01 January 1917 Animated 6 mins
Happy Hooligan is distracted by a spider instead doing his job chopping wood. The spider weaves a web stretching up to heaven so Happy climbs up. God tries to put Happy to work and when he resists he is thrown down to Hell. The devil can't make Happy work either.
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United States 01 January 1917
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