What I really want to know is if there is any connection between the Bosco chocolate syrup product [which was first produced in 1928 and the first Bosko cartoon which was aired in 1929.

Is the similarity in names and the close proximity in dates just a
coincidence?

Also, I wondering why the name "Bosko" was chosen for that cartoon character. Given the fact that "bosky" means "almost drunk" and "bosco absoluto" (also spelled "bosko absoluto") means "dead drunk", is it too far fetched to believe that the creators of the American Bosko cartoon were making a subtle dig at those people who that character was [supposedly] modeled after? *

*perhaps the right slang word would be "diss"