Buddys Lost World

Summary

Capt. Buddy leaves on a maritime expedition around the world as many adoring well-wishers cheer him on: they stand on a dock, which is pulled apart as Buddys motorboat, still tied to the structure, sails away, leaving the people floating in the water.

We find that Buddy & his companion Bozo the dog have found land: it is, as Buddy notes upon looking about and checking his map, the "Lost Island!" Buddy, in his excitement, leaves Bozo to sniff footprints that move away from him every time they are sniffed: this takes Bozo through a forest, dominated, as we find, by a brontosaurus, whose discovery frightens the dog into a run. Bozo topples a cavelady jumproping, & encounters a caveman who seems to suppose himself a dog, as he digs up a bone and scurries off with it; Bozo finds a bone as well, the which leads him to unearth an entire dinosaur skeleton! The dog becomes trapped within the skeletons rib cage; Buddy sees this & flips his lid. By opening the mouth of the deceased dinosaur, Buddy is able to rescue his companion.

Buddy now spies, through some reeds, another peculiar fellow acting like a dog, and calls Bozo over to see. But, despite Buddys injunctions to silence, Bozos yelping scares the strange man away. The dog chases the fleeing fellow into a cave, in which both are then trapped. Buddy calls after Bozo & is eaten by a gigantic, ravenous plant, whose digestive tract leaves him on a hillside, overlooking a society of cavemen, some hard at work, others busying themselves with croquet. Our Hero decides to descend, and so slides down the neck of what happens to be a very friendly brontosaurus. We see then three Stooge-esque cavemen abusing each other: one indicates Bozo the dog, who is tied up very close by. The Stooge takes Bozo to what will turn out to be the base of a cage, in which Buddy, hurrying away from his dinosaur friend in order to rescue Bozo, also becomes ensnared.

We see that Buddy and his companion are in a pot of water, presumably to be cooked. Two of the Lost Islands cave denizens perform an absurd dancing ritual that involves a good measure of abuse by clubs: the crowd of cave people watch as all takes place. Buddy shouts for help, & is heard by none other than his brontosaurus friend from earlier: the approaching dinosaur scares off all of the cavemen, some of whom are further picked up by the great beast & thrown off-screen. The dinosaur places Buddy and Bozo on its back: giving his thanks, Buddy places his sailors hat upon his new friends head, and is licked affectionately by both of his animal friends.

Animation error

In the scene in which Buddys brontosaurus reaches its neck & head into a primitive dwelling in order to extract one of the offending cave people, the pot in which Buddy & Bozo sit momentarily disappears and then shows up again, just in time for the final rescue.