Buddy of the Apes

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Buddy of the Apes

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Airdate:
19 May 1934

Series:

Looney Tunes

Production Number:	Vitaphone Number:
LT-8-4	6217

Copyright Renewed:

26 October 1962^[1]

Starring:

Buddy

Crew

Film Editor:

Bernard Brown (uncredited)
Treg Brown (uncredited)

Musician:

Bernard Brown
Norman Spencer (uncredited)

Buddy of the Apes is a 1934 Looney Tunes short directed by Ben Hardaway.

Plot[]

In this spoof of Tarzan, Buddy encounters African natives. He gets help from animals, and together they fight half-naked natives.

Television[]

Sunset Productions (1955–1968)

Release[]

Sources differ on whether this short was released on 19 or 26 May 1934. This page lists the former as the release date, as cited in the trade magazine Harrison's Reports and in Steve Schneider's That's All Folks! which relies on original Warner Bros. release sheets.^[3]^[4]

Censorship[]

The Guild Films/Sunset Productions print of this short cuts the scene of the "look-out" cannibal native alerting the cannibal chief about Buddy and the animals.^[5]^[6]
This short seldom airs on American television due to heavy African stereotyping that would be deemed offensive to modern audiences. It was in Nickelodeon's broadcast library when the channel had legal rights to air the Warner Bros cartoons, but the short never aired because of outdated racial stereotyping.^[6]

Notes[]

The audio of Buddy's Tarzan yell was later reused for the Johnny Weissmuller caricature in "The CooCoo Nut Grove" (1936).
The animation of the African Natives running towards the camera was later reused in "Buddy's Theatre" (1935) and "Speaking of the Weather" (1937), and they are re-drawn as the Dirty Sleeves in "Ali-Baba Bound" (1940).
This is the first Looney Tunes short to be directed by Ben Hardaway.

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries
↑ Scott, Keith (20 September 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. ISBN 979-8887710112.
↑ 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. (18 August 1934). Harrison's Reports 16 (33). Harrison's Reports, Inc.
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240224055633/https://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-b.aspx
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 https://drawnandquarteredcartoons.blogspot.com/2024/09/buddy-of-apes-closer-look-out.html

[1] Catalog of Copyright Entries

[2] Scott, Keith (20 September 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. ISBN 979-8887710112.

[3] Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All Folks! The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Company, page 241. ISBN 978-0805014853.

[4] Harrison, P.S., ed. (18 August 1934). Harrison's Reports 16 (33). Harrison's Reports, Inc.

[5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20240224055633/https://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-b.aspx

[:0-6] 6.0 ^6.1 https://drawnandquarteredcartoons.blogspot.com/2024/09/buddy-of-apes-closer-look-out.html

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