Buddy in Africa

Buddy in Africa
Title card
Directed byBen Hardaway
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringJackie Morrow
The Four Blackbirds[1]
Music byNorman Spencer
Animation byDon Williams
Jack Carr
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Productions
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • July 6, 1935 (1935-07-06)
Running time
6 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Buddy in Africa is an American animated comedy short film directed by Ben Hardaway.[2] It was released on July 6, 1935. It is the 58th film in the Looney Tunes series and the 21st cartoon to feature Buddy.[3]

Plot

A stereotypical African villager mows the grass forming the roof of his hut, another crushes a fruit using his companion's mouth, while another throws children into targets with their nose rings as though they were horseshoes. Buddy operates a variety store in his truck, driving towards the village Snake-Eyes while ignoring a hitchhiking gorilla. Buddy sells musical instruments, frying pans, and Roman candles to the villagers in exchange for native fruits.

A villager uses a storage battery to light up lightbulbs he had connected to his ears, then wears a bucket to serve as adequate lighting for reading. Another lights Roman candles in his mouth and predictably is thrown out by the sheer force. Buddy sells jungle bitters to the villagers, the consumption of which compels the natives to perform a musical number and dance in numerous ways.

A naughty monkey takes a bottle, but is spanked by Buddy. He escapes and encounters the hitchhiking gorilla from before, requesting retaliation. The gorilla punches a villager into the ground. The gorilla approaches Buddy as he inflates a tire and a violent confrontation occurs. Buddy is chased to a guard tower, where the gorilla is flung away by the tire's pressure into a palm tree, then is thrown back and destroys the tower. Buddy and the gorilla make amends after the gorilla launches the monkey the same way.

References

  1. ↑ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 16. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
  2. ↑ Maltin, Leonard. Of Mice and Magic: a History of American Animated Cartoons. Von Hoffmann Press, Inc., 1980. p. 406
  3. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 37. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
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