Cosmo Vittelli, a sleazy Hollywood cabaret's owner, features a true affection for the ladies who strip his peepshows and the staff who keep his gloomy up establishment. He also includes a gaming problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big time at an casino he isn't able to cover. Mort then offers that the occasion to repay his debt by rapping off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie to Cosmo.