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Back in Hollywood after enjoying the winter sports in Yosemite, the cast teas Jack about his prowess on the slopes, and in doing it the hard way. Mary Livingstone, and Phil Harris turn the jokes towards being stingy as well. Dennis Day is still cheerful, and asks Jack about his accident. Before Dennis can sing, Don brings up Jack’s disappointments over not winning at the Academy Awards. Dennis sings, Make Love with a Guitar.
The teasing over the Oscars continues. Mary tells secrets on Jacks disappointments, and bad behavior at the award ceremony. Could he have acted the parts in some of the hit movies better than the leading men in them? Jack tries to introduce the play, but Andy Devine pops in for an appearance. He tells about the vaudeville act that he and his family have put together. After an interruption from a telegram from Jack’s father, Phil Harris plays, I Got My Eyes on You.
Jack wants to clarify whether Phil is recycling his band numbers, but Phil has to ask the boys in the band. Jack keeps trying to introduce the play, but this time he’s interrupted by Gracie Allen. She tells about her presidential campaign. The matter of tossing her hat into the ring gets Gracie and Mary in a discussion of styles and fashions. Can she count on the cast, and the Waukegan vote for support? Even Jack’s abbreviated play is interrupted with a phone call from Rochester. Carmichael the polar bear is fighting with Trudy the ostrich.
