Isabelle's life revolves around the New York bookshop she works in and the intellectual friends of both sexes she meets there. Her grandmother remains less than impressed and decides to hire a good old-fashioned Jewish matchmaker to help Isabelle's love-life along. Enter pickle-maker Sam who immediately takes to Isabelle. She however is irritated by the whole business, at least to start with.

Suzzy Roche, who plays Izzy's friend, is also a singer in the group which do much of the background music (The Roches).

Anton Maes:
Hang on to this woman, Lionel. Loyalty like this doesn't walk through the door every day.


Lionel:
I guess you've noticed that Izzy has featured you in our window for the past three weeks. When is this much-publicized reading to take place?


Isabelle 'Izzy' Grossman:
On the 20th. I'm very loyal to neighborhood authors.


Anton Maes:
I'm very loyal to powerful women.

(Opening title)
Performed by The Roches
Written by Gretchen Christopher, Barbara Ellis and Gary Troxel