Struck by lightning while tinkering with an antique telephone, Joseph Eaton is propelled to the year 1935 and finds the love he was unable to find in his own time. There, with the help of his 19-year-old grandfather and a science professor from NYU, Joseph survives by betting on some of the best known sporting events of 1935, but he must gain the trust of his one true love to keep from being sent back to his own time.