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In a creative mood, Fibber is determined to build a footstool for his bride’s tired feet. Old Timer visits with an order from the hardware storwe. Though some items are short, will Fibber appreciate his work, yes or no? Ready to start work, Molly is worried the nise will wake uncle Dennis. Abigail Uppington visits with a word on fish. Fibber has his own fish story about rescuing a truck load of sponges. Billy Mills plays a jazzy tune.
The work on the footstool is interrupted by mayor LaTrvia. Will he go wit5h th MdcTGwees to Abitails partty? His high level vocabulary becomes fighting words to Fibber. Why doesn’t he want to bring his wife to the shindig?Harlowe Wilcox arrives to spin his aversion to carpentry into a sponsor message.
The next neighbor to bother Fibber is Teeny. She needs to borrow the phone, and ask questions. He tries to clrrect her grammar, but only gets confused by her responses. The Kingsmen sing, Army Air Corps March (Wild Blue Yonnder).
The stool is finally done, and while Molly admires the handiwork a package arrives. Wallace Wimple has some troubling news about his big old wife, Sweetie Face. Is there hope for the henpecked man in his future? He claims to have already told her what was on his mind, then proceeds to demonstrate her reaction by destroying the lamp, footstool and window. Fortunately Molly’s package is a replacement for the stool. Hey wait, how did she know she would need the new footstool to be repplaced?