Buzzy Boop at the Concert (1938)
Buzzy Boop at the Concert (1938)
Restoration funding provided by ASIFA-Hollywood. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Audio Mechanics, DJ Audio, Inc., FotoKem. Special thanks to Gosfilmofond, Stanislav Dedinsky, Natalie Ryabchikova, Paramount Pictures Archives.
About the film: Eight years after Betty Boop first appeared on-screen to become an era-defining animated icon, the Fleischer Brothers extended her on-screen family with the intention of freshening up the brand. Introduced in 1938 as Betty’s country cousin, Buzzy Boop was Betty’s comic opposite in every way. Where Betty was frequently the fetching victim of unwanted mischievousness, the gum-smacking, marble-shooting, pig-tailed dynamo Buzzy initiated chaos wherever she went. Unseen for 85 years, Buzzy Boop at the Concert is one of only two shorts she appeared in and was thought lost until a print was discovered in Russia in 2019.
Production: Fleischer Studios. Distribution: Paramount Pictures. Producer: Max Fleischer. Director: Dave Fleischer. With: Mae Questel, Jack Mercer.
Learn more about its rediscovery on our blog, written by animation historian Jerry Beck: ucla.in/3zatbaT
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The way Buzzy is portrayed is pretty interesting, especially for the time. Like, just the act of whistling like that was still seen as a boys thing that girls were threatened with discipline and even violence for copying *in my mother‘s generation over 20 years after this short* because it was likened to hens crowing. Which was bs of course, kids just love to make weird noises in any way they can regardless of gender and this cartoon really gets that sort of energy down. I also like that the opera lady joins in on the fun. A lesser cartoon would have just made her a one-note antagonist who gets upstaged, but these old Betty Boop shorts were just positive like that.
@neverxnice3577
Жыл бұрын
And now i’m a girl who can whistle darude sandstorm with abt 70% accuracy 😭😭 the talents u learn lmaoo
@cameoshadowness7757
Жыл бұрын
@@neverxnice3577 Wait for real?:D that's so cool!
@daviclemons6910
Жыл бұрын
@@neverxnice3577 Evolution of Man
@OFS_Razgriz
Жыл бұрын
@Rainpooper And that is the main reason Betty Boop and other classic cartoon figures were dropped. That and the fact that they often portrayed African American music, especially that of Cab Calloway, which many whites saw as "scandalous", "indecent", or "perverse". Of course, now those cartoons are seeing a bit of a Renaissance in appreciation, while other cartoons of the period that leaned more heavily into white racism are being locked away in shame (looking at you, Disney).
@pechisprettiest
Жыл бұрын
I ain't reading this
You can just tell the pianist's voice actor had tons of fun
@shaneosmer6313
Жыл бұрын
Fr
@mnstrchkn136
Жыл бұрын
He sounds like he's on fire but the fun kind
@sipolina625
Жыл бұрын
Ikr
@Ernestospark
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like his dying
@Boozies_AAA
Жыл бұрын
It sounds like he’s barking lol
Well of course the crowd will fall asleep, when you sing with a voice that's so soothing.
@davidwesley2525
Жыл бұрын
I think most most people would fall asleep at the Opera . I don't think anybody would fall asleep at a Heavy Metal concert. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@5th_cellar
Жыл бұрын
@@davidwesley2525 You'd be wrong, my dude. Lots more sex and violence in operas than most people realize.
@gingercat1028
Жыл бұрын
@@davidwesley2525 “Most people would fall asleep at the opera” hope you are exaggerating
@davidwesley2525
Жыл бұрын
@@gingercat1028 a little bit .😁😁😁
@nothing_controversial
Жыл бұрын
@@5th_cellar - I might just have to go to The Opera 😉
Buzzy is a straight up menace with that microphone adjuster 😂
@davidwesley2525
Жыл бұрын
Buzzy is a mischief maker. Buzzy was playing a little prank on the Opera singer. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁💖💖💖
@MouseCandy
11 ай бұрын
5:34 Yes she is!! My goodness 🤣
@LannyLeArtist
11 ай бұрын
YEA LOL
@violetacarrillo291
3 ай бұрын
@@davidwesley2525 R.I.P. Jr Henson 1922-1990
@aure939
3 ай бұрын
@Mahaubiwaha
I've never even heard of Buzzy Boop! What a fun short! I thought the opera singer was gonna be an antagonist but this had such a cute ending. What an adorable cartoon!
@mar25947
11 ай бұрын
@@kkittycityy wow. I had no idea. Thanks for sharing.
@bobbybickert
6 ай бұрын
@@kkittycityyNo, "Pudgy and the Lost Kitten" and "Honest Love and True" have been found. (Though "Pudgy and the Lost Kitten" has German subtitles and the opening titles of "Honest Love and True" have been replaced with different titles that are in French, plus the Paramount logo at the end has been replaced with a French Paramount logo.) But at least there are no longer any "lost" Betty Boop cartoons.
@101Volts
5 ай бұрын
Buzzy Boop only appeared in 2 Betty Boop episodes, both from 1938; the self-titled episode "Buzzy Boop," and then this 2nd episode "Buzzy Boop at the Concert." This one was lost until 2019, so it's easy to see why many people hadn't heard of her.
@thishandleistaken425
2 ай бұрын
@@101VoltsThe first one was actually called "Honest Love and True"
@101Volts
Ай бұрын
@@thishandleistaken425 I looked it up, and no, that's a different episode (episode 75) that has Fearless Fred in it. (Buzzy Boop is episode 79.) Both episodes are public domain, so I'll go look for 75 now, since I haven't seen it.
Buzzy was an reinterpretation of the original Betty Boop, in child form. No doubt a way to get around the limits of censorship which turned her into a bore, since a child could get away with more mischief!
@someonewhocantmakeuptheirm2671
Жыл бұрын
how could you calle betty boop a bore🙄
@JK-yt3dm
Жыл бұрын
@Someone who can't make up their mind onausername Are you denying that the hayes code turned betty boop into a boring, conservatively-dressed housewife? Because it absolutely did.
@KittyPieVibes
Жыл бұрын
@@JK-yt3dm is that actually what happened :0 I keep seeing comments about the code and how it affected the show
@JK-yt3dm
Жыл бұрын
@@KittyPieVibes yep. Check out how she's dressed and acts in this and things like "Baby Be Good", and compare it to one of the older shorts, like "The Old Man Of The Mountain", or the snow white one. Fleischer got absolutely nuked. They even tried to replace her with Buzzy, and also some girl named Sally Swing one time.
@Collyhumanrobot
5 ай бұрын
That show is annoying sheesh 🙄
Loved Betty and her gang for decades, and now I can add Buzzy Boop as another favorite. Too bad that only one other Buzzy short was made and its still lost. Thanks all for the find and restoration and giving us one more Fleischer film to enjoy.
@davidwesley2525
Жыл бұрын
Actually the First Betty Boop cartoon to feature Buzzy Boop isn't Lost it is available on KZread & I have it on my playlist. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
@The_gaming_gazimon
Жыл бұрын
you mean this? kzread.info/dash/bejne/l2esrtyEZ8jSqc4.html
@benhamel6550
Жыл бұрын
Bettys Cousin Buzzy is the other one it’s on KZread
@Wingnut353
Жыл бұрын
THIS... is the lost Buzzy Boop at the Concert, the other one was never lost, this one was found in Moscow in 2019 and restored at UCLA.
@thishandleistaken425
Жыл бұрын
@@Wingnut353 *Russia
Aw I loved how the opera singer ended up being wholesome
@PugsleyThePear
Жыл бұрын
It would have been so easy to have her get mad and try to chase Buzzy of the stage but it was such a joy to see her join in on the fun instead!
Good to see how that generation felt about my profession 😭😅 At least she wasn’t a villain, and let the show go on with some fun. Then again, there are funny opera stories as well, like Mozart writing an aria for a soprano he didn’t like who tended to lift her chin for high notes and dip it for low notes. He wrote it with lots of jumps up and down up and down, so when she sang it, she would end up bobbing her head like a chicken! Love from a classical soprano!
@marajones1828
Жыл бұрын
That’s actually really hilarious! I admire sopranos - forever an alto 😢
@caidalee1994
Жыл бұрын
@@marajones1828 listen, y’all hold us down and keep the song from floating away into screechy/reedy territory. We need the warm tones of altos!
@homeofsapiens5783
Жыл бұрын
@Caidalee The Night Queen is actually my favourite aria and got me into classical music - apparently the soprano was his sister-in-law, which makes it doubly funny!
a huge thank you to asifa, ucla film archive, jerry beck, and everyone else involved in rediscovering this film, bringing it to the united states and getting it scanned and uploaded on the internet for people from all walks of life to see and enjoy
@shielasatinitigan3492
8 ай бұрын
😂kowesidqeeiowrowedes
@davidmackenzie8441
5 ай бұрын
Don't forget the Russian students who found it in the first place!
Betty Boop invites her tomboyish cousin, Buzzy to a concert, where they had to hear the opera female singer Madame Shrill sings - much to Buzzy's chagrin! But When the singer sings, the audiences are fallen asleep (, including her pianist); until Buzzy takes the stage, turning the boring concert into a jazz-liked entertaining show - much to everyone's delight! 😊😊😊
@sonicfanboy3375
Жыл бұрын
A tomboy in the 1930's?
@yuanyeo9681
Жыл бұрын
@@sonicfanboy3375 It seems so...
@101Volts
3 ай бұрын
@@sonicfanboy3375 The phrase might not have existed at the time, but Buzzy's far from what you'd call "the girliest character in the room." Though, I saw a 1950s Robin Hood episode that also kinda knocked that out of the water when a Scottish Woman wasn't acting so feminine as Robin expected (with Robin having lived in England most of his life,) either. I forget the episode title, it's the one when Robin went up to Scotland.
At long last I can finally watch this Betty Boop Short! I must say Buzzy Boop sure is a mischievous funny little girl.
@davidwesley2525
Жыл бұрын
In the first Buzzy Boop cartoon , Buzzy was more athletic than the Boys she was playing with & was a Better marbles player. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
@violetacarrillo291
3 ай бұрын
R.I.P Jr Henson 1934-1990
As a young person looking to enter the animation industry, I'd love to make stories with a similar feeling to this. It just seems so fun and it doesn't take itself seriously at all, I grew up on these kinds of cartoons and I loved them so much. I'd like to share that with future kids.
@Wolf-sh9ze
Жыл бұрын
They really need that kind of stuff compared to most of the trash produced nowadays
@lingsang_in_the_trees
Жыл бұрын
@Nada2wii we have cuphead the Netflix animated series
@hircenedaelen
7 ай бұрын
@@nada2wii853 I think Buzzy is an extremely relatable character
It's hard to imagine that this was actually a lost film. Thanks so much to the lost media finders for tracking this masterpiece down.
@101Volts
5 ай бұрын
There may yet be hope for other "lost media" that hasn't been seen for over 80 years.
I love how even for the time, the singer isnt seen as ugly and Buzzy takes on more of a "un-ladylike" role in a positive way.
I'm glad that after building the singer up to look like she was going to be the antagonist, she turned out to just be a cool lady.
Sad to think this was lost for 80 years by now, it's pretty cute
@reiahnnajackson3353
Жыл бұрын
85 years old now!
As a Fleischer (And lost media) fan, I am glad to see that this lost cartoon has been found...and uploaded on my birthday! ✌😊
A lost Max Fleischer cartoon has been found! Outstanding restoration!
No limited animation techniques used in this Era. Characters are constantly in motion. Lot of work went into these classic cartoons.
I'm pushing 30 and have known about Betty Boop since I was a kid. I loved watching the shorts on VHS. Not once have I heard of Buzzy until now. It's crazy how media can be lost for so many years. The hard work that was put into this hasn't been appreciated until now. Thankfully, there are fans of the craft who're willing to unearth these gems for everyone to enjoy. Thanks for uploading this cartoon!
I’ve seen pretty much every Betty Boop cartoon so when I saw this thumbnail I got really excited cause it meant there was finally another that I haven’t seen! Thank you so much for rediscovering and restoring this and posting it to KZread, it means a lot to us! Plus I’m just glad to see more of Buzzy Boop, we didn’t get much toons with her in them.
Easily the BEST Betty Boop cartoon I've ever seen, ironically, Betty herself is a secondary character in her own film, much the same as what happened to Mickey Mouse after Disney was told, to tone him down, a few years earlier.
@simday1396
Жыл бұрын
She's so Cute in the background with her little cousin.
something about this episode is just so joyful
They tried several spin offs from Betty Boop, including Popeye, Henry, and the Little King, but Popeye was the only one that succeeded. It was fun seeing this almost lost film, though. Any vintage Fleischer movie that's new to me is a fun event.
@steamboatwill3.367
Жыл бұрын
Little King did get his own series by the neighboring Van Beuren Studio.
@bobbybickert
6 ай бұрын
@julianhermanubis6800 The difference is that Popeye, Henry and the Little King (and also Little Jimmy) were existing comic strip characters, while Buzzy Boop was an original creation of the Fleischer studio like Professor Grampy, Wiffle Piffle and Fearless Fred.
Buzzy Boop and Sally Swing , two would have been spinoffs from Betty Boop
Restoration work aside, this is simply a great cartoon!
i love how betty is so chill with buzzy being sucha menace🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
No matter how much time passes, these cartoons are still so much fun!
I love how Buzzy Boop is like the mini version of Grampy!
@davidtoback714
Жыл бұрын
Yea.
@davidwesley2525
Жыл бұрын
@@davidtoback714 without the Bald head & Beard. 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
Cartoons have come a long way in 85 years
This was great! ❤
I like that the female opera singer wasn’t beaten up or swingled or something. She just joined in and the little girl accepted her in.
6:55 first animation of a person getting sturdy
@LannyLeArtist
11 ай бұрын
Lol
Wow. The only other Buzzy Boop cartoon! This is amazing!
Thank you so much for uploading this. I desperately wanted to see the screening months ago, but I contracted COVID and had to miss it. I'm so happy I finally get to see it. The restoration looks beautiful. I think it's the most pristine Betty Boop cartoon I've ever seen.
I learned that this episode was considered lost media until recently. It's pretty amazing that we get to watch it.
DAMN SHE STARTED THROWING IT BACK 5:45
@hungrywarnergaming5263
Жыл бұрын
I laughed waay too hard on that part. XD
It’s so weird that this was lost media
Betty Boop retired from her career and had a kid which was buzzy Boop and now buzzy Boop takes her mother's career which makes the tradition pass on
@Thomasnmi
10 ай бұрын
Not quite 😊
@davidwesley2525
10 ай бұрын
@@Thomasnmi Buzzy Boop is Actually Betty Boop's mischievous Cousin. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
This is what getting sturdy was in the 90's
This one actually made me laugh out loud when the opera lady did the splits
The quality is amazing.
Amazing restoration! What a brilliant animation!
You gotta Love 💘 Buzzy Boop , always getting into mischief . This time Buzzy made the Opera much more entertaining. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Oh wow, I love how they joined together in the end😂
Thank you so much for uploading this, I’m so glad this has finally been found !
Amazing job restoring this cartoon guys. Well done
Really wish Buzzy had survived to have a coloured version!!!
I guess making good music runs in the family
I expected this is gonna be like that Tom and Jerry episode, but it was so adorable in the end! Buzzy is also so adorable!
You can tell in these old cartoons that they were really experiencing with sound, lol.
And she was never seen again for 84 years 😢
Buzzy is my new favorite cartoon character! and those fantastic dance sequences! oh my!
Their dancing is amazing.
Yay for archiving projects! Thanks!
Such classics never dies ♥
Beautifully done with high 1080p video resolution which are supposed to be more celebrating it.
buzzy boop is so cute and sweet ☺☺☺
@davidwesley2525
Жыл бұрын
And very Mischievous. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁💘💘💘
Buzzy Boop for the win!
That was pretty great, thanks for sharing this classic piece of film history with us all.
1938. Entertainment to the masses. They would need it for the horrors of the decade that followed. 2024. A nauseating feeling of déjà vu.
The woman at the opera is so beautiful ❤
@davidwesley2525
Жыл бұрын
Betty or Buzzy ? 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆💖💖💖
Sis was breakdancing before anyone else 😂
The way Madam says -Scram- with annoyances is hilarious
That is so bloody clevver !! The work that must of gone into this !!
Some of the music playing while Buzzy and the singer are dancing together is also heard in "Let's Celebrake" when Olive Oyl's grandmother and Popeye are dancing after both of them eat spinach. I wonder if it was an existing piece of music or original music written by Sammy Timberg?
Madame Shrill does have an amazing voice for a soprano
2:40 that is an intense phonk walk lol 🏃
@aincrixdraws
Жыл бұрын
Now we gotta make a meme with that lmao
7:19 oh my goodness. oh my damn. oh my goodness. She goin ham
@LannyLeArtist
11 ай бұрын
LOL
the pianist its so funny!!!hahaha...btw,i love to see old cartoons like this
I love how they both can dance so well tuned with fun amd crazy moves 💃🏻👏🏻 but these ladies got the voice 👀🎶
It’s scary that a late-30s cartoon, released throughout multiple theaters and featuring recognizable characters can just disappear.
2:54 Anyone else did this as a child or is it just me? Cuz i had
I adore the side-to-side sway dancing from these old cartoons :D
I could see this done live action in the 40's with Ethel Murman as the singer and Shirly Temple as Buzzy. That would have been cool.
Watching cartoons from this era brings me comfort inside
I love betty boop
Betty was just so much better before the Hays Code.
@davidwesley2525
10 ай бұрын
The Hayes Code Really came Down Hard on Betty Boop.
That was nice that Buzzy helped her out.
@otchyibarra0361
26 күн бұрын
And she said she hates concerts now she likes them
I have no idea how the singer dancing in those heels, but SHE DID IT-
I love the black and white cartoons. Thank God my dad bought DVDs back then which were $1 for a collection of black and white cartoons which might've cost like $5 today. Man how years pass by
Buzzy when she playing in the audience sounding like a Furby
"Madame shrill" im a mezzo but this made me yell *HA!!!* out loud 🤣
sow beautiful
Well done with the restoration!
Amazing!!!!!
A cheerful hip-hip hurrah for Jerry! ^_^
Wtf is buzzy boop soooooooo adorable?????!!!!!!!
@davidwesley2525
Жыл бұрын
Buzzy Boop is so adorable is because she is Betty Boop's cousin. Cute Looks run Her Family. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩💘💘💘💘💘💘💘
@Goose-berrys
Жыл бұрын
@@davidwesley2525 true😂😂
Soy una gran admiradora de Betty boop !me encanta me facina todo de ella! ! SALUDOS!
The way they clap is just so funny 😂 ❤
I never knew buzzy excited but shes soo cutee and fun❤❤❤
Bruh, how do you make EVERYONE fall asleep at the concert _including_ your own music accompaniment?
They needed to make another short of Buzzy ! Easily one of the best characters I've seen in a Betty Boop film !
A huge thank you to Asia,ulca film archive,jerry beck,and everyone else involved in rediscovering this flim bringing it to the united states and getting it scanned and uploaded on the internet for people from all walks of life to see and enjoy the that buzzy dancing.
This is fantastic! What a find.
Truly trailblazing Ben folds “I’m going to write a classical piece live” thing 80 years earlier! I love it ❤❤❤
This was adorable i loved it
It’s amazing to see something this rare! 😊
Max and Dave Fleischer were WAY ahead of their time!!! xoxo The Clarences