The Impractical Joker

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The Impractical Joker
Betty Boop series
Directed by Dave Fleischer
Animation by Frank Endres
Thomas Johnson
Voices by Mae Questel
Jack Mercer as Irving (uncredited)
Produced by Max Fleischer
Distributed by Paramount Studios
Release date June 18, 1937
Format Black-and-white, 7 mins
Language English
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The Impractical Joker is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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.

Jack Mercer (the voice of Popeye) provides the voice for Irving.