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[[File:ltgc6-bosko_6285.jpg|frame|Bosko, in his final Warners short, ''Bosko's Picture Show''.]]
Meet the [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] of [[Looney Tunes]], ''Bosko, The Talk-Ink Kid'', the original, all but forgotten debut cartoon character of Leon Schlesinger's animation studio for Warner Bros during [[The Golden Age of Animation]]. Created by ex-Disney employees [[Harman and Ising|Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising]], Bosko is, as his name tells, a "[[Punny Name|talk-ink kid]]" -- or more specifically, an inkblot blackface character. His first appearance was in the short pilot "Bosko The Talk-Ink Kid" in 1929, and was noteworthy for being one of the earliest cartoons to feature properly synchronized sound and dialogue in a cartoon. However, his official theatrical debut (the pilot was never shown to the public) was in the original 1930 [[Looney Tunes]] short ''[[Sinkin'
While Bosko was initially what is now considered to be a very offensive character, Rudy and Hugh shortly decided to ditch these racist aspects of him in favor of him being more like an everyman character, from having him own his own businesses, to getting to beat up the occasional ''white'' bad guy -- [[Fair for Its Day|pretty progressive for its time, ain't it?]]
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At MGM, Bosko became a recurring star of Harman And Ising's ''[[Happy Harmonies]]'' series of shorts. He initially retained his inkblot design when he first arrived at MGM, but this design and his original characterization (or [[Flat Character|lack of]]) altogether were eventually scrapped in favor of a full-on blackface kid with a curious personality, [[In Name Only|sharing only the original name of Bosko]]. But the character failed to regain any of his original popularity, and ultimately faded out altogether after a handful of shorts.
While the character has remained in limbo for many years, his cartoons rarely airing on TV, save for the earliest days of television (when the first package of ''Looney Tunes'' shorts were initially released to television) and on [[Nickelodeon]] in the late 80s and 90s, 25 of his 37 warners shorts have made their way into the [[Public Domain]], as well as the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series. The character also made a brief comeback in the ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' short ''Fields Of Honey''. (although he was slightly redesigned to look more like the dog-esque characters of the then upcoming ''[[Animaniacs]]'' show.) Buddy would also make an appearance in an episode of ''[[Animaniacs]]'', ''The Warners 65th Anniversary Special'', to get revenge on the trio, who in their universe were responsible for destroying Buddy's (in real life, non-existent) stardom. ([[Take That, Scrappy!|they were brought in to spice up his boring cartoons...]])
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== 1930 ==
* [[Sinkin'
* Congo Jazz
* Hold Anything
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== 1934 ==
* Bosko's Parlor Pranks: First appearance of Bosko in an [[MGM]] cartoon, as part of the ''[[Happy Harmonies]] series''. Consists almost entirely of colorized [[Stock Footage]] from previous Bosko shorts.
== 1935 ==
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=== Noteworthy shorts the character has appeared in: ===
* ''Bosko The Talk-Ink Kid''
* ''[[Sinkin'
* ''Bosko's Picture Show'' <ref>If only for Bosko's alleged use of the f-word.</ref>
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