LT001 Sinkin' In The Bathtub (May, 1930)

[TheOtherAlien]

First video I've seen with over 10,000 views and NO DISLIKES! Good on ya!

[anonUK]

This is a much better cartoon than the "Cool Cat" effort which was the final WB. There's nothing worse than a kiddie's cartoon trying to conform with a teen's idea of what's cool and failing miserably. Yes, Bosko is black and stereotypically so- there's no getting round that.

This cartoon only looks formulaic because so many cartoons have been produced since which followed a similar formula- glimpses of toilet and kissing apart (not for kids under the Hays Code!)

[mexicanisspectacula3]

ithink the ghost kid wants to see this show

[andrewmente]

Not as polished as the Looney Tunes to follow, but very nostalgic.

[MakisOrtega]

81 years old

[gnikcohs]

Looney Tunes 001 and Bosko 002. I think his DNA is 50% Mickey Mouse and 50% black. Mickey, Felix, Bosko, many of the early greats were black ink characters, but making Bosko human (although some people have claimed he's a dog or even a monkey) was a great idea. And if he is human there is no way he is anything but black. He's a wonderful character anyway you look at it.

[IbarraBros1969]

this is the first cartoon sinking in the bathtub with our old friend bosko from 1930 and the last one was injun trouble with Cool Cat in 1969 nearly 40 years of pure looney tunes

[Hagashager]

racism aside, after having spent the past day watching old disney cartoons from this same era (late 1920s-1930s) it's pretty obvious that all cartoons followed the same plot structure. manipulation of the character's world in the beginning, a song and dance routine with protagonists lover followed by a contrived dilemma where protagonist must save his lover. Replace Bosko and the other girl with Mickey and Minnie and it's in no way shape or form different. there was a lack of originality.

[Hagashager]

to those of you saying this is racist. Is Bosko officially regarded as a black person? even if he is, I don't see how his behavior is racist. Yes, the caricature is indeed a bit racist (big lips, monkey-like structure, Mullato inflections) Behavriorally though, there's nothing obscenely racist. in the context of his world he's behaving sanely, there's no definite intonation that he's dumb or regarded as beneath anoher race or creature. The antics are exactly as any cartoon of that era.

[muskieoutdoors]

why does bosko have two bathtubs? in the same room?

[77norcross]

MAMMY!

[ForeverKokiri]

Are you guys SURE Bosko and Honey were supposed to be black characters by this point? Because Honey isn't wearing a shirt... you'd think someone would have complained about a human character not wearing a shirt back then.

[istvanism]

ima get that bitch some bubbles...bitches love bubbles



[dil007britt]

It would be funny to see whiey and riad runner run past the car

[6891man]

That goat in the title card is creepy looking - if that's supposed to be a goat...

[AADudley]

I consider Bosko a monkey to retain the innocence of my childhood.

[03mrx]

@AADudley Sure, if you don't consider the MGM's revamped version of Bosko as he real Bosko (In the MGM shorts, he really looks like a black boy)

[McSTABLER]

old but i like it

[saictrue9016]

esta es la temporada mas exajerada de los looney toones

[iwillrocknroll4eva]

Great old cartoons! Loved it!

[knuclear2010]

I keep thinking that no one can make cartoons like this anymore, and i don't mean the "retro is waaay better" part. I mean, every time I see an homage to an old, early 20th century cartoon, they never seem to try to emulate this specific style of animation. As if it cannot be taught or current animation technology is so advanced that it just can't be done.

[EctoPhantasmagoria]

@knuclear2010 I'm not sure why either. But the whole noodle-y no-joints look to the bodies is still a popular way to cartoon things, like in PowerPuff Girls, and One Piece, for instance. Some of my faves. :3 Obviously a lot of things are carried over from the old days, but most in only very subtle ways.

[BaronKrool]

I always thought Bosko was a monkey.

I had no idea he was supposed to be a blackface caricature.

[pauletteking]

@BaronKrool bosko's not blackface in bosko the doughboy they show what he'd look like as blackface but here he's not

[BaronKrool]

@pauletteking His original debut before becoming the first Looney Tune. Just titled "Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid." Just find it on youtube (It's actually in one of the related videos to this page) to see that he was very much intended to be a blackface caricature. After that cartoon they changed his way of speaking into a Mickey Mouse style falsetto for whatever reason.

[TheGeneralCritic]

I'm watching this and wondering when, exactly, I took a hit of LSD.

[AntiVenom36]

Bosko could be a chimp. He can't be a monkey because monkeys have tails, but chimps do not and Bosko don't have a tail that make him a chimp.

[chololatecake13]

wow I love this cartoon! I love 2 watch old cartoon episodes they are more fuuny than the ones we have now!!!!!

[nightowl1000a]

lol 

[TheEverythingMan62]

this cartoon reminds me of an old disney cartoon, probably because it was the first looney tunes cartoon

[Airdemon2100]

@TheEverythingMan62 well all cartoon were like that back then it was until the late 40 and 50's where disney changed it style and give characters personality

[todaypompeii]

They showed a toilet onscreen (barely). Must have been scandalous

[Sillyrhino2]

@todaypompeii That they showed a toilet is the best indication that the cartoon is pre-Hayes Code. A few years later, it would not have been allowed!

[deadnbloody6]

I love how, back then, almost everything suddenly came to life and started dancing c:

[kawrght]

bosko ended in 1933 with a surprise one off in 1990, bugs made his 1st in 1938's porkys hare hunt as a proto,and daffy one year behind in 1937 in porkys duck hunt,sylvester in 1945(life with feathers, it wasnt until 2 years later that he met tweety),elmer in 1951,(egghead rides again)

[Krisbcream1]

How long was Boska in Looney Tunes?

[kawrght]

@Krisbcream1 he was the very first looney tune, and would continue that way until the creators had a dispute and the one that owned bosko left warner brothers, in 1933, once in the 1990s on tiny toon adventures as the vaultkeeper,.he was a landmark in animation history as it included the first syncronised speech(cartoons where silent beforehand)in hiscartoons. in his time he and his films rivalled even mickey the mouse. secret note, Porky pig although one of the most recognised, was only the 3rd

[juggalomafia1]

there were no laughs back then all it was.....

HMMMM on the contrary

[Christhefireshark]

Much as this sucks, compare the animation to today's! Problem, outsourced Korean animation?

[pelida77]

Clearly influenced by Oswald rabbit: Trolley Troubles (1927) and Mickey's Choo Choo (1929) Both by Disney.

- The floor is used as a piano.

- The car and the train both have personalitys

- The cow over the road.

- The engine is having trouble climbing a mound.

It's almost an assault!

[muybridge54]

@pauletteking: Do you even know what you're talking about? Felix the Cat never wore gloves; so how could Disney 'steal' that particular convention from Pat Sullivan and "ruin Felix's career"? You claim that if not for Felix, other studios wouldn't have existed. What about Max Fleischer? Paul Terry? John Bray? These men were the real pioneers... Pat Sullivan basically took all the credit for creating Felix the Cat, when in fact Otto Messmer was the real creative force behind that character.

[pauletteking]

@muybridge54 gloves don't mean nothing. mickey didn't have gloves in like what three shorts. and disney did steal that style from the creators of felix the cat. i mean you're right the artists drew him so i agree with you on that note. but mickey did ruin felix's career. cuz when mickey showed up felix's popularity plummeted. i know this

[veemonjosh]

Heh, I recognize a number of these gags from the Oswald shorts. I mean, it does make sense, the guys behind this did work on Oswald.

[zamehere11]

man this was so simple yet so perfect

[xombie25]

crotch harmonica

[meetredmeat]

That goat made a dick move. Poor Bosko!

[pauletteking]

i like how original bosko looks. but when they gave him gloves it pissed me off cuz wasn't the point in the white sleeves supposed to be so he wouldn't need gloves. they are gloves i know as a fact. but when they gave him gloves i thought great here we go with disney again. and disney stole this style from pat sullivan studios and ruined felix's career. even though i don't really like felix if not for him other studios at that time wouldn't have existed and the chars. today wouldn't either.

[Ectoshocker]

The tub have wasted some perfectly good toilet papers. Also Bosko have left his shower head on when left he left the house. Waste of water. Not good for the environment. Also his house will be flooded when he gets back home and he will also get a huge water bill by the mail.

[TheBossdogg22]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nelzdospellz]

what r they supposed to be?

[TheLando71]

@nelzdospellz i'm guessin monkeys....



[hamish13592]

@nelzdospellz Sadly, this is how cartoonists of the 20's and 30's drew black people. However, we must always look at things through the context of time period, and compared to other caracatures this wasn't that bad, especially considering he is shown here to be sympathetic and likable, and in later cartoons he gets to beat up on white villains.

[Arzamol5]

@hamish13592 Are you sure he's not just a monkey? Notice, the face isn't black, just the rest of the skin, indicating that it's black fur. Think of Mickey, Goofy, Oswald, and Felix: They were painted black except for their faces, but I doubt they were intended to be black caricatures.

[qwertypoopbath]

@Arzamol5 he was the black ink kid. thats his name. its Bosko the Black-Ink kid.

[MasterWaveXL7]

if reality worked like that, i'd be shittin' bricks... 0_o

[boggy32]

absolutely great :)

[rocketson00]

gracias por el video estaba muy chistoso



[benhalperin011793]

Damn This shit's Sexy!

[MetalShadowX]

I find it impressive that something made over 70 years ago still looks uncliched by today's standards.

[mialoveswtk]

that cow is freaking hilarious

[cumulo25]

The animation is simply amazing!

[MediaHoax]

The creator of this was soooooo high ! This is just too funny LOL!

[frizbaloid]

MAMMY!

[isetmfriendsofire]

4:19

How inappropriate!

XD

[SparkyMK3]

I like how he magically spawns sleeves on his arms when he passes through the window.

[SteveCarras]

Uh oh../the theme "Hot time in the old town Tonite" here contradicts my posting something on the comments form for "Bosko the Doughboy".

[heroooo1980]

6:08 hhhhhhhhhhhh weman doesnt chang

[youtubbs67]

0:51 I guess it is true what George Costanza said, the design of toilet paper has never changed.

[rotflolzorz133t]

I bet Bosko has high water bills.

[MikeCort2]

Now we know why these creatures went extinct, neither of them have reproductive organs. Also, he left the shower on. I guess they didn't need to conserve water in the 1930's.

[TheSouthernGentleman]

@MikeCort2 this was a time when gas cost 5 cents, I don't they conserved anything. 

[dandaman62]

Excellent! An it's good to see the original opening as well

[SpiffySpider]

lol Tiptoe by the window @ 4:35

[nastyfukker]

so....mickey is a cartune mouse, porky a pig,  & bosko, an animated negrow?

[chretiendutroyes]

Gotta love the dancing at 4:19

[DSilkFilms]

who needs drugs when you have 1930's cartoons to fuck you up :)

[lbrown21494]

@jayz146

a cartoon

[JTHMBirdGuy777]

Bosko is definitely a black man, no doubt about it. They changed his voice later on, though.

[Nuklearbadger]

Dude what the FUCK. Did anybody else just hear him say Mammy at 6:53?? This is a goddamn minstrel show cartoon! That's not a bear, that's a black guy.

[gkchvh]

if you showed this today people would complain about racism and wasting water. I guess they make good points, but still.

[jayz146]

what is bosko supposed to be.

[gkchvh]

@jayz146 A person

[Sailorsega]

@jayz146 He looks like a mokey

[Sailorsega]

@jayz146 Monkey*

[rrpauldoran]

That's awesome!!!!!!!!!

[VinylShellacLover]

Dude!! I've never seen the opening title card to a Bosko cartoon before now! I got into studying old cartoons 20 years ago and was stuck with what Nickelodian butchered and put on the screen. Fantastic! This is why I come to YouTube...

[jonyjon98]

To think, that certain cartoons (with gun violence) replaced the old-cartoon humor featured in this cartoons..... I liked the gun-related cartoons better.

[MacDragard]

Can you imagine watching this in a theater with a bunch of guys wearing dress suits and fedora hats and a bunch of women wearing dresses and heavy makeup?

[MWolfL]

@MacDragard Sort of...except I can't imagine me in heavy makeup. Maybe a dress as long as it isn't too frilly (I'm a tomboy).

[TheSouthernGentleman]

@MacDragard Wadda you takin about, I do that all the time.

[Jennyy51495]

@MacDragard Omg I can only imagine

[heavyboxes]

So good. The dancing tub spanks itself!

Totally genius.

[ThunderMage]

Wow. That was messed up, but I love it!