Betty Boop in Out of the Inkwell (Original Version)

Betty Boop in Out of the Inkwell (Original Version)

[@WildBillCox13]

Wow! Totally unexpected and very creative!

[@Trombonology]

Oscar Polk, who plays the janitor, portrayed Pork, one of the O'Hara house servants in _Gone With The Wind_ .

[@WildBillCox13]

Fleischer and Cab Calloway had some of the best cartoon collaborations of all time and Betty Boop is where it all started.

[@terrancebigham6765]

Despite the racist caricature, this cartoon captures some of the spirit of the silent "Out of the Inkwell" toons with Koko the Clown.

[@pon2oon]

The dude has god powers!

[@annieallen8198]

4:50 LOOKS LIKE IT'S SWEEPING TIME! GOTTA SWEEP SWEEP SWEEP!

[@badname8501]

lol 😂 it’s funny time

[@Aeonterbor]

his is the version that was adapted for TV

[@TTastic-pb5nt]

Though racist pretty cool animation to real life

[@binyon7]

genius catroonist

[@RayPointerChannel]

"Original Version"? Sorry, it's not. This is still the altered TV titles.

[@thenamesallex]

I know where they was going with this exactly. 1. Make the black guy seem bad 2. You barely understand what he says 3. Betty mad at him and saying stereotypical things like "gumbo" stuff like that 4. Made him work 😒 but hey this how back then was like

[@MasDipoS]

Allex it's social critic

[@MDKE114]

No, that's not it at all, take it at face value. The janitor is a stereotypical character, which sadly is racist but no one realized it then, probably including the actor himself. The Betty Boop character was not being racist, she was just throwing around nonsense rhymes meant to be magical words. Making him work was just having him do his job, just like the objects in the room, nothing more.

[@louishamilton1710]

ANOTHER ONE OF FLIESCHER'S BIZARRE CARTOONS. I think that Mae Questel's voice is not included in this. Never seen this before.

[@neilpower60]

Which voice actress is performing Betty here?

[@mohammedjalloh7658]

Neil Mackinnon This was Bonnie Poe.

[@gavacho131313]

Betty Boop was the original Mary Poppins?

[@kenkunz1428]

Jeez, that was fairly racist.

[@monsterx3055]

betty boop is a pretty abusive employer....

[@davidwesley2525]

The janitor picked on poor BETTY BOOP first.