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Earl has landed himself a job in the shipping department at an appliance store. Randy works there too. But in this sendup to Rudy, the man with the list wants a little bit more for himself.

Quite unlike the role he played in Rudy, Sean Astin plays Rick here - and Rick works up front as a salesman. The salesmen don't associate with the guys in back. It's definitely a class distinction, and they make sure that Earl knows where he is supposed to stay. Earl takes over the role of Rudy, and he does everything that he can to make it up from the docks to the first-team. He wants to be a salesman, and he's determined to prove it to manager Reggie (Charles S. Dutton, who of course was Rudy's inspirational advisor in the movie).

The general outline of the plot, and the appearance of some of the actors from the movie is actually about all you'll get that will remind you of the movie, however.

If you'll recall, it was in G.E.D. that Earl decided that he needed to make a change in his life - he wanted to get a job, a diploma and a permanent address. Now that he's done time in school, he figures it's time to work on the job part, and the life of someone in the shipping corps isn't going to cut it. He needs to be a salesman. Along the way, naturally, he finds that there are all sorts of troubles - from the people who want to keep you down to the customers who make life difficult.

And in the end, he finds that life in the shipping department isn't so bad, because at least there you have your friends. Unfortunately for Earl, he finds out that when he left the shipping department, they felt like he left them, so when he needs them most - when he could use their help up front - he is the most alone, and he ends up needing to really dig down and do the work himself, to create a bridge between the back of the store and the front, and that's what ultimately leads him back to his list, just like everything else. I suspect that Earl will find that he doesn't really need to much of anything other than his list.