason, Sean Moran, Charles Frank, Marj Dusay, Ivan Bonar, Robert G. Lee, Ted McGinley, James Greene, Ava Cadell, Deborah Benson, Macon McCalman, Norman Bartold, Belita Moreno, Bobby Jacoby, John Matuszak, Ian Patrick Williams, Peter Crombie, John Welsh, Judy Prescott, Robert Brian Wilson, Glen Vernon, Alfred Dennis, Ron Dean, Myra Turley, Gene LeBell, Ken Thorley, Doris Roberts, James Ingersoll, Susan French, Allan Graf, Michael DeLano, Rick Hurst, Bunny Summmers, Susie Singer Carter, Ebonie Smith, John Petlock, Scott Marlowe, Ron Perkins, Troy Fromin, Michael McManus, Al Pugliese, Bryan O'Byrne, Curtis Taylor, James Noble, Steven Gilborn, Marla Adams, Carol Bruce, Susan Kellermann, Greg Collins, Richard Kuss, Gerald Gordon, Michael Laskin, James Staley, John DiSanti, Adam Hendershott, Eddie Barth, William Cort, Robert Pierce, Steve Vinovich, Karl Johnson, Frank Novak, Julie Payne, Warren Munson, Candi Milo, Brandis Kemp, David Ketchum, Clive Rosengren, Jay Gerber, Darla Haun, Terrence E. McNally, Jack Bernardi, Terence Goodman, Vinny Argiro, Sue Rihr, Tim Rossovich, Ken Kerman, Preston Hanson, Joshua Cadman, Bobby Hosea, Tina Lifford, Lewis Arquette, Brian Carpenter, Victoria Hoffman, Anna Nicholas, Vanessa Paul, Charles Young, Dan Gilvezan, Mark Neely, Richard McGonagle, Robina Suwol, Bob Larkin, Paul Eiding, Freeman King, Bill M. Ryusaki, Gary Pagett, Peter Allas, Donna Denton, Patrick Cupo, Richard Brose, J.P. Bumstead, S. Marc Jordan, Zack Phifer, Craig Gini, Michele Harrell, Paige Pengra, Lorry Goldman, Hank Robinson, Andrea Walters, Travis McKenna, Bradley Fisher, Don Woodard, Harry S. Murphy, Catherine Paolone, Ben Aaron, Jim Doughan, Larry Mintz, Harry Woolf, Harriet Hall, Robert Schuch
Režie: Joel Zwick, Richard Correll, Greg Antonacci, Bill Petty, James O'Keefe, Howard Storm, Judy Pioli
Tvůrci: Dale McRaven
Scénář: William Bickley, Tom Amundsen, Michael Maurer, Alan Mandel, Sandy Helberg, Michael Warren, James O'Keefe, Mark Fink, Scott Spencer Gorden, .....Dale McRaven, Anthony DiMarco, Cheryl Alu, Paula A. Roth, Bill Rosenthal, Barry O'Brien, Tom Nance, Robert Blair, Shari Hearn, Bob Keyes, Doug Keyes, John B. Collins, George Tricker, Noah Taft
Producenti: James O'Keefe, Mark Fink, Cheryl Alu, Paula A. Roth, Barry O'Brien, Shari Hearn, John B. Collins
Hudba: Bennett Salvay, Jesse Frederick, Steven Chesne, Gary Boren
Kamera: Gregg Heschong, Tony Askins, Sherman Kunkel, Monroe P. Askins Jr.
Střih: Robert Bramwell, John Randle, Kelly Sandefur, Pam Marshall, Kenny Tintorri, Jerry Davis, John Neal
Scénografie: Jim Mees, Bonnie Dermer, Tom Cost, James Ira Colburn, Melody Lavigna, Jeannie Laughlin, Mary Ann Good, Lynn Griffin, Lynn Griffin, .....Lynn Griffin, Lynn Griffin, Lynn Griffin, Lynn Griffin, Lynn Griffin, Lynn Griffin
Kostýmy a make-up: Judy Crown, Cheri Ruff, Gail Rowell-Ryan, Matthew W. Mungle, Frankie Bergman, Lisa Pharren, Joe Hailey, Sylvia Surdu, Tommy Cole, .....Linda Trainoff, Linda Trainoff
Zvuk: Charlie McDaniel, Rick Himot, David E. Fluhr, Walter Baker, Thomas J. Huth, Clark King, Jim Ford, Sam Black, Sam Black, .....Sam Black
