Ups 'n Downs

Ups 'n Downs is a 1931 Looney Tunes short directed by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising.
== Plot ==
Bosko is running a hot dog stand at an amusement park. He sells a hot dog to a dog that goes bow-wow, but when the dog is about to eat it, the hot dog cries, "Mammy." The dog then replies, "Sonny Boy!" The dog and the hot dog end up kissing and skipping because they're joyfully reunited. Bosko sneaks away from his hot dog duties, because he wants to complete as a jockey at the nearby racetrack. Bosko's horse happens to be mechanical, but thanks to some quick thinking, he'll be able to get an edge over his competition.
== Caricatures ==
* Al Jolson
== Censorship ==
* The version shown on the Nick at Nite version of Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon deletes the sequence where a dog is about to eat a hot dog, only for it to come to life and cry "Mammy!" while sporting a blackface appearance.
== Notes ==
* The short was unofficially released by Astra TV under the title "Off to the Races", which was the source used for the 1973 redrawn colorized version by Radio & Television Packagers. As the redrawn used an incomplete copy as the source, it has a significantly different ending: 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.
* This short entered the public domain in 1959 as Warner Bros. did not renew the copyright in time.
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
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Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Bosko Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:Black-and-white cartoons
Category:1931
Category:Cartoons directed by Hugh Harman
Category:Cartoons directed by Rudolf Ising
Category:Cartoons with music by Frank Marsales
Category:Cartoons animated by Rollin Hamilton
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons produced by Hugh Harman
Category:Cartoons produced by Rudolf Ising
Category:Cartoons in the Sunset Productions package
Category:Public domain films
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Bernard B. Brown