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   Mike the Knife says Like gold, fpf! Thanks a heap!

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   Mike the Knife says ...although the unfortunate stereotypical caricatures (see the otherwise awesome Louis Armstrong/Betty Boop 'toon) will disturb some. I try to regard them in historical context so I don't get too pissed off.

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   fairportfan says And those stereotypes are why many of these type of cartoons are virtually unknown to people under, say, the age of forty. Along with *Inki and the Mynah Bird*: And *Jungle Drums*, possibly my favourite *Superman* cartoon:

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   Mike the Knife says True dat.

   Permalink posted 04/01/2007
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   Anna says I love Betty Boop! ! !

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   Mike the Knife says I'd marry Betty Boop...except for the enormous size of her head.

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   steve simon says classic

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   Spike says These particular early Thirties black and white cartoons that you chose made a big impact on me in the early Seventies when they were screened as part of a midnight movies show at the Pagoda Theater near Chinatown in San Francisco. At 11:30 on Saturday nights, the detached ticket booth of a staid Chinese movie theater would be festooned by wildly bohemian decorations and surrounded by a crowd of wildly bohemian cineastes. Seeing footage of a hotter-than-hot young Louis Armstrong and his band performing "I'll Be Glad When Your Dead, You Rascal You" made me realize that the period AFTER his Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings was my favorite. The Betty Boop cartoon "I Heard" introduced me to the amazing singing voice of Don Redman. The music and impeccably animated dream imagery in these and others such as "Bimbo's Initiation," "Snow White," and "Little Red Riding Hood" work as high art for me. Great post.

   Permalink posted 04/06/2007
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   fairportfan says At danger of revealing my True Age (though i have already) - i first saw every one of these cartoons - in fact, all of the cartoons in all of this series of posts - on television, before i was twelve. There are times i'm happy that most of my childhood was spent in the Bad Old Days... (Heck, i even saw the Betty Boop featuring Stepin Fetchit.)

   Permalink posted 04/06/2007