Poppo of the Popcorn Theatre #9
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freePoppo the clown attempts to impress Mr. Laprat with imported canvas paintings, but Laprat discovers they are merely cheap paper and forces Poppo to display them at the theatre. When a man named Buddy arrives at the garage where the paintings are stored, Poppo accidentally causes him to fall and offers him a job. Later, at a party, Poppo performs a juggling act with dishes and tells the story of hunters Max and Joe, who bet that Joe could hunt a lion in Africa; when the lion appears at the tent, it demands the twenty dollars Joe owes him, leading to comedic chaos and broken dishware.
When Poppo borrows a dilapidated car to haul away old furnishings from Mrs. Van Trumpington's house, he catches the eye of Simon Wordsworth Laprat, a smooth-talking art dealer who spots opportunity in the colorful clown. Laprat offers Poppo fifty cents an hour to pose for a portrait while secretly planning to charge Mrs. Van Trumpington a fortune—but the clown may have a few tricks up his oversized sleeve to turn the tables on the conniving expert.
When Poppo pulls a prank on the ornery Simon Wordsworth Laprat involving a fake fireplug and a parking ticket, Laprat threatens to have him arrested—but his threats mask a very different agenda. As the two scheme against each other, Poppo discovers that Laprat's young artist friend Alexis Finstrap may have genuine talent worth sharing with a real expert, setting up a final twist on who's really getting the last laugh.
When Poppo poses for a portrait that earns his conniving acquaintance Simon Wordsworth Laprat a hefty commission, the scheme unravels and Laprat ends up on the losing end of a slapstick encounter at a garage—only to later charm his way into borrowing what he believes is a valuable painting. Bumpy Allen and Officer Jones aren't convinced Laprat's intentions are honest, and when the slippery artist refuses to provide a receipt, tensions escalate into a comedy of crossed signals and accusations that'll leave you guessing who's really been fooled.
When a struggling artist gets cheated out of both his painting and a month's wages by the unscrupulous Mr. Laprat, Poppo steps in to expose the con just as Laprat tries to pass off the stolen work as a genuine Old Master at Mrs. Van Trumpington's New Year's Eve party. What follows is a chaotic New Year's celebration complete with a frantic getaway, a spectacular car crash, and Poppo's irrepressible talent for turning disaster into entertainment.
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