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Grampy
Professor Grampy is an animated cartoon character appearing in the ''Betty Boop'' series of shorts produced by Max Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures. He appeared in nine of the later ''Betty Boop'' cartoons beginning with ''Betty Boop and Grampy'' (1935). He had a starring role in the "Color Classic" ''Christmas Comes But Once A Year'' (1936). Grampy is an ever-cheerful and energetic senior citizen with a bald, dome-shaped head, white beard, and black nose (depicted with a red nose in color productions). One author speculates that the character's design may suggest he is Ko-Ko the Clown in retirement. His primary activities include singing, dancing and building Rube Goldberg-esque devices out of ordinary household items. When presented with an unexpected problem, he puts on his thinking cap (a mortarboard with a lightbulb on top). In short order, the lightbulb lights up as Grampy exclaims, "Hooray, I've got it!" and builds a new gadget to solve the problem. The character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grampy
Professor Grampy is an animated cartoon character appearing in the ''Betty Boop'' series of shorts produced by Max Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures. He appeared in nine of the later ''Betty Boop'' cartoons beginning with ''Betty Boop and Grampy'' (1935). He had a starring role in the "Color Classic" ''Christmas Comes But Once A Year'' (1936). Grampy is an ever-cheerful and energetic senior citizen with a bald, dome-shaped head, white beard, and black nose (depicted with a red nose in color productions). One author speculates that the character's design may suggest he is Ko-Ko the Clown in retirement. His primary activities include singing, dancing and building Rube Goldberg-esque devices out of ordinary household items. When presented with an unexpected problem, he puts on his thinking cap (a mortarboard with a lightbulb on top). In short order, the lightbulb lights up as Grampy exclaims, "Hooray, I've got it!" and builds a new gadget to solve the problem. The character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Boop And Grampy
''Betty Boop and Grampy'' is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. The short features Grampy in his first appearance. Plot Betty receives an invitation to a party from her elderly relative, Grampy. As she strolls along singing "I'm On My Way to Grampy's", she is joined by two moving men, a fireman and a traffic cop—all who irresponsibly drop everything (including a piano, a burning house and a traffic jam) to go to Grampy's party. Grampy is an eccentric inventor, whose labor-saving devices are of the Rube Goldberg variety. For example, he has a device that moves his entire house to the front entrance whenever the doorbell is rung. The glass shade of his ceiling light is rigged to double as a punch bowl, and he has modified an old umbrella to slice a cake into wedges. Grampy entertains his guests by building self-playing musical instruments out of household gadgets (which then play "Hold That Tiger"). Everyone dances until they drop from ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grampy's Indoor Outing
''Grampy's Indoor Outing'' is a 1936 Fleischer Studio animated short, starring Betty Boop and Grampy Professor Grampy is an animated cartoon character appearing in the ''Betty Boop'' series of shorts produced by Max Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures. He appeared in nine of the later ''Betty Boop'' cartoons beginning with '' Betty Boop .... Synopsis Betty offers to take her nephew Junior to see the carnival. Before they can leave the house, it starts to thunder and rain, making it impossible to attend the carnival. Betty's upstair's neighbor Grampy saves the day by using his crazy inventions to turn the apartment (and eventually, even the whole house with a huge umbrella covering it) into a circus. References External links * ''Grampy's Indoor Outing'' aBig Cartoon Database * ''Grampy's Indoor Outing'' oYouTube * ''Grampy's Indoor Outing'' aIMDb 1936 films Betty Boop cartoons 1930s American animated films American black-and-white films 1936 animated films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Comes But Once A Year
''Christmas Comes But Once a Year'' is a 1936 animated short produced by Fleischer Studios and released on December 4, 1936 by Paramount Pictures. It is part of the ''Color Classics'' series. The cartoon features Professor Grampy, a character from the '' Betty Boop'' series; this is the character's only appearance without Betty. The cartoon was restored from the original Paramount Pictures camera negatives by Jane Fleischer Reid’s company Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored and debuted on MeTV’s '' Toon in With Me'' on December 21, 2022. Summary The cartoon begins in an orphanage, where the orphans are all asleep in the dormitory, waiting for Christmas morning. Just then the clock chimes, and a puppy in the place of the cuckoo jumps out, slides down a ramp, and licks one of the orphans. The first orphan wakes up to shout to the others, "Merry Christmas, everybody!" They all jump out of bed and make their way to the hall, where they grab the toys from their stockings and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Be Human (1936 Cartoon)
''Be Human'' is a 1936 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop and Grampy. It is now in the public domain. Plot Betty Boop is incensed at her farmer neighbor's cruelty to his animals. But the inventive Grampy knows how to teach him a lesson. The abusive farmer has been compared to Billy Joe Gregg, who abused numerous cows and calves at the Conklin Dairy Farms in Ohio in 2010. Song The cartoon features the song ''Be Human'' sung by Betty Boop accompanying herself on piano. Instrumental renditions of the song are also prominent throughout the cartoon. When the animal-abusing farmer winds up on Grampy's punishment treadmill, a phonograph recording of Grampy's voice is heard singing the song. See also * Cruelty to animals * Animal welfare *Vigilantism * A Song a Day-The animated short with Betty Boop and Grampy in a humane animal hospital *Animal rights Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all Animal consciousness, sentient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Cleaning Blues
''House Cleaning Blues'' is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Grampy. Synopsis Betty wakes up in the morning after her birthday party. The house is a shamble, and Betty is not looking forward to cleaning up. She sings the title song while struggling with her chores. Grampy shows up to take Betty out for a drive, but Betty can't leave until everything is tidy. Grampy literally puts on his thinking cap (a mortarboard with a lightbulb on top), and invents a host of labor-saving devices: a cuckoo clock powered dishwasher, a combination bicycle and floor scrubber, and a player piano that folds laundry. In no time at all, the dancing inventor has the house spic and span, just in time to take Betty for a spin in his automobile (which features a built-in soda fountain A soda fountain is a device that dispenses carbonated soft drinks, called fountain drinks. They can be found in restaurants, concession stands and other locations such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zula Hula
''Zula Hula'' is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Grampy. Due to the use of negative racial stereotypes, this short is seldom screened today. Synopsis Betty and Grampy are on an around-the-world flight when they are forced to crash-land on an apparently deserted island. Betty is upset with their situation, but Grampy quickly invents a number of gadgets that allow them all the comforts of home. Things again take a turn for the worse when a group of cannibals show up. Quick thinking Grampy charms the savages by creating a calliope out of the crashed plane's parts. While the natives are distracted by the music, Grampy and Betty repair their plane and make a hasty escape. Reception ''Motion Picture Herald'' said on January 15, 1938, "The whole of the business is detailed in an amusing and rapidly drawn vein of clever cartooning. Similarly, on January 29, ''Boxoffice ''Boxoffice Pro'' is a film industry magazine dedicated to the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Impractical Joker
''The Impractical Joker'' is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. Jack Mercer (the voice of Popeye) provides the voice for Irving.Full cast and crew at thIMDb Synopsis Betty Boop is baking a cake, when Irving the practical joker comes for a visit. Betty becomes the victim of such pranks as shaking a false hand and getting squirted in the face. Betty calls on Grampy for help, and he quickly rigs his apartment to counteract Irving's pranks and send him on his way. Irving gets the last laugh, when Grampy lights the candle on the cake. Irving replaced the candle with a firecracker before he left. That last laugh is short-lived, however, when the picture of a warship that Irving is standing next to shoots water at him continuously. In other media A short clip from this cartoon can be seen in the opening credits of the '' Futurama'' episode " My Three Suns". Some clips of the redrawn colorized version were used in the compilation ''Betty Boop For Presid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Betty Boop Films And Appearances
The following is a list of films and other media in which Betty Boop has appeared. She was featured in 90 theatrical cartoons between 1930 and 1939. All of them were released by many labels but there were no such releases for the Betty Boop cartoons on DVD and Blu-ray, up until 2013 when Olive Films released the non-public domain cartoons in four "Essential Collection" volumes, although they were restored from the original television internegatives that carried the altered opening and closing credits. Volume 1 was released on August 20, 2013, and Volume 2 on September 24, 2013. Volume 3 was released on April 29, 2014, and Volume 4 on September 30, 2014. In May 2022, animator and archivist Steve Stanchfield released a Blu-Ray collection titled "The Other Betty Boop Cartoons, Volume 1" through his label Thunderbean Animation, which features public domain cartoons that were not on the Olive Films sets. It includes the long-lost recently discovered cartoon ''Honest Love and True''. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Service With A Smile (1937 Cartoon)
''Service with a Smile'' is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop and Grampy Professor Grampy is an animated cartoon character appearing in the ''Betty Boop'' series of shorts produced by Max Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures. He appeared in nine of the later ''Betty Boop'' cartoons beginning with '' Betty Boop .... Plot Betty Boop runs the newly opened Hi-De-Ho-Tel, which has 40 rooms and only two baths. Guests have many complaints, ranging from a drawer shelf nailed into the wall apart from the rest of the drawer to pillowcases filled with cement bags and faulty beds with very short blankets. When they stress Betty out, she calls Grampy, who remedies the guests' complaints by making several complex contraptions. References External links * ''Service with a Smile'' oYoutube * 1937 films Betty Boop cartoons 1930s American animated films 1937 animated films Paramount Pictures short films Fleischer Studios short films Short fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Candid Candidate
''The Candid Candidate'' is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop and Grampy Professor Grampy is an animated cartoon character appearing in the ''Betty Boop'' series of shorts produced by Max Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures. He appeared in nine of the later ''Betty Boop'' cartoons beginning with '' Betty Boop .... Synopsis Betty Boop campaigns for Grampy for Mayor, and wins by one vote (despite the fact the town's paper says it's a landslide). However, he later finds out the job isn't as glamorous as he thought. Nonetheless, he helps solve some of the city's issues, such as building a free bridge on the river, creating a public automatic root beer stand, etc., and the townspeople love him. References External links * ''The Candid Candidate'' oYoutube * ''The Candid Candidate'' aIMDb 1937 short films Betty Boop cartoons 1930s American animated films American black-and-white films 1937 animated films Paramount Pictures short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleischer Studios
Fleischer Studios () is an American animation studio founded in 1929 by brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, who ran the pioneering company from its inception until its acquisition by Paramount Pictures, the parent company and the distributor of its films. In its prime, Fleischer Studios was a premier producer of animated cartoons for theaters, with Walt Disney Productions being its chief competitor in the 1930s. Today, the company is again family owned and oversees the licensing and merchandising for its characters. Fleischer Studios characters included Koko the Clown, Betty Boop, Bimbo, Popeye the Sailor, and Superman. Unlike other studios, whose characters were anthropomorphic animals, the Fleischers' most successful characters were humans (with the exception of Bimbo, a black-and-white cartoon dog). The cartoons of the Fleischer Studio were very different from those of Disney, both in concept and in execution. As a result, they were rough rather than refined and consciously ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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