My Little Margie #38

In a lighthearted 1961 comedy, Margie convinces her father to ask a medium for advice on getting a raise, leading to a chaotic seance where she impersonates the spirit through a fake beard and turban. When a real "medium" shows up, Margie’s ruse unravels in a flurry of mistaken identities and slapstick confusion, ultimately exposing the fraud — and earning her father’s double raise in the process.

Angie, frustrated by her sister Stella’s dating choices, retreats to her room to vent by turning balloons into silly, alien-like figures with painted faces. When the household panics over a supposed Martian invasion, Angie reveals her prank — but not before a dramatic (and mistaken) shootout with a shotgun, leaving everyone stunned by the truth behind the "invaders."

Margie’s father grows suspicious when she keeps a secret about a special plan for the next night, convinced she’s secretly eloping with her boyfriend, Boo-Boo. He rushes to buy a birthday gift, only to learn the ring he’s engraving with her name was already purchased by a couple—leading him to panic until Margie reveals the truth in a surprise twist.