KoKo the Kop

Max Fleischer, the animator, brings his iconic character, Ko-Ko the Clown, into the realm of law enforcement, bestowing upon him the weighty responsibility of guarding a single, coveted bone. This seemingly straightforward task quickly unravels when Fitz, a recurring mischievous antagonist, daringly absconds with the guarded prize. What ensues is less a conventional police pursuit and more a kaleidoscopic descent into the elasticity of early animation, where the very fabric of reality—backgrounds, objects, and even the characters themselves—bends and warps to facilitate a relentlessly frantic and often hilariously absurd foot chase across a landscape governed only by the animator’s pen.