Pauly Shore attempts to revive his career as well as the Comedy Store which his parents, Mitzi and Sammy Shore, founded in 1972. The Comedy Store has showcased the then budding talents of Jim Carrey, Richard Pryor and David Letterman. Pauly Shore must contend with the struggles of running a family business as well as his overbearing mother, who is not quite ready to let go of the business and disapproves of his dating habits.