Corporate executive Donald Beeman, fed up with the rat race, impulsively quits his job and takes to the road as a traveling tap dancing magician under the tutelage of Mr. Delasandro.

His former boss Mr. Turnbull, determined to convince him to return to his nine-to-five existence, chases after him as he performs his routine in seedy nightclubs and honky tonks, but instead the two create Tap Dancing Magicians, a course for pressured businessmen.

Crittenden's screenplay is filled with oddball characters and bizarre situations, such as a bomber who is put on hold when she phones to announce that her device will explode in six minutes and a beautiful young woman who confesses to Donald that her crush on the paperboy prompted her to prostitute herself in order to afford a newspaper subscription.

"[4] Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times stated that despite the bad advance buzz, the film "turns out to be a very, very nice little comedy which I hope stays around long enough for the good word to multiply.

"[6] Gary Arnold of The Washington Post wrote, "Smothers and De Palma seem to have vastly overrated the satiric or merely humorous potential of their material, an inept 'original' screenplay by Jordan Crittenden.

If the movie is any indication, the script was short on funny situations, credible characters and conflicts, bright dialogue, continuity and common sense.