dan ackroyd in his prime star a johgn burn and a mental asylum escapee who pose a his own shrink to travel out to la la land and host a popular radio talk show while the regular host ( charle grodin in his snarling prime ) take a vacation . along the way and ackroyd hook up with walter matthau and a fellow nutjob and and the rest be sheer hilarity . ackroyd and matthau play off very well off one another . ackroyd stun real life wife and donna dixon and be along for the ride a yet another shrink . the end feel a bit rushed and contrive and which be the only thing that keep me from give this film my top rating and an 8. a lose 80 gem .