Videoteca

Ko-Ko's Hot Dog 1928
Max and Dave Fliescher are eating hot dogs in their animation studio and begin drawing. The hot dog becomes a "real" dog, and it and Ko-Ko the Clown alarmingly end up inside a Gas Chamber.

Inklings No. 10 1928
Lighting Sketches of US Presidents and world locations.

Koko Needles the Boss 1927 star_border 7
Ko-Ko the Clown is brought to life with a needle and thread.

Koko Back Tracks 1927
Ko-Ko and Fitz find that everything in their cartoon world is moving backwards. After entering the real world, they go inside a clock and move the hands backward, causing life all around the city to run in reverse.

Koko Gets Egg-Cited 1926
Ko-Ko gathers eggs on a farm while Max works on an incubator.

Margie 1926
Out of the Inkwell Films delivers the song "Margie".

Fadeaway 1926
This fascinating series features Max himself, filmed in live action, sitting at a drawing board and concocting adventures for his star performer Ko-Ko the Clown. Max is supposedly the guy in charge, and he takes sadistic glee in putting Ko-Ko through various forms of hell, but the clown usually fights back and sometimes gets the best of his Uncle Max. FADEAWAY elevates this charged relationship to new heights (or depths?) of nightmarish surrealism; it's also one of the most enjoyable Inkwell cartoons I've seen to date, packing lots of imaginative, unpredictable twists and turns into an eight minute running time.

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp the Boys Are Marching 1926 star_border 6
“Tramp, Tramp, Tramp the Boys Are Marching” features a song that dates back to the Civil War, one which was still familiar to audiences of the 1920s. The cartoon begins as Koko the Clown emerges from an inkwell-- an iconic image for animation buffs --and then steps over to a chalkboard to draw an orchestra. The band, “Koko's Glee Club,” marches to a nearby cinema (accompanied by a dog who beats cymbals with his tail) where they lead the audience in the title song.

Koko's Toot Toot 1926
Max is taking a railroad trip and pulls out his pen to draw Koko, Fitz and a railroad. Maybe the trip is too bumpy, because nothing works as it is supposed to.

It's the Cat's 1926 star_border 1
Neighborhood cats come to the tiny Ko-Ko Theatre to watch Ko-Ko and Fitz stage a variety of entertaining acts, from acrobatics to high-diving to statuelike tableaux vivants.

Sweet Adeline 1926
Follow the bouncing ball sing-along

Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? 1926
The Fleischer Studio's ever popular Follow-the-Bouncing-Ball series began in the early 1920s when studio boss Max Fleischer was approached by songwriter Charles K. Harris (best known for "After the Ball") who wondered whether audiences could be inspired to sing along with an animated cartoon.

Koko's Paradise 1926 star_border 6
Max Fleischer is going to a shooting gallery, so he practices on Koko and Fitz, sending them both to Paradise in this slightly erratic but funny cartoon.

Darling Nelly Gray 1926
Ko-Ko the Clows sets up the song "Darling Nelly Gray".

Ko-Ko in Thanksgiving 1925
Koko likes to join Max and his friends for Thanksgiving dinner. He can, under the condition of screening his films.

Koko Packs 'Em 1925
Max is moving out of his studio, so Ko-Ko the Inkwell Clown packs up everything in sight (even using a super-charged vacuum cleaner that sucks up the furniture and the moving men).

Koko Nuts 1925
Koko the clown is sent to the nut house by Max.

Koko Celebrates the Fourth 1925
Ko-Ko and Fitz celebrate the Fouth of July with fireworks and end up rocketed to an island inhabited by cannibals.

Koko Trains 'Em 1925
Max is inspired by a cute puppy, and gives Ko-Ko a trained dog to show off in a circus ring. The dog performs a variety of tricks, but things get out of hand once Ko-Ko's trained fleas are let loose into the crowd.

Big Chief Koko 1925
When a Native American artist sells a selection of his background drawings and original characters to Fleischer, Koko gives the new arrivals a cold reception.

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