My 2-year old daughter and I have been watching a whole lot of Betty Boop cartoons lately. Here’s a fun one. Homeland security is going to be all over Betty and Koko after this…
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My uncle showed me this a good while ago. It remains my favorite Betty Boop cartoon though. I’m also amused by how blatantly racist a number of them are.
Ah, the good old days of drugs and racial stereotyping in children’s programming.
Hi, Matt! Thanks for commenting. Race was indeed one of the main sources of humor in old comics and cartoons… the culture was utterly racist. I wrote about it here, if you’re interested…
http://www.stwallskull.com/blog/?p=137