Gracie tries to dissuade the mechanic's girlfriend from swooning over celebrities by fabricating stories of George's cruelty and abuse, but she blabs to the wrong woman and the tall-tales become front-page headlines.
Gracie reads an article which claims one in five men has a secret vice and concludes George is the one. Meanwhile, Mr. Vanderlip tries to straighten out Gracie's bank account, and George and the two Harrys try to sneak off to the fights.
When the fire inspector orders Gracie to remove a trash pile which is stacked next to the garage, she thinks he means for her to get rid of the car. With her frantic attempt to unload the automobile by 5 p.m., everyone suspects it's stolen.
Gracie becomes convinced that she won a TV set on a quiz show. Meanwhile, word gets back to Harry Morton that George and Harry Von Zell called him a square.
George is unhappy about not receiving any fan mail, so Gracie instructs Blanche to write a phony fan letter. Unfortunately this correspondence upsets both Harry Morton and the jealous husband of the woman whose name Blanche signed.
When Gracie's athletic ex comes to visit, she swipes Harry Morton's trophies to pass off as her husband's. Further complications ensue when the awards go missing.
Gracie decides to enroll George in college. Meanwhile, George's production manager frantically searches for someone who can get Gracie out of a traffic ticket.
George's black eye and another man's broken leg lead people to believe the two men were brawling. Meanwhile, Gracie attempts to outsmart an insurance investigator, and Harry Von Zell tries to book a contortionist on the show.
To avoid a lawsuit, George dodges a man who spends the day patiently waiting on the front porch. Meanwhile, jealousy and mistaken-identity drive Gracie to extremes when the young daughter of George's ex-girlfriend visits.
Relationships are jeopardized after a meddling Gracie listens in on a phone call and concludes that Mr. Vanderlip is having an affair with a saleswoman.
Gracie throws an extravagant 9th "Hmm-Hmm" anniversary party, having forgotten the event that she's celebrating. A cook and butler hired for the occasion are bemused by Gracie's eccentricities.
George tries to get a full day's rest before his doctor's exam, but he soon finds friends, family, a telephone repairman, roofer and electrician tromping across his bed.
George and Gracie believe that Harry Morton has only one week to live. Blanche and Harry Morton believe that George has only one week to live. Harry von Zell initiated this confusion but he's completely clueless.
The Burns and Mortons decide to go to the movies but have difficulty finding a film that none of them have seen. Further complicating matters, Al and Harry Von Zell arrive and decide to tag along.
George gives Gracie an example of how a rumor can begin and Gracie inadvertently spreads the rumor, which builds until everyone believes George was a big winner in Las Vegas.
Gracie tests the patience of a driver's license examiner. Meanwhile, George's friends lavish him with praise and gifts after learning he's writing an autobiography.
George has an appointment to take a physical exam, but each time he's prepared to leave a distraction pulls him away from his car and Gracie absconds with his keys.
When Gracie fears that they might have to move to New York for business reasons, she consults Mr. Beasley the postman, and concocts a crazy story about George witnessing a robbery.
Trouble arises when Gracie gets the impression that Mrs. Vanderlip has stolen a ruby clip from a department store and tries to help her avoid apprehension.
After reading Blanche's fortune, Gracie concludes Blanche is in love with a man she encountered at the grocery store. Gracie attempts to intervene, dragging Harry Von Zell's name through the mud in the process.
George thinks he's come up with the perfect plan to get out of attending a concert. He gives Gracie a jigsaw puzzle and hopes she'll be too distracted to remember the concert's starting time.
Harry Morton tries to get Gracie to ask George to emcee a banquet, but she gets confused and thinks she herself is being asked to be master of ceremonies. She pawns the job off on Harry Von Zell, who incurs George's wrath.