Joey Douglas

After Tom and Eddie start karate lessons as a "father and son" project, Eddie is picked on at school by Harold, who wants to assert his position as the school's top bully. Tom advises Eddie to reason with Harold, but instead of talking, Harold gives Eddie a black eye. Eddie attempts to learn enough karate quickly to handle the situation but his instructor tells Tom that much time is needed to make Eddie proficient. Taking another tack, Tom goes to see Harold's father, Kelly, with Eddie along. Kelly is unsympathetic, but the crisis is suddenly resolved when Eddie clobbers Harold after Harold calls Tom a "bum."

Eddie is chosen to play the prince in his school play but gets "cold feet" after he learns the part demands he kiss his co-star, Elsie, on the lips. Kids at school call him "lover lips," and he quits the play only to have Tom insist he live up to his commitment. Eddie attempts to get a cold by standing dripping wet in the wind, but Mrs. Livingston intercedes. In the end, Eddie goes on with the show and manages, between sneezes, to manfully perform the big kiss scene.