The Kilroys #22

When Edgar Kilroy's coworkers suggest a new head of hair would make him look years younger, he impulsively buys an expensive toupée to prove he's not aging—but before he can show it off, his family mistakes the package for something else entirely. What follows is a madcap chain of mishaps as Edgar desperately tries to recover his hundred-dollar purchase before anyone discovers what he actually bought, only to watch it slip further and further out of his reach.

When Jackson spots some visiting girls from out of town at a local hangout, he's convinced his height is the only thing standing between him and impressing them—so he scrapes together enough money to buy a mysterious pair of elevator shoes guaranteed to add four inches without anyone knowing the difference. But Jackson's new footwear comes with an unexpected side effect that turns his height advantage into a genuine crisis, forcing him and his pal Natch to figure out what's really going on. It's a humorous tale about a teenager's misguided quest for confidence that spirals into something far more complicated than he bargained for.

Solid Jackson thought he'd found the answer to his romantic troubles when a gypsy fortune teller at the carnival sold him a "love potion"—but when a newspaper story mistakenly suggests he's the heir to a million-dollar fortune, Jackson discovers that the real magic was the inheritance rumor, not the bottle of water. Now he's got to figure out how to escape the attention-hungry girls in town who've suddenly decided he's irresistible—all while the original gypsy has vanished with her profits.

When a pickpocket's theft threatens to derail Edgar's plans for his and Emma's silver anniversary, a pair of young theatre tickets change hands in unexpected ways—leading to a comedy of mistaken identities and crossed wires that neither the bumbling crook nor the celebrating couple could have predicted. "Happy Anniversary" is a warm-hearted domestic romp from The Kilroys where good intentions collide with bad luck, and a simple evening out becomes anything but simple. With perfect timing and a cast of lovable misfits, this story proves that the best celebrations are the ones that go hilariously wrong.