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Beau Bosko

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Beau Bosko
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Directed byHugh Harman
Isadore Freleng
Produced byHugh Harman
Rudolf Ising
Leon Schlesinger
Music byFrank Marsales
Animation byRollin Hamilton
Norm Blackburn [sv]
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • June 23, 1933 (1933-06-23)
Running time
7 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Beau Bosko is a 1933 American animated comedy short film directed by Hugh Harman and Isadore Freleng. It is the 35th film in the Looney Tunes series featuring Bosko.[1][2] It was released on June 23, 1933.[3][4][5]

Plot

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In North Africa, it is morning for the French Foreign Legion. A corporal wakes the legionnaires, only to be jumped while they dress up. Bosko is still asleep to the chagrin of his uniform, who wakes him by having him blow into a trumpet. Bosko exploits a legionnaire's gear to wash his face.

Bosko reports for duty and unknowingly signs up to a plan to capture the notorious criminal Ali Oop. He rides a camel through long distances to a city. He finds Honey and kiss together, only to find Ali Oop and his subordinates terrorizing the city. As they both run to hide, Ali Oop throws a plethora of knives in their direction, which they exploit to enter a building. As the criminals shoot him with a variety of nonsensically constructed shotgun, Bosko finds a revolver and shoots pots and coconuts to subdue them. Bosko then throws spears which conveniently lock Ali Oop in place after he lands on a wheelbarrow, which he victoriously wheels away with Honey and the camel in tow.

References

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  1. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 57-58. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ Parten, James (November 12, 2019). "Exit Bosko… "So Long, Folks!" |". Cartoon Research. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  3. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 19. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  4. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 57–58. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Beau Bosko - Earliest Known Date". Oakland Tribune. June 23, 1933. p. 26. Retrieved November 18, 2025.Free access icon