Bosko says a dirty word?

This is an except from the TCM documentary THOU SHALT NOT: SEX, SIN AND CENSORSHIP IN PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD (2008) and available on DVD in Warner Home Video's FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD COLLECTION Vol. 2. Jerry Beck discusses a scene in the Looney Tunes cartoon Bosko's Picture Show (1933). What word is Bosko saying?

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Looney
• Tunes
• Bosko
• Jerry
• Beck
• cartoons
• pre-code

[Zeanu]

That dirty fuck!

[fxr1]

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

[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.

[mp01juve]

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

[mp01juve]

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

[BDF5K]

"That dirty Bach?"

[Rubberman202]

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

[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