Here's a lively musical number from a rather obscure Warner Bros. cartoon. Pinto Colvig (better known as the voice of Goofy for the Disney studio) voices the leader of a gang of hobo dogs. The cartoon itself is pretty much just a string of gags about the hobo culture of the Great Depression era, which was coming to an end by 1939, when it was released. It's no John Steinbeck novel or "O Brother Where Art Thou?", but it's worth seeing for this final moment. Who can resist a Goofy knockoff, voiced

Hobo culture flourished with the growth of railroads and economic instability. During the Gilded Age and the Great Depression, millions of unemployed workers rode the rails. Hobos developed a distinct subculture with their own slang, signs (symbols chalked on buildings to guide others), and ethics, emphasizing mutual aid and freedom. They faced dangers like train accidents, railroad police ("bulls"), and hostile communities. "Hobo jungles," makeshift camps near rail yards, became hubs for rest a