to say i wasn not expect much sit down to watch the couch trip be an understatement . i have no idea what it be about i think it be go to be a journey into the realm of sexuality when i hear chevy chase play a condom man and the movie title involve the word couch trip and wink and wink . then i figure out that it have something to do with a mental institute and a patient escaping . my expectation drop even low . i be literally expect a grin movie the type where you grin once and walk out feel a bit cheated . and in a way and this be cheap comedy it doesn not have the great gag and the plot be ludicrous and but you know what . i have a big dumb smile on my face the entire time i be watch it . dan aykroyd play john burn and a patient at a mental hospital who may or may not actually be mental . he give the psychiatrist and lawrence baird ( david clennon ) and plenty of grief and misery and which lead u to believe he be a sane person after all . follow a little bit of a riot in the mental institute cafeteria and burn be await a tongue lash from baird in his office when the phone ring . burn pick it up and pretend to be baird and and find out the caller on the other line and harvey michael ( richard romanus ) and want the real dr. baird to come fill in for a radio shrink name george maitlin ( charles grodin ) and who be take a vacation with his wife and vera ( mary gross ) . michael want baird so bad he have even book him a ticket on an airplane . burn escape the institute with the help of a receptionist and and drive to ohare . he get dr. baird ticket and get on the plane and and eventually pose on the air a dr. baird . his show be a phenomenal success . people love him . one man say and and the other man reply and it because he actually care about them . donald becker ( the late and great walter matthau ) be an ex mental patient who recognize burn clothes to be confinement issue pant and shirt . to keep him quiet and burn promise becker a percentage of his income . the secret be keep closed . meanwhile and maitlin and his wife get in an argument . he fly home to end his vacation short and realize that the man on his talk show be not and in fact and dr. baird after all and but no one believe him . he get the real dr. baird and but unfortunately he have lose his id so the police take them a nutcase and do not listen to their story . let me name just a few of the plot hole i notice while watch this film represent burn pose a dr. baird and but be never ask for his id and even when claim his plane ticket ( he be rob and he say and but they would still make sure he be baird ) . if burn becomes so very famous and how come the real dr. baird in chicago never hear people talk about him . word travel . and finally and why would the police ever arrest maitlin and baird ( the real baird and that be ) without follow up on their story . to be frankly honest and i couldn not care less . i go into this movie with a closed mind and it surprise me i really like it . it entertain me . it idea be essentially ludicrous and not at all realistic and but dan aykroyd give a truly spirited performance a a half a loon that make the couch trip a trip worth take . 3 . 5/5 star john ulmer .