Palm Reading on a Tropical Island
ReFrederator brings you another ghostly offering as part of our “I See Dead People Week.” Today’s toon is a Betty Boop entry from 1933, “Is My Palm Read?,” and brother, we don’t even know where to begin to describe this one! Ghosts — yes. But also a man eating grass hut, a bug that moonlights as a lipstick, baby pictures of a very nude Ms. Boop and a narrative thread that defies time and space. Even applying the very lenient standards of 1930’s cartoons, this early Max Fleischer talkie doesn’t come close to making sense… and is pretty much a total kick start to finish!
Crazy about this one! Love the ‘racy’ little details! Dig the dream world logic! One of my favorites — let us know what YOU think.
ReFrederator is back tomorrow with one more spooky selection.
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On May 25th, 2006 at 12:00 am
I’ve heard of barking spiders before……
but this one has a barking frog!