When Fred's allergies become so extreme that he sneezes a hole in the TV screen, Fred decides to take medicine pills called "Scram" from a store which has the disastrous side effect of turning into an ape.

After Fred criticizes a novel about the future that Barney is reading, The Great Gazoo sends Fred, Barney, Betty, and Wilma into the 21st century.

The Great Gazoo uses Fred's television to contact his home planet about returning there and is told, "Are you kidding?". In order to show that he is worthy of returning home, Gazoo decides to teach gamblers Fred and Barney a lesson by magically fixing the results of a dinosaur race at the race track. Fred and Barney wind up in big trouble after some gangsters spot them picking winners.