Walter Lantz New Funnies #143
In "The Taxi Terror," Woody’s latest scheme—selling sawdust-stuffed cloth dolls of Andy and Charlie, complete with dollhouses—takes off in a big way, much to Andy’s wary amusement. When a mysterious giant suddenly grabs the kids, mistaking them for mechanical dolls, and offers Woody $2,000 for their cottage, Andy grabs a shovel and heads into the woods with Charlie to dig a hidden dugout. Written by Gaylord Du Bois and illustrated in the classic Lantz style, this 1949 Dell gem delivers a quirky, high-stakes caper with a perfectly timed twist.
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Woody's latest business idea (of which Andy, knowing Woody, is skeptical), to make and sell in all sizes sawdust-stuffed cloth dolls in the likenesses of Andy and Charlie, and dollhouses to go with them, is a big success. Money pours in. Andy waits for the other shoe to drop. It does, when a huge man makes a grab for the kids, mistaking them for mechanical talking dolls, and gives Woody $2,000 for their cottage with them in it, to be delivered! Andy takes a shovel and Charlie into the woods to dig a nice snug dugout to live in, that can't be carried off!
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