An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The patriarch of the clan is a retired soda pop tycoon. He is currently dating a children`s TV evangelist. Also living at the farm is his layabout daughter and her precocious 8 year old daughter, his would-be artist son, the son`s fiancée, and the black maid. Also thrown into the mix is the daughter`s ex-husband, a ne-er-do-well who is seeking to get back in his ex-wife`s good graces.