Ghost Town Frolics is a 1938 New Universal Cartoons cartoon.
Plot[]
The ghosts in an abandoned hotel are not happy. They idle away their time getting drunk, playing pinball and slot machines, and collecting their relief checks. What they want is someone to scare. They finally get their opportunity when two chimpanzees and a big, sad-faced dog step inside.
In an abandoned hotel, idle ghosts get drunk, play slot machines and line up for their relief checks. Two chimpanzees and their big, mopey dog venture inside. The ghosts are thrilled at this new opportunity for mischief. A ghostly hand comes out of the wall and snatches Jill, the girl chimp. Jock, the boy chimp, and the dog separate to go look for her. The dog finds a ghostly fire hydrant that changes to a cat. Jock finds a ghost who taunts him with a cowbell and a trumpet. The dog will suffer electric shock from a light fixture and Jock will dodge gunfire from a battleship before they find Jill and make their escape.
Characters[]
- Jock and Jill
- Wrinkle Puss
- Cat
- Ghosts
Availability[]
Universal Matinees: The Ivory-Handled Gun (1999) (VHS)
Notes[]
- Only Halloween-themed cartoon
- Working title: Ghost Town
- The first appearances of Jock and Jill, the Simple Simeons. Jock would appear alone in two more shorts: The Rabbit Hunt (1938) and Soup to Mutts (1939).
- "Simians" is really misspelled as it pertains to the characters' names.
- Incorrectly listed as an Oswald cartoon in Leonard Maltin's Of Mice and Magic
- On VHS tapes have frames on titles and The One-Armed Bandit (1939).
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