Cab Calloway - Minnie The Moocher (1933)

A parallel between Cab Calloway and two Max Fleischer cartoon: "Minnie The Moocher" ("Betty Boop") and "Snow White" ("Betty Boop").
Take a look at 0:26 and 1:00

Folks here's a story 'bout Minnie the Moocher;
She was a red hot hoochie coocher.
She was the roughest toughest frail;
But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale.

She messed around with a bloke named Smokey;
She loved him though he was kokey.
He took her down to Chinatown
And showed her how to kick the gong around.

She had a dream about the king of Sweden;
He gave her things, that she was needin'.
He gave her a home built of gold and steel,
A diamond car, with the platinum wheels.

He gave her his town house and his racing horses;
Each meal she ate was a dozen courses.
She had a million dollars in nickels and dimes;
She sat around and counted it all, a million times.

Poor Min! Poor Min! Poor Min

28-May-2009

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[navojoARISTOCRAT]

hey does anyone know the name to that cartoon @ 1:56 on the bottom right corner

with the dancing cat(looks like) on the screen. I'm thinking a possible max fleisher

cartoon????thanks!

[tibi959595]

@navojoARISTOCRAT: v=ayPJSFY70Kw yes, it's a Max Fleischer cartoon: "Snow White"

[tibi959595]

Take a look at 0:26 and 1:00

[Downtowncb1]

There ain't enough o's in smooth or cool to describe Cab Calloway.

[Labgrrrrl]

Amazing. What a labor of love to combine those.

[wakrusgumbo]

I thought he was rotoscoped.

[Virgilbornofsorrow]

1 person needs to be shown how to kick the gong around...

[navojoARISTOCRAT]

black mamba baby!

[MrHackLegend]

The Bill Averbach version is a lot better...

[JohnSilverfan01]

That's the beauty of rotoscope.

Ah, Cab Calloway was the greatest with his music and his moves. His way of dancing made him like the earliest version of Michael Jackson. with the awesome way of walking and the super spin around.

[musical583]

Anita Tiziani

luv'it very funny with a sweet Betty Boop

[maxbrutal88]

Best video. Best arrangement. Best song. Ever. Period.