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Post by kelly on Aug 9, 2010 18:36:37 GMT -6
WOW Props to Betty Betty Boop turned 80 years old today, ABC News has noted. She still looks as fetching as she did back in 1930, when Max Fleischer and animator Grim Natwick introduced her to the world in “Dizzy Dishes”, a 6 minute 6 second cartoon with flashes of Yiddish and a fleeting touch of the risque that later was banned from the film industry. In “Dizzy Dishes” Ms. Boop appears for a little over a minute, during which time she serenades a lust smitten waiter in front of an adoring audience. Ms. Boop was modeled after Helen Kane and Clara Bow, stars of the silver screen in the era of silent films. Although Clara Bow was dropped from “talkies” due to her strong Brooklyn accent, the accent became standard for Betty Boop and part of her odd appeal to her millions Read The Full Story: Betty Boop Turns 80 Today – IndyPosted indyposted.com/36792/36792-betty-boop-turns-80-today/
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Post by Midge on Aug 9, 2010 19:03:23 GMT -6
I hope I look that good when I'm 80. Happy birthday, Betty! ![:-X](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/lipssealed.png)
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Post by liz on Aug 10, 2010 22:44:14 GMT -6
I hope I look that good when I'm 80. Happy birthday, Betty! ![:-X](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/lipssealed.png) Me,too,Midge. ![:-X](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/lipssealed.png)
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Post by kelly on Aug 11, 2010 17:10:48 GMT -6
Me too man it been 80s year since her premire WHOA
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Post by Hedvig on Aug 12, 2010 15:54:07 GMT -6
Betty Boop: Work's been kinda slow since cartoons went to color. But I still got it, Eddie! "Boop-boop-be-doop-*boop*!" Eddie Valiant: Yeah. You still got it.
From Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
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Post by Midge on Aug 12, 2010 19:15:55 GMT -6
A trivia note: Betty's voice in Who Framed Roger Rabbit was provided by Mae Questel (1908-1998), who was the voice of the original Betty.
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Post by kelly on Aug 14, 2010 10:18:20 GMT -6
Yeah I found out that year later that introduction of most famous Rabbit Jessica Rabbit in that movie
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