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Costello is going to play baseball with the New York Yankees. This leads to the famous Who's on First routine.

Lou comes in singing. Lou has his Christmas shopping list. Abbott and Costello talk about Christmas gifts and the spirit of Christmas.

Abbott and Costello are running a pet shop, and Lou brings in a dog. Costello waits on customers. Mrs. Niles brings in a dog for them to take care of. Lou goes to get a license for the dog. Lou shows up at the marriage license area. He loses the dog. Abbott and Costello go looking for the dog. They search for the dog in a deserted house. They find the dog with Ken Niles.

Bud nags Lou about the state of his car and his lack of driving skills. Lou has a history of running over people, including the mayor, because his windshield is covered in safety stickers. Lou claims to also work as a skywriter and a star pilot. Susan has broken off her engagement with Lou, but he's trying to win her back.

Bud is going to invest Lou's $75. They launch into the Do Gold Orr routine. Bud has convinced Lou to invest his $75 in a gold mine. Abbott and Costello arrive in Gold Tooth. They go to the Red Dog saloon. They then start mining for gold in the mine. The mine is giving way, but it turns out it was all just a dream.

Lou is dressed up like Napoleon. He wants that part in a movie. Bud says he is not the type. Bud rehearses Lou on how to be romantic. Lou asks people if they would like him to be Napoleon. They enact the play with Melonhead being the director.

Lou has a date with Tessie Tinfoil, but first, he visits the barber and a dance studio. Costello loses his place in the script and tries unsuccessfully to tell a joke.

Lou has been out planting in the garden. Lou shoots at a crow in the garden. He hits Mrs. Niles, and she threatens to sue him. Lou has to go to court. He goes looking for character witnesses. Lou is in court. Bud gets him Melonhead for a lawyer.

Bud has had a cold. Spring is officially here. Lou is going steady with Sylvia Specticals. They talk about Frank Nelson coming on the show. The duo talks about hunting. Professor Melonhead helps Lou with his posture. Bud wants Frank Nelson to teach Lou how to get women. A director wants Lou to be a stunt man for Mr. Nelson.

Bud and Lou talk about boxing. Lou wants to be married. Bud tells Lou stories of his family, and then Veloa joins in the fun.

The boys travel to Lou's home town of South Paterson, New Jersey, to become the mayor (by cattle car).

Bud and Lou are working in an apartment hotel greeting the new tenants. There are bees in Mrs. Niles' room.

Costello plans to build a new house, but first he has to buy a lot.

Hanley Stafford subs for Bud Abbott. The script says Bud has a bad case of laryngitis. Tomorrow is the first day of spring. Lou has Spring fever. Hanley is going to help Lou plant a garden. They do the "sew the seed" routine. They do more talk about the garden. They find bones buried in the garden and suspect Mrs. Wetwash of murder. They are bones buried by Mrs. Wetwash's dog.

Lou was at the racetrack. He was out last night with Susan Miller. A man enters who tries to sell Lou all kinds of stuff. Lou says he must have made a mistake on his income tax last month. Bud wants Lou to get a job. Bud tries to get Lou a job as a babysitter. Bud winds up doing the babysitting for a pretty girl.

The boys have just returned from New York. Lou has claimed to be the owner of NBC and has promised to get Lena Genster (say it fast) into the movies.

The boys get a job selling spot remover. Next, Lou plans to sell Indian Water.

Lou wants to be the sheriff of Encino. Bud makes him sheriff just as Bela Lugosi appears as a mysterious man. Lou has to investigate him and his house, and he is frightened to do so. In the house, he finds a woman hidden in the walls and a dead man.

Lou acts like he has a cold. He got it running around with girls. Lou tries to show Susan how to play pool. Lou gets a telegram from his uncle Mike that he has struck gold. The duo arrives in Alaska. They buy a dog sled and go to the saloon to look for Uncle Mike but he's in jail. He's in jail for striking Sam Gold.

Lou wants to be a badman in a western movie. He tells the story of Annie Oakley. Bud and Lou do the U-Drive routine. Costello tries to buy a new car. Before giving Marilyn Maxwell a driving lesson, Costello needs a car...and a driver's license.