Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid (1929)

Directed by

Hugh Harman

Genre

animation, comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

5 min

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A live action animator draws a character named Bosko who comes to life and interacts with him. They fool around together and Bosko shows off his singing and dancing skills.

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What happens

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid is a 1929 live-action/animated short film directed and produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. The film serves as a proof of concept for the character Bosko and was pitched to various producers, leading to the development of the Looney Tunes series. As a result, it was never released to theaters, and therefore was not seen by a wide audience until March 12, 2000 when it was aired on Cartoon Network's television special ToonHeads: The Lost Cartoons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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