Little Ol' Bosko in Bagdad

Little Bosko's mother asks this little kid to take some cookies to grandma's house. However, his imagination gets the best of him and he imagines all sorts of strange things--such as giant frog-like genies, flying carpets and Stepin' Fetchit-like characters. It all makes very little sense and seems like a combination of Cab Calloway, the Nicholas Brothers and LSD.

What can you say about this cartoon other than the obvious?! "Little 'Ol Bosko in Bagdad" is a VERY dated cartoon short that abounds with racial stereotypes which would make most of us cringe today. Back in 1938, making fun of black people and portraying them as less than others was the norm-- and folks thought this sort of humor was quite funny. Today, it naturally makes us cringe and it's not surprising that the film was yanked from circulation. However, for historians and the curious, it can be seen or downloaded from archive.org.

On the positive side, the animation is pretty good and the cartoon is in color. On the negative...just about everything else.