Minnie the Moocher with Cab Calloway & Betty Boop

Starting with a phenomenal live moment where Cab Calloway free-form dances to his orchestra swinging slow & sweet to St. James Infirmary. Then things get rolling.

Home life is tough for Betty, so she hits the road with her friend Bimbo. They venture into a haunted forest and seek refuge in a dark cave. Within, they encounter the alter-ego of Cab and his band, the ghost of walrus backed by a symphony of skeletons, monsters, and condemned ghouls.

The ending is quite spectacular.

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• James
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• 1930's

[galaxyrock]

Cab Calloway is the coolest guy ever.

[castsxaxshadow]

I wish Cab would haunt me

[Eerie40]

J'avais organisé un festival des frères Fleischer au C.A.C.Voltaire de Genève et tout le monde chantait avec la "Bouncing Ball" ! Un grand souvenir...

[LBNANY]

WAAAAAAHHHAA!!!!!



[unionguy36]

From the early days of animation, when cartooning wasn't dumbed-down for small children. This is for adults, and very far-out surrealist stuff with several drug references. ("She messed around with a bloke named Smoky. She loved him though he was cokey." And "kicking the gong around" means smoking opium.)

[sarsgarrs]

@Rundstedt1 sounds good, I wounder if I can get that somewhere around here.

[Rundstedt1]

@cha5

'Hasenpfeffer' - it's German. It's a rabbit dish. It comes from the root word 'Hase' (Plural 'Hasen') which is the equivalent of 'Hare' in English, and Pfeffer or Peppered; so its a peppered rabbit stew. Try it with spätzle. Es schmeckt gut.

[cha5]

@icps86 It's a takeoff on a Yiddish accent, "Vy von't you eat your hossenfefer?!?"

I really need to check on Wikipedia and Google to see if that's an actual food or not ;-)

[cliffwalkinfool]

@icps86 I love the way his body starts rotating when he screams, "I don't habit! I don't habit!")

[icps86]

are the dads speaking russian? haha

[gentilannice]

These type of cartoons are creepy in a way. I don't know if it's because they're so antique and the way it was made comes off as creepy but to watch this in a dark room by yourself= really scary.

I love the song though.

[Joeyland]

CC is an American original