''Dizzy Dishes'' is an animated cartoon created by Fleischer Studios in 1930, as part of the ''

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'' series. It is noted for being the first cartoon in which Betty Boop appears.

Plot

The cartoon begins with four anthropomorphic

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cats singing "Crazy Town". Chef

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waits on a hungry

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and then goes to the kitchen to prepare the order, roast duck. When he is about to bring it to the gorilla's table, he sees Betty Boop performing on stage and falls in

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. He forgets about the hungry gorilla and dances on stage with the duck. The gorilla, furious, goes after Bimbo, who escapes on a wooden train.

Notes

The as-yet-unevolved Betty Boop is drawn as an anthropomorphic female dog. She is merely a side character; the main plotline revolves around the incompetent chef Bimbo and the irate gorilla. "Crazy Town," sung by the flapper cats in the beginning of the cartoon, is also the theme song for the 1932 film ''

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''.

Home video releases

In the 1990s, this cartoon was released as part of the ''Betty Boop - The Definitive Collection'' laserdisc set. On September 24, 2013, Olive Films (under license from

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) released this cartoon as part of the ''Betty Boop: The Essential Collection - Volume Two'' DVD and Blu-ray sets.

References

External links

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