Credits:
Supervision by - Hugh Harman / Isadore Freleng
Drawn by - Isadore Freleng, Thomas McKimson
Musical Score by - Frank Marsales
Summary:
Bosko's clog-dancing
adventures in Holland.
Description:
The setting is a frozen
pond in Holland, where various animals attempt to skate on the slippery
ice. Bosko the milkman is skating along with two pails tied to a stick
on his shoulders, as his ever-faithful clog-wearing mutt Bruno tows a
cart behind him. On the ice we see Goopy Geer skate to his theme music,
a dachshund with an extra skate supporting his middle, and a family of
ducks where the little ones ride in clogs towed by the mother. One of
the ducks leaps out of his clog and quickly runs to the bathroom, housed
in a miniature windmill. Bruno runs over a rock, sending a milk container
tumbling off the cart and spilling its contents near a hole in the ice.
Instantly, a group of little catfish swim out of the hole and start lapping
up the milk. Bruno then comes to an abrupt halt to scratch some fleas,
which quickly evacuate Bruno's body via his tail. After spinning over
a rock, Bosko skates up to Honey's windmill, does a little dance step,
and rings her doorbell. "Oh Bosko! Yoo-hoo!" shouts Honey, appearing
at the window in the middle of the windmill's giant fan. Bosko grabs hold
of one of the blades and slides down onto the balcony, where he and Honey
begin clog-dancing over to the fireplace. "Ain't we got fun?"
asks Bosko, after which he Honey begin singing "It's Tulip Time in
Holland". During their song, we watch as the Wilber Bros. skate perilously
close to a hole in the ice. Back inside, a cuckoo clock chimes (utilizing
the ingenious mechanism of a sleeping bird popping out and banging on
the bedpan under his mattress), but Bosko and Honey feel no need to stop
their song and dance routine. The Wilber Bros. finally do fall into the
ice however, and their cries for help literally point Bosko towards their
plight. "Save them!" shouts Honey, so Bosko gets a running start
and leaps out of the window and into a pair of long underwear on a clothesline.
He pulls on the line until he is directly over the trapped duo, and then
yanks them out of the freezing water. Honey pulls the line back towards
her, but the underwear rips and drops Bosko and the Wilbers onto a frozen
river. The impact bounces Bosko onto the shore, but it cracks the ice
under the Wilbers and carries them downstream. Bosko runs alongside the
helpless kittens as they cry for help, but he is unable to prevent them
from being carried into a large pipe. Thinking fast, Bosko runs over to
a water pump and pumps the Wilbers back onto land. Honey arrives on the
scene and they all cheer, as we iris out of this latest Bosko adventure.
Notes:
- Heard on the soundtrack:
"Ach Du Lieber Augustine", better known to school kids as
"Hail to the Bus Driver Man". [LT&MM]
Memorable
Scenes:
Video
Availability:
None
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