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. . . for a premature, early death at the legally tender age of 26, Warner Bros.' famed Prophets of Doom--the Looney Tuners in the Animated Shorts Seers division--contented themselves with a less pressing prognostication when they crafted BOSKO'S PARTY as the follow-up to CROSBY, COLUMBO AND VALLEE, drifting back into their more familiar territory of warning We Americans of the Far Future about the advent of Game Show Host-in-Chief Donald J. Rump and his Third Lady, Melancholia. It's a known fact in New York High Society that the Russian KGB taught Melancholia the ins and outs of the Amorous Arts, as well as such Spy-Craft staples as fluency in the languages of her Target Countries including America, France, Italy, and Germany when she was in her early twenties--Billy Joel warned the CIA about her during her wedding reception by singing "The Lady is a Tramp." Before Billy Joel realized that America could never survive under a White House Mistress born in "Sevnica," reared in "Ljubljana," and originally named "Melanija Knavs" (which means "Knife Mistress" in her native Slovenian), Warner Bros. warned America about its upcoming Coup D'Etat at the hands of Russian Strongman Vlad "Mad Dog" Putin and his MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE Rump, with BOSKO'S PARTY. This Looney Tune introduces Honey as America's future Mata Hari-like Iron Maiden by showing her in a mirror stripping down to her bare essentials behind a wardrobe, reflecting the alleged background in Professional Pornography attributed by the few remaining Free U.S. News Media outlets to Melancholia. As anyone who now follows Current Events well knows, Puppetmaster Putin acted as the Toothiest Loan Shark ever in bailing out Rump to the tune of billions through numerous bankruptcies, making it easy for Mad Dog to Blackmail him into marrying KGB plant Melancholia, forcing him to run for President (an idea EVERYONE said was insane at the time!), rigging the election through America's "Electoral College" Achilles Heel, installing a senior KGB honcho--Exxon Valdez Rex Tillerson--as U.S. Secretary of State, and turning over ALL of America (even the Loyal Majority!) to the Rabid Red Commies. The last half of BOSKO'S PARTY Allegorizes all of this, depicting Honey\Melancholia's home as being overrun by animals (who prove NOT to be what they seem), and showing the KGB agent disguised as a Fat Cat (obviously Big Oil's Tillerson himself) falling into Honey's birthday cake (watch for Rump to declare April 26--Melancholia's alleged birthday--as a national holiday, to acknowledge who actually wears the pants in his KGB spy clan!), foreshadowing that we'll soon be paying TEN BUCKS A GALLON AT THE GAS PUMP!

I'm with the previous reviewer, this was a very entertaining short with plenty of gags and the wonderful musical number, "Suger, That's What I'll Name You" as sung by Honey. Loved the cat trying to get out of that flowerpot. Or the pig being too large to hide under the bed until Bosko takes a pin and "deflates" him enough to let him lower the bed. Or Honey getting dressed, recognizing the audience, hiding behind something as a mirror reflection still allows us to see her. Or the dog in the aquarium chased by Bosko. That dog is the same one that appears at the end with Bosko while he's saying, "That's all, folks!" while the dog is barking. Is he a precursor to Bruno? Anyway, worth a look for anyone looking for early Warner Bros. animation.

This is a very entertaining Bosko short, centering on a surprise party for Honey. I want to talk about some of the gags below, so this will serve as a spoiler warning:

Bosko shows up at Honey's house, where a surprise party is being planned. Honey is dressing upstairs (delicately moving behind a screen-with a mirror reflecting her while she changes). Honey's dog greets Bosko so enthusiastically that Bosko is afraid he'll tip off Honey.

Much of the early part of the short deals with the attempts of guests to hide. A large pig tries to hide under a bed, in the process revealing what looks like a mouse hiding in a chamberpot. Bosko deflates the pig so that he'll fit under the bed. The little obnoxious cat (Wilber) keeps trying to hide in places which are already occupied-Bosko finally covers him with a flowerpot. Intercut with scenes of animals trying to hide are shots of Honey strolling down the upstairs hallway heading downstairs.

Honey is surprised by her guests and given her gift by Bosko-a ukulele, which leads to the almost obligatory musical number (I don't recognize the song and the lyrics aren't too clear).

The final gag has Wilber managing to turn everything upside down. I hope this makes it onto a future Looney Tunes Golden Collection. Well worth finding. Recommended.