Larry and Shemp are living in a stolen railroad car. Larry wants to marry his girlfriend, but she won't consent until Shemp marries her sister. Shemp however, is constantly drunk and in love with "Carry", an imaginary giant canary. Moe is an investigator from the railroad, sent to discover how the car was stolen from a moving train. Moe is also in love with Shemp's girl. Shemp winds up with both women, but still prefers his imaginary canary.
The Stooges manage to persuade their landlady to allow them to stay in their apartment long enough to entertain their visiting uncle. Meanwhile, they run into trouble with their strongman neighbor and his wife.
The Stooges run afoul of a judge after running out on a trial for vagrancy and chicken theft. They rebegin their jobs as repairmen, and soon replace a chef who has quit to help a woman with her dinner party. But they don't know that the woman is the judge's wife...
Shemp wins $50,000 from The Mystery Motor Radio contest. The Stooges then decide to stay at a fancy hotel suite. In the process, three single girls find out about them and plan to take them for everything they got. Also, the Stooges destroy the suite. But when the telegraph for the prize check ends up being $3.45 (after taxes), they try to sneak out.