Uncensored Bosko #1

Speedy delivery and excellent product

Expensive but a good quality DVD! My child loved it!

My Brother's a cartoon collector of the classic period of cartoons so I bought him this and he really likes it!

I recently bought this dvd of Bosko which "claims" to be the best copy of Bosko Cartoons anywhere. This is FALSE. These cartoons are full of film dirt, scratches and are not even in there original state. They are reissues for early 50's television syndication. This can be determined by the fact that the openings show Buddy, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck While the producer credit goes to Leon Schesinger. The problem with this is that these cartoons were made between the years 1929-1933. Buddy wasn't created until 1934, porky wasn't until 1935 and Daffy didn't come out until 1937! Infact, the drawing of Porky Pig on the Title card is circa 1940!The producer's credit should be to Harmon and Ising not Leon, although he was their boss at that time. Beware these cartoons look exactly like the vhs videos of public domain cartoons that you'd find in a supermarket markdown bin.Cartoon Network shows Bosko from time to time and their prints are excelent. They are clear as a bell with no scratches and they're FREE. Don't make a 25 dollar mistake like I did. Shame on any proprietor who tries to pass off this junk to the public!

Before Bugs and Daffy there was Bosko. Not sure if uncensored is completely accurate. While many of the toons do have their racial caricatures, there certainly not as offensive as many other cartoons from the same period. As noted by another reviewer, many of these are musicals since that kind of went along hand-in-hand with early animation.Still, there's no denying the quality and depth of detail in the animation. There were no short cuts taken back then to do them on the cheap as they would a couple of decades later. I found the quality to be average. I think little if any restoration was done on them for the DVD release which is hardly surprising considering the content. It's not "Gone with the Wind" you know.Highlights of the set include:"Bosko's Fox Hunt" - This is another fox hunt which comes complete with singing horses and aristocrats who are too fat to mount their steeds under their own power. A dachschund tracks down its own rear end. Bosko pulls on a tail that he thinks belongs to a fox, but which turns out to be something a little more intimidating. Let it be said that the fox is pretty safe with this group!"Dumb Patrol" - In this deft parody of the World War I aviation movies that were the rage in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Bosko is an ace flyer who goes into battle against a menacing foe."Hold Anything" - Bosko and Honey are joined by a zooful of animals who are having too much fun to get any work done on a construction site. A goat's transformation into a hot-air balloon is a surreal highlight."Bosko the Doughboy" - It is World War I. Rockets, bombs and bullets are everywhere. A bird gets shot, leaving a huge hole -- saluting as it falls into a pool of water. An army band is hit, leaving several soldiers in their underwear. Bosko is a toughened soldier in battle who cannot eat beans without being harassed by the enemy's bombs. Bosko is bored with the war until the enemy shoots his photo of Honey -- and that is the last straw! Bosko vows to get even -- but it is not that easy. He goes into action with violent results.While this is a strong collection I frankly find it a bit pricey at over $20 for 90 minutes.

The very first Warner Brothers cartoon star has finally arrived, straight to DVD. This makes this the first "Looney Tunes" DVD, although unofficially. Although we are still waiting for Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck to get their own DVDs, at least we can see how it all started.The DVD starts with a unique find: the pilot film that was made to showcase Bosko as an all-talking cartoon star and to attract distribution from movie studios. It is a short live action/animated film, co-starring Bosko's co-creator Rudolph Ising. The audio quality is VERY primitive (it was made in 1929, 2 years after talking pictures were born!), with Bosko sounding different to his latter Mickey Mouse-type voice!The first official cartoon, Sinkin' In The Bathtub, is also included. The cartoon has a lack of a story, but is very musical (so it should be, as sound was a novelty back then!) and very Disney-esque! This was to be the trend for the forthcoming Bosko cartoons, although all of the cartoons are enjoyable.The DVD only ranks four stars in my opinion, as the cartoons are from the public domain, with lots of grain and print damage (although they are still watchable), with the beginning and end titles being replaced to hide the Warner Brothers logo (Warner did sell them off in the 1950's, but regained them in the late 1960's). To be fair, Bosko Video is providing a service to fans of classic american animation, and the chances of Warner Brothers releasing a DVD of pristine Bosko cartoons are virtually non-existant. This is the best we are ever going to get, and it's still an essential purchase for animation addicts everywhere!