Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog.

Lane Hick is a young, bright Hollywood assistant who works for a sleazy but succesful reality show producer. His tasks are usually inane and degrading, but reach absurdity when the boss asks Lane to have his dog euthanized. When Lane finds out the dog isn't sick, he has to struggle with the moral dilemma of killing an innocent animal to advance his career in Hollywood.

In his ninth comedy special, Lewis Black tears into a country that is going nowhere at the speed of light. "Old Yeller" weaves the riotous tale of a country that is so strung out on ADD ...

Travis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller's son, Sam, tracks their trail.