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After attending a piano concert, Fibber is bent on taking lessons and becoming the next big musical star. Gale Gordon is the salesman in the music store. Where the Old Timer meets the McGees to tell about his own musical relative. Long Underwear McGee brags on his past training with music lessons. Billy Mills plays a swinging transition.
Meanwhile, Fibber practices his scales at home. Abigail Uppington visits to learn about Fibber’s repritoire. She tells about her own scholarships in her classical training, and shows how its done on the ivories. Who knew Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar could sound so elegant. Harlowe Wilcox pops in to tease Fibber over his latest fad, and twist it into a word for the sponsor.
Fibber flubs lines as his scales continue. The teacher arrives, Helen Highwater. She exercises her talent from her former profession as a palm reader to offer encouragement. Sort of. The Kingsmen sing, Old Rocking Chair.
Molly wonders if Fibber had this much trouble learning to play the mandolin, when Gildersleeve enters. The annoyed neighbor leaves, and Fibber has trouble connecting to a phone number witrhMirt the phone operator. Will Fibbers lessons get cut short when repo men arrive?
