Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 'Hungry Hobos' (1928)

This short was taken from the special features of the latest release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Hungry Hoboes (alternate spelling: Hungry Hobos) is a silent animated short released by Universal studios in 1928. The short features Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Peg Leg Pete as the title characters, who hop trains in search of food.

Having been lost since before World War II, the short was rediscovered in 2011 in the Huntley Film Archives, and was later purchased by the Walt Disney Company for $31,250. It was then restored in a year-long digital restoration. Hungry Hoboes re-debuted in at the Telluride Film Festival, on September 2, 2012, as part of a special animation shorts program presented by leading film historian and restoration expert Serge Bromberg.

[Niblet_Productions]

It’s amazing how back then the makers of these cartoons didn’t even need a voice actors (I don’t think it was possible back then) I can still perfectly when the characters mean by the way they move

[Themaddprof]

Thank you for uploading this. These Disney Oswald's are the holy grail of cartoon geeks and this shows their reputation was deserved.

[PyroGothNerd]

Moral of the story....do not travel with Pete!

[KetwunsGamingPad]

I can't get over how clean and clear this looks and sounds! What a restoration!

[jackbuckley]

Creating these films was so labor-intensive, I'm always amazed to find so much excess movements that had to be animated. It seems like, in the planning stages, during the storyboarding process, that alot of suggestions would've been discarded due to time-pressures, & added drawing burdens, not to mention cost of materials. I'm also amazed at the general smoothness of the animation already achieved in these early efforts. I've also noticed some interesting effects, too, like the oscillating, bouncy rr tracks, vibrations in character-movements, the quickness of the passing background while the train is moving, etc. Also amazing to realize that many of the characters in these early Disney shorts resemble Mickey Mouse, well before Walt created, & Ub, designed him. Oswald basically IS MM, only the ears are different. Pegleg Pete's face essentially looks like M, as well!

[xgaboonx]

Wow i read your description. This cartoon is worth $31000. Insane!

[azuraring]

Thank you for finding this short and uploading it to YouTube

[snakes]

Just once I wish Disney would put out a short where Oswald and Mickey star together

[lulzyiethelulzzer]

It''s kinda funny and gives agony the fact that Pete's litteraly abusing Oswald

[garryferrington]

Pretty rough, but the gags are really well worked out and build into one another extremely well. Disney was already the best story man in animation.

[azuraring]

I also downloaded this video because one, so more uploads of this video can exist and two, because this is the only perfect upload of the full cartoon, the others were a person recording it on bandicam and the other was recorded with an IPad, but did credit you on the description of my upload of Hungry Hobos.

[tablettablet]

Unlike Mickey and Minnie, Oswald and Ortensia actually got married and had kids.

[fayezfawzi]

If this short was made today all would be screaming about "Animal Cruelty" XD

[salomeheredia]

Ok I laughed when Oswald became monke but
I was feeling so bad for those animals. They did nothing wrong, just stand right there until some guys put them into a box without warning

[bobbyanimationsandadventur]

Is it just me or does Oswald have more personality and he is better and more charming then mickey

[Princess_-gpep]

This is the rare time that Oswald was the unlucky rabbit.

[elisapinto]

Best character ever made by the world!!!! I mean oswald

[Flonolist]

Oswald is no longer suicidal because he is remembered.

[mrsnicky]

1:14 the only time we see plane crazy styled/big eyed oswald

[pinksoft]

I remember i once was watching Disney Channel and an ad of Oswald and Mickey was showed on screen, at first i was confused on who the rabbit was, years later i found out who he is, pretty character for sure