While on a speaking tour, the arrogant radio personality Sheridan Whiteside injures himself and becomes an unexpected houseguest for the Stanleys, a prominent area family. Whiteside’s endless demands turn the household upside down, especially when Whiteside’s beloved secretary falls for a local reporter and he launches every ploy he can to keep her in his employ. This three-ring circus of machinations keeps the audience in uproarious anticipation as to what happens next.