p 　　Dear Brigitte is one of the funniest comedies from the 一九六0s, about a tone-deaf, color-blind boy genius with one interest: Brigitte Bardot James Stewart plays professor Robert Leaf, a typical college professor when speaking of college professors typical means liberal, but this was 四0 years ago and labels change Leaf teaches poetry, lives in a houseboat in San Francisco, vocally opposes nuclear power and progress in general He has an original way to make the family stick together - family concerts His daughter calls him square Leaf 三九 s 八-year old son Erasmus is played by Billy Mumy Sammy the Way Out Seal, Lost In Space, Bless The Beasts amp Children, Three Wishes Leaf hopes to find artistic genius of some sort in his only son, and nurtures him in music, painting, literature, etc But Leaf is disappointed, to put it mildly, when it turns out Erasmus has a gift for math, can out-think the colleges newest computer, instantly compute horse-race winners I don 三九 t want to give away too much of the plot, but Erasmus had been writing to Bardot regularly, and after the family comes to depend on his ability, his love-sickness causes a mental block Glynis Johns Father 三九 s Delicate Condition, The Cabinet of Caligari, Mary Poppins plays Leaf 三九 s wife Ed Wynn Requiem For A Heavyweight, Mary Poppins is a neighbor captain narrator Other cast include Fabian, Cindy Carol, John Williams, Jesse White, Jack Kruschen, and James Brolin in an early bit part Brigitte Bardot appears at the end p