Fawcett's Funny Animals #80

When Uncle Fogety's forgetfulness puts the kibosh on plans to keep him out of the house, Bobby Bantam and Beep scramble to salvage their surprise party—dodging obstacles and Uncle Fogety himself at every turn. This tale of well-meaning chaos shows just how tricky it is to throw a surprise for someone who can't remember anything, including when his own birthday actually is.

Champ the chimp stumbles upon a pile of bones he's convinced are a prehistoric discovery—his ticket to fame and recognition like the celebrated explorer Admiral Fish. But when he rushes his find to the museum, a pair of well-meaning modern art enthusiasts mistakes the skeleton for avant-garde sculpture and whisks it away to their gallery instead, setting off a chain of mishaps that unravels Champ's dreams of glory in the most humbling way possible.

Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel strike a deal over a trunk of old greeting cards, but when Teddy finds a way to turn them into profit, Skeezel hatches a scheme to reclaim them—one that takes an unexpectedly charitable turn. Sometimes the best deals are the ones that go completely sideways.

When Gopher arrives late to work at Mole's excavation company, he takes a dangerous shortcut across an old ridge to make up time—only to trigger a landslide that buries him beneath tons of earth. Mole springs into action with his steam shovel and rallies the forest folk to mount a rescue, though the machine's worn rubber-band treads test everyone's patience during the operation. It's a tale of woodland mishap and community cooperation from the pages of 1953's Fawcett's Funny Animals.

Hoppy the rabbit helps a young field mouse with her groceries and incurs the wrath of Rocky Raccoon, who mistakenly believes Hoppy is trying to steal his girl—leading to a series of increasingly comedic misunderstandings as Hoppy desperately tries to prove his innocence. Caught between Rocky's jealous fists, Phoebe's kindness, and his own schemes to set things right, Hoppy finds himself tangled up in romantic mix-ups that only make matters worse. By the time the dust settles, he's learned a hard lesson about jumping to conclusions—and ends up the one paying the price.