Based on the famous radio money giveaway show of the same name. James Stewart's uncle hates big band music, but Stewart manages to give Horace Heidt's band their "big break" by getting them on Uncle's radio program.

A western adventure spanning three generations, the breadth of a wild, unsettled country, and fifty of the most excitingly turbulent years of this nation's history.

Follows three generations of one family and their struggles in the West.