My Little Margie #43

Margie signs up for Red Cross volunteer training in preparation for atomic attack, but her enthusiastic—if somewhat chaotic—approach to first aid and bandaging quickly tests the patience of her instructor and, later, her unsuspecting boyfriend Bill. As Margie practices her newly acquired skills with increasingly disastrous results, the line between helpful volunteer and comedic calamity becomes hilariously blurred.

Margie agrees to a blind date with a hot rod enthusiast named Johnny Flack after a mix-up phone call, but she quickly discovers that his idea of a perfect evening—high-speed driving, a visit to the drag races, and reckless behavior—is anything but her style. As the date spirals into chaos with rain, car trouble, and Johnny's dismissive attitude, Margie reaches her limit and decides to take matters into her own hands.

Margie encourages her wealthy date Hubert to get a job so he can afford to take her to a dance—a tall order for someone whose qualifications include tennis, polo, and partying. When Hubert reluctantly lands work as a laborer, he discovers that manual labor is far more grueling than he bargained for, leading to some humorous lessons about the real world in this 1962 humor tale.