Wednesday, January 31, 2007

 

Inexplicable

In an attempt to drag out my lunch hour I have been working my way through the '50 Greatest Cartoons' at CityRag and this one is completely mystifying. I know that all Betty Boop cartoons follow a logic that went extinct about 60 years ago but this is extra weird.
YouTube link to cartoon

It is orchestrated by Cab Calloway and even features a young Mr. Calloway and his orchestra in the beginning. Later he is represented as an animated ghostly walrus.

The wikipedia entry on Betty is kind of interesting. I think that tomorrow I will click on the link for Rotoscope. Right now I need to go back to work.

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