Rick and his fraternity brothers plan on holding an all-night poker game at his in-laws' mountain cabin. However, unknown to Rick, Kris thinks that Rick is planning a getaway for just the two of them.
David reluctantly signs a letter of recommendation which Wally has written for himself but that David doesn't have time to read. Later Wally uses the letter to land a job with one of David's biggest clients.
A pair of neighborhood boys ask Ozzie to hold their jar of pennies for safekeeping. Ozzie invites his friends over for a poker game and, strapped for funds, borrows the kids' change as a gambling stake, not realizing that the coins were part of a valuable collection.
Harriet enlists Kris, Rick, and his fraternity brothers to help out with entertaining the kids at the Women's Club Annual Children's Show. Ozzie wants to get into the act, too.
Ozzie gets a so-so score on Harriet's marital quiz. He begins to wonder whether he has run out of things to say to her. Darby eventually helps to put everything into perspective for his anxious friend.
As part of a publicity stunt, Rick's college frat house allows Bubbles La Tassle, an exotic dancer from the Zimbo Zambo Club, to pose as their housemother, but when she spends the night, they worry the dean will find out and expel them from school.
While Mr. Kelley is out of town and unreachable, a woman visits the law office to arrange a transfer of $20,000 to a relative in Mexico City. Rick becomes suspicious that she may be impersonating the real client, so he schemes to find out the truth.
Rick decides to grow a beard, much to his wife's disgust. When Rick's friends and relations decide to go one better and wear "fully grown" fake beards, disaster ensues.
Sally, an old girlfriend of Kris, moves into town. She overstays her welcome at Rick and Kris's house, while she takes forever looking for an apartment.
