Bosko the Sheep-Herder

Bosko the Sheep-Herder
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Directed by	Hugh Harman
Produced by	Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising Leon Schlesinger
Music by	Frank Marsales
Animation by	Rollin Hamilton Max Maxwell
Color process	Black-and-white
Production companies	Harman-Ising Productions Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	June 14, 1933 (1933-06-14)
Running time	7 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Bosko the Sheep-Herder is a 1933 American animated comedy short film directed by Hugh Harman. It is the 34th film in the Looney Tunes series featuring Bosko. It was released on June 14, 1933.

Plot

Bosko plays on a piccolo while he minds lambs. One lamb dances along and eats flowers to the chagrin of a bee, who hits it with a bur from behind. It then eats a flower with a grasshopper in it, who fights back and angrily chews tobacco as it leaves.

The lamb beckons Bosko to play for it, as he fashions bagpipes out of a beehive and hollow branches. Bruno sleeps under a tree. Bosko finds a squirrel struggling to open a nut, allowing him to bite harder by manipulating his tail. The lamb's peers finds a large piece of grassland and consume it together. Meanwhile, a wolf sneaks near Bosko while he eats his sandwich lunch.

The lamb's peers drink milk from an udder fashioned from a milk bottle and one of Bosko's gloves. Meanwhile, the wolf follows the lamb while it eats flowers, donning a sheep's skin which fools the lamb until it removes the disguise and abducts the lamb. Bosko hears its call for help and wakes Bruno, who then follow it into a cave. A violent confrontation occurs inside, where Bosko rescues the lamb while Bruno fights and ultimately kills the wolf, donning its skin to scare Bosko before emerging victorious. Bruno and the lamb lick Bosko to his amusement.

Reception

The Motion Picture Herald called It a "fair cartoon".