Pre-Code cartoons from the early Thirties often contain risqué gags , since at the time they were almost free from the restrictions of censorship. The cartoons produced at the Ub Iwerks studio contain some of the best examples of that : many of them have gags involving racial and ethnic stereotypes , sexual innuendo , and even the use of drugs . One of the most risqué Ub Iwerks cartoons is "Room Runners". Here, Flip the Frog tries to escape during the night from a hotel without paying the bill ; while getting away from both the landlady and a policeman , Flip comes across several sexual-related situations : for example , he gets into a bathroom where a girl is having a shower, and he watches a naked girl through a keyhole. In the final gag of the cartoon , a guy who's trying to take his tooth out , after many unsuccessful attempts , he finally succeeds after going into the room of an undressed girl and receiving a punch in the face from her.
Here are some pictures from this cartoon . Enjoy!
Just so you know, it's the same girl that Flip walks in on thruout the cartoon; in the final scene she's fed up with Flip violating her privacy, and slugs the toothache guy by mistake.(This chick, obviously animated by Grim Natwick, also appears as the poor secratary who loses her skirt in "Office Boy")
ReplyDeleteNatwick was a master in animating girls .
ReplyDeletehis work is easily findable in Iwerks and in Fleischers studios .
He was the one who created Betty Boop . The character made her debut as a canine lady , and was probably supposed to be a female support in Bimbo cartoons .
However , in a few time , Betty became a star and Bimbo was casted in less important roles , then he finally went out of the screen .
This cartoon is very hard to find. Also, it is not shown very much due to suggestive elements and is quite offensive to them.
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