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This is a stop-motion Puppetoon short produced by George Pal. There will be spoilers ahead:

This one's something of a head scratcher. in that it's visually entertaining, but the plot, such as it is, goes nowhere before it ends abruptly and degenerates into slapstick without an ending.

Jasper is minding his own business, playing with a snow globe, when he's spotted by Mr. Scarecrow and the crow. Mr. Scarecrow, mistakenly believing that Jasper is playing with a yo-yo, demands to be given whatever Jasper has. Jasper refuses and becomes combative. Scarecrow swiftly changes tactics, dropping into a sob story about his life, one which becomes more improbable by the second. There are more than a few puns in here, but the story hasn't got much point to it. Aside from a rather inventive running gag involving Father Time, too many of the jokes are forgettable misfires.

What's worse is that there isn't much of an ending. It's almost as though Pal painted himself into a corner, couldn't figure out an ending and just slapped a makeshift ending on. It's really too bad, because the short has possibilities and could have been very good.

This short is included as an extra on both DVD and Blu Ray releases of The Puppetoon Movie and is worth watching. The Blu Ray it's on is particularly good.