Lucy and Viv disguise themselves as hippies to track down a fallen youth.

Shemp has been ill with a toothache. The Stooges’ friend Claude (Matt McHugh), a self-proclaimed doctor, gives Moe and Larry some specific instructions on how to cure the toothache, which, of course, they misinterpret every which way possible. After finally yanking the troublesome tooth, Claude suggests they take Shemp on a camping trip for a little R&R. Since the Stooges do not own a car, Claude offers to sell them a car that turns out to be a “lemon.”

While Clutch is at an in-store signing for his new book he gets a telegraph telling him he must go to South America to find a lost friend.