 Norman wants to go on a crash diet. He has a photo shoot in three days and thinks he looks fat. So he takes sanctuary at the Corbett household for the duration, where he knows Tom and Eddie will keep him on the straight and narrow on his diet. Planning to go solely on a watermelon diet, Norman doesn t have an easy time. First he has to contend with watching Tom and Eddie eating Mrs. Livingston s delicious cooking (Japanese style, of course), and after a little while just getting plain hungry from his lack of food. The entire household helps by going for a jog with him, which makes him hungrier than ever. Norman stashes away some food which Tom finds, and Norman offers to help Mrs. Livingston with the groceries just so that he can steal some food out of the grocery bags. He even contemplates eating Eddie s goldfish. Finally, Eddie catches Norman just about ready to munch into a midnight sandwich. Eddie offers to watch him all night if need be. By the end of it all, Norman does lose five pounds, but it is the love and generosity of the Corbett household, especially by Eddie, that carries Norman through.