''Bosko's Soda Fountain'' is a 1931 one-reel short subject featuring Bosko as part of the '' Looney Tunes'' series. It was released on November 14, 1931 and was directed by Hugh Harman. The film score was composed by

Frank Marsales Frank Alfred Marsales (31 August 188614 August 1975) was a Canadian composer best known for his work scoring many classic animated films by Warner Bros. Cartoons in the 1930s. He also worked with Walter Lantz Studios in the mid to late 1930s. ...

. This cartoon marks the first appearance of Honey's cat-like son, Wilbur.

Plot

Bosko, depicted as the owner/runner of a

soda shop A soda shop, also often known as a malt shop (after malted milk) and as a “malted shop” in Canada, is a business akin to an ice cream parlor and a drugstore soda fountain. Interiors were often furnished with a large mirror behind a marble count ...

ice cream parlor Ice cream parlors (American English) or ice cream parlours (British English) are places that sell ice cream, gelato, sorbet, and/or frozen yogurt to consumers. Ice cream is typically sold as regular ice cream (also called hard-packed or hard s ...

, serves sodas to a mouse and his old teacher (a hippo). His teacher's soda is sprayed in her face by a fan, causing her to leave the shop in anger. Then a dog enters the building and eats a pile of ice cream, causing the dog's body to become square-shaped. Bosko discovers what has happened to the dog and used its body as an accordion. Meanwhile, Honey's bratty and spoiled cat-like son, Wilbur demands an ice-cream cone after rehearsing singing and the piano against his will. Bosko sends the dog away, and then delivers an ice cream to Wilbur. Wilbur dislikes the flavor Bosko delivered to him (vanilla) and rudely retaliates, which ends in Bosko sitting, surprised, in the washing basket with a pair of underwear on his head.

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* 1931 films 1931 animated films Films scored by Frank Marsales Films directed by Hugh Harman Bosko films Films set in restaurants Looney Tunes shorts Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films 1930s Warner Bros. animated short films {{looney-tunes-stub