Summary

The creatives of a Chicago ad agency realize that they are well paid and have great benefits, but for the most part they are all bored. They all wonder if there aren't some more nobler professions they should be pursuing but they stay because of habit and compensation. Lynn Mason, a partner in the agency and head of this particular team of creatives, is dying from breast cancer although there has been no formal notice, just enough to keep the rumor mill going strong. The thought of death makes the younger creatives think of Frank Brizzolera (Old Brizz) who is a heavy smoker and smells of nicotine all the time. The creatives have put Frank at the top of the Celebrity Death Watch and have made wagers on his demise.

To fight boredom, the creatives pull pranks such...