A luxurious apartment on the top floor of a building serves as "Prof. Bluteau's School of Etiquette". When Olive Oyl passes by accompanied by her sailor boyfriend, she insists Popeye should go in and learn how to be a gentleman. Bluto, the supposed etiquette expert, changes his disheveled look into one of elegance in order to receive them. Olive asks the Professor to turn Popeye into a gentleman, "like you", she adds coyly. The first lesson is how to properly greet a lady, and Bluto proceeds to kiss her hand. Popeye, instead, gives her a rough hansdshake. The next lesson involves escorting a dame up the stairs, which the teacher does, with her boyfriend getting her down - by making her slide down the railing and into his arms. Finally, Prof. Bluteau shows how to put her coat on, and Popeye