 Moore stars as Mary McKinnon, the host of a fictional weekly variety series called "The Mary McKinnon Show".McKinnon is a well-established star of comedy who could also sing and dance.Also seen were her long time personal secretary-companion Iris Chapman (Joyce Van Patten), her writer-director Artie Miller (Ron Rifkin), her producer Harry Sinclair (Michael Lombard), her studio page Kenneth Christy (Michael Keaton), her housekeepers Ruby (Dody Goodman) and Crystal (Doris Roberts), and her head writer Mort Zimmick (Bobby Ramsen).