Hi-Jinx #4

When Lowdown High's athletic fund runs dangerously low, a group of students rallies around a carnival fundraiser—with a tantalizing prize waiting for whoever raises the most money. Tommy and Kitty jump at the chance to compete, but it's Square, the well-meaning if not always sharp student, who ends up at the heart of the operation in ways he never quite expected. This 1947 romp from Hi-Jinx proves that sometimes the real reward isn't the crown—it's knowing you've helped out your school.

A boy who doesn't believe nursery rhymes could come true gets a rude awakening when he punches an old antique chair—and it punches back. When his teacher arrives for an unexpected visit to discuss his behavior at school, the boy strikes a deal with the surprisingly talkative furniture to help him out of a jam, leading to a series of escalating mishaps that blur the line between reality and dream in this rollicking 1947 humor tale from Hi-Jinx. What starts as a simple problem spirals into chaos neither the boy nor his mother could have predicted.

When the gang spots a spectacular super-sundae on a magazine cover, Slim the soda jerk rises to the challenge and decides to craft an even more outrageous creation at the Kitty-Kola, enlisting young Tommy as his assistant. As Slim builds layer after layer of ice cream, syrups, nuts, and toppings into his masterpiece—the "Lunatic's Lulu"—one eager friend loses all self-control and makes off with the prize before anyone else can taste it. What happens when ambition meets appetite makes for a wild chase with a sticky conclusion.

When the Hepcats' late-night singing session gets them spotted by stern Professor Weirdbeard, they discover he's made a list of students wasting time instead of studying—and they're all on it. Desperate to avoid flunking the upcoming Sociology test, one clever member of the group hatches a scheme to save the day using an old test paper from the professor's own student days. What could possibly go wrong when everyone mysteriously gets identical answers?