Popeye and Bluto scramble to enter a telephone booth in order to call Olive Oyl and invite her on a date, with Bluto getting in but having the phone scooped out by his rival. After Olive accepts Popeye's invitation, the sailor slams the phone back in - and in Bluto's face. Later, Bluto looks in from a window as Popeye enters Olive's home. Seeing that the girl is superstitious, Bluto changes her calendar to mark "Friday the 13th". Upon noticing it, she becomes reluctant to go out with Popeye, with the latter arguing against "stupidstiton" and opening an umbrella inside the house. When Olive is made to hold it, Bluto pops in again and gets it to touch an electric socket, causing the girl to be shocked and thrust into her piano. Next, Bluto lets a black cat in. Popeye believes it is harmless,