Bosko's Soda Fountain

Bosko's Soda Fountain
Bosko's Soda Fountain
	Bosko about to prepare an ice cream soda.
Directed by	Hugh Harman
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Music by	Frank Marsales
Animation by	Friz Freleng; Rollin Hamilton
Production; company	Harman-Ising Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	October 10, 1931; (earliest known date)
Running time	6:59
Country	United States
Language	English

Bosko's Soda Fountain is the fifteenth title in the Looney Tunes series featuring Bosko^[1] It was released as early as October 10, 1931.^[2]^[a] It was directed by Hugh Harman,^[3] The film score was composed by Frank Marsales.

This cartoon marks the first appearance of Honey's cat-like son, Wilbur.

Plot

Bosko, depicted as the owner/runner of a soda shop or ice cream parlor, serves sodas to a mouse and his old teacher (a hippo). His teacher's soda is sprayed in her face by a fan, causing her to leave the shop in anger. Then a dog enters the building and eats a pile of ice cream, causing the dog's body to become square-shaped. Bosko discovers what has happened to the dog and used its body as an accordion.

Meanwhile, Honey's bratty and spoiled cat-like son, Wilbur demands an ice-cream cone after rehearsing singing and the piano against his will. Bosko sends the dog away, and then delivers an ice cream to Wilbur. Wilbur dislikes the flavor Bosko delivered to him (vanilla) and rudely retaliates, which ends in Bosko sitting, surprised, in the washing basket with a pair of underwear on his head.

References

^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 57–58. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ "Bosko's Soda Fountain - Earliest Known Date". Los Angeles Evening Express. October 13, 1931. p. 14.
^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 7. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

Notes

^ Archived from a October 13 article, this is based on the fact that new cartoon shorts would premiere in theaters on Saturdays.

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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] "Bosko's Soda Fountain - Earliest Known Date". Los Angeles Evening Express. October 13, 1931. p. 14.

[Beck-4] Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 7. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

[3] Archived from a October 13 article, this is based on the fact that new cartoon shorts would premiere in theaters on Saturdays.

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