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Coo Coo, the Bird Brain #58 (1951)
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Coo Coo receives boxing training from a four-flusher who throws him in the towel and sends him on the road as a training sparring partner. After rough roadwork, Coo Coo is taken to a Mexican pottery shop where he hides inside a jar to escape his trainer. The trainer and an accomplice eventually track him down and plan to make him famous by parading him around town, where they are mobbed by admirers. Later, Coo Coo stumbles upon a hermit in the woods being attacked by a grizzly bear; he rescues the hermit and is rewarded with a favor that proves invaluable when the hermit uses his connections to help Coo Coo escape his exploiters via airplane.