Teddy Duncan's middle-class family travels from Denver to Palm Springs to visit Mrs. Duncan's parents, the Blankenhoopers. When they become stranded between Denver and Utah, they attempt to hitch a ride to Las Vegas with a seemingly normal older couple in a Roswell, New Mexico station wagon. It turns out that the couple believes they have been abducted by aliens. To get to Utah, the Duncans must buy a clunker Yugo, have their luggage stolen in Las Vegas, and survive a bizarre Christmas with Grandpa and Grandma Blankenhooper.
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Teddy Duncan's middle-class family travels from Denver to Palm Springs to visit Mrs. Duncan's parents, the Blankenhoopers. When they become stranded between Denver and Utah, they attempt to hitch a ride to Las Vegas with a seemingly normal older couple in a Roswell, New Mexico station wagon. It turns out that the couple believes they have been abducted by aliens. To get to Utah, the Duncans must buy a clunker Yugo, have their luggage stolen in Las Vegas, and survive a bizarre Christmas with Grandpa and Grandma Blankenhooper.
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