Den charmerende filosofiprofessor Evan Birch forsøger at glemme de sidespring, der har været ved at koste ham hans ægteskab. Men da den populære cheerleader Joyce forsvinder, møder politimanden Malloy op hjemme hos Evan. Der er tilsyneladende beviser, som peger på Evan, og snart bliver han hovedmistænkt. Men er Evan virkelig den skyldige?
Den ufatteligt glemsomme professor Ned Brainard opfinder et fantastisk stof, der kan ophæve tyngdekraften - hans forlovede Betsy Carlisle er ikke synderligt imponeret, men det er den lumske Alonzo Hawk imidlertid. Han vil gøre alt for at få fingre i professorens hemmelige formel, der kan gøre ham ufatteligt rig. Professor Brainard er dog ikke tabt bag en vogn, og det varer ikke længe, førend det magiske hoppegummi, kaldet 'flubber', sætter byen på den anden ende.
Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little artistic talent of his own.
A comedy about an absent-minded man who works at a advertising company and topples from one problem to another.
An absent-minded-professor father and his son take off in an old Pontiac to bond during a symbolic road trip through the Western U.S. This while his wife tries to overcome her neuroses to save the family.
A Charley Chase short, produced at Columbia. Charley is alarmingly forgetful, and this is his wedding anniversary. Will he give his wife a present and avoid her wrath?