In a Los Angeles neighborhood, Andy Hobart does everything he can to keep his struggling, two-man, radical underground newspaper, the Nitty Gritty, going; he steals food from the supermarket and other people's laundry from the dry cleaners, and holds off their creditors, especially their landlady, Mrs. MacKaninee, and their printer, Mr. Karlson.

Despite despising everything Andy stands for, the conservative Amy discovers (to her great disgust) that she is physically attracted to him and likes the way he smells, which is rather awkward, since she is scheduled to marry another swimmer in a few weeks.

Norman quits over what he considers a betrayal, but quickly changes his mind and goes back to work, cured of Amy.

Britt Ekland, Ali MacGraw, Cybill Shepherd and Goldie Hawn were offered the leading role, but turned it down.

A different single version of the song was heard on the TV show The Brady Bunch; that episode, "Getting Davy Jones", was originally broadcast December 10, 1971, shortly before the film's release.

"[2] Roger Ebert, however, gave it three stars (out of four), stating, "It pays the slightest possible attention to the story line, and revels in breakneck dialog, and somewhere along the way you begin to like the artificiality of it all.