Because of his allergies, Melvin cannot stand being near the eager, made-up participants and dashes out of the studio. At the television station, Al and Melvin end up singing together, and Melvin is cajoled into judging a kissing contest sponsored by the 'Tempting Kiss' cosmetics company, the first prize of which is a trip to Honolulu. Lardoski gives in, and on his way into town, Melvin meets Hilda and invites her to watch Al perform. As punishment, Lardoski cancels all of the recruits' liberty, but when Al is asked to sing on a television show as a Navy representative, he agrees on condition that liberty be reinstated. Later, the men are trained in ship procedures, and Melvin manages to sink his rowboat. After Melvin gives blood to please Hilda, who is attractive to him because she wears little makeup, something to which he is violently allergic, he is forced back to the physical, but baffles the staff with his now-bloodless veins. Unknown to Melvin, Hilda mans the local blood bank and assumes he has come to donate. At camp, Melvin is terrified at having his blood drawn during the routine physical and runs into Red Cross nurse Hilda Jones's office to hide. To Melvin's and Al's surprise, the Navy passes them both and sends them to a training camp in San Diego, along with Petty Officer Lardoski, a bully whom Al and Melvin have already antagonized. Al is applying for the eleventh time because he likes the attention that women, like entertainer Hetty Button, his latest conquest, give him when they think he is about to ship out, but is sure his trick knee will prevent him from passing the Navy's physical exam. Good ending.At a Navy recruiting station, bumbling, allergy-plagued Melvin Jones meets Al Crowther, a handsome crooner and ladies' man. Worth seeing if you don't mind black and white. Not great, but better than most non dancing movies. Dean and Jerry dancing is a bit of a treat. Jerry in the boxing ring shows his high energy that was his trademark in the late '40s and early '50s. Dean giving Jerry boxing instructions is a good comedy skit to watch for. In a scene where Jerry walks across a busy street we see some of his 'almost accident' comedy which he would bring into play years later in The Patsy. He does stand out even though he is an extra here. Hundreds perhaps, in a big outdoor exercise field, and again in a boxing arena.

The scenes on the submarine show how cramped it must have been on those underwater missions in the 1950s and before.

The cast, however, squeezes a lot out of this Martin and Lewis in the Navy situation.

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