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Part three in our series of self-referential animated films, highlighting the medium and savvy characters with knowledge of their pen-and-paper world. We pick up in 1933, covering developments into the next few years, with action from Disney, Fleischer, and Warner Brothers,<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Ride Him, Bosko<\/strong> (Harman-Ising, Looney Tunes<\/em>, 1\/16\/33 – Hugh Harman, dir.) – A typical tale of the old West begins in the town of Red Gulch – where men are men (nine times out of ten). Receptions for those that pass the saloon are befitting of such a community. One gets conked with a whiskey bottle. Another (a dachshund) has his midriff shot out chunk by chunk by a hail of bullets. Cowboy Bosko approaches the saloon swinging doors, cheerily greeting those inside, \u201cHowdy, fellas.\u201d Machine gun fire riddles his hat with bullet holes, after which the playful inhabitants of the establishment cheerily respond back, \u201cHi, Bosko.\u201d Goopy Geer cameos as piano player, downing a house specialty from a tall glass atop the piano – which burns his whole wardrobe to a crisp. Goopy must be that tenth man who isn\u2019t quite a man, as he effeminately shouts, \u201cWhoop\u201d, and sidles off in embarrassment at his partial nudity. Bosko takes over piano duties, with some dancers dancing in recycled animation from \u201cMoonlight For Two\u201d. In a poker player\u2019s hand, two kings, a queen, and a Joker join in vocalizing with Bosko\u2019s tune, until a bullet puts the singing Joker out of commission. Meanwhile, outside in the badlands, the Deadwood stage (free-wheeling) hurtles through the night, carrying a single passenger (Honey) and her trunk. The stage is beset by bandits, who emerge from behind a rock at the side of the road, their leader raising two six-guns as a sign for the coach to stop. But the coach entirely ignores him, passing so fast, the bandit and his guns are sent into a spiraling spin. The bandits are forced to re-mount and give chase. One shot knocks Honey\u2019s trunk off the coach roof, and her wardrobe emerges, making a quick exit for the hills to escape the gunfire. As the coach hits a rock, the stage driver is ejected from his set, sliding down a cactus full of thorny needles, then hopping onto the back of a cattle skeleton, which comes to life and gallops away with the driver. A possible continuity error occurs, as a stranger, rather than the driver, enters the saloon in town to alert Bosko that the stage is being held up. (Where did thus guy learn of these events, since we\u2019ve never seen him before?) In another continuity error, Bosko races outside for his horse, attempting to leap into the saddle, but lands on a hitching post that wasn\u2019t there when Bosko arrived in town, riding the post around a few times in circles before being thrown to the ground. Boski finally gets into the saddle, and takes off after the bandits. In continuity error number three, Bosko\u2019s hat disappears from his head, as the camera pulls back from a panning shot of Bosko galloping along on his horse, to reveal he is on a drawing board, surrounded by the real-life Hugh Harman (there is some dispute here, as Leonard Maltin\u2019s \u201cOf Mice and Magic\u201d claims it is animator Walker Harman), Rudolf Ising, and Norman Blackburn. Rudolf asks the others, \u201cSay, how\u2019s Bosko going to save the girl?\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d, shrugs Blackburn. \u201cWell, we\u2019ve gotta do something\u201d, responds Ising. \u201cLet\u2019s go home\u201d, suggests Harman. \u201cGood idea\u201d, concludes Ising, as everyone reaches for their hats and departs, while Bosko and his mount slow to a stop on their board, with Bosko blinking to the audience as if to say, \u201cWhat just happened?\u201d <\/p>\n
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<\/a>Ride Him, Bosko<\/strong> (Harman-Ising, Looney Tunes<\/em>, 1\/16\/33 – Hugh Harman, dir.) – A typical tale of the old West begins in the town of Red Gulch – where men are men (nine times out of ten). Receptions for those that pass the saloon are befitting of such a community. One gets conked with a whiskey bottle. Another (a dachshund) has his midriff shot out chunk by chunk by a hail of bullets. Cowboy Bosko approaches the saloon swinging doors, cheerily greeting those inside, \u201cHowdy, fellas.\u201d Machine gun fire riddles his hat with bullet holes, after which the playful inhabitants of the establishment cheerily respond back, \u201cHi, Bosko.\u201d Goopy Geer cameos as piano player, downing a house specialty from a tall glass atop the piano – which burns his whole wardrobe to a crisp. Goopy must be that tenth man who isn\u2019t quite a man, as he effeminately shouts, \u201cWhoop\u201d, and sidles off in embarrassment at his partial nudity. Bosko takes over piano duties, with some dancers dancing in recycled animation from \u201cMoonlight For Two\u201d. In a poker player\u2019s hand, two kings, a queen, and a Joker join in vocalizing with Bosko\u2019s tune, until a bullet puts the singing Joker out of commission. Meanwhile, outside in the badlands, the Deadwood stage (free-wheeling) hurtles through the night, carrying a single passenger (Honey) and her trunk. The stage is beset by bandits, who emerge from behind a rock at the side of the road, their leader raising two six-guns as a sign for the coach to stop. But the coach entirely ignores him, passing so fast, the bandit and his guns are sent into a spiraling spin. The bandits are forced to re-mount and give chase. One shot knocks Honey\u2019s trunk off the coach roof, and her wardrobe emerges, making a quick exit for the hills to escape the gunfire. As the coach hits a rock, the stage driver is ejected from his set, sliding down a cactus full of thorny needles, then hopping onto the back of a cattle skeleton, which comes to life and gallops away with the driver. A possible continuity error occurs, as a stranger, rather than the driver, enters the saloon in town to alert Bosko that the stage is being held up. (Where did thus guy learn of these events, since we\u2019ve never seen him before?) In another continuity error, Bosko races outside for his horse, attempting to leap into the saddle, but lands on a hitching post that wasn\u2019t there when Bosko arrived in town, riding the post around a few times in circles before being thrown to the ground. Boski finally gets into the saddle, and takes off after the bandits. In continuity error number three, Bosko\u2019s hat disappears from his head, as the camera pulls back from a panning shot of Bosko galloping along on his horse, to reveal he is on a drawing board, surrounded by the real-life Hugh Harman (there is some dispute here, as Leonard Maltin\u2019s \u201cOf Mice and Magic\u201d claims it is animator Walker Harman), Rudolf Ising, and Norman Blackburn. Rudolf asks the others, \u201cSay, how\u2019s Bosko going to save the girl?\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d, shrugs Blackburn. \u201cWell, we\u2019ve gotta do something\u201d, responds Ising. \u201cLet\u2019s go home\u201d, suggests Harman. \u201cGood idea\u201d, concludes Ising, as everyone reaches for their hats and departs, while Bosko and his mount slow to a stop on their board, with Bosko blinking to the audience as if to say, \u201cWhat just happened?\u201d <\/p>\n