While driving to work, the boys decide to play hookey and go instead to the ballpark. They call in sick to their bosses and Barney is promptly ordered to report to the company nurse for a check-up. Fred then concocts an elaborate ruse that does indeed get Barney out of work--and into the hospital.

Wilma secretly empties Fred's closet of mementos for a rummage sale, including his old football uniform. But when Fred finds the goods in the Rubbles' car, where Wilma put them, he suspects Barney of being a thief.

Hearing about a talent search for a new animal star to appear in ""The Adventures of Sassie,"" Fred coaches Dino and prepares for an audition. But Dino gets more than he bargained for when he lands the part.