Bimbo is a fat, black and white cartoonpup created by Fleischer Studios. He is most well known for his role in the Betty Boop cartoon series, where he featured as Betty's main love interest.[2] A precursor design of Bimbo, originally named Fitz, first appeared in the Out of the Inkwell series.
Bimbo was initially 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. Bimbo has the distinction of being the first known cartoon character in history to ever have fully animated dialogue, as seen in the 1926 short My Old Kentucky Home, where a prototypical Bimbo says "Follow the ball and join in, everybody!"[3]
Bimbo later became the protagonist and star of Fleischer's Talkartoons series, positioned as a rival to Disney'sMickey Mouse, making his first named appearance as Bimbo in Hot Dog (1930), though Bimbo's design would not become standardized until around 1931. The name Bimbo was chosen because in the 1920s the word was mostly associated with men who liked to fight.
Bimbo became a less prominent character after his girlfriend Betty Boop gained unexpected stardom and popularity with fans, with the Talkartoons cartoon retooled to give her top billing as the Betty Boop series in 1932.
After Hays Codecensorship rules began to strictly get enforced in 1934, Bimbo disappeared from future Fleischer cartoons of the era, due to the implications of an anthropomorphic dog dating a human girlfriend being considered too risqué.[4]
Revival
About 56 years after his first absence from cartoons, Bimbo made a reappearance in 1989 as a major co-star in the TV special The Betty Boop Movie Mystery. Then in First Publishing's 1990 comic Betty Boop's Big Break with more of his original personality intact as a love interest of Betty. He has continued to appear in various Betty Boop merchandise since then and has been reestablished as a mainstay of the series.
In 2016, he appeared in Dynamite's Betty Boop comic mini-series as Betty's best friend with a secret crush on her.
Similarities in other media
In 1932, a character created by Walter Lantz Productions, a dog named Pooch the Pup appeared as the star of his own cartoon shorts. Pooch greatly resembled Bimbo's design; in 1933, Pooch was redesigned even further to look more reminiscent of his Betty Boop counterpart.[5]
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Bimbo is a fat black and white cartoon pup created by Fleischer Studios He is most well known for his role in the Betty Boop cartoon series where he featured as Betty s main love interest 2 A precursor design of Bimbo originally named Fitz first appeared in the Out of the Inkwell series BimboBetty Boop characterBimbo as seen in Bimbo s Initiation 1931 First appearance Hot Dog 1930 Last appearance The Betty Boop Movie Mystery 1989 Created byFleischer StudiosVoiced byBilly Murray 1930 1931 1 Claude Reese 1931 1933 Cab Calloway 1933 singing voice Bradley Barker 1933 Dave Swanson 1980 Lionel Wilson 1985 Michael Bell 1989 David Babich 2014 In universe informationSpeciesPuppyGenderMaleOccupationDrummer Betty Boop s Hollywood Mystery FamilyBetty Boop girlfriend Contents 1 History 2 Revival 3 Similarities in other media 4 Partial filmography 5 ReferencesHistory EditBimbo was initially 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 Bimbo has the distinction of being the first known cartoon character in history to ever have fully animated dialogue as seen in the 1926 short My Old Kentucky Home where a prototypical Bimbo says Follow the ball and join in everybody 3 Betty Boop and Bimbo seen together in Minnie the Moocher 1932 Bimbo later became the protagonist and star of Fleischer s Talkartoons series positioned as a rival to Disney s Mickey Mouse making his first named appearance as Bimbo in Hot Dog 1930 though Bimbo s design would not become standardized until around 1931 The name Bimbo was chosen because in the 1920s the word was mostly associated with men who liked to fight He starred in several famous cartoon shorts of the 1930s most notably Swing You Sinners Minnie the Moocher and Bimbo s Initiation Bimbo became a less prominent character after his girlfriend Betty Boop gained unexpected stardom and popularity with fans with the Talkartoons cartoon retooled to give her top billing as the Betty Boop series in 1932 After Hays Code censorship rules began to strictly get enforced in 1934 Bimbo disappeared from future Fleischer cartoons of the era due to the implications of an anthropomorphic dog dating a human girlfriend being considered too risque 4 Revival EditAbout 56 years after his first absence from cartoons Bimbo made a reappearance in 1989 as a major co star in the TV special The Betty Boop Movie Mystery Then in First Publishing s 1990 comic Betty Boop s Big Break with more of his original personality intact as a love interest of Betty He has continued to appear in various Betty Boop merchandise since then and has been reestablished as a mainstay of the series In 2016 he appeared in Dynamite s Betty Boop comic mini series as Betty s best friend with a secret crush on her Similarities in other media EditIn 1932 a character created by Walter Lantz Productions a dog named Pooch the Pup appeared as the star of his own cartoon shorts Pooch greatly resembled Bimbo s design in 1933 Pooch was redesigned even further to look more reminiscent of his Betty Boop counterpart 5 Partial filmography EditTitle Release dateHot Dog March 29 1930Fire Bugs May 9 1930Dizzy Dishes August 9 1930Barnacle Bill August 31 1930Swing You Sinners September 24 1930Grand Uproar October 3 1930Sky Scraping November 1 1930Up to Mars November 20 1930Accordion Joe December 12 1930Mysterious Mose December 26 1930Ace of Spades January 16 1931Tree Saps February 3 1931Teacher s Pest February 7 1931The Cow s Husband March 13 1931The Bum Bandit April 3 1931The Male Man April 24 1931Twenty Legs Under the Sea May 5 1931Silly Scandals May 23 1931The Herring Murder Case June 26 1931Bimbo s Initiation July 24 1931Bimbo s Express August 22 1931Minding the Baby September 26 1931In the Shade of the Old Apple Sauce October 16 1931Mask A Raid November 7 1931Jack and the Beanstalk November 21 1931Dizzy Red Riding Hood December 12 1931Any Rags January 12 1932Boop Oop a Doop January 16 1932The Robot February 5 1932Minnie the Moocher February 26 1932Swim or Sink S O S March 11 1932Crazy Town March 25 1932The Dancing Fool April 8 1932Chess Nuts April 13 1932A Hunting We Will Go April 29 1932Hide and Seek May 26 1932Admission Free June 10 1932The Betty Boop Limited July 1 1932Betty Boop s Bizzy Bee August 19 1932Betty Boop M D September 2 1932Snow White March 31 1933Betty Boop s Ker Choo January 6 1933Betty Boop s Penthouse March 10 1933Betty Boop s Birthday Party April 21 1933Betty Boop s May Party May 12 1933Betty Boop s I Heard Sep 1 1933References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bimbo animation The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia 1930 The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia Archived from the original on 2011 05 14 Retrieved 2011 04 24 Rovin Jeff 1991 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals Prentice Hall Press pp 28 29 ISBN 0 13 275561 0 Retrieved 8 April 2020 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Fleischer Studios My Ole Kentucky Home 1926 Clip YouTube A Quick Primer on Betty Boop and Her World The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia 1933 The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia Archived from the original on 2011 05 14 Retrieved 2011 06 03 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bimbo Fleischer Studios amp oldid 1128881240, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,