After Ann invites her parents to see her Broadway debut, she learns that her lines have been cut considerably. Ann asks her father to change his reservations to the following night so he can see her uncut role. She's unaware that her part was cut to accommodate a surprise theater party planned by her father.

A drunk comedian named Marty is taken in by Ann to sober up, and he thinks that they had an affair.

Ann goes with Donald to Los Angeles to do a story on media violence and causes confusion for her father and everyone else who thinks that they are getting it on.

Donald breaks off his engagement to Ann because of cold feet.