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It’s Friday night in the Andrews home when mom is harshly awakened by a sound in the night. Upon investigation she finds Archie sound asleep, except for a sudden outburst as he snores contently. Now that Archie is awake, he tells her all about his action adventure dream he had fighting with cowboys and indians. All the story telling has dad awakened, and Archie picks up telling his dream again.
Back in bed, mom and dad have their sleep disturbed when Archie now has a bad case of hiccups. Mom tries having Archie hold his breath as she counts. Dad argues that his method is right, drinking a glass of water. Nothing seems to be working, should dad call the doctor?
The doc advises some medicine that the Andrews don’t have in the house. Mom phones Betty, and she rushes right over with the bicarbonate. As Archie’s hiccups persist, the show announcer rings the doorbell and delivers a commercial for the sponsor.
Once Betty arrives with the medicine Archie has stopped his hiccups by himself. The family all turn back into their beds. As silence settles in, Fred is now awakened by a dripping kitchen faucet. Fred makes the trip without the benefit of lights, trips over a vacuum cleaner, and the whole family converge on him.
Mom recommends he soak his sore toe in ice water. The lights have been switched on, luring callers from the neighborhood. This time Jughead visits after his late movie was let out. The family argue with him that they aren’t arguing. Eventually Jughead leaves and the treck to bed is once again begun.
The doorbell rings, and Veronica tickles Archie’s eardrums, but Betty is back to interupt and get her medicine back for her restless dad. Jughead is back after being locked out of his house. Chaos reigns, and dad has to shout the mob into submission.
Suddenly, The scene seems to have done a flip flop. Beforehand, everyone was peacefully sleeping while Archie was up. Now it’s Archie who is sound asleep as the rest of the mob pick up their noise making again.
