The BEST episodes directed by Rudolf Ising
#1 - Sinkin' in the Bathtub
Looney Tunes - Season 1930 - Episode 1
The film opens with Bosko taking a bath while singing "Singin' in the Bathtub". A series of gags allow him to play the shower spray like a harp, pull up his pants by tugging his hair, and give the limelight to the bathtub itself which stands on its hind feet to perform a dance.
#2 - You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!
Looney Tunes - Season 1932 - Episode 18
A bee returns home late after a night out having too much honey. His wife leaves him, but quickly ends up in the clutches of an evil ladybug. The whole hive turns out to fight the ladybug and get her back.
#3 - We're in the Money
Looney Tunes - Season 1933 - Episode 15
After the last human has left the department store, the toys walk over to the music department where they start performing the Warren/Dubin song "We're in the money". The money soon joins for a chorus, as well as display dolls in the wardrobe department.
#4 - Red-Headed Baby
Looney Tunes - Season 1931 - Episode 17
In a toy shop, a villainous spider threatens the happiness of a red-headed baby doll and her sweetheart, a toy soldier named Napoleon.
#6 - Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
Looney Tunes - Season 1931 - Episode 8
Things are hopping at a certain Mexican café. And then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.
#7 - Goopy Geer
Looney Tunes - Season 1932 - Episode 8
Goopy, a dog of no particular personality, but a crackerjack piano player, plays several songs on the stage of a nightclub. We spend a fair amount of time watching the patrons and staff of the nightclub.
#8 - Box Car Blues
Looney Tunes - Season 1930 - Episode 5
Poor, homeless Bosko keeps up his spirits by singing and dancing as he rides the rails. You won't believe the route of his train. On it, things are not what they seem, and Bosko is in for one bumpy ride.
#9 - The Organ Grinder
Looney Tunes - Season 1933 - Episode 7
An organ grinder and his monkey make their way down a New York streetscape.
#10 - I Wish I Had Wings
Looney Tunes - Season 1932 - Episode 20
A baby hen sees a lot of food on the other side of the fence. To get to it, he has to scare away a scarecrow.
#11 - One More Time
Looney Tunes - Season 1931 - Episode 11
Cop Foxy is trying to enforce the law in town, but dangerous drivers and gangsters who also kidnap his sweetheart are making this difficult.
#12 - Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid
Looney Tunes - Season 1929 - Episode 1
This inventive mixture of live-action and animation served to introduce the character of Bosko, a lovable and ever-jovial character. Animator Rudolf Ising sits at his drawing board and before our eyes creates Bosko, who comes to life and shows us "what he can do" in a series of snappy musical and comedy routines.
#13 - Big Man from the North
Looney Tunes - Season 1931 - Episode 1
Bosko, an officer of the mounted police, gets assigned the job of bringing in a wanted criminal. He must face the harsh winter weather to bring him in. Traveling to the local saloon in search of the criminal, he starts playing the piano, which ends up seeming like a much better idea to him. However, he soon gets back hot on the trail.
#14 - Hold Anything
Looney Tunes - Season 1930 - Episode 3
Bosko and Honey are joined by a zoo full of animals who are having too much fun to get any work done on a construction site. A goat's transformation into a hot-air balloon is a surreal highlight.
#15 - It's Got Me Again!
Looney Tunes - Season 1932 - Episode 10
Late at night, the mice come out and sing and play to the title tune, among others. That is, until the cat arrives, but he's quickly sent packing.
#16 - The Booze Hangs High
Looney Tunes - Season 1930 - Episode 4
Bosko has a grand time on the farm, dancing with a cow, playing a horse's tail like a violin and getting drunk with three pigs.
#18 - Young and Healthy
Looney Tunes - Season 1933 - Episode 5
A jolly old king, bored with all the foolish people in his court, goes off to find a group of children playing who are really young and healthy.
#19 - Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee
Looney Tunes - Season 1932 - Episode 6
An American Indian boy and girl sing and dance in the forest along with the animals. Trouble begins when a fire threatens baby birds in their nest.
#20 - You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
Looney Tunes - Season 1931 - Episode 13
Piggy picks up his girlfriend Fluffy and takes her to a theater, where a hot jazz orchestra is playing.
#22 - Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
Looney Tunes - Season 1931 - Episode 15
Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat. And Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land.
#23 - Three's a Crowd
Looney Tunes - Season 1932 - Episode 24
An old man is reading a book by the fire. After he goes to bed various characters from the book come alive.
#24 - I Like Mountain Music
Looney Tunes - Season 1933 - Episode 10
The magazines and books in a drugstore come to life and sing the title song, among others.
#25 - Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
Looney Tunes - Season 1931 - Episode 9
A streetcar conductor has adventures with a would-be passenger hippo, a cow blocking the tracks, and a runaway train while he, his passengers, and some hobos sing the title song.
#26 - The Queen Was in the Parlor
Looney Tunes - Season 1932 - Episode 13
When the king returns to the castle, he is surprised to find that the queen is in the parlor and won't see anyone.
#27 - Wake up the Gypsy in Me
Looney Tunes - Season 1933 - Episode 8
A camp of Russian gypsies, dancing and playing music.
#28 - Shuffle Off to Buffalo
Looney Tunes - Season 1933 - Episode 13
A short showing how babies are made and shipped all over the world.
#29 - The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
Looney Tunes - Season 1933 - Episode 14
Dishes and utensils sing various songs.
#30 - Dumb Patrol
Looney Tunes - Season 1931 - Episode 4
Bosko, depicted as a pilot in World War I, battles a thuggish pilot and is shot down by the enemy pilot's massive cannon. He lands in the wreck of a home, where he meets Honey.
#31 - Yodeling Yokels
Looney Tunes - Season 1931 - Episode 5
Bosko and Honey yodel their way through an icy adventure.
#32 - Congo Jazz
Looney Tunes - Season 1930 - Episode 2
Bosko hunts in the jungle, but ends up playing music with the animals.
#33 - Pagan Moon
Looney Tunes - Season 1932 - Episode 2
On a tropical island, a boy sings "Pagan Moon" to his sweetheart. Later, he plays music underwater with an octopus-pianist and other jazz-loving sea life.
#34 - Freddy the Freshman
Looney Tunes - Season 1932 - Episode 4
Freddy comes to a party and is a hit; he then goes on to be the star quarterback at the football game.
#35 - Moonlight for Two
Looney Tunes - Season 1932 - Episode 11
Two courting hillbilly dogs go to the big barn dance.
#36 - The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives
Looney Tunes - Season 1933 - Episode 1
On a cold Christmas Eve, a poor little boy wanders through a snowy village to his "shanty" on the other side of the tracks knowing that Santa Claus will never come to his house.
#38 - One Step Ahead of My Shadow
Looney Tunes - Season 1933 - Episode 3
In happy China, a Mandarin livens up some local music by playing some Pee Wee-style clarinet the American way, and then teams up with a little girl and boy to combat a ferocious dragon.
#40 - A Great Big Bunch of You
Looney Tunes - Season 1932 - Episode 22
A mannequin in the city dump improvises a piano from the junk to play and sing a song.