Ronnie's girl, Bonnie Sue, fears her Texan drawl will hinder her from getting a movie role, so Gracie reshapes her image into that of an Italian starlet named Tina Cacciatore.
Gracie helps Ronnie and Ralph win votes for Ralph's girl, Imogene, a candidate for homecoming queen. Meanwhile, a befuddled repairman works to fix George's broken TV.
Gracie and Blanche are upset when they find out what their husbands, George and Harry, are getting them for Christmas. So they scheme to get mink coats. But George makes sure that an old raccoon coat is part of the plot.
Harry Morton ruins his perfect driver safety record, after he is involved in a traffic accident with Gracie as his passenger, and he's absolutely furious.
Harry Morton falls in love with his wife; Harry von Zell becomes a barking dog; and Gracie turns into a genius, after falling under the spell of a hypnotist.
Now that Gracie has been hypnotized into becoming the smartest woman in the world, she starts winning quiz shows, while George is demoted to taking care of the household chores. Meanwhile, Blanche is hypnotized into having a mind like the old Gracie.
'Frozen Passion' is the title of a script that George has rejected. Unaware of this, Gracie attempts to cast her friends and family in various roles of the film.
Gracie tries to help Mr. Jansen pass a life insurance medical exam. Meanwhile, George tries to get out of the house, so he can play a round of golf with his buddies.
A 13-year-old girl has a crush on Ronnie, so Gracie tells the press that Ronnie is married. She then 'hides' the news from George by giving him yesterday's newspaper and turning the calendar back a day.
Harry's scheme to get Blanche on a jury backfires. Gracie volunteers for jury duty. Ronnie tries to use reverse-psychology to juggle his relationships with two girls who want to enter show business.
Gracie inadvertently passes evidence - a counterfeit $20 bill - to Blanche so she can buy the hat Gracie wants before the store closes. Ronnie's plan to thwart Vera's show business aspirations backfires when George hires her.
Ronnie receives his draft notice into the Army, so Gracie establishes a military regimen in the Burns household. Meanwhile, Harry von Zell is sure he can talk George into letting him have Ronnie's old room, rent-free.
In an attempt to help her family, Gracie upsets George's dealings with a television executive and almost breaks up Ronnie's romance with a hat-check girl. George feels it's the last straw when Gracie also loses the house key.
Ronnie's plans to spend the summer with his actor's stock company at the Big Bear Lodge are disrupted when his father learns that Ronnie is flunking Ancient History. George demands that Ronnie attend summer school, but Gracie has another idea or two of her own.