暑假来临,大学新生刘易斯·托马斯(保罗·沃克尔 Paul Walker 饰)决定穿州过省,前往新泽西去看望他自高中时代便喜欢的女孩维娜·威尔柯斯(Leelee Sobieski 饰)。为了打发旅途上的无聊时光,他将正因酒后驾车蹲局子的老哥富勒(史蒂夫·赞恩 Steve Zahn 饰)保释出来,兄弟俩一路通行。
Benjy Stone (Mark Linn-Baker) is the junior writer on a top-rated variety/comedy live television show, in the mid 1950's. Young Benjy has a crush on a coworker, K.C. Downing (Jessica Harper), but rather than asking her for a date, he routinely tries to get her to sleep with him.