Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid

Bosko was the first recurring character in the Leon Schlesinger cartoon series, and was the star of over three dozen Looney Tunes shorts released by Warner Bros. This short is a landmark in animation history as being the first to include synchronized speech.

The short, plotless cartoon opens with live action footage of Rudolph Ising at a drafting table. After he draws Bosko on the page, the character springs to life, talks, sings, and dances. Ising returns Bosko to the inkwell, and the short ends. The short is a landmark in animation history as being the first to include synchronized speech. The short was marketed to various people by Harman and Ising until Leon Schlesinger offered them a contract to produce a series of cartoons for the Warner Bros.

tags: bosko, hugh harman, leon schlesinger, looney tunes, rudolph ising, synchronized speech