Bosko says a dirty word?

[LachrymoseIntolerant]

He's saying "punk." The biggest clue is in how they animate his mouth. When animating the "F" sound, the lower lip touches the bottom of the top teeth (watch Bosko saying "That's all, folks!" at the end of another cartoon). For the "P" sound, both lips touch clean together -- as they do here.

[ACluelessKid]

I don't hear a "x" at all. It doesn't sound like "fox" - that's probably just censoring.

[recon24d]

beats the hell out of the PC bullshit that passes for cartoons these days

[quizmaster85]

I definitely heard "fox". The only reason being that it sounded more like an O-type sound.

[BDF5K]

"That dirty Bach?"

[Rubberman202]

Since when was "fuck" a noun?  I thought it was a verb!

[mp01juve]

@Rubberman202 well it can be a noun. like as in who gives a fuck?

[RingoandCarlin]

At first I thought he said dirty dolt, but it sounds a lot now like he said dirty folk

[PrimeofPerfection]

I hear "Punk" when I listen

[Buncheman]

Sounds to me like he's saying "punk."

[SuperDuperHighMe]

I don't think he said fuck cuz the sound quality of the 1930s is nothing like what we have today

[riffwraith85]

he might be saying that dirty punk but i'll damned if he's not saying that dirty fuck

[mp01juve]

@riffwraith85 i heard fuck then when i saw some of the comments i heard it as punk.

[whitedwarf13]

THE DIRTY FOCK!

[movieman95]

There's a definite "K" sound at the end of that line. Haha he said FUCK!

[TheEscapedBalloon]

"Fox" ends with a "k"?

That's one squeaky accent then.

[CartoonCookie93]

And if you've been to GAC, this year the pose/expression where Bosko supposedly says the F-bomb is on two entries of the Ugly Public Domain Video Cover contest.

[Christhefireshark]

2 people are dirty f**ks.

[Supermike6]

"Muck"?

[Shmeepazoid]

um yeah.... i think he said it

[MaxRebo120]

That dirty fawk!

[ChiuahuaTubeALT]

Bosko Thinks Foxy Is One Dirty Fawk!

[perfectionless]

Holy Sh*t!!

This is why Old Cartoons are WWWWAAAAYYYYY better than the crap they're showing now

[Joemamma69000]

Porky Pig the first cartoon character to swear

Bosko the first cartoon to accidentally "swear" miss pronouncing "fox"

[H2OYoshi]

umm. that dirty folk!

[SuperSpaceGirlTV]

I think he said "Hawk".

[Troopertk421]

That dirty COCK! lol

[PakarRhoy]

The word is f*ck, but to avoid issues, in the DVD release the captions say it's "fox". In the television showing, they actually went to replace the word. If I remember right, the word used was "cur".

[RockmanNeka2]

And then the censors shat bricks.

[GFDZX5]

OMG!!!this dude says 'that dirty fuck'haha...as it seems black n white shit RUULEZZ:P

[PhiltheValiant]

I believe Bosko is actually saying "That dirty FOCK", which today is still considered a less abrasive replacement for 'F**k'. Being as this was made in the 30s and as such was a cartoon, perhaps WB gave Bosko that line to avoid censorship issues?

[DakSantorini]

Fuck; Crook; Fox; I don't give an ass.

[mariqtereza]

i think that cartoons sucked those times and the audio sucks too,ohh let's not forget black & white also sucks

[castletriglav]

Don't forget your mom; she sucks for money. lol

[DJ1SCY]

I could have sworn bosko mispronounced dirty crook.

[YoungAF1]

Interesting. Personally, I thought I heard polak on first listen, which would have been something pretty bigoted. I guess everyone will hear something, it's just unclear.

[LFirstbasema]

Why would Looney Tunes do that?

[Zeanu]

That dirty fuck!

[Zeanu]

Holy shit, you people are IDIOTS. Stop being so innocent-minded and accept that he's saying "FUCK".

Why the hell are you coming up with things like FOX or THUG, jeeze.

[weprin2]

THE DIRTY FUCK!

[boritom]

For those that don't think that this is actually showing Bosko saying a curse word, keep this in mind. Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising, the creators and chief animators of the Bosko series were on the outs with Leon Schlesinger and WB, and this was the final Bosko cartoon. Resorting to linguistic dirty pool is hardly new, and it wasn't the first or last time a children's cartoon or series was plagued by someone's wrath, resulting in an uncharacteristic expletive.

[GameStation3]

According to the subtitles on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 6, Bosko actually said, "That dirty fox."

[plasticonofan]

the dirty mug.

[thrustingthor]

It def sound like "that dirty fuck!" I dont think he's saying fox at all, you can clearly hear him accentuate the K sound rather than an X sound

[1926VictorCredenza]

What you're hearing is the poor innuciation quality of the 33 1/3 discs that were used on Vitaphone shorts. He says "that dirty fox."

[Zeanu]

If you say so, chief.

Thank goodness TRUE SOURCES aren't backing me up here, huh?

Why on earth would "fox" get banned all over the place in the coming years and the one following its initial release? Get lost.

[primepm]

it kinda sounds like Faulk

perhaps that was the joke too

[1926VictorCredenza]

No.

[primepm]

Think about it, what was even the name of the villain he was referring to? Perhaps his name happened to be Fawke or something. Possibly referring to Guy Fawkes.

Hell, someone already mentioned that name in these comments over a year ago.

[Jason1920]

Jesus... he's saying "That dirty fox." Get over it.

[Zeanu]

To my knowledge, "fox" doesn't end with a "k".

[1926VictorCredenza]

To my knowledge, and your obvious lack thereof, no word that you are implying ending in k would be allowed in a Vitaphone short of this period. There were more people on set to insure that everything was perfect than there were stars in the heavens. Bosco CLEARLY says that dirty fox. That was a common term of the day. Dig a little deeper into slang of the late 20s and early 30s, and quit being a dipshit. For information on a "fox," see Betty Boop's "No, No. a Thousand Times No!"

[alienshinobi84]

"THAT DIRTY FUCK!"

[VGRetro]

He might be saying Dirty Fox?? At least I hope that's what he's saying.

[SURFSTYLEY3]

no one says That Dirty F*CK, they would say F*cker.

[Waxonator]

It's truely "That dirty thug!" I don't hear the f word at all.

[ammarh14]

no, he says "that dirty f***", listen again

[fxr1]

"That dirty Fuck!" There was no censorship prior to 1934 in Hollywood.

[hasafienda]

Nickelodeon edited the episode when it played. Networks have long butchered old WB shorts to remove any possibly offensive material.

[FirstClassHeel]

And that's why I'm glad they don't come on TV anymore. With Internet exposure and being released on DVDs with offending parts intact, who would want them on TV?

[hasafienda]

Yeah, he said it. Also there is that famous Porky Pig "Son of a bitch" 'blooper' clip.

[canonet17]

The Porky Pig clip was for internal use only, Studio Parties, and was never distributed.

[BettyBoop4ever25]

LOL i know XD did you see the "Willie Whooper" cartoon where st. Peter gives him the finger?Ofcourse,that scene is removed on DVDs but there is original on youtube.30is cartoonswere really zany XD

[dalekDan]

I think he's calling him a fop(very flamboyant, showy)

[FirstClassHeel]

Believe it or not, it is coming out on DVD as part of the Golden Collection series, so we'll find out once and for all if Bosko did say, "The dirty fuck", so start your betting pool now, because the sixth Golden Collection is coming out October 21st.

[MonoAzul]

The subtitle track on the DVD says "That dirty fox." but I'm not sure I believe that.

[FirstClassHeel]

No one with a trained ear believes that. Either the captioner misheard it or put it in there for censorship reasons.

[shootinair]

I highly doubt he's saying f--k. Back in the 1930s that word was seldom used even in private, or underground. It's highly unlikely they would use that in a mainstream cartoon feature, especially when no other movie at that time used that kind of language.

[bugs1987]

Nickelodeon had to edit this scene out of the cartoon when it was in syndication because of the word, so I'm thinking it more than likely could have been the word. Besides, as compared to Disney shorts of the time, the Bosko toons were pretty underground, if you think about it.

[TigerRocket]

bugs1987

More likely, it was edited out because of the debate about it. It really do doesn't matter if it's the word or not. For the sake of argument let's assume it's not. Main stream media would rather censor the very idea rather than disagree and stand their ground. There's no revenue in it.

[egat3s]

The word has been traced in written form to the 1500s with widespread verbal use. It's highly likely he IS saying "fuck" because the censorship issues that plague you were not fucking things up as badly then. Get your facts straight and your nose out of the air before you pretend to know anything about linguistic or cultural history; you're on a computer - do some research.

[ayaseyue00]

Why don't you do your own research then.

Animators have studied the lip flaps and the movements of his mouth match up with what animators would use for the word 'mug'

I'm doing a paper on animation censorship, since I am majoring in Animation, and even though it sounds like 'fuck', it is accredited to an error in the sound.

Also, they wouldn't have used the word fuck like that in the 1920's, and since it was referring to sex it wasn't acceptable in films.

[dbeatlefreak]

Before you call out someone into doing some research, perhaps you as someone who is 'majoring in animation' would have done some very basic research into this very cartoon. Studying lip flaps? You can't be for real. Animators were definitely not concerned with this sort of matter in the 1920's or 1930's. And why comment about animators of the 1920's when this cartoon was made in 1933. Please do a little of your own research, animation student, before commenting.

[rangel20]

Bosco was hardcore...

[michaelmoval]

Can anybody post a whole episode for "Bosko's Picture Show" for me please?

[michaelmoval]

LMAO!

[Armoreska]

Ye he's sayin somethn like punk or thug, but it sounds like *beep*.

[TrecoSpossi]

If I'm wrong, then he might have said "thug". I doubt it, though, I heard a "k" sound at the end of that word.

[Anililagnian]

Bosko Obama is saying half a word with a missing {er} particle--the other half is "mother."

[InternetToughGuyXL]

Sorry, to dissapoint, the word is "punk".

[CDCB]

You have to listen extremely carefully. There's a slight "X" sound at the end.

[TigerRocket]

I agree with cynintwin. An audience in 1933 would've caught the reference to Guy Fawkes easily, having received schooling in "History" and "Geography", not "Social Studies". The topics were different to today and would've included a separate study of British history, especially "the Gunpowder Plot". As an example, watch other cartoons or comedies from a previous generation and see how many references leave you puzzled.

[ashflower]

He's totally saying it.

[CDCB]

listen carefully and you can hear an x at the end.

[Aleniums]

HE SAID YOU DIRTY FUCK OMG!!! lmao!!

[lilshugabop]

dirty fox?

[TrecoSpossi]

I doubt it.

[lilshugabop]

sexy fox

[cynintwin]

Maybe he meant "you dirty Fawk". Guy Fawkes was a mercenary, English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament in the late 1500's. Anyway they used to call people that derogatory name.. It was for criminal, felon, outlaw, machinator, plotter etc.. He was also in on a plot of 36 barrels of gunpowder in 1605.. There is even a Guy Fawkes Day somewhere..

But don't mind me, I never was much in History and I tend to stick up for Bosko.. LOL

[TigerRocket]

Do a Google image search for Guy Fawkes and you'll notice how closely your average cartoon villain resembles him, Snidely Whiplash from Dudley Do-Right, Dick Dastardly from Wacky Races and the evil villain in this Bosko clip not to mention numerous other cartoons. One failed plot and the guy became an archetype of evil for the rest of eternity.

[youngrebels75]

pretty insightful... I never thought of that but now that you mention it, Dick Dastardly as well as all the old typical 20's handlebar moustached villains bear a good resemblance to Guy Fawkes.

[Tomblappy]

The first cartoon that had the word F**K in it!

[R32Studios]

@Tomblappy Probably the first movie in history to say f**k

[wiley207]

It's obviously "That dirty f**k!" Nickelodeon aired that cartoon uncut once! It's much worse than when they aired the Rocko episode with the "Elevator to Hell," and the Hey Arnold episode with the "Jackass Hot Sauce"

[CDCB]

Wow, never in a million years would a kids network show a cartoon with that word in it. It sounds like it, but if you listen carefully, you can hear an x at the end.

[1947Desoto]

Isn't there an episode in Hey Arnold where Helga says "they're beating the CRAP out of each other?"

[wiley207]

There were quite a few "Hey Arnold" episodes with the word "crap" in them, mainly coming from Helga. Not only that, the episode "On the Lam" had a hot sauce bottle branded as "Jackass!"

[1947Desoto]

Jackass isn't such a bad word. Many Hays-code era movies, like Bugs Bunny and the three stooges either spelt it or said it. There's also a James Cagney movie, "The Fighting 69th" (1940) where he says to another soldier "Why you son of a bitch".

[wiley207]

And "Pinocchio" has jackass in it, at first it's used as an expression/slang term, but then it is used because characters turn into literal jackasses (remember Lampwick mutating into a donkey?)

[1947Desoto]

Yea I remember it. But when your a kid watching it, you normally don't get the reference. It's not that bad though, but yuppy parents seem to think even the smallest bad words are harmful and will negativley effect their children, and thus many cartoons today suck.

[CartoonCookie93]

The reason why Jerry is puzzled is the technology used in "The Jazz Singer". The phonograph's awful quailty can fatally confuse the listening. As Ray Dolby improved sound, and swear words became more cool, it very well confuses the listener.

OK, now I can feel Jerry's skeptical emotion. I was confused with "Bad Word #11" as being a noun rather than an adjective every time I watch the Spongebob episode "Sailor Mouth". Krabs is a F*****g?

I don't like swear words. They ruin cleaner words.

[reyzaguirr]

I can hear a k at the end but it could be "dirty fox" too.