Credits:
Supervision by - Hugh Harman
Drawn by - Rollin Hamilton,
Robert Stokes
Musical Score by - Frank Marsales
Summary:
Bosko imagines himself
as musketeer who has to save Honey from the clutches of an evil villain.
Description:
Bosko and Bruno are
strolling through the woods on their way to Honey's house. As Bosko sings
"She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not", Honey is doing some house-cleaning
in anticipation of his arrival. She dusts her table, her goldfish, and
her autographed picture of Bosko. As she looks at the photo, she morphs
into Mae West and declares "You can be had!". Bosko finally
arrives as Honey is dusting a large portrait of The Three Musketeers.
"Ain't they grand, Bosko?" she asks, pointing at the portrait.
Bosko replies with "Shucks, that's nothing! Watch this!", then
pulls out an umbrella and mimics a sword fight. As Honey sings about Bosko
being a "soldier brave and bold", the scene dissolves into an
actual fight between Bosko (dressed in genuine Musketeer garb) and a quartet
of genuine villains. Bosko defeats them by opening up the valve in an
enormous beer barrel and washing his enemies away (while his his glove
and sword wait in mid-air for his hand to return). Bosko strolls into
the local pub and shouts "Hi-dee-hi! Ho-dee-ho! Ho-dee-hey!".
A title card appears on screen which reads "The Three Musketeers",
who appear and suddenly break out into song. Bosko introduces them as
"Athos, Amos and Andy!". As they sing "All for One and
One for All", Bosko curls his sword around a table leg -- forming
a corkscrew -- then pops open a bottle of "New Deal" liquor.
A trio of silverware-wielding mice perched atop a cat join in the song
briefly. Bosko pours the drink into Athos' mouth, Amos swallows it, and
Andy burps. The Musketeer's song now concluded, their audience cheers
in delight. One man toots a chicken like a car horn, and another man shouts
"Hip-Hip!", prompting a mouse to pop out of his drink and yell
"Hooray!". But one surly-looking man jeers the performance,
and it can be assumed with reasonable certainty that he'll be the villain
of the story. As if to prove to us how tough he is, he swallows a cooked
chicken whole, pulling out nothing but bones, then uses another man's
teeth as a bottle opener. Honey is the next performer, greeting her audience
by shouting "Here I am you lucky people!" before starting her
tap routine. Bosko watches intently, then turns to the old man sitting
next to him and comments "Boy, ain't she keen!". Bosko then
slaps the man on the back so hard that his false teeth fly out of his
mouth! The villain has taken an interest in Honey as well, so he grabs
her off the floor and places her on his lap. She shouts "Bosko! Help!",
and Bosko leaps to her rescue. Honey frees herself while Bosko and the
villain prepare for battle. They cross swords, the swords shake hands,
and the battle begins. Bosko avoids the villain's attacks by ducking and
leaping, but the villain is able to jab the plume in Bosko's hat -- which
turns out to be a chicken that flies away in terror! Bosko manages to
cut off his opponent's blade, so the villain calls for his caddie, who
arrives with a golf bag full of swords! The villain sharpens his sword
on the caddie's beard, while Bosko puts his bent sword through a pencil
sharpener. The villain grabs a nearby clothes hanger and uses it as a
bow to shoot his sword at Bosko. Bosko ducks, but the sword rips the skirt
off a nearby woman, revealing a hen and baby chicks underneath! The fight
resumes, and Bosko is backed into a fireplace. Bosko hurls hot coals into
the villain's pants, who shouts in pain and runs out the door. Honey runs
up to her hero and applauds, but the scene dissolves back to Honey's house.
"Oh Bosko, I don't believe that!" shouts Honey, but Bosko replies
with "Was you dere, Charlie?".
Notes:
- Obscure gags:
--"He-dee-hi", etc. were phrases used by performer Cab Calloway.
--"Amos and Andy" was the name of a hugely popular radio show
of the era.
--"New Deal" refers to President Franklin Roosevelt's depression-era
government programs and policies, and it's appearance on a liquor
bottle refers to the recent end of prohibition.
--"Was you dere, Charlie?" was the catchphrase of radio's
Baron Munchausen, played by Jack Pearl. Each week, The Baron would tell
a tale so unbelievable that his straight man, Charlie (played by Cliff
Hall), would say something akin to "Oh Baron, I don't believe it".
The Baron would reply with "Was you dere, Charlie?". [JB]
- Honey's expression
"Here I am you lucky people!" would later be used in the Tiny
Toon Adventures episode "Fields of Honey".
Memorable
Scenes:
Video
Availability:
None
|
