A National Lampoon anthology of three shorts spoofing everything from personal growth films to glossy soap operas to police stories. In the first story "Growing Yourself", Peter Riegert stars as a confused family man who throws his wife out of the house in order for him to "grow" a new path in life and raise his four children on his own. In "Success Wanters", Ann Dusenberry stars as Dominique Corsaire, a young college graduate, makes a vow that she succeed in life, and within a few days lands a job as a stripper, becomes the mistress to a margarine company, inherits the business when the owner croaks, romances a Greek shipping tycoon, and finally ends up with the US president. In "Municipalians", Robby Benson stars alongside Richard Widmark as a naive rookie Los Angeles policeman paired with a cynical veteran of the force to catch an inept serial killer (Christopher Lloyd).