The Impractical Joker
The Impractical Joker is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop.[1] Pinto Colvig (the voice of Goofy) provides the voice for Irving.[2]
| The Impractical Joker | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
| Produced by | Max Fleischer |
| Starring | Mae Questel Jack Mercer Pinto Colvig |
| Animation by | Frank Endres Thomas Johnson |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | June 18, 1937 |
Running time | 6 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
Betty Boop is baking a cake, when Irving the practical joker comes for a visit. Betty becomes the victim of such pranks as shaking a false hand and getting squirted in the face. Betty calls on Grampy for help, and he quickly rigs his apartment to counteract Irving's pranks and send him on his way. Irving gets the last laugh, when Grampy lights the candle on the cake. Irving replaced the candle with a firecracker before he left.
In other media
A short clip from this cartoon can be seen in the opening credits of the Futurama episode "My Three Suns".
Some clips of the redrawn colorized version were used in the compilation Betty Boop For President: The Movie (1980).
References
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- Full cast and crew at the IMDb.
External links
- The Impractical Joker at IMDb
- The Impractical Joker on Youtube.
- The Impractical Joker on archive.org.
- The Impractical Joker at the Big Cartoon Database.