Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American

Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Carl Anderson's Henry.^[2] The short was also released as Betty Boop with Henry.^[3]

Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American
Directed by	Dave Fleischer
Story by	Dave Fleischer Izzy Sparber (all uncredited)[1]
Produced by	Max Fleischer
Starring	Mae Questel Ann Rothschild
Animation by	Sam Stimson Myron Waldman Hicks Lokey (unc.) Lillian Friedman (unc.) Herman Cohen (unc.) Frank Andres (unc.) Ted Vosk (unc.)[1]
Color process	Black-and-white
Production company	Fleischer Studios
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 22, 1935 (1935-11-22)
Running time	7 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Betty runs the local pet store. Silent Henry wants to buy a puppy, but only has two cents. Soft-hearted Betty offers to let Henry work off the difference at her store. She soon regrets this decision after Henry causes a ruckus trying to manage the pets. In the end, Henry recaptures some escaped birds (by letting them eat seeds off his head), and Betty rewards him with the puppy he wanted.

Notes and comments

The Henry comic strip debuted in 1932, and still runs in some papers.^[4] This short was Henry's sole animated appearance.

Betty sings "Everybody Ought to Have a Pet."

See also

• Betty Boop and the Little King

References

1. Fleischer's Animated News. January 1936.
2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
3. Henry, The Funniest Living American at the Big Cartoon Database.
4. Henry at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on September 21, 2017.

External links

• Henry, The Funniest Living American on YouTube.
• Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American at IMDb