He hired the premises, drew stage curtains and designs, and wrote pieces for the hero of Schmid's shows, Kasperl Larifari, a descendant of Hans Wurst and all the classical comic figures in traditional European puppetry.

Pocci combined comic features of the Punch and Judy shows with fantastic elements of the traditional fairy tales to create social farces aimed at enlightening and amusing children.

[5] He was also responsible for drawing illustrations for collections of fairy tales by Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Andersen.

Figures from his productions of The Fat Gentleman and The Serenade are still in existence today, and his best known stories The Stranger Child: A Legend and The Nutcracker Dwarf are still in wide circulation.

Faculty Professors Here stand the University chaps, In their grand official gowns and caps; And thinks full sure, each learned elf: