Plot:
Bud Eagle is biking around. He reaches Hollywood which leads to the obligatory walk on the Hollywood walk of fame.
Yeah, I'm cool. No, I'm kewl as ICE...
The Stock footage of famous Hollywood spots ensues with Mann’s Chinese Theater, Dean Martin’s lounge, etc…
At a little diner, Bud spends the last of his money. He’s automatically befriended by Vickie. She lets him go with her to her audition
on a TV show.
Gyratic twisting of Vickie ensues. The musician following her gets sick. The manager is worried about needing to fill the spot. Vickie
mentions Bud. The emcee introduces Bud who trips but manages to wield his guitar like an axe and brutally murder the audience. Sorry,
he’s playing.
Exit light, Enter night, take my hand...We're off to never never land...
Those actions are so similar. The obligatory 1960s’s pop rock ensues. The audience loves it…
McCauley, the evil manager, sees Bud on TV and the evil wheels of grinding another musician up in the name of greed ensues. He
sends his lackey, Steak, to meet Bud. Later, at an apartment, McCauley offers to manager Bud but will handle all the thinking. He has
Bud tow the line or else.
Bud agrees to the Mephistolean deal. He is unaware of how McCauley wants to make sure that Vickie is kept from him. McCauley
also wants to keep Bud from writing to his brother, Ted, who is at college.
At the café, Steak stops by to handle Bud’s bill and get his suitcase.
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The next day, Steak explains to Bud how people just want to use him. McCauley begins his “much work needs to be done” speech
as Bud assaults us with another song. McCauley’s plan is to keep Bud from seeing a single penny of money.
Vickie confides to the waitress at the café how she can’t stop thinking about Bud.
At a photo shoot, Bud meets with the leaders of his fan club. McCauley explains how they help promote him for being paid. Bud is
worried about his brother, Ted, and is also sick of the fake promotions. McCauley tries to explain how fake fan clubs and advertising
are so important. Better, yet he plays the blame game about how much he is out for paying Bud so far. The innocent Bud offers to
stay long enough to pay the bills of so far before leaving.
The money starts pouring in. Crazed teens are chasing Bud. Later Bud plays the “Vickie” song from
Eegah with a group doing interpretive dance. Vickie is watching the performance. .
Later, she runs into Bud. Vickie explains what Steak did. They go to a skating rink. Awww, teen romance so sweet so
sickening……………..
McCauley is scheduling a tour for Bud. However, he wants to kill Bud’s romance with Vickie, too.
Later, Don Proctor, McCauley’s old singer, pays a visit to Bud. He tells how he used to live in the same apartment, how McCauley
used him, and all the expenses came out of Proctor’s cut. It’ll be the same way for Bud. Steak stops in with Daisy, the cheap floozy.
Dancing Daisy ensues. Cheesecakin’ to give the audience the gams…
Steak spots Proctor and pushes him down a flight of stairs.
Bud and Daisy are dancing as spastically as the a couple doing the Myposian Dance of Joy. Daisy decides to go clothing
optional with her bump and grind. Vickie walks in and spots Bud with a half naked woman.
As Bud goes to explains things to Vickie, 3 guys from the café kidnap Bud. Eventually, Bud gets one of their guns. He decides to
help them with the kidnapping.
McCauley gets a ransom note. Steak delivers the ransom. The goons get the cash. Back at the cash, Steak starts whooping the
goons. They escape without the cash.
Newspaper headlines about Bud Eagle’s disappearance ensue. At the café, Vickie is still pining for Bud. The waitress talks about
the new dishwasher: Bud. He explains everything which allows for the swapping of spit.
McCauley keeps claiming that Bud’s disappearance is a publicity stunt. He is getting worried about penalties for Bud not playing
the tour. A guy walks in and claims to know where Bud is.
At the café, McCauley finds Bud who explains what he wants to return. A new accountant, to live on his own, etc…McCauley threatens
to blackmail or assault Bud if he doesn’t tow the line. Bud reveals he had the conversation taped.
Bud versus Steak to a pseudo-surf beat-down theme. 2 fisted Arch Hall Jr action ensues.
They reveal the guy went to McCauley is Ted. Bud offers to keep McCauley as manager a second chance.
Beach party dance, Bud and dancin’ Vickie ensues to a funky spastic hip dancing.
Nothing says surfer rock like a bow-tied guitarist.