Jack Miller

Another entry in the "books come alive" subgenre, with possibly more books coming alive than any other.

A barker guides us through a sideshow, a menagerie, and on to the big top, for a series of typical Avery gags. For example, the trapeze artists, the Flying Cadenzas, literally fly; the lion puts his head in the tamer's mouth; and the human cannonball flies around the world. (imdb)

The Pink Panther opens a corn vending stand adjacent to his vast corn field, which is invaded by a tenacious pair of crows who begin devouring the panther's corn. When the panther places a scarecrow next to the field, the crows remove the clothes from the scarecrow and pose as a customer to sample the corn at the Pink Panther's stand. (imdb)

It's ice skating time. After a few generic ice-skating gags, we get to the main story. An animal falls through the ice, and a pig doing W.C. Fields (W.C. Squeals, apparently) calls for help from a Saint Bernard dog. The dog dispenses a drink, and Squeals begins scheming to get some himself. (imdb)

"Bars and Stripes Forever" portrays a not-so-gritty prison full of gags. (imdb comments)

A picnic; no humans in sight. Both the red and black ant colonies spot it at the same time. Their scouts get into a fight over the first olive, and of course you know, this means war. The war features such gags as limburger stink bombs, commando raids on the cake, and a bucket brigade building a sandwich. But the human returns, gathering up everything but one cake. The generals get into another fight trying to divide it. (imdb)

It's amateur night at the local theatre, and a procession of bad acts comes and goes: various musicians, a magician, and some actors. But they keep getting interrupted by Egghead singing "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain". (imdb)

A tour of the waters near a South Sea island, introducing us to the various kinds of marine life, including the pickled herring... (imdb)

Swenson the baker is down to a single donut in his shop, which he willingly gives to a blind man who comes in... (imdb)

At the hobo hotel, it's morning. One hobo awakens, and carefully avoids the shower, except for a drop on each eye... (imdb)

Jack Bunny (a spoof of Jack Benny) invites Hollywood celebrities to his Malibu house for a party. (imdb)

Momma's singing "Three Little Kittens" with her brood, but Blackie thinks it's for sissies and he'd rather listen to crime dramas on the radio... (imdb)

A dog thinks he is being chased by small pink elephants, and goes to the hospital. While Porky is working on medication, the pink elephants find him and cause havoc. Porky finally gives him some medication, that only works temporarily, but then sees them again. He rushes back in and is once again ill. (imdb)

Duke Ellington at the piano conducts a group of puppet perfume bottles playing his "Perfume Suite." (imdb)

Woody Herman spins a fairy tale about how his Woodchopper Grandpappy Herman chopped the wood necessary to form the clarinet Woody inherited and uses. Grandpappy formed it and put out magical enchanting sounds like the Pied Piper.