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Dizzy Dishes[2] is a 1930 cartoon about out-of-work actors who work at a nightclub cabaret. The short film begins with a chorus of dancing flapper cat girls singing the "Hot-Cha".
Bimbo serves a hungry gorilla before heading to the kitchen to prepare the order, roast duck.
When he is about to carry it to the gorilla's table, he notices an anthropomorphic French poodle-esque caricature of Helen Kane (called "The Original Poop-Poop-Pah-Doop-Girl,") singing a "Poo-Poo-Pah-Doop" song on stage, this nameless character later became known as Betty Boop.
The plumper Betty Boop debuts that were deemed unattractive, according to Grim Natwick, were entirely based on Kane and served as the Betty Boop character's introduction.
Later, the character was further developed by Fleischer Studios and Paramount Pictures. By 1932, Betty eventually absorbed additional characteristics from numerous female stars, the most notable being Mae Questel and Paramount's leading lady, Clara Bow the "It Girl".
In Dizzy Dishes, Bimbo immediately falls in love with Betty and begins singing along with her. He completely disregards his starving customer Gus Gorilla, and dances onstage with the duck. The gorilla becomes enraged and begins chasing after Bimbo, who flees on a wooden railway.
Quotes
- Bimbo: "Roast duck!"
- Gus Gorilla: "Where's my roast duck?"
- Bimbo: "Boop-Poo-Pah-Doop-Boop!"
- Betty Boop: "Poo-Pah-Doop-Pah-Doop-Pah-Doop! Poo-Poo-Pah-Doop! Whoopee!"
Characters
Cast & Crew
- Margie Hines as Betty Boop, Cats
- Billy Murray as Bimbo
- William Billy Costello as Gus Gorilla
- Max Fleischer (Producer)
- Dave Fleischer (Director)
- Grim Natwick (Animator)
- Ted Sears (Animator)
Margie Hines the Original Voice of Betty Boop
At the age of seventeen, Marjorie Louise Hines won first place in a impersonation content which was held in Brooklyn.
Hines got a job singing baby-talk songs on the radio station WMRJ, Jamaica and WNYJ. She later went on tour and was seen performing by Billy Murray, who found what the Fleischer Studios were seeking in Betty Boop.
Hines was hired by Lou Diamond and won a contract to voice Betty. Hines said that she created Betty's initial voice by using her own[3] "baby" voice. She voiced Betty in all of the 1930 cartoons, and in 1931 shared the role with newcomer Mae Questel.
After Hines' contract with Paramount Pictures expired in 1931, Questel took over completely. Hines' final role as Betty Boop was recorded on the 11th of August in 1932 for the cartoon I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You.
Several years later, Hines returned to the role as Betty after Questel withdrew from the role in 1938, and the show concluded with Hines in 1939.
Music
- "I Have To Have You"[4]
- "Crazy Jingle"
- "Abaloney"
- "Hot-Cha-Cha"
- "Never Say Die"
Gallery
Trivia
- Was released on the 9th of August in 1930.
- In the original storyboard concept, Fitz the Dog was supposed to be the irate customer, who breaks his table because his server is preoccupied with Betty Boop's act. Fitz was replaced, though, by Gus the Gorilla.
- Betty Boop sings Helen Kane's hit song "I Have to Have You," from the 1929 film Pointed Heels, whilst performing on top of a table. In comparison this cartoon takes elements from that film. In the original film for the finale sequence which also includes the song, Helen Kane wears a dress that has an "enormous" bow. Betty Boop in this debut, also has a large bow at the back of her dress. Kane sings this song to her on-screen husband, whereas Betty sings it to Bimbo who is a waiter.
- The as-yet-unevolved Betty Boop is drawn as an anthropomorphic dog. Except for the ears, she resembles a human girl in her latest incarnation. Also, she is merely a side character; the plot of the story revolves around the incompetent chef Bimbo and the irate gorilla-customer. The character that debuted in Dizzy Dishes was such a massive hit that Fleischer Studios decided to use her again.
- The character uses a variety of "Boops" and "Poops" in song, as "Boop-Oop-a-Doop" was not officially used until 1932. Also "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" was actually "Poop-Poop-a-Doop" and "Poo Poo Padoo". They can be easily mistaken for "Boo Boo Badoo".
- Jimmy Durante's "Hot-cha-cha" is also featured, it is similar to the "Poo-Poo-Pah-Doo" epidemic. Durante would later explain the comparison in his song "Inka Dinka Doo".
- A James Cruze Productions movie from circa 1929 The Great Gabbo, stated in song by a Kane impersonator that girls make "Poopy" and boys make "Boopy".
- Gus the Gorilla, another character from the Betty Boop series, also appears at the cabaret where he is seen trying to order a roast duck from Bimbo.
- The cartoon starts off with a group of flapper cats dancing to the crazy jingle theme.
- At the age of 17, Margie Hines was hired for this one-shot to record the cover of a song previously sung by Helen Kane. According to Max Fleischer this "first picture" was finished before May. Hines was hired on May 1st, 1930.
- Dave Fleischer had regarded Betty as being very ugly in her first appearance, so they gradually re-designed her. Grim Natwick created Betty Boop after Dave handed him a photograph of 1920s singer and actress Helen Kane, and Natwick had used "a tiny portion" of Kane, as he had stated her look was common to a number of girls during the 1920s and early 1930s, and used that for the basis for Betty.
- Natwick streamlined and refined his caricature of Kane for the part, but Dave Fleischer objected, insisting that since Bimbo was a dog, his girlfriend should also be a dog. Natwick 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?' Fleischer laughed and agreed that the pretty girl was the right choice.
- Natwick also said that not only Kane but "teenage flapper girls" was also his inspiration to create Betty Boop. A little bit of Kane's "Poo-Poo-Pah-Doop" persona was used to create Betty, however this singing style and persona was in-vogue at the time, and was used by a multitude of flapper girls.
- The public's reaction was so great that Paramount urged Fleischer to continue developing this cartoon character, changing the character through each and every appearance, making the character more appealing to the public. As the character was originally fat and ugly, according to the creators. After Dizzy Dishes, Betty was made more slender, and was given a hourglass figure.
- This animated short is considered the first Betty Boop cartoon from the Talkartoon series.
- Helen Kane was originally flattered when she saw a Betty Boop cartoon for the first time, but later got upset when the character became a hit sensation, so Helen claimed plagiarism.
- Betty Boop had become more popular in the 1932 cartoon Stopping the Show, when she had evolved from canine to a human girl.
- At the time of its release, in some theatres Dizzy Dishes was played after Helen Kane's film Dangerous Nan McGrew as an added attraction.
- What Happened To Betty Boop?, an Italian theatrical production, makes reference to Dizzy Dishes.
- In Cuphead the video game, the nightclub in Clip Joint Calamity is a reference to the cabaret in Dizzy Dishes.
- Grim Natwick's early color concept for Betty Boop, has vivid red hair and blue eyes.[5]