Banned Cartoon-Betty Boop

Betty Boop

Betty Boop oop-a-dooped her way to the silver screen in the Max Fleischer cartoon short "Dizzy Dishes" on August 8th, 1930.

Since then, she’s been captivating audiences for over 70 years with her innocent start out as the bubbly bombshell that we know and love today. In fact, at the start of her career, BETTY WAS A DOG.

Yes, you read that right— a dog! It was only after appearances in several Fleischer cartoons that she eventually shed her canine ears in 1932’s Any Rags and assumed a human shape. And what a shape! With her AMPLE CURVES and trademark SULTRY SWAY,

Betty characterized a sexuality common to the depression a paying audience. Oftentimes, the occasional breeze would be known to lift Betty’s tiny dress or accidentally force her top off--much to the shock of viewers. And it wasn’t just the audience that found itself mesmerized by Betty.