Overworked air traffic controller Jack Chester is given four paid weeks off as an alternative to being fired after nearly causing a mid-air collision on the job. But his Florida vacation is soon beset by problems, especially when an arrogant sailing champion shows up, who Jack challenges to a race.
The movie follows Jerry, an assistant manager of a grocery store who is inexplicably chosen by God to spread the Word to the rest of the world. But Jerry has a hard time convincing his family and the rest of the world that he hasn’t gone insane.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, a pioneering neurosurgeon, gets married to a cruel and unfaithful new wife, Dolores Benedict. And while he grows increasingly suspicious of his stunning wife, he develops a meaningful, but of necessity platonic, relationship with a bottled brain.
Mr. Freddy Shoop, the high school coach, has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a ‘bonehead’ English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with them, and even inspires ardor in some.
Navin is an idiot. He grew up in Mississippi as adopted son of a black family but on his 18th birthday he feels he wants to discover the rest of the world and sets out to St. Louis. There everyone exploits his naivety, but then a simple invention brings him a fortune.
Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from real noirs appear as scenes from various films are intercut.