A good deal of the pre-Production Code Betty Boop cartoons are daring and creative, with content that makes one amazed at what's gotten away with. While the later Betty Boop cartoons made after the Code was enforced are still watchable and exceptionally well-made, they are so toned down that they feel bland.
Fleischer were responsible for some brilliant cartoons, some of them still among my favourites. Their visual style was often stunning and some of the most imaginative and ahead of its time in animation. The character of Betty Boop, one of their most famous and prolific characters, may not be for all tastes and sadly not as popular now, but her sex appeal was quite daring for the time and to me there is an adorable sensual charm about her. She has not lost her charm and is fun to watch.
Like what was said with the every bit as delightful 'Betty Boop and Grampy', also one of the best post-Production Code Betty Boop cartoons, hile it was said in the first paragraph that the later Betty Boop cartoons were bland in comparison to the pre-Code ones there were exceptions.
'Grampy's Indoor Outing' is one of those exceptions, and even though not as risqué, daring or surreal as the pre-Code cartoons it does fondly remind one of back when the Betty Boop cartoons had more oomph than after the Code was enforced. Little Jimmy, or shall we say Junior, is annoying and hardly cute but not enough to ruin the cartoon.
The animation is beautifully drawn and detailed and the music infectious, toe-tapping and dynamic. Adorable and hilarious Grampy once again steals the show, a riot of a character with imaginative and enormously fun inventions and easily one of the best Betty Boop supporting characters. The voice acting is well done.
All in all, absolutely delightful and proof that post-Production Code Betty Boop can still be good with the right execution. 9/10 Bethany Cox
