Herman (a mouse) and Henry (a rooster) notice a poster that will award $1,000 to anyone who will stay in the ring for one round against a champion boxing rooster. Herman goes to Henry, who is feeling really low about himself, as he is getting bossed and pushed around by his wife. One thing leads to another, and the scrawny Henry is going up against the Champ.

Bashful, fumbling Duke de Geese employs the romantic poet Cyrano de Snagglepuss to write poems and recite them under the balcony of Lady Lavendish. Snagglepuss succeeds far beyond his dreams --the lady on the balcony succumbs to his versification and leaps off into the arms of the Duke.

The Smiths try everything to keep up with their uppity neighbors, the Joneses.