Dizzy Dishes (1930)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Dave Fleischer

Release Date:

9 August 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short

Plot:

Betty Boop (with dog's ears) is entertainer in a restaurant for dogs; a waiter joins the floor show to the neglect of patrons. |

Plot Keywords:

Cartoon | Restaurant | Entertainer | Dog | Dog Cartoon

Cast

Mae Questel

...

Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)

Runtime:

6 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Fleischer Studios

Trivia:

Betty Boop, as an unnamed dog, makes her first appearance in this cartoon. In later films she loses the dog ears and becomes the familiar human character we know today.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Betty Boop Confidential (1998) (V)

Notable only as a formative Betty Boop cartoon

While Fleischer cartoons are generally well-animated and thus worth watching from that standpoint, the only real point of interest is the comparatively brief look at Betty Boop-version 1.0. Originally, Betty Boop was conceived as a dog and gradually evolved into the Betty Boop most recognizable today. There isn't much to say about the short itself, as it's nothing terribly special. The gags are occasionally cute, but it isn't especially memorable for anything other than Betty. I've had waiters this bad before, however. Dizzy Dishes is on Betty Boop-The Definitive Collection, an excellent compilation. Maybe Popeye will receive similar treatment on DVD sometime before the heat-death of the universe. For completeists only.