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New and Upcoming Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-Offs

Little Bobo the Elephant decides to leave a jungle, where he is assigned to the thankless task of moving logs with his trunk, for a glamorous life in a circus in America. On the advice of a minah bird, Bobo paints himself pink to gain access to a ship bound for the U.S., because nobody on the ship will admit to seeing a pink elephant much less act to remove the presumed hallucination. After Bobo arrives in America, a steet-cleaner washes his pink color away, and people are now willing to acknowledge seeing the little elephant. Bobo is arrested by the police and chained for trial by judge, and the judge sentences him to life - in a circus, where he is bat "boy" for the big top baseball team, and laments that he's carrying logs (i.e. bats) yet again!

Here we are 6 years after DUMBO with McKimson trying to be sweet like Disney, yet with a Looney Tunes edge and ultimately failing at it. (It seems like Chuck Jones might have been a better choice as a director). It is interesting that the Minah Bird (a Jones character from the &quot;Inky&quot; cartoons) is involved without Inky; this would have been the character&#39;s penultimate appearance in the Golden age of Looney Tunes. The voices are by Mel Blanc and Robert C. Bruce (the narration voice for the Looney Tunes)and a young Stan Freberg as Bobo. I also don&#39;t remember this one playing very often; it&#39;s an odd little one-shot, amusing, but not essential when compared to the other cartoons McKimson did at the times, like the two cartoons that preceded it, ONE MEAT BRAWL, which introduced Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk, and the Barnyard Dog to the world, and the Daffy Duck Classic BIRTH OF A NOTION.

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Hobo Bobo

Maybe a little too reminiscent of &quot;Dumbo&quot; (cute baby elephant; advice from bird; circus setting; pink elephant gag) to be judged on its own merits, the best thing is the voiceover narrator who manages to get in a few ironic jabs.  The stowaway gags are OK, too.

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Hobo Bobo

Weird Looney Tune take on DUMBO

Too reminiscent of "Dumbo"

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