A letter from a friend reminds Doug of his experiences at summer camp.

Doug becomes an editorial cartoonist on the school newspaper.

Doug finds hair in his comb and fears he is going bald.

Connie Benge becomes obsessed with winning a local radio-station contest to become a rock 'n' roll star. She brings Doug into it, and is so obsessed she thinks about quitting school just like Flounder from The Beets did. Soon she realizes Flounder may have not done the right thing. Meanwhile, Al, Moo and Skeeter try to contact the monster of the lake by creating a monster calling machine.