LOONESSEY II: THE BOOZE HANGS HIGH (1930)

Bosko stars once more in short #2 (The Booze Hangs High) of our chronological Odyssey through the topsy-turvy ocean of Looney Tunes/Merry Melodies cartoons. This time around underage drinking figures prominently – so hot button issues are still the order of the day. If possible, this short has even less of a plot and is even more absurd than Congo Jazz: there are several indistinguishable dance numbers featuring Bosko plus cow and Bosko plus horse as well as a duck family troup and a father-pig plus piglets trio. The dance numbers of the first act morph into an alcohol-fueled vocal concert in the second/third, featuring a basement-low bass daddypig who belches nonsense words and his duo of xylophone-voiced piglets. Said piglets, really, are more the stars of the show than Bosko himself. They’re also fond of their moonshine. (N.B. this was released in 1930, three years prior to the repeal of Prohibition.) Black and white suits cartoons in a weird sort of way.

Also features a scene in which papapig coughs up a corn-cob, opens a hatch in his stomach, and reinserts it... according to Wikipedia Nickolodeon excised this when they aired it...