Shemp's toothache prompts the Stooges' acquaintance, Claude, to offer medical advice, which they misinterpret.

The trio encounters various challenges, including a flat tire and an altercation with a gas station attendant.

Upon learning of this, Claude hastily refunds the Stooges' money and sells the car to the collector.

[2] Both films borrow plot elements from the Laurel and Hardy shorts Perfect Day (1929) and Them Thar Hills (1934).

It had been performed by Joe Murphy and Bud Jamison in I'm the Sheriff (1927) and Edgar Kennedy and Charlie Hall in Slightly at Sea (1940).