Betty Boop - House Cleaning Blues (1937)

Housecleaning blues are just what Betty Boop has the morning after a wild party. Grampy to the rescue!
Director: Dave Fleischer
Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel -
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[@commentator9134]

This has to be the simplest cartoon short I’ve ever seen. Betty gets frustrated about house cleaning, so Grampy helps out and then it just ends.

[@localshithead7430]

When times were simpler!

[@selenajarv8763]

But its still entertaining

[@pawpenggaga]

@@localshithead7430 Some of the earlier Betty Boop cartoons were a lot complex than that...

[@Amat3ur_h0ur]

@@selenajarv8763 that’s what I love about This show it’s so simple yet so fun to watch

[@101Volts]

I've not watched a whole lot of these, only some of the public domain ones, but those I've seen do tend to be fairly simple. Even Popeye is often simple, and both series were made by Fleischer.

[@cyberdragonessmaster]

Let's face it we all need someone like Grampy in our lives

[@marianjacalan7919]

Ppspzpzlx Zz.z.z.sllzlzls

[@elisetidmore2682]

Agreed 😁

[@zahrasoulah5919]

@@elisetidmore2682 De, je suis en train

[@Lil_sloth-k3z]

agreed , me : Mom can i get a grampy!? mom : WHAT IS A GRAMPY me:my best friend 😌✋🏻

[@iceinmycoffee8848]

*YASSSSSSSSS*

[@Mr.Atari2600]

2:58 even when Betty is going mad, she still sounds so innocent.

[@davidwesley2525]

BETTY BOOP has a very CUTE temper fit.🤩🤩🤩

[@salomeheredia9885]

@@davidwesley2525 i know right

[@jamespfrommer2003]

Why is her head a shape of a heart?

[@davidwesley2525]

@@jamespfrommer2003 that's her trademark.😁😁😁❤❤❤

[@airythelantern897]

She even counts to 15 (Sorry for the late response)

[@unicornwitchprincess1004]

Her little temper tantrum is so cute!!!

[@davidwesley2525]

@Jasmine Flower Betty Boop is a young adult in this cartoon.

[@bub1111]

@@doggosaurusrexcrbsdog9520 bruh she or he is just saying it's cute not being a stalker ;-;

[@williammcanally292]

Yes my Grandma Rachel really loves Betty boop she has a lot of Betty boop stuff

[@rubengarcia6010]

Ya to cute 🥰

[@jenalillys1490]

@@doggosaurusrexcrbsdog9520 u know u could be nice sometimes 😐

[@ximec.r.2643]

The fact that she gets frustrated and throws a tantrum makes me like her as a character even more

[@creepycritterkaden9338]

Its been 8 months give us the last word!

[@robertdoherty2001]

Always liked the 3D miniature panning shots. In early Popeye cartoons as well.

[@EddVCR]

Me too! I love all the innovative ideas the animators came up with.

[@lizzychrome7630]

I'm stupid. I didn't know cartoons from this era were that advanced, and was legit impressed!

[@dominique5631]

@@lizzychrome7630 same, seeing that 90's cartoons like spongebob were hand drawn, I assumed all cartoons older than 20 years were that way lmao

[@MynicknameisViolet]

I feel like that was very impressive to people back then :)

[@101Volts]

@@dominique5631 Fleischer's animations were just another type entirely. They were very innovative for their time, but internal friction and financial difficulties ended them in 1942.

[@samuellasky7771]

I find Grampy interesting as a character since, while he's not the only classic cartoon character to abuse cartoon physics (Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner come to mind), I think he might be the only one who exclusively uses it to help people

[@rippingtons60]

You forgot POPEYE!!!

[@samuellasky7771]

@@rippingtons60 Popeye likes to drop heavy things on Bluto's head a lot though

[@alexandrarivoire1556]

I love how happy sloppy he gets when he has an idea, and I love how he always helps others with it. We all need a Grammy in our lives.

[@sakilynn]

I know I wish I had Grampy at work. Closing shifts would be so much easier, and my boss would be less stressed out.

[@lucindamobley5492]

That's the charm of old cartoons, they can do just about anything that physics says you can't.

[@burner_account1313]

Betty Boop: * cleans for 1 minute* Betty Boop: I'm so tired of cleaning :(

[@M3I0n_Me]

Me

[@magickandunicorns7421]

honestly me lol

[@IceBankMiceElf_873]

Relatable

[@sabrinaheart8103]

Isn't that just all of us when we clean?

[@mariaparsell9435]

I clean for hours I’m 16

[@daniwells4195]

okay but yall notice how Betty got a different house in every other cartoon? lol

[@GrimmLilith]

@mm43501 exactly!

[@gewglesux]

she got it like that..

[@g0thel_drillz]

She moves every time she makes a episode

[@ioveas6603]

its my first time watching it but lolz

[@Danny13243]

They some big houses too she must be loaded.

[@DreamDragoness25]

If I could clean like this, I would never have to worry about a dirty house again.

[@samanthadean1083]

DreDra31 That's Grampy for you! Always the man with a plan!!!

[@OWNN_.]

His ideas are logic

[@02chevyguy]

Her house was trashed by a party. My apartment has been trashed for 3 months. How and where can I find Grampy?

[@fox1310]

Same 😂 😭

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

I love watching these old 30s cartoons. Especially Betty and Grampy. They're so adorable.

[@davaotripsters]

Did you know, that Grampy is voiced by Jack Mercer aka the longest OG voice of Popeye?

[@4end]

@@davaotripsters wow!

[@davaotripsters]

@@4end yeah it is.

[@kenthuang436]

“I wish people wouldn’t smoke so much anyhow!” Well she got her wish.

[@davidwesley2525]

People STILL Smoke ,at Bus stops & at mass transit stations.

[@02chevyguy]

First PSA for anti-smoking

[@luvsavengedsevenfold]

Indeed!!

[@101Volts]

@@02chevyguy Another (sort of a) PSA showed up a little bit later, in the 1937 / 1938 movie "Charlie Chan in Monte Carlo." An innkeeper says her husband smoked himself to death in his 40s. * * It's just a small part of the movie, and it's far from a main focus of the movie. I think she might actually say it twice in the whole movie, though - just not to the same character. So, don't ever suppose that just because smoking was at its height from the mid to late 20s - mid 60s, that somehow "doesn't mean" there weren't people who didn't find it appalling...

[@turquoiseheart6320]

First step of not getting tired while cleaning: take off your heals.

[@crapperplays8381]

It’s called “heels”

[@vampiradeathrockerbatxq762]

Nope! 🧛🏽‍♀️👠

[@cherripopfizzy7937]

Nope *few minutes later* *insert guy screaming*

[@ayeshaqintar3234]

😂

[@eirine9599]

Im surprised that she walks with theese nightmares at her house...

[@saritysanimation]

It may be a goofy little cartoon, but it's a beautiful story of helping family unburden their workload so they can spend quality time. Go Grampy!

[@indychloee]

obsessed with her she’s so adorable

[@elvisekwosiobi7373]

The 3d shot of the house shook me

[@37thraven]

Amazing for the time! I assume they did transparencies and overlaid artwork on film. But that transition at 1:12 ?! I can't even tell what's drawn and art. Just her and the blanket? The cage? The wallpaper?

[@osimeon00]

I believe they did what was called cel animation. Which is the traditional, hand-drawn animation technique that involves drawing and painting objects on celluloid (cel), a transparent sheet.

[@vector5937]

Its either 3d models or a real house that they took footage off.

[@AnastasiaLUVSU]

@@vector5937 Yea it looked like live action footage of the real house. Not a drawing. It's like the mixed some drawings into a real shot.

[@MsLeenite]

​@@teacup3370 Wikipedia has an article called Multiplane Camera, which explains the techniques used by Fleischer and Disney studios for their moving 3-D effects.

[@lilyvampwolf]

Her house is gorgeous.

[@thatoneguy41269]

i loved the part when she was trying to not lose her temper and started counting and then started smashing the plates while counting its so cute

[@bug1442]

The ending is just so adorable! I love how excited she gets

[@Anna-ns2le]

i have an exam in two hours and I'm watching this 💁🏻

[@lauramalina2587]

How did it go?

[@angelinaschlesinger]

Did you survive? Lol

[@xavierhernandez5280]

I guess you have those exam taking blues! 😂

[@lilymartin2630]

How did it go?

[@strawberryzlemonz3764]

Lmfaoooo

[@FanFNC]

Why is no one commenting on an apparently bottomless watering can? That thing could definitely save tons of water.

[@irener.3849]

Kaimi Kreissel That’s the magic of animation. Everything is possible.

[@lisetteeliseparis7070]

😆😆😆

[@ronnisatterwhite8272]

Time stamp?

[@Oceane1803]

That's cartoons dude.

[@AngeezFX]

​@@ronnisatterwhite8272 4:41

[@toreshitsuki2838]

3:04 😔 poor Bettty... she has cutest tantrum though 😊

[@Nekoopa]

She's so cute everytime ❤

[@blueblurry1469]

If only cleaning was that simple lol

[@breannaraub8108]

That would be so nice

[@jamespfrommer2003]

2:56 betty boop: here goes again 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 ouch!!

[@nerkdurgen5574]

I think the whole point is that the cleaning sequence is incredibly complex

[@axr42]

Everyone: using pianos for music Grampi: pianos are folding machines

[@fatitankeris6327]

Well the self playing ones might be)

[@Nandae97]

No one will ever convince me that grampy wasn’t her sugar daddy.

[@christianmoralesortiz4688]

A sugar daddy that loves and cares for Betty, supports her of any trouble, and always saves the day???

[@darkmask5933]

@@christianmoralesortiz4688 not that I'm defending the idea of Grampy being Betty's Sugar Daddy, or Sugar Daddies in general, but its possible. All a Sugar Daddy is, is a man who spends money taking care of his pretty girl friend, while not labeling it as a relationship. It's like spoiling a lavish pet (yes I know, that is a terrible thing to compare to a woman). The Daddy himself does not need to be abusive, creepy, or even sexually active to be a Sugar Daddy. That being said, I don't think Grampy is by definition Betty's Sugar Daddy, I think in that cartoon world Betty is just universally seen as cute and fun and desirable and Grampy is just a sweet old man who treats Betty with respect, so that's why she likes him.

[@christianmoralesortiz4688]

@@darkmask5933 agreed on that, I figured grampy is something more wholesome than a sugar daddy, I just can't figure out what it's called, except maybe a friend or something

[@GuukanKitsune]

@@christianmoralesortiz4688 He's her Grampy. I actually think Grampy's not just some old man she knows, I'm pretty sure Grampy actually IS Betty's grandfather.

[@christianmoralesortiz4688]

@@GuukanKitsune that's a good one too!!

[@chriswinkler284]

Nice house guests leaving her place like that afterward. No wonder Betty lost it in a cute way ;P

[@breannaraub8108]

@Gothic Rebel heck yeah, I mean what kinda people would be so rude as to throw a party for you, at your place, and then leave YOU to clean up the mess that THEY made?

[@breannaraub8108]

If I were her, I would find better friends

[@davidwesley2525]

@@breannaraub8108 BETTY BOOP should have friends who never smoke.🤩🤩🤩

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

@@davidwesley2525 I wonder if they're all supposed to be CIGARETTES.

[@davidwesley2525]

@@Oppeldeldoc1 Some are CIGARS.

[@danielanuhsmann7064]

i love grampy

[@mx.sunnyside3549]

Same

[@Blondie42]

If only it were that easy. Damn she's got a mansion, surprised she lives in a place that big alone.

[@selenajarv8763]

Ya know how boomers got their houses relatevly cheap?

[@emacias1473]

Idk what her real home is lol She has a different house all the time she's always getting her small home repossessed think it has to do with the depression era episodes people relate to?

[@TheMrSugar]

Betty's Still Got it, and she always will to me.

[@With3r3dW0lf]

I used to watch Betty boop! She was my favorite actor as a kid! She always made me smile 😁 To this day I'm searching on YT to watch her episodes, because we can't find any of the copy's irl! Thank you for reading this comment, and I hope Betty boop still does voice acting to to this day on! I love her!!! ♥️😍

[@lisetteeliseparis7070]

Grampy, please drop by today but leave the ice cream soda at home and bring champagne instead.

[@gailwoods4269]

Brings some Cheetos too.

[@davidwesley2525]

I don't like the taste of champagne , ill take the ice cream soda , chocolate or coffee. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@02chevyguy]

I'll settle for a Coca-Cola!

[@AngeezFX]

Gramps bring the champs

[@M3I0n_Me]

I’ve never been interested to I Betty boop. But this came in my recommendations. So now I’m watching a betty boop episode.

[@nickhyena2674]

I remember the vhs would always mess up here! I can finally see all of it!

[@domagojcapko4152]

Betty is really happy to have such a friend, real man of science who knows how to use his talent when it's most necessary!

[@hungfao]

Back when the whole animation process was in its fascinating infancy and it was treated like an art form. Beautiful panning shots combining layered cels and miniatures. Now they whine it's too expensive to do this?? What happened?

[@bhuvaneshwarij1326]

It s so lovely than these horrible violent cartoons these days ..

[@mrwaffles3106]

Although yeah the way animation is made is different from those times and it might be expensive to get good equipment to animate things even today (not to mention learning it) its a big step in the right direction since animations is becoming more and more accessible for many people who can show the world how creative they are (Although i’m not going to lie big companies spew out a lot of soulless and unoriginal work for a quick buck because of this accessibility)

[@babayaga223]

FJJ

[@antonialamos]

Its a whole lot of work, nowadays nobody will do this kind of stuff because its really really expensive, buying the cells, the needles for drawing and paying for those people who are working in these. And it would be more time than the computer animated stuffs

[@AnastasiaLUVSU]

@@bhuvaneshwarij1326 Ahem... Tom and Jerry was violent.

[@denisedillinger1354]

This will always be my favorite episode and I am 34 born in 1987 my mother bought me these and classic box sets I still come back to them for a moment of nostalgia 🥰 timeless classic

[@valeriem.4293]

Bring back memories of watching this with my nana on VHS makes me feel like she sitting right next to me watching this with me. My nana loved betty and said that was her in another life. Love and miss you nana gloria rip❤❤

[@emintey]

My mother loved Betty Boop, she saw them in movie theaters in the 1930's before television. As a child I watched them on TV in the 1950's, then animation in the 1960's took a nosedive with crappy cartoons like the Flintstones and they stopped showing these.

[@OJMAH]

i just notice her high heels are very tiny

[@brendawhite5910]

😆

[@candacebaughman420]

This is my favorite Betty boop ever since I was a little girl. This was made the year my grandma was born!😁

[@jasminehussey4life]

She is such a mood but she is so adorable

[@yahudahnerd]

This was great animation back then! Wow 😮

[@MrsBee-uo2lc]

My whole mood today.😭

[@animosity5457]

Why? What happened?

[@ResidualConfusion]

This was made the year my mother graduated from high school. She lived in a very small town, but they did have a movie theater. Her family would go to whatever movie was playing on Saturday night, and my grandmother collected the gorgeous pink Depression Glass the theater gave away. I grew up watching these old cartoons because, by the time I was old enough to watch them, they were on kids' TV shows instead of making them for movie theaters. Mom seemed to know them all. I remember seeing this one many times. It was always a mystery to me that Betty could have such a huge head and such teensy feet. Time marches on.

[@rainpooper7088]

„I wish people wouldn’t smoke so much anyhow“ Betty being ahead of her time again.

[@casseyannemacawili3214]

Betty Boop is a mood

[@fulcrum7493]

this one was one of my favorite betty cartoons to watch when i was a kid. feels me with a lot of happiness and nostalgia to watch it again.

[@patricemarie2960]

Can't imagine this was really ... the 1930's! ..... What terrific memories! .... Grampy!, I 💘 love it! ....

[@rosegoldgaming6276]

this is the wholesome nostalgia i needed lol

[@Embermoon91]

You really have to applaud the writers for coming up with the style and methods of Grampy's inventions.

[@jamespfrommer2003]

2:59 betty boop is funny and cute

[@salomeheredia9885]

0:32and1:18 I was dying 😆 my gosh! Poor Betty This man is the genius, she was so lucky

[@jamespfrommer2003]

In the romance of betty boop Betty keeps rejecting the ice man who has a crush on

[@lareinadelosgachatubersuwu1572]

4:23 me when I go home after school 3:07 Me doing mathematics 5:14 Me preparing the bag for the school 4:41 Me cleaning the house before my mother appears and punch me with the cat

[@snowythefox7127]

2:58 was so funny how she sings then got mad and how she kick the plates then got bonk upside the head Lol🤣🤣🤣

[@briannalovato2641]

Why am i so entertained by Betty Boop? Ive literally been watching these for an hour

[@Ravens93]

Nostalgia ♥

[@evelinaruiz2194]

One of my favs from Betty🤧🤧

[@bittercephalopod1569]

Wow. Great animation.

[@gmize78]

70 years before my time yet still one of my favorites..I love Betty ❤️ Hope more old souls find & appreciate this treasure trove! Might I suggest the title: Old Man on the Mountain. The best & with the legendary Cab Calloway to boot! Eerily delightful yet disturbing

[@arnoldmws6330]

I freaking love Grampy so much. One of the best old cartoon characters ever. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@monalisasmuseum2666]

Betty Boop is my all time favorite cartoon

[@k_1zzy11]

im obsessed watching these

[@bhuvaneshwarij1326]

Why is everyone calling him sugar daddy..y cant he be her grandpa

[@AnastasiaLUVSU]

People like to pervert things. Ignore them.

[@_mortiam]

That hat with the light bulb! I just can't xD

[@bonnielass3975]

It's 2020 and I've got those house cleaning blue's! 😭 Boop boop ba doop.

[@indigothecat]

The closed captions in the first half of these are kinda hilarious. "Oh, I'll never get through, *giggles*!" gets translated to "I'll never make it."

[@evilbluekitty]

I remember the Grampy from the Christmas one he was in! The one where he made toys for the orphanage and dressed like Santa. I loved that one as a kid.

[@elenastanica4621]

this guy reminds me of my father

[@EddVCR]

Your dad sounds like an awesome guy!

[@Queenbrieshelumiel38]

Oh my freaking goodness i love betty boop

[@melissamarconi3078]

That was actually quite entertaining. I liked it.

[@pinkcookie03]

This is the first time i see Betty lose it 😂

[@keiyuflanmurai1740]

omg. i need grampy to come help me with MY house @-@

[@shortytheartist1241]

Betty boop is my favorite character

[@lizzychrome7630]

He got those dishes done in record time!

[@Catatatatkitty]

She didn’t even go out of character to throw a tantrum 😂❤

[@coveholdenmehostage3287]

3:04 me when I’m waiting for bae to text back

[@jamespfrommer2003]

Who's bae?

[@ronnisatterwhite8272]

@@jamespfrommer2003 it's another word for someone you have a crush on.

[@mattleinhauser9166]

This cartoon is so wholesome just love it ❤❤❤❤

[@suzannesmith2538]

I like Grampy he always thinks on the positive side of life & always come up with clever ideas 2 help others when everything seems grey if only thing could be that simple but when life gives u lemons make lemonade.

[@ariannagorbet2239]

Cleaning up is such a giant pain.

[@skelemberry3810]

My god, I have never been more sympathetically angry till I watched this

[@joshuanugroho6823]

5:51 her legs... I can feel the pain

[@veronicawilliams3678]

Watching Betty Boop is a joy and I am enjoying each of her cartoons thank you so much

[@reeses_unicorn]

If cleaning was as easy as Grampy makes it look, I wouldn't have as much of an aversion to it. xD

[@BabyJesus66]

I clean just like Grampy, my house gets dirty, then I kick a bunch of furniture against the wall.

[@pro_noir]

I love betty’s room / apartment.

[@rippingtons60]

Betty has a NICE house.

[@duck._.nuggets7919]

I love Grampy lmao

[@oldscoolgaming6700]

4:21 Hooray! I’ve got it! Betty: He’s got it!!!

[@daverose9185]

Uses her beauty to get around in life.... Cool

[@davidwesley2525]

BEAUTY & SEX APPEAL.🤩🤩🤩

[@ARedMagicMarker]

Betty Boop lives in an infomercial.

[@mallowshan]

Where to find this type of man who will clean my house that fast?😂

[@JS-ot2nl]

I would not mind the ability to clean like he did 🤣😂

[@YOGRLCICI]

Can we talk about how cute sassy and funny Betty is she is slaying love u betty boop

[@harasen_haras5]

Quite a unique dish washer and floor cleaning device.

[@jorgefrancocabanillas1088]

tardes de Betty boop... que carismática!.. esos dibujos animados no tienen comparacion hoy en dia... censurar?.... quien fue el tarupido. gracias Betty..

[@bellct4980]

I loved the way she flicked the cigarettes into the tray thing

[@Z2R0HAHh]

2:49 I love this😭

[@diannealexasalazar8344]

Same ghurl i'll never make it through while im ClEaNiNg this big house

[@mariorossi8800]

bellissima e simpaticissima Betty boop ... i primi cartoni animati adatti ad essere trasmessi in TELEVISIONE come si vede dal marchio TV

[@br8844]

I love bettys sweet personality ❤❤the original party girl lol

[@childhooddreamer6975]

I wish that cleaning a house was that simple. 🥺

[@irony8345]

00:32 *Me: setting like 5 alarms in the morning for school*