Scorch has found the Home Shopping Channel on TV - and he buys alot of stuff on Brian's credit card. But it was too much and Brian hardly can afford it. During the news show a guest gives Scorch the idea how to get some money back: gambling. So he invites all fromthe station for a poker round. But this wasn't a good idea, either

After being asleep for 100 years, dragon Scorch wakes up. Flying around, a flash of lightning hits him and he falls down just infront of the window of Brian Stevens' apartment. Brian is living there with his eight year old daughter Jessica and is just preparing for a job interview. Scorch immedately endears himself to Jess butnot to her father but, however, he persuades Brian to take him alongto the interview. There Scorch pops out of his bag. Quickly, Brian tells that he's a ventriloquist and the dragon is his dummy. Brian(with Scorch) gets the job as a wheather announcer on WWEN-TV's'News at Noon'

Scorch suffers from the Dragon's Flu. Symptoms reach from amnesiato unconsciousness, from coughing to swearing and even to barking.And this at the same time Mr. Ruther, the station's boss, comes to receive the award for 'Man of the Year', which should be handed overby Brian and Scorch