The Patient Chair

A dental chair is a living being in the Flip the Frog cartoon Laughing Gas (1930), and it’s none too patient with a patient.

It politely invites the walrus to sit down and when the frightened patient refuses, it has to reach off screen, grab him and plunk him down. See how the chair and the hygienist duplicate their actions.



A better “living object” gag comes after the successful tooth surgery when Flip’s cash register demands to be paid.

The cartoon claims it’s “drawn by” Ub Iwerks.