- A magician seeks revenge against an opera singer for refusing to let him perform his magic act. He then devises what he thinks is a clever plan to enact his revenge with some hilarious results.
- A magician is spurned by an opera singer, and takes a spectacular revenge by replacing the conductor and turning the hapless tenor into one thing after another. And watch out for the hair that gets caught in the projector gate!—Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
- Mysto the Magician enters a stage door, and heads to the dressing room of the Great Poochini to get a job as his opening act. Using his magic wand, he produces a pot of flowers and a pair pf rabbits, but instead of getting offered second billing, he is booted into the alley. Seeing the poster of Poochini's performance that night, Mysto decides to use his wand to get back at the singer for rejecting him.
At the performance, the conductor takes the podium, but Mysto interrupts the intro, levitates him into the pit to steal his wig, nose with mustache and glasses, and the conductor's outfit, and takes his place. The clueless Poochini begins his recitation of the famous aria "Largo Al Factotum" from Rossini's "Barber of Seville," and Mysto uses his wand like a conductor's baton to begin his plot of revenge.
First, Poochini finds flowers in his hand, which he discards, then the two rabbits appear in each hand: when he thrusts his arms behind his back and raises them again, they have grown into a family, with twelve youngsters taking up both arms! He pulls his pocket hankie, which comes out in a string of scarves, and the end is attached to his trousers, which he pulls off. He continues singing, suddenly finds he is wearing a ballet tutu, then becomes a native American Indian, a tennis player, a convict in stripes and a football player in rapid costume changes. Mysto throws a cymbal, which lands on Poochini's head and turns him into a stereotypical oriental, and his aria momentarily becomes a nonsensical Chinese-style song. Mysto then turns him into a country cowboy singer, and Poochini finds himself unwillingly playing guitar as he does a quick rendition of "My Darling Clementine."
Back to his normal appearance, Poochini continues his aria, but Mysto levitates him and sends him crashing back to the stage, and the rabbits reappear in his hands. He resumes singing once more but interrupts himself momentarily to pluck a hair jiggling in the corner of the screen (a classic sight gag) after Mysto turns him into a square dance caller. Next Poochini morphs into a youngster in a blue sailor suit, holding a balloon which expands and explodes as he sings "A Tisket, A Tasket" in a child's voice.
In the stage right box, an angry audience member throws a bundle of fruit at Poochini, which lands on his head, and he becomes a version of Carmen Miranda, singing with accompaniment by the rabbits. The heckler then aims his fountain pen and squirts ink at Poochini, hitting his face, and he becomes a crooner like the Ink Spots and launches into a soulful song. The heckler hurls an anvil, and squishes Poochini into a shorter singer, his voice becoming gravelly as a rabbit ratchets him, using his arm like a jack, back to normal size.
He is nearing the end of the aria as he turns into a Pacific Islander and his song becomes the "Hawaiian War Chant" with the rabbits again providing dance and vocal backup. Suddenly Mysto finds his wig coming loose, and Poochini spots the fraud. Mysto tries to escape, but Poochini commandeers the wand and puts the hapless magician onstage to endure a rapid-fire recap of the various transformations until the curtain crashes down on Mysto and the rabbits, ending the show.
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