Of the four plays, Red, White and Tuna is notable in that Sears' and Williams' final costume change (normally done off-stage) is done in full view of the audience.
The next morning, local radio station OKKK signs on and the DJ's Arles Struvie (Williams) and Thurston Wheelis (Sears) begin giving the daily announcements, which are focused around the 4th of July celebrations.
Also mentioned are several issues which are addressed throughout the show, including the drive by the Prayer Posse (led by Vera) to censor hymns, the members of Free White Texas attempts to declare the town of Tuna a free, independent white nation, and the wedding of Arles and Bertha Bumiller (Sears) the next day.
The news is suddenly hit with a new hot topic, in that gay theatre director, Joe Bob Lipsey (Sears), has stormed off from his summer production of *Red, White, and Fabulous!
Local animal rights activist, Petey Fisk (Williams), also makes an announcement denouncing that all creatures with more than four legs are pests.
They converse, and Petey brings up the subject of how Bertha only has six dogs left (the seventh having just died).
Her extremely pregnant daughter, Charlene (Williams) comes down and is having one of her usual fits over her military husband, Rayford, being gone overseas.
Bertha attempts to talk her down, but Charlene eventually has a tantrum over the lack of malted milk balls and locks herself in her room.
Bertha receives a call from her best friend, Vera, who has graciously offered to host the wedding at her home.
Bertha ends the conversations, and writes Arles a note saying that when he arrives, he can find her at Didi's Used Weapon's Shop.
Bertha leaves in sadness, and Didi receives a call from Pearl, who has figured out an evil plan on how to get back at Vera.
The radio is suddenly overtaken by Arles, who has evicted Thurston and locked himself in the broadcast room, stating he will not to leave until Bertha takes him back.
She sets out Pearl's prize-winning potato salad, and tells one of her many dumb boyfriends, Garland (Williams) to watch the booth.
The stereotypical redneck is almost incapable of running the food booth, and is constantly distracted by Virgil Carp's firecrackers near the building.
He is frantic over his wife, Helen, having taken members of Free White Texas hostage (a subplot started in Scene II), Joe Bob's winning the reunion queen crown, and Virgil's fireworks.
He begins to answer, and then runs off when he hears a siren, not realizing it is the sound of an ambulance, and not a police car.
walks over to the food booth, saying he wants to taste one of Helen's barbecue sandwiches before he heads back out to space.
Helen calls one of her girlfriends up to tell the outrageous story, and runs off to spread the rumor more.
Helen and Inita quickly hear of the poisoned potato salad that has been eaten by almost every member of Tuna, Texas since they left the booth, and they decide they must leave.
Thurston says that Vera Carp has been arrested for grand theft auto and a warrant is out for Helen and Inita, but aside from that a good day was had by all.
The lights return on Pearl's bedroom, where Stanley finds her proclaiming that she is on her deathbed for the potato salad affair and for wrecking Lupe's car.
Stanley tries and fails to bring her to optimism, eventually saying that when she dies, her husband Henry at least won't take long to find a new wife.
They make awkward small talk, before Arles reveals a book his preacher cousin Slim gave him, which is all about healthy sexual relations.