It is the night before the birthday of single child Barbara Webster (Verna Hillie).
Her spoiled and unaffectionate mother tells her she will not be in town and she does not want her daughter to go with her where she's invited.
Barbara, called also Babe, is quite disappointed about the coldness of her mother and relies on her father.
Unfortunately, her mother tells her, he will be out of town as well.
Barbara is left alone with her sadness about her parents not caring for her.
That is what makes her call a friend Eddie to organize something for the evening.
Eddie is with a friend Bill Evans, who asks if "she could bring something alive" with her.
She answers, only the dead have to be digged out, and she will see to find something dandy and dumb.