Simon Himple, a quirky, junior-college-educated optimist, lives in New York with his cynical, divorced brother Carl and works at a "vintage television" network. The network is run by a millionaire named Duke and his obnoxious know-it-all nephew Mitch.
Simon lands a job as a TV programmer after he meets the curmudgeonly millionaire who owns the network.
Confusion is on the menu when Libby and Simon go on a dinner date. Meanwhile, Carl stops clowning around and finds a job---selling balloons.
Simon has the winning hand during a round of poker with Duke, who runs out of money and wagers his butler, Fran.
Carl gets a job as a hot-dog vendor, but winds up deeper in the hole when the cart is destroyed and the owner demands payment.
Carl thinks his ship has come in when he wins a sweepstakes---but the wind is taken out of his sails when the prize is only a boat.
Mitch is depressed when everyone forgets his birthday, until Simon shows him that he has a wonderful life.
Simon marries an immigrant woman who loses her job at a clothing manufacturer after he complains about her work on his new pair of pants.
At Carnegie Hall, Simon is mistaken for a pianist and somehow strikes a chord with the packed house, which includes Mitch and the date he's trying to impress.
Carl smells a rat when he's bitten by a rodent, and he goes searching for the building's landlord. Trouble is, Carl has met the slumlord before---and he's Duke.
Carl makes the mistake of taking his brother along to evict a deadbeat tenant ---a sexy vixen who bedevils Simon.
Simon cooks up a slogan for his favorite restaurant, which is about to go under unless business picks up.
Simon and Carl think they've found the perfect Christmas gift for Duke: an original movie poster from "Barbarella." Trouble is, Duke's not at all Fonda Jane.
Simon takes the bully by the horns and agrees to fight a burly delivery man who starts trouble at the office.
Duke takes a holiday and puts Simon at the helm of the network, where he must steer the company from a corporate takeover.
Mitch can't play the fair way when he and Carl wager a month's salary on a round of golf.
When Duke gives Simon and Carl $1 million to invest, they buy a hockey team. But the puck stops with Simon when he must play in the championship game.
Carl's smitten by a new employee; that is, until he meets Libby's former college roommate, who's in town visiting.
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