Edgar's boss gives him a few days off as a reward for being promoted. His wife, Florence, mother-in-law and brother-in-law, think he has been fired for being too fat and, over his fruitless objections, put him on a strenuous reducing program that nearly kills him.

• RKO Radio Pictures
• Edgar Kennedy
• Florence Lake
• Jack Rice
• Dot Farley
• Jason Robards Sr.
• Dick Wessel
• Bryant Washburn
• Cyril Ring