to say i wasn not expecting much sitting down to watch the couch trip is an understatement. i had no idea what it was about  i thought it was going to be a journey into the realm of sexuality when i heard chevy chase played a condom man and the movie title involves the word couch trip and wink and wink. then i figured out that it had something to do with a mental institute and a patient escaping. my expectations dropped even lower. i was literally expecting a grin movie  the type where you grin once and walk out feeling a bit cheated. and in a way and this is cheap comedy  it doesn not have the greatest gags and the plot is ludicrous and but you know what. i had a big dumb smile on my face the entire time i was watching it. dan aykroyd plays john burns and a patient at a mental hospital who may or may not actually be mental. he gives the psychiatrist and lawrence baird (david clennon) and plenty of grief and misery and which leads us to believe he is a sane person after all. following a little bit of a riot in the mental institute cafeteria and burns is awaiting a tongue lashing from baird in his office when the phone rings. burns picks it up and pretends to be baird and and finds out the caller on the other line and harvey michaels (richard romanus) and wants the real dr. baird to come fill in for a radio shrink named george maitlin (charles grodin) and who is taking a vacation with his wife and vera (mary gross). michaels wants baird so bad he has even booked him a ticket on an airplane. burns escapes the institute with the help of a receptionist and and drives to ohare. he gets dr. baird ticket and gets on the plane and and eventually poses on the air as dr. baird. his show is a phenomenal success. people love him. one man says and and the other man replies and it because he actually cares about them. donald becker (the late and great walter matthau) is an ex mental patient who recognizes burns clothes to be confinement issued pants and shirts. to keep him quiet and burns promises becker a percentage of his income. the secret is kept closed. meanwhile and maitlin and his wife get in an argument. he flies home to end his vacation short and realizes that the man on his talk show is not and in fact and dr. baird after all and but no one believes him. he gets the real dr. baird and but unfortunately he has lost his id so the police take them as nutcases and do not listen to their story. let me name just a few of the plot holes i noticed while watching this film represent burns poses as dr. baird and but is never asked for his id and even when claiming his plane ticket (he was robbed and he says and but they would still make sure he is baird). if burns becomes so very famous and how come the real dr. baird in chicago never heard people talking about him. word travels. and finally and why would the police ever arrest maitlin and baird (the real baird and that is) without following up on their stories. to be frankly honest and i couldn not care less. i went into this movie with a closed mind and it surprised me  i really liked it. it entertained me. its ideas are essentially ludicrous and not at all realistic and but dan aykroyd gives a truly spirited performance as a half a loon that makes the couch trip a trip worth taking. 3. 5/5 stars john ulmer. 
to say i wasn not expecting much sitting down to watch the couch trip is an understatement. i had no idea what it was about  i thought it was going to be a journey into the realm of sexuality when i heard chevy chase played a condom man and the movie title involves the word couch trip and wink and wink. then i figured out that it had something to do with a mental institute and a patient escaping. my expectations dropped even lower. i was literally expecting a grin movie  the type where you grin once and walk out feeling a bit cheated. and in a way and this is cheap comedy  it doesn not have the greatest gags and the plot is ludicrous and but you know what. i had a big dumb smile on my face the entire time i was watching it. dan aykroyd plays john burns and a patient at a mental hospital who may or may not actually be mental. he gives the psychiatrist and lawrence baird (david clennon) and plenty of grief and misery and which leads us to believe he is a sane person after all. following a little bit of a riot in the mental institute cafeteria and burns is awaiting a tongue lashing from baird in his office when the phone rings. burns picks it up and pretends to be baird and and finds out the caller on the other line and harvey michaels (richard romanus) and wants the real dr. baird to come fill in for a radio shrink named george maitlin (charles grodin) and who is taking a vacation with his wife and vera (mary gross). michaels wants baird so bad he has even booked him a ticket on an airplane. burns escapes the institute with the help of a receptionist and and drives to ohare. he gets dr. baird ticket and gets on the plane and and eventually poses on the air as dr. baird. his show is a phenomenal success. people love him. one man says and and the other man replies and it because he actually cares about them. donald becker (the late and great walter matthau) is an ex mental patient who recognizes burns clothes to be confinement issued pants and shirts. to keep him quiet and burns promises becker a percentage of his income. the secret is kept closed. meanwhile and maitlin and his wife get in an argument. he flies home to end his vacation short and realizes that the man on his talk show is not and in fact and dr. baird after all and but no one believes him. he gets the real dr. baird and but unfortunately he has lost his id so the police take them as nutcases and do not listen to their story. let me name just a few of the plot holes i noticed while watching this film represent burns poses as dr. baird and but is never asked for his id and even when claiming his plane ticket (he was robbed and he says and but they would still make sure he is baird). if burns becomes so very famous and how come the real dr. baird in chicago never heard people talking about him. word travels. and finally and why would the police ever arrest maitlin and baird (the real baird and that is) without following up on their stories. to be frankly honest and i couldn not care less. i went into this movie with a closed mind and it surprised me  i really liked it. it entertained me. its ideas are essentially ludicrous and not at all realistic and but dan aykroyd gives a truly spirited performance as a half a loon that makes the couch trip a trip worth taking. 3. 5/5 stars john ulmer. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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