![]() All you need bring with you is the realization that Miss B's magical universe is the perfect code cover for transgressions made under the ruling elite's very noses. However, none of that is ultimately needed to dig the craziness for what it is. Seen today, it behooves one to keep these historical details in mind, for they add to the cartoon's mythic and historical resonance. Say boy, hand me up another shot of that boooo-ooooze down to their midtown animation studio and recording and rotoscoping Cab's indelible saunter, the Fleischer's SNOW WHITE becomes one far-out pinnacle in pre-code cartoon jazz surrealism, taking the 'danger' exotica element of the white experience in black Harlem, and swings it all the way around so that there's no black or white anymore at all, the skins are long gooooaaoone. Capturing the sense of giddy 'safe' cultural danger into a cartoon, bringing Cab and co. Here life and death mix together in a ghoulish romp, with Boop encased in ice as a temple sacrifice while Cab and his bone orchestra whoops and struts and xylophones their ribs. The Fleischer brothers, two very hip Jewish cartoonists, made the pilgrimage regularly and their culture shock-amped awe comes through SNOW WHITE at the Mystery Cave. Orson Welles did his Voodoo Macbeth and the Cotton Club music was so hot it made the rest of the city's orchestras seems to be in slurry comas. Accompanied by swirling phantasm chorus in the hell/underground/uptown jazz joint, the Mystery Cave, wherein Cab sings "Saint James Infirmary," with plenty of that dynamite "Hi de Ho", his lanky white tuxedo-ed frame rotoscoped into the figure of a twirling dancing ghost with improbably long legs,Īs we now know, Harlem in the 1930s was a very cool and artistically happening place, and the hipsters in the white downtown spots all knew it -the intellectuals, long-hairs, bohemians, musicologists, anyone with a pulse, Harlem was a sacredly profane initiation rite to these white cats, akin to mystery initiation rituals of ancient Greece, usually undertaken late at night after downtown joints closed and the courage was up-for here art and life was far more vivid, with a mix of frenzy and precision that eluded white culture (hence the constant co-opting). Regular musical guests in the land of Betty, Cab Calloway and his orchestra were perfect foils to the squiggly shapes and (literally and figuratively) loopy adventures of the saucily under-garbed Betty, her dog Bimbo and the frighteningly balloon-like Koko the clown, with Cab's wild vowel extensions "WhooooaaaooH" finding perfect expression in Fleischer's expanding and contracting shapes. ![]() Lucky for all of us, now the Boops are on youtube! Even so, the old Boop tapes we could find skipped the wilder stuff like SNOW WHITE and we had to search high and low. Utterly bizarre, yet warmly comforting, all the trappings of a Saturday morning cartoon childhood were there coupled to racy 1930s jazz and "adult" Dali-esque symbolism. If you've ever wanted to see Cab peel of his skin and dance around like a ghost, scatting and hi-de-hoing into all sorts of pretzel medallion shapes (as above), this is it.īetty was always great to "come down to" after a lysergic night on the town. We’ll be more than happy to add it to our list.In true reefer-smoking, laudanum-quaffing Paramount pre-code glory, everything in the 1933 Betty Boop short SNOW WHITE is alive and wriggling and-best of all-swathed in the groovy music of Cab Calloway and his Orchestra. We hope this blog was useful for you and if you think we have missed an iconic character in our list, please let us know in the comments section below. ![]() Here’s a video on how you can create your cartoon characters using Animaker. Yes, there is! Just sign up to Animaker’s Avatar Maker ! You can create 1 Billion+ unique characters. In case you are wondering if there was a way to create cartoon characters on your own. ![]() That’s the impact cartoon characters can have on a person. It has been decades since the inception of these characters, yet their impact in our minds still remains the same. I am sure some of those characters took you down memory lane. The voice of Richie Rich was provided by Dick Beals. He was created by the American cartoonist Alfred Harvey and the artist Warren Kremer, and first appeared in Harvey Comics’ “Little Dot” #1 in September 1953. He has a group of loyal friends who often join him on his adventures, including his girlfriend Gloria, his loyal butler Cadbury, and his loyal dog, Dollar. Despite his immense wealth, Richie is a kind and generous person who is always willing to help others. He is the only child of a wealthy family and has access to incredible resources, including his own personal helicopter, private zoo, and even his own roller coaster. Richie Rich is a young boy who is incredibly wealthy and leads an extravagant lifestyle.
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