Professor Imogene Burkhart is putting on a show in class, the dances of an exotic island. When Maynard writes an article on it, he uses a provocative choice of words, causing parents to fear the bewitching Imogene Burkhart and her scandalous dance.

Dobie's latest girl, Caprice, convinces him to give up Maynard, supposedly for Maynard's own good, but that proves impossible when Maynard comes to live with the Gillises.