![]() Not your usual ambition I agree, but pretty harmless, and as Betty would have said "Nobody can take away my boop-oop-a-doop " for dreaming my own dreams. So my secret is out – I want to be Betty Boop’s dog. Either way I’d be any of their dogs – Pudgey, Bimbo, even the Great Dane in Clara Bow’s rather risqué, ‘ Call her Savage’. Both Helen and Clara bore a strong resemblance to Betty and whilst I have a soft spot for Helen, Clara was my second love – well, in my mind they are one and the same person, and interchangeable in my imagination. Her little pet dog ‘Pudgy’ was introduced in 1931 - that’s him waiting for Betty to get out of the bubbles by her pink, pearlescent bath.īetty was based on one of two real women – the silent film actress Clara Bow ( the It-Girl) or Helen Kane, an American popular singer whose signature song was " I Wanna Be Loved By You" ( boop-oop-a-doop). Gilmore Girls: In 'Thatll Do Pig' Lorelai has a Betty Boop figurine that Emily disapproves of. As Betty's popularity grew, she went through a transformation, losing her dog characteristics, but Bimbo remained as her boyfriend despite the fact that he remained a dog. Live-Action TV The Doctor Who episode, 'Midnight' has the Betty Boop cartoon, 'Betty Boop and Grampy' playing on a train. In her first cartoon appearance, Betty Boop was a dog character with long floppy ears and great. She was an immediate hit with the public and when I saw her in ‘ Minnie the Moocher’ back in the sixties on TV she was an immediate hit with me – my heart went out to her.īetty's love interest was also a dog character named Bimbo. Betty Boop -The coy and sexy cartoon dame from the 1930s. In her first screen appearance she was cast as a nightclub singer attempting to win the affection of then-Fleischer star, Bimbo, an anthropomorphized dog. She started out as a poodle dog character without a name. Mind you, I’m still a little in love with her today, despite being grown-uppish these daysīetty Boop was created by Max Fleisch er in the 1930’s. ![]() I know it sounds odd to be in love with a cartoon character but I was only nine at the time and she does have all the attributes of the perfect woman.
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