Jack ""Madman"" Buckner is an egocentric magazine columnist whose new young publisher also happens to be his daughter Meg. In the opener, father and daughter lock horns when Meg decides to fire Jack's best friend.

Jim's friendly punch to an old buddy at an awards ceremony turns ugly after the friend socks him and the magazine with a lawsuit.

After Jack sets up Meg with a stranger he met in a bar, she discovers that her new beau is an executioner.