简介：Employeesandcustomersspendtimeatasmallgasstation-dinerinafictionaltownnexttoanuclearpowerplantunawareitisthelastdayonEarth.YoungOtto(DeanStockwell)hasreceivedownershipofthefailingbusinessbytheWillofhisrecentlydeceasedfather.Hisemployee,LionelSwitch(NeilYoung),isthegarage'sgoofyandbumblingautomechanicwhodreamsofbeingarockstar."Icandoit!"Lioneloftenexclaims.Aftersomemodestcharacterdevelopmentandacollage-likedreamsequencethereisatongue-in-cheekchoreographedmusicalfinalewhilenuclearwarbegins. Atthedestroyedgasstation-dinerpostnuclearholocaustBoojiBoy(MarkMothersbaugh)isalonesurvivor,butafterhiscynicalprosetheopeningcreditsareareturntopresenttimepriortoapocalypse.[Someeditsofthefilmplacethissceneattheend,includingthemostrecentDirector'sCut.] Atthenuclearpowerplantnucleargarbagepersons(membersofDevo)revealthatradioactivewasteisroutinelymishandledanddumpedatthenearbytownofLinearValley.Theysingaremakeof"WorriedManBlues"whileloadingwastebarrelsonanoldtruck.Meanwhile,LionelandhisbuddyFredKelly(RussTamblyn)ridebicyclestowork.FredstatesthatOldOtto'srecentdeathwasbyradiationpoisoning.TheyremainunawareoftheimplicationsasLionellamentsitshouldhavebeenhimselfthatdiedbecausehehasworkedon"almosteveryradiatorineverycarintown." EarlyinthedayatthedinerYoungOttoannounceshemustfireanemployeeforlackofmoney.HechooseswaitressKathryn(SallyKirkland)whohasatantrumandrefusestoleave.ShesitsdownweepingatabooththathasapictureonthewallofOldOtto(alsoStockwell)andchoosesonthejukeboxthesong"TheEndoftheWorld".Later,waitressIrene(GeraldineBaron)overhearsYoungOtto'splanstofireeverybody,destroythebuildingsandcollectonafraudinsuranceclaim.Irenedemandstobeincludedintheschemeandtosealthedealwithakiss. AlthoughLionelhasacrushonthewaitressCharlotte(CharlotteStewart),shehasacrushonthemilkmanEarlDuke(DavidBlue).AfteranearthquakeDuke,dressedinwhite,entersthedinerwithadelivery.Heflirtswithhersaying,"Charlotte...onmywayoverherethismorningIthoughtaboutyouandtheearthmoved."Shereplies,"Youfeltittoo!"Healsooffersheramilkbath.WhileheisthereadiningArabsheikoffershimwealthinreturnforhis"whiteness." Alimousinestopsatthegasstation.AfterLionellearnshisrockstaridol,FrankieFontaine(alsoYoung),isinthelimousineheinsiststhevehiclewillneedwork.AftermeetingrockstarFrankie,whoappearstoleadanopulent,sequesteredanddruginfluencedlife-style,LionelsaystothewoodenIndianinhisshop,"Nowthere'sarealhumanbeing!" LionelreceivesabumpontheheadwhileworkingonFrankie'slimousineandentersadream.HebecomesarockstarwithabackupbandofwoodenIndians.BackstageheisgivenamilkbathbyIrene.Lioneltravelswithhisband(thewoodenIndians)andcrew(allpeoplefromhiswakinglife)bytrucksthroughthedesert.ThewoodenIndiansbecomemissing. During"Goin'Back"(asongbyYoung)theentouragerecreatesinthedesertnearaPueblo.NativeAmericansprepareabonfiretoburnthewoodenIndianswhichhadbeenmissing.SoonLionelisplayingmusicanddancingaroundthebonfirewhichappearstohavebecomethecenterofaPow-wow."Goin'Back"endsgazingintothebonfireofburningwoodenIndians."Hey,Hey,My,My"isaten-minutestudiojamperformanceofDevoandYoung. LionelwakesfromhisdreamsurroundedbyconcernedfriendsmuchlikeDorothyinTheWizardofOz.Soonthereisthestartofglobalnuclearwar.NooneissurewhatishappeninguntilitisannouncedbyBoojiBoy,as"thehourofsleep."Hethenprovidesshovelsandcommandseveryoneto"digthatholeanddancelikeamole!"Thecastthenentersachoreographedadaptationof"WorriedMan".Theplanetisengulfedinradioactiveglowandthecast,stillfestive,climbsastairwaytoheavenaccompaniedbyharpmusic.…