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By celticeagle
@celticeagle (159008)
Boise, Idaho
December 5, 2015 4:51pm CST
Betty Boop and so I did some research on here. She came into popularity in 1930 when Max Fleischer, a famed animator of the time, created her.
She starred in more than 100 cartoons and there is about 13 hours of her on film. The average length of a cartoon film is about six to eight minutes long, each second of film is comprised of 24 frames. She is the only female cartoon star who is not used for the "foil for a male", being a independent woman who once said "I can do anything a man can do."
She has appeared in two comic strips, two network animated musical specials and a radio show. Eleven different women were used in her characterization from 1930 to 2008. A boyfriend, Fearless Fred, was introduced in 1935.
The garter she always wore on her left leg was taken off one time early on but due to demand from the public it was brought right back.
Popeye danced the hula with Betty Boop in his first appearance in a Betty Boop short entitled 'Popeye the Sailor'
Betty Boop fans are called Boopaholics and there are several fan clubs around the country.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec 15
She was? I never did see that movie. May have to catch it.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec 15
@arthurchappell ...I'll see it one day.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
6 Dec 15
@celticeagle Roger Rabbit is a fantastic movie
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
6 Dec 15
My aunt-in-law loves all things Betty, I guess making her a boopaholic, I think she is a bit cute, but never saw the huge appeal, but with an attitude that pushed her to do anything she wanted, I can the generation in their 60-80s now finding her pretty cool.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Dec 15
@Jessicalynnt ....Yes, she has been popular for years.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec 15
She was new and quite different for the times.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
7 Dec 15
@celticeagle way more than I realized apparently!
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
6 Dec 15
I love Betty Boop cartoons - she was used in an early promotional film for the song Minnie The Moocher with a live action Cab Calloway - a very innovative mx of live action and animation
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec 15
It is quite a popular collectible.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Dec 15
Yes, he was in one of her cartoons early before he was popular I guess.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Dec 15
@Drosophila ...They were so cute and innocent.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
8 Dec 15
@celticeagle Enjoyed watching both thoroughly!
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
5 Dec 15
I find it hard to believe that anyone would like Betty Boop.
I have been an avid fan of cartoons for over 60 years and still enjoy them today, but you have managed to find one of the very few that I really dislike. I am far happier watching something like Scooby Doo or Wacky Races.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec 15
@Asylum ,,,And who wouldn't like BB?
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Dec 15
@simone10 ....She is and advenurous
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
11 Dec 15
@celticeagle I agree, she really is cute.
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
6 Dec 15
The only cartoon I watch once in a while is scoobydoo . . 
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec 15
I like several of the new ones my grandson has shown me.
@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec 15
I need to see that. Never have for some reason.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
6 Dec 15
@celticeagle It's bound to be on one of the TV channels over the coming holiday period...
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
6 Dec 15
I like Betty Boop, I knew, she has been around for a long time but you found some amazing facts about her.
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