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The Impractical Joker (1937)

7 min  -  Animation | Short | Comedy   -  18 June 1937 (USA)
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Betty Boop's baking is interrupted by her obnoxious practical-joking cousin, Irving. Can Grampy out-joke the joker?

Director:

Dave Fleischer
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Cast

Uncredited cast:
Jack Mercer Jack Mercer ...
Irving (voice) (uncredited)
Mae Questel Mae Questel ...
Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)
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Storyline

Betty Boop is busy in the kitchen showing off her usual attributes, along with her cake-baking skills which she displayed more than once, and answers the doorbell to find Irving the Imbecile Idiot on her doorstep. After enduring several practical jokes at the hands of Irving, Betty hotfoots it upstairs to the room of Professor Grampy, who appears, we hope, to be a paying boarder, to enlist his aid in dealing with Irving. Grampy, per usual, puts on his thinking cap with the built-in light-bulb that lights up when Grampy gets an idea about how to handle a situation. His ideas always involve a Rube-Goldberg machine-device of some kind, and he uses them against Irving. But the last joke is still on Betty and Grampy. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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Plot Keywords:

Grampy | Joke | Betty Boop | Practical Joke | Hotfoot  | See more »

Genres:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 June 1937 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Grampy & the Impractical Joker See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fleischer Studios See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

7 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Did You Know?

Quotes

Betty Boop: [baking a layer cake] Ooooh, what a lovely set o' cakes, oh boy! That was some batter, mm-mmmm, and what a recipe! Ohhh, I'll have to use that all the time!
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Connections

Featured in "Futurama: My Three Suns (#1.7)" (1999) See more »