What folk tale character is a young Chinese lad who is tricked into trying to retrieve a magic lamp from a booby trapped cave?
A Lad an' a Lamp A Lad an' a Lamp A Lad an' a Lamp is a 1932 "Our Gang" short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 119th (32nd talking episode) "Our Gang" short that was released. The film has been criticized as containing racist humor. Fascinated by the story of Aladdin and his magic lamp, the gang gather together with several gasoline and kerosene lamps and lanterns and a few electric lamps hoping that by rubbing them vigorously, a genie will appear. Thanks to a series of coincidences—not least of which involves a friendly stage magician—the kids become convinced that
A-Lad-In His Lamp are otherwise familyless and friendless figures. For all the menace of their weapons (often swords), they are inept in using them and easily manipulated by the "Western hero" Bugs. Also lacking are depictions of diligence and productivity in the Middle East, thus portraying the Middle East as being a cultural backwater, unaffected by modernity. A-Lad-In His Lamp A-Lad-In His Lamp is a 1948 Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and featuring the Genie and Caliph Hassan Pfeffer who is after Bugs and the Genie in his lamp. The voices of Bugs Bunny and Caliph Hassan Pfeffer are voiced