Betty Boop Visits The Corner Café

Today, is Betty Boop Day so to help celebrate today we will welcome a special visitor, the one and only Betty Boop, a legend to say the least. Not many people don't like Betty Boop. She is funny, sexy and wears lovely clothes and has a great little dog. 

She is, however, clocking on now, even though, lucky person, she doesn't seem to be ageing at all. She is almost 100 years old, first seen on August 9th 1930, as part of the Dizzy Dishes cartoon. 

When she first appeared, she was supposed to be a dog; her big eyes were those of a Cocker Spaniel, and her now large earrings were the floppy ears. She was the girlfriend of Bimbo who was also a dog. However, she quickly became a woman who was in the style of the flapper girls, short hair, short skirts and generally against anything traditional. She became the icon of the modern woman of her time.

Some facts about her:

• In addition to appearing in over 100 cartoons, Betty Boop also appeared on a radio show, in two comic strips and on two network musical specials.

• Betty Boop’s show Riding the Rails was nominated for an Oscar.

• Various iterations of Boop’s fame have included perfume, a Bob Mackie designer clothing line, dolls, toys and more.

She is still as popular today, watching her films from the 30's is very entertaining, and there are thousands of gifs, pics etc. on the internet, and she has her own website as well. 

To celebrate today, why not watch some of the animated features—they are all very short, but there are plenty of them—or learn more about this great character?

So, love her or hate her, let's have some fun with some of her antics, gifs etc. today.

Post anything Betty Boop related, although may struggle with music!

Above all, enjoy this well-known and loved icon!