The Merry Old Soul is a 1933 animated short film by Walter Lantz Productions, as part of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series.

While the dentist tries to pull out his damaged tooth, news break out of a radio in the shop, reporting that the king is in serious depression and needs to be cheered up.

Other entertainers (caricatures of film comedians Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, and Jimmy Durante[4]) also come in for a similar cause.

Upon noticing the king back in good spirits, the jester grows envious, and decides to take his grudge on one of the entertainers.

The short is available on The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection DVD box set.