''Ups N' Downs'' is the eighth title in the ''

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'' series featuring

Bosko Bosko is an animated cartoon character created by animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. Bosko was the first recurring character in Leon Schlesinger's cartoon series and was the star of thirty-nine ''Looney Tunes'' shorts released by Warn ...

. It was released as early as January 31, 1931. It is directed by

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and

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, while the film score was written by Frank Marsales.

Plot

Bosko is working as a hot dog salesman at a fair, and is determined to win the fair's race with his self-built mechanical horse. Despite fierce competition from riders and their legislate horses, along with the efforts of a cheating jockey who uses his spit and even a

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to hinder Bosko, Bosko crosses the finish line using his horse's extendable neck and is crowned the winner of the race.

Alternate version and ending

When the cartoon was re-released by pirate distributor Astra TV in the 1950s, it was renamed Off to the Races. Since it was sourced from an incomplete copy, the cartoon abruptly ends with the hand grenade going off, and cutting to a "THE END" title card. The 1973 redrawn colorized version was also sourced from the same incomplete copy, and thus has a significantly different ending produced; the hand grenade destroys Bosko's mechanical horse, but also sends him flying into the cheating jockey and knocks him off his own horse, which Bosko is then able to use to win the race.

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* * * 1931 films 1930s American animated films Films scored by Frank Marsales Films directed by Hugh Harman Films directed by Rudolf Ising Bosko films Looney Tunes shorts American animated black-and-white films 1931 animated short films {{looney-tunes-stub