This classic Betty Boop cartoon was produced in 1932. \r
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Music by the Cab Calloway Orchestra.\r
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This cartoon is the 17th in the Talkartoon series. It is probably one of the most popular Betty Boop cartoons produced.\r
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The cartoon starts with a performance of Prohibition Blues from the Cab Calloway before he became Cab Calloway and His Orchestra.\r
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Minnie the Moocher is from a jazz song first recorded by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra in 1931. It sold over one million copies.\r
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Minnie the Moocher is most famous for its nonsensical ad libbed (scat) lyrics (for example, Hi De Hi De Hi De Hi).\r
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In his performances, Cab Calloway would have the audience participate by repeating each scat phrase in a form of call and response, eventually Calloways phrases would become so long and complex that the audience would laugh at their own failed attempts to repeat them.\r
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Minnie the Moocher was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.\r
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Betty Boops voice is by Mae Questal\r
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Producer : Max Fleischer\r
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Audio/Visual : sound , b/w\r
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Creative Commons License : Public Domain
