A Plot: Erica rebels against her high school ways and tries to become a more cultured college student, even refusing to see Philadelphia-based band The Hooters with Geoff when he gets tickets. Geoff reluctantly decides to take Barry. Later, Geoff and Beverly show up at the avant-garde music event that Erica is attending with Valley Erica, partly to show support but mainly to convince Erica that she's being a pretentious ass. Erica shuns both of them. However, only a few minutes into the bagpipe-and-gong band's show, she realizes the error of her ways and runs to catch Geoff before he leaves.
B Plot: Adam begins a wood shop class at school, only to learn that, like sports, it's another thing he's terrible at doing. Adam tells Murray that he wants to take up comedy, something he thinks he's very good at, but Murray tells him he's not funny and insists his son start thinking about a real job. This causes Adam to completely lose his sense of humor, to the point that he's the only student who doesn't laugh when his shop teacher (Clancy Brown) has a hilarious accident in class. In the end, Murray confesses to Adam he was wrong to tell him not to pursue his dreams.
- Comedic Underwear Exposure: Part of the hilarious accident that the shop teacher ends up having involves walking around with his pants dropped, which Murray refers to as "Donald Ducking".
