Mickey starts out his career painting scenery and moving props for a theater in hopes of eventually achieving his dream; he finally gets his chance when the lead develops laryngitis.

Mickey and his pal Freddy decide to build a do-it-yourself rocket-ship with the intention to fly it to the moon; when they fail the first time around they ask their professor for assistance with the chemicals needed to launch.

Mickey gets a moonlighting job as a TV disc jockey and gets himself mixed up with a gang of robbers that the police are hunting.

Mickey believes a successful author's life is in danger so he doubles for him.

Mickey gets in deep water when his steady girlfriend can't make it for the planned grunion hunt.