A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte), whose career is on the rebound.
There is some swearing in this film (like most of Allen's). The characters say "Jesus!" as a swear word and "G-dd---it" is said at least once or twice.
alcohol
People in this movie drink and smoke casually only. They never appear drunk on the outside, though they might be.
