After a disastrous audition, a little girl's anxiety takes shape in the form of an elephant which she chases through New York City. Soon, the elephant is chasing her.

A scoundrel is tormented by a seemingly-omniscent telephone operator.

Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.