For Student Government Day, Doug is chosen to interview the Mayor of Bluffington, Mr. Robert "Bob" White. He visits the mayor on a field trip to Bluffington Town Hall, and saves the ice cream factory from a meltdown. Doug is entered (thanks to Roger) into a school talent contest, and decides to try out a ventriloquism act. Once their on stage, Doug has to keep his new pal Buster from losing his head on stage.