Does Bosko really say that?

[alstin]

I resently watched Bosko's Picture Show, and it sounds like he says the F word. Does he really say that, or does it just sound like it? If it really does say that, was that word a bad word then? Did it mean something else?

[PorkyandDaffy]

This has been debated many times, and it's been said that maybe Harman and Ising slipped that "F" word in there (was this cartoon pre-code?) as a hidden insult to Leon Schlesinger.

[Jon Cooke]

We have discussed this before, including this thread (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?threadid=371) and this thread (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?threadid=418).


-Jon

[hippety hopper]

What a naughty boy Bosko was that day!

I hope if we ever do get LT/MM DVD's that they keep the swear word in,it could pass right by and no one would notice.

[Joe Tully]

Bit o' trivia: I've read something by Roger Ebert saying how this cartoon, if it really does have the F-word as many believe, holds its place in history as the first time the F-word was used in theaters.

[Brandon Pierce]

If I remember right, wasn't "The dirty cur!" the original version. And, "The dirty F***!" was slipped in by pranksters?

[wundermild]

To me, Bosko's talk simply sounds like "That dirty folk!" Nothing to do with intercourse, if you ask me.