Professor Mike Endicott's former college roommate, Bill Marshall, now an entrepreneur of the swinging, international ‘‘Catnip Clubs," persuades financially troubled Mike to moonlight as manager of his newest club, opening in Rome. Craig Stevens guests as Marshall. Mike takes the job temporarily because he's hard-pressed for money to buy all the things his growing daughters need. He is tempted to stay on permanently until the job interferes with his role as father.

Sparks fly and wills clash when stubborn Grandpa Pruitt meets a proud contessa, first sparring over flowers and then over matters of the heart.

Grandpa Pruitt is smitten with Mrs. Kinneman, an attractive widow from Illinois, while Alison falls for Jerry, a boy next door type from Iowa.