Bosko or Buddy?

[Pilmedium]

Which character do you like better, Bosko (1930-1933) or Buddy (1933-1935)?

[Howard]

Let's see...Bosko was a Mickey Mouse knockoff, and Buddy was a last minute replacement for Bosko....I'm going to say....neither one of them was worth anything. Warner Bros. cartoons got much better when Porky and Daffy appeared.

[Sogturtle]

Originally posted by Pilmedium
Which character do you like better, Bosko (1930-1933) or Buddy (1933-1935)?

Welllll Pilmedium...

Howard's point about Bosko being a M Mouse ripoff is the usual analysis. Buuuuut considering that Mickey was Walt's (and Ub's) own ripoff of former D*sn*y creation Oswald, then it becomes a moot point (it gets stranger still since Hugh Harman trademarked Bosko in 1928, if memory serves). Annnnnnd Bosko was in many ways a sublime innocent just by nature, whereas the Mouse was anything but guileless in the beginning. But though throughly innocent Bosko was invested with a dizzying high energy (as were Ising's Merrie Melodies).

I personally like Buddy (making me obviously demented;)), even though he was the offspring of D*sn*y dropouts Earl Duvall and Tom Palmer (and the first Schlesinger fire-ees). And there truly is a gentle charm to the Buddy cartoons.

Buuuuut of the two... Bosko wins in my little book.