Tippy Terry #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis issue contains two stories featuring child characters in comedic situations. "The Red-Headed Tornado" follows Tippy Terry as he causes destruction while playing with a pop-up target game, shooting objects that destroy adults' belongings and leading to a spanking from an adult who warns that children need discipline. "Little Groucho and Muddler Knows Best" depicts a small character covered in mud who creates chaos at a beauty parlor and dinner party, eventually striking a golf club deal with a man named Harold, which leads to further misadventures and business negotiations between the adults involved.
Little Groucho is itching to sail his toy boat, but the bathtub won't do—so when his father refuses to call a plumber over a simple leaky faucet, the boy decides to take matters into his own hands. What starts as a well-intentioned fix spirals into pure watery chaos, leaving the whole household in hot water.
A fellow sneaks home late from poker night hoping to slip past Ellen undetected, but his dog Whiskers has other ideas about keeping quiet. When a close call with his sleeping household nearly gives him away, a chance encounter with an unexpected family member forces him to think fast.
When a father takes Groucho shopping for a new suit, the boy decides to help speed things along—with disastrous results that involve ice cream, borrowed scissors, and a tailor shop in complete chaos. Groucho's well-meaning attempts to fix his father's suit lead to a chain of mishaps that leave the shopkeepers fuming and the merchandise in tatters. By the time the dust settles, the only thing more ruined than the clothing is the family's shopping experience.
When Harold needs peace and quiet to finish important business work before dinner, he hits on a clever scheme: convincing his rambunctious son Groucho that sentry duty is the most important job a soldier can have. But Groucho takes his new post a little too seriously, and what starts as a harmless distraction quickly spirals into chaos that threatens Harold's big business deal. A hilarious lesson in being careful what you wish for when you're dealing with an enthusiastic kid and a uniform.
When Groucho shows up covered in mud before an important dinner party, his mother drags him along to the beauty parlor to keep him out of trouble—but a mix-up at the salon leads to an ironic twist on what "mudder knows best."
Little Groucho learns a hard lesson about business when he trades his father's golf stick for a frog, then gets inspired to start his own luncheonette—only to have his well-meaning father's advice land them both in hot water with an unexpected visitor. It's a cautionary tale about getting into business for the right reasons, wrapped up with the kind of comedic twist that makes you groan and grin at the same time.
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↩ Reprints Little Groucho #1 (1955)
Reprinted in Tippy Terry #14 (1963)
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