Ghost Wanted (1940)

Directed by

Chuck Jones

Genre

animation, comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

8 min

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small inexperienced ghost looks for work haunting houses. He goes to a job interview but ends up getting bullied by a larger ghost.

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What happens

Ghost Wanted is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on August 10, 1940. It features a little ghost (bearing a resemblance to Casper the Friendly Ghost) who is inexperienced at haunting houses and whose "suit/sheets" resemble the typical footy pajamas with the "trap door" that were popular in the era. The little ghost is silent, goes to a haunting job interview and is terrorized by a bigger ghost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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