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Broadway Folly is an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short released on March 3, 1930.

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Oswald was driving his uncovered car, heading towards a night club. He parks his car at a sidewalk by the club and goes toward the entrance. As he was reaching the door, Oswald was flagged down by the bellhop who tells him that parking in the sidewalk was not permitted. As a solution, Oswald compressed his car with his hands until it was hand-sized. The rabbit drops the tiny car in his shorts and gives the bellhop a raspberry blow.

Coming to the night club also was Pete. Holding on to his long-johns was his cub son who refuses to separate. Frustrated by the persistent holding, Pete puts his son inside the suit and hangs it on a light post. The cub was able to come out but was saddened when he lost sight of his father. He came to the night club's entrance and asked "Is my father in there?". A voice from inside tells him not to stay by the doors.

Inside the night club, the singers on stage perform their acts. However, their performance wasn't well-received by the guests. Enjoying the atmosphere nonetheless, Oswald dances on the table. Sharing his table was Pete, who came in minutes after him. As Oswald dances, he accidentally kicks Pete in the nose who rips it off Oswald's body. Miraculously, he survives and manages to put himself back to together. As retribution, Oswald strikingly puts a jar on Pete's head.

While Pete tries to take the jar off his head, a cow laughs at him. Pete kicks the cow, who in turn, gets laughed at by a mouse. The cow spits at the mouse who then gets laughed at by an elephant. The mouse pulls the elephant's trunk and lets go, causing that animal to dropped on the others. As a result, everyone goes into a frenzy. Some patrons were able to flee the but the rest remained in the trouble. A police car arrives and takes the whole night club building away.

Knowing his father is still inside, the cub tries to follow the moving building but couldn't keep up. As he stops, he comes across an opaque telephone booth at a park. The cub asked his question but only received silence. Desperate, the cub rips open the booth. In turns out that what's inside was a Tibetan man making a phone call.

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The cub's quote "Is my father in there?" would later be used two later cartoons "Nature's Workshop" and "Monkey Wretches". It was inspired by short films and other media published several years earlier which used similar words. Back then, women and youngsters had to enter taverns through a door other than the main one. They also had to be served in separate tables.

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Oswald The Lucky Rabbit - BROADWAY FOLLY (1930)

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