Summary
In a whimsical world of nursery antics, Jackie and Tom, two mischievous assistants, orchestrate chaos at a local childcare facility. Equipped with an automated bathing and dressing machine, as well as cubby-holes for each infant, their duties are plentiful. However, their pranks on the next-door Mayor prompt him to temporarily relocate to Restwell Springs. Undeterred, Jackie and Tom follow, accompanied by a few rambunctious babies, and resume their troublemaking. The Mayor's attempts to thwart them culminate in a series of hilarious mishaps, including a hornet's nest substitution at a council meeting and a bear skin ruse. When a real bear appears, the Mayor and sanitarium guests are sent into a frenzy, and Jackie and Tom narrowly escape with the help of their dashund-o-mobile.
Synopsis
Jackie and Tom are assistants in a nursery. Their job is to take care of the babies which tired mothers leave there while doing their shopping. Their duties are numerous, for the nursery is equipped with cubby-holes in which each baby is stored and a machine which bathes and dresses the infants. -The Mayor lives next door to the nursery and the noise and the tricks which Jack and Tom play on him annoys him so that he decides to spend the rest of the summer at Restwell Springs. Hardly has he become settled there before the nursery forces, accompanied by a few of the babies, arrive on the scene. Jack and Tom don't lose any time in starting mischief. Finally the Mayor in desperation calls the council together and proposes an ordinance prohibiting babies being born under twenty years of age. Their deliberations are interrupted by the kids, who have succeeded In substituting a hornet's nest for a roast and the hornets successfully break up the meeting. The Mayor chases the kids into the woods. Determined on revenge they procure a bear skin and attempt to frighten the Mayor who sees through the trick and lays for them with his cane. But a real bear emerges from the woods and chases the Mayor back to the hotel. The sick guests of the sanitarium suddenly regain their health and discard wheelchairs and crutches in a wild scramble for safety. The bear follows and soon clears out the hotel. Jackie and Tom are enjoying the fun hugely when the bear catches sight of them. They climb into their daschund-o-mobile but the dog refuses to pull until he sees the bear headed for them and then he dashes off down the road at express-train speed.
Review Excerpt
"body { background-color: #000; color: #fff; }Goat Getters, a film of unbridled whimsy, unfurls as a series of intricately woven misadventures, pitting the ingenuity of two nursery assistants, Jackie and Tom, against the exasperated Mayor. Their playground, a nursery equipped with an automated bathing and dressing machine, as well as cubby-holes for each infant, becomes a hotbed of creative pranks and mayhem.The film deftly balances humor and chaos, as Jackie and Tom's antics gradually escalate, ..."
