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Uncle Joe (Edgar Buchanan) is convinced that the Shady Rest is haunted by the ghost of Chester W. Farnsworth, who stayed at the hotel 50 years before, then vanished mysteriously. This puts Joe in a bit of a bind: Much as he'd like to exploit the ghost as a tourist attraction, he also feels he must exorcise the spirit to lift a supposed curse. Eccentric comedian Doodles Weaver, the "Beeeedelbaum" man from the old Spike Jones orchestra, is seen--sort of--as the ghost, while Hal Smith, best known as town drunk Otis Campbell on The Andy Griffith Show, appears as Mr. Richardson.