Ozzie and Babs #12

Ozzie dreams of becoming a jockey after cousin Melville sends him a riding outfit, leading to a series of mishaps as he practices on the furniture around the house. When Melville arrives as a houseguest, he decides to help train the eager young rider—though Mr. Phil Turner's patience wears increasingly thin. This lighthearted romp by Warren Kremer finds Ozzie caught between his jockey ambitions and his father's exasperation in a tale full of physical comedy and unexpected turns.

Algernon wreaks havoc around the house with his new atomic dissolver gun, destroying clocks left and right until Mr. Fred Forester chases him into hiding. When Algernon finally attempts to surrender, a series of slapstick mishaps ensues—including getting his head stuck in a grandfather clock—that leaves the whole house in disarray. Mrs. Edna Forester suggests her frustrated husband take the boy to the movies to smooth things over, leading to an ironic twist when they arrive at the theater.

When Babs decides to try Mademoiselle Drizzlepuss's famous fruit and vegetable beauty treatment on herself and Midge, the messy facial concoction quickly spirals into chaos—especially when Mr. Forester arrives home and discovers banana peels on the stairs. As the family prepares to welcome Mr. Berrens and his distinguished guest, the ironic truth about the beauty authority becomes impossible to ignore.

When a parking ticket lands Mr. Percival Prattle in hot water, his son Dip turns to his quick-thinking pal Ozzie Turner to find a legal loophole and set things right. What starts as a trip to lawyer Mr. Open Forum quickly spirals into an increasingly elaborate scheme involving borrowed law books, a surprisingly convincing dummy, and an emergency phone call that catches everyone—including Ozzie—in its aftermath. This 1949 romp from *Ozzie and Babs* shows just how far two teens will go to help a friend, even when their clever plan has a way of backfiring spectacularly.

Babs heads to the beach where a new lifeguard has arrived—and suddenly all the girls are eager to get wet! When the lifeguard announces he'll only dance with whoever creates the most original dance steps, Babs and her friends compete to win his attention, but not everyone plays fair. This 1949 comedy romp shows that sometimes the best moves happen off the dance floor.

Dick's got a bone to pick with his friend after a disastrous blind date at Glenwater High School—and he's not holding back his complaints about the girl's appearance. In this quick comic bit from "New Wrinkle," the two friends trade increasingly absurd insults that escalate into pure visual comedy.