oscaralbert Review of Bosko at the Zoo

Bosko at the Zoo (1932)

Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes often gave a strange spin to the Facts of Life . . .

[5/10 · 4 January 2017]

. . . and perhaps never more so than within this early 1930s animated short, BOSKO AT THE ZOO. Though this episode of Bosko's Saga begins with Honey riding on the handlebars of his bicycle as the pair wend their way toward the animal exhibits, Bosko seems more interested in seeing how high off the bike he can bounce Honey's fanny ("Be careful, Bosko!" is her main refrain during her brief time on screen.) As soon as they arrive at the zoo, Bosko's Honey girl pretty much disappears, which is probably for the best, as subsequent events prove that he has no idea what to do with a female. The main case in point occurs when a lady ostrich swallows Bosko's derby. The deluded young male immediately points and shames this hat thief to sit on her nest. A few seconds later she lays a big egg, which Bosko immediately cracks open to retrieve his hat--apparently not realizing that the yolk's on him. Biologically, this is wrong on so many levels that it should give any product of a Blue State school the Heebie Jeebies (though graduates of Red State nurseries--like U-W, U-M, and PSU--in places such as Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania--Boondocks Backwaters where the Curricula Constitute a Biology-Free Zone--can be excused for thinking that this is how the Birds & the Bees actually work in Real Life).