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Last week, our discussed how Disney has tried never broke the censorship laws or has never pushed the boundaries so they can keep the image ...

After last week's lecture I remember thinking about how insanely non-pc cartoons were back in the day (by our modern day standards) and ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYMYv1zsAxE Even in the 90's, television cartoons, apparently even those with an "ends justifies the...

As a kid I never knew why Betty Boop looked the way that she did, a very human body, and yet an alien like head. The reason is that she was...

Betty Boop versus Olive Oyl The Fleischer brothers created Betty Boop as well as Olive Oyl, one of the main characters in Popeye. Both cha...

Betty Boop seemed to have shaped sexuality in the late 20's to early 30's. Her boop oop ba doop and curvaceous figure made her simpl...

In 1933, Popeye the Sailor was acquired by the Fleischer Brothers and became the beloved role model for cartoon-loving children nationwide. ...

With the unfortunate fact that the Fleischer brothers were not even speaking to each other during the production of Mr. Bug Goes to Town , t...

I really enjoyed watching some of the original Betty Boop cartoons. It was fun to see Betty as a flapper and a right out sex symbol. It was...

I feel like Popeye had like 2 or 3 good years and then was terrible for like 50.  Over the years, a bunch of sidekicks came and went - Swee...

I was a little confused by the concept of a "rotograph" so I used the internet! Apparently it's the combination of a multipla...

Cab Calloway(1907-1994) did a lot of the songs for Betty Boop cartoon, such as Minnie the Moocher and his song "St. James Infirmary Blu...