While cleaning a television studio late one night, janitor Ernest P. Duckweather accidentally makes contact with the planet Jupiter and becomes long-distance friends with two of the residents, Johnny Jupiter and B-12, a robot.
Ernest and Kathy love to listen to Professor Spiegelmacher's radio program, 'Feeling Good Without Loot'. Frisby believes the professor's philosophy is lunacy, but manages to get himself trapped into booking the professor as an emergency replacement for an Mrs. Clanish's lecture series - a task that he delegates to the reluctant Ernest. With the help of Johnny Jupiter, Ernest meets the Professor, who agrees to speak. When the professor arrives at the auditorium, Ernest and Kathy learn that their hero cares far more about money than he lets on. (Written by David Bassler.)