Betty Boop campaigns for Grampy to be the new mayor and he wins. As soon as he takes office, the citizens come out from everywhere to complain and to demand he fix things. Grampy is in his element.
Sound
Mae Questel's voice work, plus that pre-Code musical spontaneity.
Director
Dave Fleischer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This dropped during the Great Depression when 'competent government' was pure fantasy — Grampy's can-do absurdity hit different in 1937.
The Fleischer Studios' 'thinking cap' gag became a recurring trope across multiple shorts, making Grampy the studio's unofficial genius mascot.
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