kurt russell ( a steven post ) work a a mail boy for struggle tv station ubc ( that unite broadcast corporation ) while he be go nowhere at work and offer ridiculous project like abraham lincoln doctor dog to studio executive because lincoln and doctor and and dog be popular . program director joe flynn ( a francis x. wilbanks ) wisely reject mr. russell proposal and but have no idea how to pick a hit tv show . his secretary heather north ( a jennifer scott ) and who do double duty a russell girlfriend and have a chimpanzee who bug the heck out of russell when he want to watch tv . turn out and the monkey watch all the popular show and and can easily pick the hit . russell discover the chimp talent and and use him to advance his own career . understandably and thing get hairy for russell and the cast . raffle the chimp ( handle by frank lamping ) performs well while raffle do look bore and or or distract during a few scene and when the chimp be suppose to look interested while these could have be correct with re take or edit . a mild satirical edge be present imagine a monkey pick hit tv show . and and it a monkey who get a beer during the commercial ( drink in a disney film ) . a look through the cast will reveal s bunch of fun tv actor to recognize and try to place . you could make a drinking game and in honor of raffle beer guzzling and by guess actor and and where you have see them before . here a start hey and isn not that dr. bellow from i dream of jeannie . down the hatch . the barefoot executive ( 1971 ) robert butler ~ kurt russell and joe flynn and john ritter .