This is a Bosko and Honey cartoon, MGM version. There will be spoilers ahead:
This could have been a good cartoon and, to give them credit, it's clear that the intent was to make an enjoyable short. The problem is that the characters were rather limited and the story isn't strong enough to support the cartoon given the limitations of the characters.
The short probably should be titled "How Bruno Wrecks a Circus By Chasing a Flea". That's the one significant joke and it's beaten half to death. Bosko is almost a background character here, with Honey dominating the scenes they have together and his dog Bruno the focus of the rest.
Clowns inexplicably do pretty much everything at the circus-they're the comic relief, the acrobats, the musicians and so on. Apart from a barker who's briefly in the beginning and the "Dog Boy", clowns are the circus personnel. There are animals, with the monkeys being a focus early on and providing Bruno's motivation for his actions. Bruno even has the most interesting lines in the short.
Ultimately, Bruno's encounters with fleas bring down the house, literally. The ending of the short is frenetic but not all that interesting.
For completists.
This could have been a good cartoon and, to give them credit, it's clear that the intent was to make an enjoyable short. The problem is that the characters were rather limited and the story isn't strong enough to support the cartoon given the limitations of the characters.
The short probably should be titled "How Bruno Wrecks a Circus By Chasing a Flea". That's the one significant joke and it's beaten half to death. Bosko is almost a background character here, with Honey dominating the scenes they have together and his dog Bruno the focus of the rest.
Clowns inexplicably do pretty much everything at the circus-they're the comic relief, the acrobats, the musicians and so on. Apart from a barker who's briefly in the beginning and the "Dog Boy", clowns are the circus personnel. There are animals, with the monkeys being a focus early on and providing Bruno's motivation for his actions. Bruno even has the most interesting lines in the short.
Ultimately, Bruno's encounters with fleas bring down the house, literally. The ending of the short is frenetic but not all that interesting.
For completists.