Bosko runs a hot dog stand at an amusement park; but he sneaks away to the racetrack to ride his mechanical horse.Bosko runs a hot dog stand at an amusement park; but he sneaks away to the racetrack to ride his mechanical horse.Bosko runs a hot dog stand at an amusement park; but he sneaks away to the racetrack to ride his mechanical horse.
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Bernard B. Brown
- Bosko
- (uncredited)
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Rudolf Ising
- Race Starter
- (uncredited)
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- Hugh Harman(uncredited)
- Rudolf Ising(uncredited)
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- TriviaVitaphone production reel #4645.
- Alternate versionsRedrawn in the 1970's for the "When Funnies Were Funny" TV show. Retitled "Off to the Races" and the soundtrack was replaced at the beginning. The cartoon's ending was different (with a different music piece) because of missing footage - it ends with Bosko's horse killed, then his competitor laughs, then is kicked by Bosko, who rides the rival's horse, stunning the rival. The rival's horse reaches the goal then Bosko gets a trophy while the horse's eyes roll around.
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Amazing Revision of the Karnival Kid!
As before, I was at first amazed at how blantantly this Bosko cartoon seems to rip off Disney and Ub Iwerks' Mickey Mouse cartoons, though I know that Ising did first work for Walt and probably helped to influence what came to be thought of as "the Disney cartoon style" himself. At first, this seemed to be a pretty blatant ripoff of the hot dog scene from "The Karnival Kid" (which by the way is a masterpiece and definitely the best Mickey Mouse cartoon I've seen of the era). As other reviewers pointed out, this cartoon's pacing was far from perfect, as it did have slow bits (although after watching some silent cartoons from fifteen years earlier, wow have my standards for good pacing been lowered!) It also referenced "The Jazz Singer", but even if you are like myself and didn't know the reference, I thought that scene was brilliant! Warner Brothers cartoons can often be cruel, gross, or gruesome, and yet I *loved* how this took a scene from the Karnival Kid and reimagined it with the living hot dog's humanity being recognized, and finding acceptance in a new parent! Honestly one of the most beautiful scenes I've seen in a cartoon - what a joy! I agree with the other reviewers that the horserace setting was not well established at the beginning, giving the cartoon a disjointed and confusing impression. I can see it says "RACE ____" on the back of a sport stadium in the background (probably "RACE TODAY"), but my eye was not drawn there the first time, and the print looks pretty poor quality, so I know I'm not getting the full frame and that may be contributing to my confusion. Perhaps an establishing shot could have made this clearer?
Pacing and cohesiveness could have been better, but overall a wonderful, clever, and extremely joyous and funny cartoon - the dog scene was definitely the highlight, but this cartoon got a lot more smiles and laughs out of me than average!
Pacing and cohesiveness could have been better, but overall a wonderful, clever, and extremely joyous and funny cartoon - the dog scene was definitely the highlight, but this cartoon got a lot more smiles and laughs out of me than average!
- VioletGirl37
- Feb 10, 2023
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