Hennesey doesn't get holiday leave and to avoid feeling homesick decides to organize a musical program. But Commander Wilkes finds out and refuses to approve any performances. Chick must persuade him to change his mind.
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
Bob Hope is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Hope's publisher who is still carrying a torch for her.