Meet Merton #2

When Merton's father worries his son lacks ambition and the value of money, he arranges for the boy to work as an office boy under the strict discipline of Mr. Thorndike, a no-nonsense former military man determined to make a man of him. But Merton's easygoing compliance masks something Mr. Thorndike is about to discover the hard way—there's a limit to how far you can push a good-natured kid before he snaps.

When Marcia discovers a hypnotism book to win over football-obsessed Merton before the big prom, she puts him under her spell—but the hypnotic suggestion takes effect at exactly the wrong moment, during the Saturday night game. What follows is a chaotic night of Merton operating on pure post-hypnotic impulse, determined to fulfill his programmed mission no matter what chaos erupts in his path.

Christopher finds himself caught between an angry classmate and a school play rehearsal when a simple compliment from Merton backfires spectacularly. When Christopher later discovers a pair of abandoned corsages, he and Merton hatch a scheme to impress some girls—but their plan goes hilariously wrong when the flowers trigger an unexpected reaction that turns the tables on them both.

The six members of the Harmony Social Club have organized a party for Saturday night, but as invitations go out throughout the week to various local boys' clubs, a hilarious numbers problem emerges—the girls keep inviting groups with fewer guys than girls, only to discover each club has even fewer members than expected. When Saturday finally arrives, the mismatched head counts threaten to turn the carefully planned evening into an awkward affair.

Peggy Dean dreams of becoming a leading lady opposite the famous movie star Mature Ham, and when she finally gets her chance on a studio set, she discovers that the dashing actor's real talents lie elsewhere—with a different kind of costar entirely. This 1954 humor piece plays with the gap between Hollywood glamour and behind-the-scenes reality.