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        Picnic Sabotage

        A child's prank backfires when he sabotages a neighbour's car.

        Amateur film 1958 4 mins Silent

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        Overview

        A suburban father can't shake off a serial child prankster in the neighbourhood as he readies the family car for a picnic outing. This comic cine club sketch replays sight gags and slapstick that are as old as the cinema itself.

        A forty-nine second Lumière film called 'The Sprinkler Sprinkled' (L'Arroseur Arrosé) is the earliest known film comedy and also portrays a child's mischievous practical joke on his elder, its commercial premiere in Paris on 28 December 1895.