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Buddy in Africa is a 1935 Looney Tunes short directed by Ben Hardaway.
Plot[]
Buddy is a traveling salesman who visits Africa. He refuses to give a ride to an ape. When he arrives at the villages, he finds that monkeys are stealing all of his stuff. He gets the bottle back and gives the monkey a punishment. The monkey goes to a bigger ape, who comes over to destroy Buddy, until they are laughed at by the monkey. The two decide to become friends.
Television[]
- Sunset Productions (1955–1968)
Release[]
Sources differ on whether this short was released on 20 April or 6 July 1935. This page lists the former as the release date, as cited in the trade magazines Boxoffice and Harrison's Reports and in Steve Schneider's That's All Folks! which relies on original Warner Bros. release sheets.[2][3][4]
Notes[]
- This is the final short to be directed by Ben Hardaway until 1938. His unit was taken over by the soon-to-arrive Tex Avery.
- This cartoon seldom airs on American television due to heavy black stereotyping that would be deemed offensive to modern audiences.
References[]
- ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries
- ↑ Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All Folks! The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Company, page 241. ISBN 978-0805014853.
- ↑ Harrison, P.S., ed. (6 April 1935). Harrison's Reports 17 (14). Harrison's Reports, Inc.
- ↑ Shlyen, Ben (1935). Boxoffice 27. Associated Publications.