The Betty Boop cartoons of the late 1930s were a pale shadow of the earlier ones. The best of them included the character of Grampy in support of Betty.
Grampy was cartooning answer to MacGyver-I suspect he could have made a helicopter out of two spoons and some chicken-wire. He was also the only recurring character in the series other than Betty herself and KoKo the Clown who was the least bit funny. Betty and KoKo both starred in their own cartoon series for the Fleischers, but Grampy only made one solo effort that I can recall-a color short called Christmas Comes But Once a Year. Oh, well-maybe it was in his contract that he had to be a second banana to Betty Boop. Recommended.
Grampy was cartooning answer to MacGyver-I suspect he could have made a helicopter out of two spoons and some chicken-wire. He was also the only recurring character in the series other than Betty herself and KoKo the Clown who was the least bit funny. Betty and KoKo both starred in their own cartoon series for the Fleischers, but Grampy only made one solo effort that I can recall-a color short called Christmas Comes But Once a Year. Oh, well-maybe it was in his contract that he had to be a second banana to Betty Boop. Recommended.