The Real Inspiration And Evolution Of The Betty Boop Cartoon

Betty Boop Comes To The Big Screen

In 1989, CBS released an animated special called Betty Boop’s Hollywood Mystery. The story, which was set in the late 1930s, reflects on the original Max Fleischer style of animation. In the movie, Betty Boop works as a waitress in a diner with her friends Bimbo and Koko. They trio entertains the customers with a Hawaiian hula revue, but when the diner owner sees them he gets very angry and fired Betty and her pals. While searching for a new job, they run into detective Sam Slade who hires the girls to go undercover as musical detectives to keep an eye on a Hollywood movie star.