As his birthday approaches, Joe firmly insists that the rest of the gang not throw him a party. When Fay asks him to stay late to wait for a shipment of airplane seats, he suspects that, despite his words, the gang will be throwing him a surprise party by springing out of the crate. But he ends up embarrassing himself when the crate arrives; upon hearing about it the next day, the gang decide to surprise him by coming in another crate. Unfortunately, Joe receives a crate full of kitchen appliances, and the rest of the gang end up on a ferry to the mainland.