Lead Balloon Season1

Rick Spleen - disillusioned stand-up comedian and writer.

Rick's career has not gone the way he had planned; hosting corporate events and appearing on second-rate daytime chat shows was not meant to be part of the plan.

Worse still, he's stuck with a lousy stage name that he chose twenty years ago.

Whether he is being accused of putting on weight, suspected of being gay or worried about accidentally poisoning another performer, Rick combines a mass of neuroses and petty grievances with a terrible propensity for lying.

Along for the ride is his quick-talking American co-writer Marty, his unflappable partner Mel, feckless daughter Sam and Magda, an unenthusiastic Eastern European home help.