Betty Boop's Ker-Choo Explained

Betty Boop's Ker-Choo
Director:Dave Fleischer
Seymour Kneitel (animation)
Animator:Seymour Kneitel
Bernard Wolf
Starring:Billy Murray (Bimbo)[1]
Ann Rothschild
(Betty Boop)
Bonnie Poe (Betty Boop)
Margie Hines
(additional voices)
Music:Johnny Green
Sammy Timberg
Jack King
Producer:Max Fleischer
Studio:Fleischer Studios
Distributor:Paramount Publix Corporation
Country:United States
Color Process:Black and white
Runtime:7 minutes
Language:English

Betty Boop's Ker-Choo is a 1932 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Koko the Clown and Bimbo.[2]

Plot

Bimbo and Koko are among the contestants in a big auto race, where all the talking animals in Fleischer-land are in attendance (the "humanized" cars await in stalls like horses, and the judge's panel consists of three elderly blind men). The favorite in the race is Betty Boop, but she's late again, and her Yiddish-accented car has no idea where she is. When Betty finally shows up, she explains in song that her tardiness is due to a "cold in my 'nose'".

Once the race begins, it's a real thriller-spiller, with even the spectators getting into the act—and catching Betty's cold in the process ("Ah, ah, CHOO!)"[3] Eventually, Betty wins the race.

Notes and comments

Betty sings the song "I've Got a Cold in My Nose", written by Scott Bradley with lyrics by Joseph Hanna.[4]

This short was featured in a Cartoon Network video, synced to Soul Coughing's song "Rolling".[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1930. April 24, 2011. The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110514224259/http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1930.html. May 14, 2011.
  2. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . June 6, 2020 . 54–56.
  3. Web site: Betty Boop's Ker-Choo . MovieFone . January 20, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203124414/http://www.moviefone.com/movie/betty-boops-ker-choo/1098112/synopsis . February 3, 2014.
  4. Web site: Betty Boop's Ker-Choo . IMDb . January 20, 2014.
  5. Web site: BangShift Tune-Up: "Rolling" by Soul Coughing (1998). August 22, 2016.