Romeo Tubbs #27

Romeo Tubbs ditches baseball practice for a day at the beach, where he spots a beautiful woman and makes a romantic play—only to have his plans hilariously derailed when his girlfriend Hildegarde shows up unexpectedly. What follows is a chaotic chase across the sand that teaches our hero a valuable lesson about priorities.

Romeo Tubbs's in hot water after promising two different girls—Hildegarde and Daisy—dates to the school dance, and now he's got bigger problems: a new transfer student called Muscles Maguire has stolen their attention with nothing but his sheer physical prowess. Desperate to win back his reputation, Romeo attempts to build up his own strength and confidence, but a desperate scheme involving a fake fight might be his only way to save face—if his plan doesn't backfire first. This 1952 tale of romantic rivalry and bruised ego serves up comedy with plenty of slapstick twists along the way.

When Hildegarde and Daisy bicker over who's gained more weight, Romeo Tubbs decides to make amends for calling them "hippos" by setting up an exercise program to help them slim down. His well-intentioned reducing contraptions—from chinning bars to stationary bikes to an inner tube contraption—prove hilariously disastrous, leaving everyone worse for wear and the two women convinced that staying overweight beats Romeo's brutal fitness routine.

Romeo Tubbs thinks he's too clever to do his own homework, so he hatches a scheme to distract Miss Grizzly with flattering notes during class—but the sharp-eyed teacher has other plans. When his elaborate plot finally backfires in the most unexpected way, Romeo learns that sometimes the cleverest angle is simply doing the work yourself.