Stowaway Scott tells the crew that playboy Jeff is his father. Gopher and Isaac have mishaps with a parrot that Merrill buys Vicki. Father and son singers Rich and Bob Braddock, who haven't spoken for years, resist efforts to reunite them.
Young stowaway Scotty (Meeno Peluce) convinces the crew members that playboy passenger Jeff Dalton (Dirk Benedict) is his father. Gopher (Fred Grandy) and Isaac (Ted Lange) have several mishaps with the parrot that Captain Stubing (Gavin MacLeod) buys Vicki (Jill Whelan) for a Christmas present. Father and son singers Richard Braddock and Bobby Braddock (Allan Jones and Jack Jones), who haven't spoken to each other for years since the son began a solo career, resist their wives' (Dorothy Lamour and Laraine Stephens) efforts to reunite them.—Maisie Fleckum