Max Fleischer Bimbo the Dog
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Max fleischer bimbo the dog Continue Hey, everybody, there's an old saying: A dog is a man's best friend. It's true. Dogs are loving and caring and oh-so loyal. They know if you're sad and because they love to play, they can always make you happy. Dogs are everything a good friend should be. I think a dog is a girl's best friend, too - at least mine. I simply love Pudgy. And have you ever noticed that my girlfriend Bimbo is always putting on the dog when he steps out with moi? And so should he. I always say every dog wants his day. So when you have great style, flaunt it! It will get you noticed – and who knows how far you can go to realize your dreams?!? Hot diggety dog! Tee hee. You wonder why all this talk about dogs!?! Well, my family has just mounted a wonderful exhibition on their website about all the wonderful dogs that have been part of our history at Fleischer Studios. From the nameless dog, who spoke the first ever synchronized words in animation history to my Uncle Max's dog, Bimbo, to the heartwarming story, I told you about the real life puppy in Chicago named Betty Boop, this exciting new exhibition has one of the earliest existing examples of Max Fleischer's animation, never-seen-before home movie footage, and just a wealth of cool information about the dogs that had roles in many of my cartoons and throughout my family's storied history. See the exhibition at . Boop-Oop-a-Doop! Love, Betty xoxox Bimbo became the star of the Fleischer Studios Talkartoons series (replacing Koko the Clown), making his first appearance in the 1930 short film, Hot Dog. Bimbo was referred to a supporting role when his girlfriend, Betty Boop, became a more popular character. The Talkartoons series eventually became the Betty Boop series. Bimbo appeared in Fleischer cartoons from 1930 to 1933, when he was eliminated from Betty's series of Production Code's censorship laws, when an anthropomorphic dog with a human love interest was considered risque during the time. Bimbo's most recent appearance is in the Betty Boop comics of Dynamite Comics in 2016, where he is one of Betty's best friends who has a secret infatuation with her. Content[show] Quotes Bimbo: Roast duck! (Dizzy Dishes) Bimbo: Boop-Poop-a-Doop-Boo! (Dizzy Dishes) Bimbo: Hello, beautiful! (Bimbo's Express) Bimbo: What a pippin! (Bimbo's Initation) Bimbo: Boop-Oop-a-Doop! (S.O.S) Bimbo: C'mon, Betty! (Crazy Town) Bimbo: Any rags? Any rags? Any rags? Any bones? Any bottles today?' (All rags) Bimbo: For you a rose! (Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee) Bimbo: Congratulations! (Betty Boop's birthday) Bimbo: What do we do now? (Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery) Bimbo: This is the third time this month we've been fired... (Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery) Bimbo: You mean as musical detectives? (Betty Boop's Hollywood Bimbo: We're looking for Miss Green. Maybe you've seen her? Real mousy type gray hair. (Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery) Bimbo: One minute to go Betty! (Betty Boop Bop) Bimbo: She has games! (Betty Boop Bop) Bimbo: Gee Whiz! You don't think anything happened to Betty, do you? (Dynamite Digital Comics) Bimbo: I couldn't live with myself if -- (Dynamite Digital Comics) Bimbo: You take it back, Sally Swing! I, uh, I'm just worried as a f-friend, that's all! (Dynamite Digital Comics) Personality In the original cartoon shorts, Bimbo is shown to have no good intentions but is a bit of a troublemaker. Usually by fooling and or pulling pranks on background characters in previous movies. He is also known to have a huge libido as well, especially against Betty. Like Betty Boop, he has a child-like nature. In Dynamite comics, he seems to be portrayed as timid and nervous. Character Design Bimbo is a black dog that wears a red top, white gloves and large yellow shoes unlike Disney's famous Mickey Mouse. Teacher's Pest The animated short film from 1931 features a younger version of Bimbo. In this movie, bimbo is too late for school. Bimbo lives with his mother and father. Bimbo's mother can be heard in the opening sequence of the cartoon, but is not seen. Bimbo's father is referenced when Bimbo gives his teacher a forged letter called Please excuse Bimbo for being late - my father. The cartoon briefly revolves around Bimbo causing mischief at school. Cat In the 1931 cartoon Wait Till The Sun Shines, Nellie is depicted as a cat. Bimbo's Other Girlfriends Before Betty Boop, Bimbo often had other girlfriends or wives (most of whom were prototypes of Betty Boop). His girlfriends have appeared in some of the previous Screen Songs and Talkartoon. Some of them even appeared after Betty Boop's debut in Dizzy Dishes from 1931-1932. Bimbo's Children In the 1931 comic book short, The Bum Bandit. Bimbo has 17 children with Betty. This only happened in this one brief. They never reappeared afterwards. See also Bimbo's other Girlfriends Bimbo's Family Bimbo's Mother and Bimbo's younger brother, Aloysius appeared alongside Bimbo in the 1931 short, Caring for the Baby. Bimbo's younger brother also appears in many of the previous Betty Boop cartoons, but Bimbo and Aloysius don't seem to connect with each other like they did in Minding the Baby. From 1932, Aloysius was changed from Bimbo's younger brother to Betty Boop's younger brother. At the same time, his name was changed from Aloysius to Billy Boop. Bimbo's mother has only been seen once in the Betty Boop series, but she does an earlier apperance in the Talkartoons series. Billy Boop continued to appear in the Betty Boop series until 1933, when he was removed with Bimbo and the rest of Betty's animal friends because of the Production Code's censorship laws. Voice actors Boop Movie Mystery (1989) Bimbo made his comeback in The Betty Boop Movie Mystery as one of Betty's loyal friends, along with Koko the Clown. His fur is blue instead of black, and he is known as Bimbo the musical dog. In this particular, he has no interest in Betty sexually, as he did in the original theatrical comic book. Betty Boop Dance Card Bimbo performs as a playable character in the Betty Boop Dance Card. Bimbo Filmography Dizzy Dishes (August 9, 1930) Barnacle Bill (August 31, 1930) Accordion Joe (December 12, 1930) (Lost short) Mysterious Bog (December 26, 1930) Teacher's Plague (February 7, 1931) The Bum Bandit (3rd Century) April 24, 1931) Silly Scandals (May 23, 1931) Bimbo's Introduction (July 24, 1931) Bimbo's Express (August 22, 1931) Caring for baby (September 26, 1931) Mask-A-Raid (November 7, 1931) Jack And the Beanstalk (November 21 , 1931) Dizzy Red Riding Hood (December 12, 1931) Any Rags? (2 January 1932) Boop-Oop-a-Doop (16 January 1932) Minnie the Moocher (26 February 1932) Swim or Swallow (S.O.S.) (March 11, 1932) Crazy Town (25th) March 1932) The Dancing Fool (April 8, 1932) Chess Nuts (13 April 1932) A Hunting We Will Go (April 29, 1932) Access-Free (10 June 1932) Let Me Call You Sweetheart (20 May 1932) Betty Boop Limited (1st) July 1932) Stop the Show (August 12, 1932) Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee (August 19, 1932) Betty Boop, M.D., 19 32) Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (September 23, 1932) Betty Boop's Ups and Downs (October 15, 1932) Romantic tunes (October 21 , 1932) I'll Be Happy When You're Dead You Rascal You (November 25, 1932) Betty Boop's Museum (December 16, 1932) Betty Boop's Ker-Choo (January 6, 1933) Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (January 27, 1933) Is My Palm Read? (February 17, 1933) Betty Boop's Penthouse (March 10, 1933) Snow White (March 31, 1933) Betty Boop's Birthday Party (21. July, 1933) Betty Boop's May Party (May 12, 1933) Popeye the Sailor (July 14, 1933) (as stuffed animal) I heard (September 1, 1933) Trivia Bimbo was one of the animal characters to be removed from Betty Boop cartoons because of Hay Code censorship laws. Bimbo is best friends with The Clown Koko. Some people believe that Bimbo was turned into Pudgy the dog, which is untrue. Pudgy and Bimbo are completely different characters. Bimbo's color concept vaguely resembles Disney's Mickey Mouse. In the Japanese dub, Bimbo is depicted as sounding like a boy rather than a grown man. As did Betty, Bimbo also went through many different designs. Bimbo's official design was completed in the 1931 Talkartoon titled The Herring Murder Case. But his oldest design was used a few times after that. A character called Pooch the Pup very much resembled Bimbo when he got a new character design. BimboBetty Boop characterBimbo as seen in Bimbo's Introduction (1931)First Performance Hot Dog (1930)Last performanceThe Betty Boop Movie (1989) Created by Fleischer StudiosVoiced byBilly Murray[1]Walter Van BruntIn-univers informationSpeciesPuppyGenderMaleOccupationDrummer (Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery)FamilyBetty Boop (girlfriend) Bimbo is a tubby, black and white cartoon puppy created by Fleischer Studios. He is best known for his role in the Betty Boop comic book, in which he featured as Betty's biggest love interest. [2] A precursor design by Bimbo, originally named Fitz, first appeared in the Out of the Inkwell series. Story Bimbo was originally inspired by animation director Dick Huemer's work on Mutt and Jeff, who, when working on the Out of the Inkwell series, decided to give protagonist Koko the Clown a canine companion.