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In a holiday mood, the Andersons discuss the carnival coming to town. Jim puts a damper on the festivities when he expects to lounge around him in old clothes. The kids can’t believe that he’s serious, but he lays out his plan. Mom isn’t too keen on staying at home, but leaves Jim to head to his den to read War and Peace.
Faced with reality, Bud phones his friends to tell them he won’t be seeing them at the carnival. Kathy interrupts Jim’s reading with her own pitch on the carnival. It takes mom, with just the right reason to get Jim interested in getting out of the house.
How will Jim deal with the long winded Fred Culver? He has to endure the trivial details of Fred’s trip to the Corn Palace. Gas mileage logs, prize hogs, and more. Betty and Bud enters to help drag out the details of the multistage trip.
Seeing the wisdom of mom’s logic, Jim is eager to take the family out to the carnival./ Will he ever figure out who put the kids up to their behavior to drive him to enjoy the day out of the house?
