The drug store is having a popularity contest with points awarded with each purchase. Their own daughter gets into a competition with their best friend's daughter, so each family tries to buy out everything in the store.
A film production company hits town and the Erwin youngsters are so intent on breaking into show business that they sign up with a bogus theatrical agent.
Jackie steals the school's skeleton the same day Mrs. Bracker complains to Stu about kids' pranks and crazy parties. The skeleton is to scare the guests at the Erwin gathering but a couple of mishaps change who gets frightened.