PHILO BEDDOE IS AN EASY-GOING TRUCKER AND A GREAT FIST-FIGHTER. WITH TWO FRIENDS - ORVILLE, WHO PROMOTES PRIZE-FIGHTS FOR HIM, AND CLYDE, THE ORANGUTAN HE WON ON A BET - HE ROAMS THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY IN SEARCH OF COLD BEER, COUNTRY MUSIC AND THE OCCASIONAL PUNCH-UP.