An aspiring gag writer marks time as a reporter, while he trades barbs with his playful wife, feuds with his nagging boss and copes with... More >
An aspiring gag writer marks time as a reporter, while he trades barbs with his playful wife, feuds with his nagging boss and copes with eccentric parents and a clinging high-school buddy.

Limelights lure Tom's parents, out to build a variety act on jokes they seek to steal from their son. Meanwhile, Tom meddles in the love life of his wife's friend, whose lover is a semipro bowler.