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Little Jimmy |
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Gender |
Male |
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Human |
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First Appearance |
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Last Appearance |
Betty Boop and Little Jimmy |
Little Jimmy was originally from a newspaper comic strip created by Jimmy Swinnerton.
The title character was a little boy who was constantly forgetting what he was supposed to do and found himself in hot water. It was one of the first ongoing features and the longest running, with a publishing history spanning from February 14, 1904 until 1958.
The young child in the title character was prone to forgetting his responsibilities and running into problems as a result. Despite having big eyes, Jimmy was naive and easily influenced by the silly habits of being a young
The adults in his life were greatly perturbed when he would frequently forget what he was supposed to be doing and walk off to do boyish things. He also exhibited a strong tendency to be in the wrong place at the wrong moment, which frequently resulted in absurdly exciting outcomes. His dog, Beans, and his even smaller pal, Pinkey, were his regular companions.
A supporting character added a few years later was Li'l Ol' Bear, strongly reminiscent of the cartoonist's first feature, The Little Bears. The strip first appeared sporadically in The New York Journal. It soon became a regular in the Sunday comics section and was picked up as a feature in other newspapers owned by William Randolph Hearst.
Little Jimmy began national syndication in 1915 with the founding of King Features Syndicate. A daily strip was added in 1920 and continued until the late 1930s. Swinnerton kept up the Sunday strip until he retired in 1958. Unlike other cartoonists of his era, Swinnerton "drew his strip in a clear, open style," according to Markstein.
In this, he anticipated dominant styles of the 20th century, less crowded and more easily read, quite appropriate for newsprint production, where the printing isn't always as clear as it should be."
Little Jimmy reacts with a line to Betty's song "Keep Your Girlish Figure"[1] saying, "If you're thin, don't worry over that." You'll gain weight if you just start laughing." It was one of the first ongoing features and the longest running, with a publishing history spanning from February 14, 1904 until 1958.
Quotes
- Little Jimmy: "If you're thin don't worry over that, just begin to laugh and you'll grow fat!"
- Little Jimmy: "Oh! Oh! A horsy, whoa!"
- Little Jimmy: "Gotta get an optician!"
- Little Jimmy: "No... Gotta get a magician for Betty! A magician!"
- Little Jimmy: "Betty... I couldn't find a musician."
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Trivia
- Little Jimmy is originally from a comic strip.
- He is not to be confused for Betty Boop's nephew Junior.
- Little Jimmy's voice was provided by an unidentified female voice-over artist who worked for the Fleischer Studios.
- Little Jimmy Camp in the Angeles National Forest, near Los Angeles, California, is named after the comic strip in honor of Swinnerton, who once stayed there.