What's your favorite Betty Boop cartoon?

[mgchan]

Which title is your favorite and why?

[Abettyboopster]

My favorite cartoon is Judge for a day.:D

[Shoelace]

My 2 favorite Betty Boop Cartoon is "Red Hot Mamma", and "Minnie the Moocher". I like "Red Hot Mamma" because of the songs and the imagry, I also like "Minnie the Moocher" because of Cab Calloway.:P

[JennyBoop]

:D I have not seen all of her cartoon's yet in my collection but I would have to say Red Hot Mamma also, I just like all the different images and the music.

[LilMizNaughty25]

I didn't know Betty Boop had Cartoon

[bettyboopfan]

I didn't know Betty Boop had Cartoon

That is where Ms.Boop came from.....from Cartoons!

Go to this link and read up on them.
You will find it very interesting!
http://www.bettyboop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1873

[The Moocher]

Snow White is IMHO the "best" cartoon because of its imagery, its imagination, its atmosphere and its music. However, it is very much the "high art" side of Betty Boop. You need to watch it a few times to appreciate it.

The Impractical Joker is probably the funniest, although Ha Ha Ha runs it close.

I can't argue with Red Hot Mamma for entertainment value, but it is very much an adult cartoon.

For family viewing I would thoroughly recommend Riding the Rails.

The best talkartoon (as opposed to cartoon) is Minnie the Moocher, with Mysterious Mose a close second. However, talkartoons are a very early form of animation and appear rather primitive to the modern viewer.

Mooch

[Neckless]

Betty Boop for President

Betty Boop's 36th cartoon is rich with political references.
This is one of my favorite Betty Boop cartoons.
The political theme makes this cartoon a valuable piece of historical commentary. So much to see in this complicated and fascinating cartoon!
You can get a glimpse at the first Grampy.

[The Moocher]

Betty Boop for President


In its day this cartoon was brilliant. Even today it's well worth watching. However, for a lot of the jokes to hit home you need to know something about the 1932 Hoover/Roosevelt presidential election. Nothing dates quicker than political satire.

In 1980 a feature-length colour cartoon was made with the same title. It wasn't nearly as good.

Mooch

[bettyboopfan]

The Impractical Joker is probably the funniest

I would have to agree!

[The Moocher]

I've seen a number of claims on other sites that Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933) was her best cartoon. Personaly, I think that Max Fleischer was too fond of animating domestic items, and that (for example) the animated sewing machine goes on a bit too long.

I'd welcome comments from anyone who has seen the short.

Mooch

[Bikerbettyboop]

I've seen a number of claims on other sites that Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933) was her best cartoon. Personaly, I think that Max Fleischer was too fond of animating domestic items, and that (for example) the animated sewing machine goes on a bit too long.

I'd welcome comments from anyone who has seen the short.

Mooch

I think a lot of the cartoon creators animated objects pretty often... Walt Disney did too!!

I love reading all the info you provide Moocher about the cartoons... you could write a book!

[Neckless]

In its day this cartoon was brilliant. Even today it's well worth watching.

http://re2.mm-a1.yimg.com/image/177846703 I agree wholeheartedly.

[Bikerbettyboop]

Betty Boop would make a fine president of cartoonville!

[Candlesnboop]

"You will be glad when your dead you rascal you"

Is IMO the best. I love Louis Armstrong!!


This 1932 cartoon, Betty Boop's thirty-seventh cartoon appearance, contains some of the earliest live footage of the great jazz musician, Louis Armstrong. At the beginning we see Louis Armstrong performing the High Society Rag with about ten other musicians. This is a piece he inherited from the old King Oliver band of which he had been a member. Louis Armstrong was an active and lively performer, and according to a story told by Leslie Cabarga in The Fleischer Story, he kept dancing out of camera range. They finally had to draw a chalk line on the floor to show him his boundaries.
The High Society Rag continues without a break as the animation begins. We see Bimbo and Koko carrying a dark-skinned Betty Boop on a litter through the jungles of Africa, where they are observed by Africans. The Africans attack and carry off Betty Boop, leaving Bimbo and Koko behind wondering where they had gone. They try following the Africans' footprints, but these periodically jump up and reverse direction. The scene morphs to a new scenario with Bimbo and Koko in a big cook pot surrounded by Africans. They immediately escape by climbing nearby palm trees. The trees turn into stilts, and they stride over to a cliff and up onto the cliff top.
At this point, the sky darkens and the title melody begins. An African with a spear appears, chasing Bimbo and Koko. The figure floats up into the sky and turns into an animated and floating Louis Armstrong head, later replaced by live footage of Louis's head.

[Neckless]

hmmm. Ok. Sounds like a good one at that!

[bettyboopfan]

Betty Boop would make a fine president of cartoonville!


So very true, BBB!!! :D

[Bikerbettyboop]

She's already president of her own fan club!

[The Moocher]

I think a lot of the cartoon creators animated objects pretty often... Walt Disney did too!!

I love reading all the info you provide Moocher about the cartoons... you could write a book!

You're right Bikerbettyboop. The broomsticks in Fantasia where Mickey played the sorcerer's apprentice are brilliantly animated, and who can forget the car in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

However, Max Fleisher was the king of object animation, and Betty Boop his queen. The point I was making is that twenty seconds of an animated sewing machine is brilliant. Three minutes can drag.

I am writing a book. That's the simple part. Getting it published is much more of a problem. I've written to King Features to see if they are interested in a joint project.

I write books for a living. If I don't get published I don't eat. So this is something close to my heart .... and my stomach :)

Mooch

[Neckless]

I write books for a living. If I don't get published I don't eat. So this is something close to my heart .... and my stomach

You WILL do fine! Best Wishes! Stay focused like you do so well and you will do fine. Trust me!

[bettyboopfan]

Yes, exactly what Neckless said!!