Some of the information is Boop-Oop-a-Dooping full of SPOILERS. Boop-Oop-a-Doop!
Welcome to Miami
| Welcome to Miami[1] |
|---|
| Welcome to Miami | |
|---|---|
 | |
|
Name |
Welcome to Miami |
Popeye and Betty Boop creator Max Fleischer hosted a "Welcome to Miami" party in September 1938 to welcome animators who had relocated from New York to their new Florida studio.[2]
There was a special thank you film for the guests that featured Popeye and Betty Boop and was fully animated with complete backgrounds, voice actors, a music score, and styled Florida flora, according to the animators who attended and were interviewed by Jim Hill Media.
Max Fleischer reputedly had the sole copy of this cartoon locked away in the safe at the Fleischer Studios. On occasion, Max would show the animation to distinguished male visitors touring the Florida site.
The reel is said to have vanished from view after Paramount Pictures officials drove the Fleischer brothers out of their own animation studio in 1942. Today Welcome to Miami is lost to the ages.
Characters
Cast & Crew
- Max Fleischer (Producer)
- Dave Fleischer (Director)
Trivia
- Is lost media, and is considered to be that of an urban legend, however there were witnesses who were made aware of its existence.
- Cels or drawings of the short should be easier to identify as Betty Boop had an altered hairstyle in 1938.
- Supposedly, Betty lures Popeye in a setting reminiscent of a Harem bedroom.
- From 2006 to 2010, Jim Korkis wrote under the pseudonym of Wade Sampson. He finally revealed his true identity in September of 2010. He had the opportunity to interview many of the people who actually worked with Walt Disney and Max Fleischer.
- In the April 11, 2003 edition of Jim's Q & A section "Why For?", Jim reported that Disney animators actually made a 10-15 second X-rated pencil test involving Jiminy Cricket and Tinker Bell but stated that it was tame in comparison to the Betty Boop animation.
- This animated short is also referenced in Leslie Cabarga's book The Fleischer Story.
- The earliest silent adult animation, Eveready Harton, also known as Buried Treasure, was created in the late 1920s. Max Fleischer's studio, Paul Terry Productions, and Mutt and Jeff Studios were the three studio who produced it.
- Jim deleted the original articles from his website, but they are actually archived on a website called Toon Zone. Jim Hill stated: "If you actually were shocked when you read this story, I have just two words for you: grow up. After all, the nine old men indeed, the entire department over at Disney Feature Animation weren't saints. They were men. Guys who liked to smoke, drink, fart and swear. They were people who truly appreciated the female form. And if drawing a short scene where two of Disney's beloved icons got it on got a laugh well, so much the better."
- Spinach & Stockings: The Adventures of Betty Boop & Popeye pokes fun at Betty Boop and Popeye's relationship, possibly secretly referencing this lost media.