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Relax! Right out of the pages of the comic books, it’s Archie and all his gang!
It’s Friday and Archie needs to buy Veronica a gift for her big debut party. Dad forks over the cash so Archie gets right on the phone to order the bottle of bubble bath that he had his eye on. Archie is a little depressed and anxious over the party, but mom thinks it’s because her baby is feeling sick. She orders him to take some of that nasty tasting medicine, but the bottle is empty. Of course, mom orders more from the drugstore.
Meanwhile, Veronica’s mom phones to tell Mary Andrews about the party for the grown ups. Dad gets ready for the party, but he’s out of hair tonic, and orders a bottle from the drugstore. I feel a big mix up coming on.
Wouldn’t it be bad if all three of those store brand bottles are labeled the same way, and looked the same? The bottles arrive one by one. Mom makes Archie take a dose of medicine, and finds it isn’t as bad as he remembers. Archie takes the next delivery and thinks it’s his gift for the party. Veronica stops in and he gives her the aledged bubble bath early. She leaves, and Betty pops in, and gets jealous over lipstick left on Archie’s face. But wait, it is soon to get wors. While Betty visits, she tells how she ordered a bottle of glue, and it will be delivered at Archies house. Who knows why, but she did, and you can bet it’ll put the final kink in the mix ups. .
Later at the party, Archie and the family arrive. Veronica has bathed in her bubble bath, and now smells bad. Archie begins to hiccup soap bubbles, and dad’s hair tonic has somehow gotten mixed up with glue, and his hat is stuck on his head. As everyone deals with their own personal disasters, the mystery is yet unsolved.
How will they untangle their messes? Jughead helps Archie pick up more medicine from the drugstore. Mom helps to dissolve the glue on dad’s head, and the hat pops off. Archie, dad, and mom all tell what they ordered. They are a little slow in putting the pieces together, but the mystery is in the open. Everyone has learned their lessons, right? It just wouldn’t be fun unless there was at least one more mix up.
