Betty Boop with Henry the Funniest Living American (1935)
*** (out of 4)
Henry walks into Betty Boop's pet store with two cents and wants to buy Pudgy but Betty tells him that the dog is two dollars. Feeling bad for the kid, Betty agrees to give him the dog if he'll watch the store while she's gone but this turns into a disaster. Henry certainly isn't the funniest living American so the title pretty much lies but I think the short has enough laughs and imagination to make it worth sitting through. I really thought the song Betty sings about everyone having a pet was quite catchy and I thought it really set the film off into a good charming time. Once Henry takes over the laughs really start because of his various adventures with the animals. The majority of the time he's feeding the birds by planting the seeds on his head but the funniest moment happens when him and a monkey get into a fight. The film has some great imagination at work and especially once Betty gets back to the store and notices that her birds are gone. How Henry gets them back is a pretty funny sequence. Fans of these shorts will certainly get a kick out of this one as the jokes really do work and there's the typical great animation.
*** (out of 4)
Henry walks into Betty Boop's pet store with two cents and wants to buy Pudgy but Betty tells him that the dog is two dollars. Feeling bad for the kid, Betty agrees to give him the dog if he'll watch the store while she's gone but this turns into a disaster. Henry certainly isn't the funniest living American so the title pretty much lies but I think the short has enough laughs and imagination to make it worth sitting through. I really thought the song Betty sings about everyone having a pet was quite catchy and I thought it really set the film off into a good charming time. Once Henry takes over the laughs really start because of his various adventures with the animals. The majority of the time he's feeding the birds by planting the seeds on his head but the funniest moment happens when him and a monkey get into a fight. The film has some great imagination at work and especially once Betty gets back to the store and notices that her birds are gone. How Henry gets them back is a pretty funny sequence. Fans of these shorts will certainly get a kick out of this one as the jokes really do work and there's the typical great animation.