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In Barnacle Bill,[1] Betty Boop is depicted as plump anthropomorphic French poodle. A few weeks after the creation of Dizzy Dishes, Dave Fleischer asked Grim Natwick to design a girlfriend for Bimbo to star as the "fair young maiden" in a cartoon adaptation of the popular song, "Barnacle Bill the Sailor".
Grim streamlined and refined his caricature of Helen Kane objected, insisting that since Bimbo was a dog, his girlfriend should also be a dog. Grim quickly sketched Betty Boop’s head on a four legged canine body.
He held up the drawing next to the pretty girl design, and asked, "Which would you rather have as your girlfriend? A girl? Or a dog?" Dave laughed and agreed that the pretty girl was the right choice.
Trivia
- The character uses the same base from Dizzy Dishes but has lost the curls to make her differ to her original appearance and not look so much like Helen Kane, but the character pretty much looks the same.
- In this cartoon she is called Nancy Lee, and she lives at 88 Dock Street.
- Nancy's singing voice is provided by "Helen Kane Impersonation Contest" winner Margie Hines.
- Dave Fleischer described this version of Betty Boop as "very ugly".
- According to Grim Natwick, Betty was a redheaded blue eyed French poodle.[2]