Friday 2 March 2018

Owl Eyes

An owl sees a little bird being chased by a carload of drunken cats in the Betty Boop short Morning, Noon and Night (1933).



The Fleischer studio got the idea of scoring this cartoon to classical music, specifically Franz von SuppĂ©'s "Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien." The gags aren’t as strong as the usual Boop cartoon, probably because the focus is on barnyard animals and not Betty. It's more reminiscent of a Disney cartoon than something by the Fleischers.

1 comment:

  1. I couldn't believe you've failed to comment on how the owl resembles Betty herself. C'mon Yowp, you could have come up with a good gag about that, if you ask me (Who-boop-de-doop!) ..

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