Unable to maintain any gainful employment due to his clumsy and accident-prone tendencies, Bob (Tom Green) decides to go through the phone book in order to get a job. This leads him to enroll in a course at a butler school that teaches students how to be house servants. He is soon hired by Anne (Brooke Shields), a single mother of two and a business owner who is in desperate need of help. He quickly establishes a strong relationship with her children, but trouble ensues when Bob is put in charge.