Alan Swann is a legendary movie idol forced by the IRS to face the music--deportation or a TV appearance to pay up. Benjy is in charge of making sure Swann shows up sober. You are taken behind the scenes during the early days of live variety shows.

Valerie Cherish, a former B-list sitcom star, is so desperate to revive her career that she agrees to star in a reality television show called The Comeback.