小学教师梅阿满为学校办厂的事去外地出差，屡遭不顺，倒霉的事接连不断。梅阿满遇上一身恶习的无业少年姚小胖，闹了一路笑话。住旅馆时，姚小胖走错房间，致使一个被拐卖的农村姑娘游秀英和阿满稀里糊涂的住了一夜。没想到，秀英却看上了本分的阿满。阿满遇到早年的学生，今天已是动人女作家的春梅。春梅一套性开放的理论吓的阿满叫苦不迭。惊险可笑的旅途结束了。阿满的正直使姚小胖走上了正路，他的侠义也使秀英重归故里。
Joseph Fulton, a well-regarded fifty-eight-year-old director of romantic comedies, wants to become assistant groundskeeper at a local cemetery. He wants to work outdoors and be close to nature. Meanwhile, he thinks it’s important to have his last will and testament drawn up. But his highly dramatic actress girlfriend thinks he must be dying and that he is just too brave to tell anyone. The rumor spreads and soon everyone he knows—and some he doesn’t—are crowded into his small apartment to say their last farewells.
痴迷脱口秀笑话表演的鲁帕（Robert De Niro 饰）梦想自己也能站在舞台上享受观众的欢呼，借疯狂粉丝玛莎（Sandra Bernhard 饰）创造的机会，鲁帕得以和脱口秀明星杰瑞交谈，鲁帕踌躇满志的自我介绍，虽然杰瑞敷衍了事，但鲁帕仍视自己为杰瑞的好友。为了能在心爱的丽塔面前出人头地，鲁帕不惜一些代价要获得与杰瑞同台表演的机会，另一方面杰瑞被鲁帕的纠缠搞到忍无可忍，将鲁帕与并不知情的丽塔赶出家门。杰瑞的行为激怒了鲁帕，他与玛莎合作绑架杰瑞，威胁电视台播放自己的表演，鲁帕终于如愿以偿，掀起一场轩然大波…… 本片获1984年英国电影学院奖最佳剧本奖，1984年伦敦影评人协会奖年度电影奖，1984年全美影评人协会奖最佳女配角奖。
