A movie crew has come to Melmac to film the life of Gordon Shumway - but will Gordon himself end up a huge star, or on the cutting room floor?

Renegade Muklukians kidnap Curtis Shumway and return him to their planet as part of a scheme to claim the throne of Mukluk. Fescue returns to Melmac to ask Gordon for help in dethroning the renegades and finding the true king of Mukluk.