Nerdy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller), a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene , tries to ditch his beautiful co-worker, Carla (Barboura Morris), by building a bust of her. When his klutziness leads to the departure of his landlady's cat, he panics and hides its body. However, if her friends and Carla enthuse on the artwork, Walter decides to generate some more and bigger pieces employing the process.