The Cure

Max Fleischer has a toothache and so does Fitz. Max leaves Koko in charge of Fitz the dog while he goes to the dentist. Koko assumes the role of Dentist in the cartoon dimension, and attends to Fitz. He sees Fitz's "eye" too looking all around at random. He says "That eye tooth needs to be capped." So he puts a little golfers cap on the tooth. Another patient comes in needing a brige, so he places a miniature suspension brige in the gap, complete with traffic. Giddy with power, Koko makes his way to the office of Max's dentist and turns the Nitrose Oxide up to full blast. Not only is Max feeling happy, but the gas suddenly leaks out into the entire room, making inanimate objects such as a deer head, typewriter, cuckoo clock, car, and the exterior of the building anthropromorphise into lauging faces. This short is interesting for three reasons. First, it is the precusor to the concept in KOKO THE BARBER using Koko as a dentist. But this time he is helpful instead of destructive. Next, the negative for the sequence with Max in the dentist's chair would be cut into a later issue, KOKO'S THANKSGIVING. Lastly, the Laughing Gas gag would be reused in Koko's last screen appearance in the BETTY BOOP cartoon,HA-HA-HA! (1934).