Un dibujante de cómics, aprovechando un viaje de trabajo a París, visita a su hija que estudia en la Sorbona. El choque cultural y la extraña actitud de la joven hacen que su estancia en la capital francesa sea especialmente difícil.

A group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwashing experiment and try to convince him that he is a living being from another planet.

Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.