Battling Bosko
About Battling Bosko
Bosko trains for a bout by kicking his punching bag, which then knocks him off his chair. Honey hears a radio announcer mock his chances against the champion, Gas House Harry, who punches an anvil for practice. At the arena an ostrich referee rings the bell with a cat's tail. Harry floors Bosko in one punch. Bosko later lands a blow that makes the ship tattooed on Harry's chest sink. When the count starts, Honey and the dog Bruno race to the ring, and Bosko comes to with "Aw, hot dang!"
Cast & crew
More about Battling Bosko
Hugh Harman directed the eighteenth Bosko Looney Tune. Frank Marsales was musical director. Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, and Leon Schlesinger produced it. Warner Bros. released it on 22 January 1932. A Wikimedia copy runs 6 minutes 48 seconds. Some of the animation was reused in MGM's Bosko's Parlor Pranks (1934).
Themes
Making
Harman and Ising were still making Bosko for Leon Schlesinger's Warner release. The fight is built as a parody broadcast, with Honey listening at home before she runs to the stadium.
Music
Frank Marsales directed the music. Honey and Bosko scat together over the telephone, and her piano joins in.
Preservation
The short survives. A copy on Wikimedia Commons runs 6 minutes 48 seconds.
Notes
- The ring announcer is Graham Cracker, a parody of the sports broadcaster Graham McNamee.
- Gas House Harry trains by hitting an anvil. His tiny handlers cheer.
- Johnny Murray and Rochelle Hudson are the credited voices.
- Fans arrive packed into trolleys.
- Bosko's manager fans him and sprays him with water until Bosko tells him to stop.
Scenes
- The ostrich referee starts the fight by ringing the bell with a cat's tail.
- Bosko's punch makes the ship tattooed on Harry's chest sink.
- Honey and Bruno reach the ring while the count is still going.
Influenced
- Bosko's Parlor Pranks (1934)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Battling Bosko.ogg)
Quotes
Aw, hot dang!
