Martin Taras

The family is decorating their tree when Daddy notices the star his father made is missing. When Billy asks Mommy why this made Daddy sad, she tells him it's because the star was made by his father, their Granddad, who is in Heaven. Jeffy then has a vivid dream about Santa, and asks him in the dream to bring Granddad home from Heaven for Christmas to make Daddy happy again. When Billy learns that Jeffy thinks this really will happen, he is afraid that Jeffy's Christmas will be ruined, since Santa can't do that. Mommy tries to explain why it's not possible to Jeffy after Dolly tells her what Jeffy thinks, but he gets upset and doesn't want to hear it. That night, he gets a visit from Santa, and Granddad.

One summer day, Rosie and her friends, the Nutshell Kids, decide to star in their own movie and each take turns telling each other stories.

A swinging, hypocritical college student cat raises hell in a satirical vision of the 1960s.

Snuffy is drafted. But he's the wrong Smith. He goes through fire and brimstone to reach the commanding general to explain the mistake. Mistaking Snuffy for a draft dodger, two MPs arrest Snuffy and take him to a military base at the North Pole for basic training. As usual, Snuffy and his horse Sparkplug create havoc.

Specs is a little boy who dreams of being president of the United States and turning America into one gigantic amusement park for everyone. But when he considers the speeches and the work of balancing the budget, he forgets the idea, and he's happy just to be president of the little boys' ball club.

Harry Hound is reading "Hot Dog," his favorite magazine, featuring "Bridgit Bardog." His owner gives him orders: "Go out and bring back a fox or out you go." Nearsighted Harry hires a guide to take him on a fox hunt, but the "guide" turns out to be fox who is also a game warden!

Goodie the Gremlin, a visitor from outer space, comes to Earth. The young gremlin wants to be good instead of mean, but the Gremlin Society gets mad at him for it.

Sir Reginald Tweedledum IV has to kill an animal to uphold the family tradition.

Heckle and Jeckle are stuntmen who try to sabotage the screen tests of the studio's newest TV star, Flint Locke, an actor who does all his own stunts.

Melvin the Mouse scares Sidney. Stanley tells Sidney to act like a cat and hate mice.

Heckle and Jeckle set up the "Last Chance Service Station" in the desert...

Sidney is 44 years old and still sucking his thumb, dreaming of having tusks like the other elephants do.

A cameraman on an assignment to Darkest Africa to film wild life finds into the top of the species in Heckel and Jeckel, and they foil all of his efforts and ruin his film.

Baby Huey sees some little ducks playing pirate and wants to join in, but when he jumps on their raft, he sends them flying into the hungry fox's frying pan. Huey accidentally frees them when he jumps onto the fox in his enthusiasm to join them. The fox decides he'd rather pursue the gigantic Huey than the tiny ducklings, and when he overhears Huey wishing he could play pirate, the fox dresses as a pirate aboard a convenient nearby replica pirate ship.

Katnip is trying to catch a really big fish, but is having no success.

His Mama is the only one who love Baby Huey, an overgrown clumsy ugly duckling. The other Mamas and their broods shun him like the plague and make his little life miserable. But when a ferocious fox attacks the barnyard, Huey comes to the rescue of one and all. Huey is a hero basking in his new-found popularity.

Bluto, the daring hot air balloon rider, catches the eye of Olive at a carnival, much to Popeye's chagrin. Bluto manages to make Popeye look bad several times, eventually winning a ring at the ball toss and taking her up in his balloon. Of course, he tries to get fresh with her, and Popeye comes to the rescue with the help of some fireworks. The hot air balloon gets a bit too hot, putting Olive in even more danger.

Herman, the city-slicker mouse (looking like a cross between James Cagney and Lee Tracy) visits his barn-mice cousins in the country.

Popeye is taking Olive on a boat ride when she spots a pirate ship. They are soon captured, and Popeye has to rescue Olive from the (initially charming) pirate captain. He tries tricks, like dressing in drag, but until the spinach, no luck. Fortunately, a passing swordfish reading a Popeye comic book recognizes him and feeds him the spinach on the comic cover.

Lulu's father, wishing to relive his days as a boyscout and to help Lulu get into the girlscouts, takes his daughter on a camping trip.What follows is hysterical.

Popeye and Olive are at the rodeo, starring Badlands Bluto. Olive is impressed by Bluto's stunts, many of them designed to make Popeye look bad. Dynamite, the bronco that's never been ridden busts out and Popeye, seeing his chance, downs some spinach and manages an impressive series of tricks, culminating in firing a bullet at Bluto and lassoing it just in time. Bluto's had enough, and he substitutes loco weed for Popeye's spinach, then challenges him to throw the bull. Popeye's fried brain sees the bull as a beautiful woman; he tries to dance with it. The bull throws Popeye against the box where Bluto is now sitting and throws the remaining loco weed into Bluto's open mouth; he sees Olive as a bull and grabs her. He tries to brand her; her cries of help arouse Popeye, who pulls out a fresh can of spinach and goes to work.

Olive is building a house when the boys happen by. They show off a bit to convince her to let them build her house for her. She decides to split the job in half by splitting the blueprints in half and having each build one side of the house. Of course, "cooperation" isn't in their vocabulary. Bluto does an extremely sloppy job on his half, and also takes every opportunity to either sabotage Popeye or trick him into doing more work. Meanwhile, Popeye's making enough of his own mistakes, many of which seem to involve wedging Olive into small bent pipes. Eventually, Popeye has his spinach and finishes the house, but the house collapses as they are celebrating with a kiss.