Gidget (Sally Field) and her boyfriend Toby (Robert Beach) are being accompanied on their dates by Toby's well-meaning father Mel (familiar character actor Herb Voland). Toby's mother has went away visiting her sister, prompting Mel to try and make up not spending a lot of time with Toby. Toby doesn't want to hurt his father's feelings, so Gidget talks to her psychology student brother-in-law John (Peter Duel). John thinks she is talking about her dad and decides to take it on himself to draw Gidget's father Russ Lawrence (Don Porter) away from her. John makes Russ his subject for his term project. This leaves him to cancel his poker date with Mel, who tags along with Toby and Gidget once again. Meanwhile, John is comically and needlessly wearing himself out trying to occupy Russ. How long will the miscommunication last?
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