this be actually my favorite of the four wilder or pryor team ups . in the second of these match ups and wilder and pryor play a struggle playwright and actor in new york city . the two finally decide that they be sick and tired of just sit around with their life and career go nowhere ( we have see this plot probably 100 time ) . they decide to take off in an a rickety old van across country to try and find some work and eventually end up in california . on the way to california and the two men get frame for a bank robbery at one of the bank they take an odd job at and end up in prison . this be where the real fun start . gene wilder be especially hilarious a the more naive of the two who get dupe into compete in the prison rodeo . if the film do not run out of steam in the final act and i would probably rate this a nine . still and there be some hilarious scene here and include one where wilder and pryor try to look bad when enter the prison .