Betty Boop's Ker-Choo

Betty Boop's Ker-Choo is a 1932 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Koko the Clown and Bimbo.^[2]

Betty Boop's Ker-Choo
Directed by	Dave Fleischer Seymour Kneitel (animation)
Produced by	Max Fleischer
Starring	Billy Murray (Bimbo)[1] Ann Rothschild (Betty Boop) Bonnie Poe (Betty Boop) Margie Hines (additional voices)
Music by	Johnny Green Sammy Timberg Jack King
Animation by	Seymour Kneitel Bernard Wolf
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Fleischer Studios
Distributed by	Paramount Publix Corporation
Release date	December 29, 1932 (1932-12-29)
Running time	7 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Bimbo and Koko are among the contestants in a big auto race, where all the talking animals in Fleischer-land are in attendance (the "humanized" cars await in stalls like horses, and the judge's panel consists of three elderly blind men). The favorite in the race is Betty Boop, but she's late again, and her Yiddish-accented car has no idea where she is. When Betty finally shows up, she explains in song that her tardiness is due to a "cold in my 'nose'".

Once the race begins, it's a real thriller-spiller, with even the spectators getting into the act—and catching Betty's cold in the process ("Ah, ah, CHOO!)"^[3] Eventually, Betty wins the race.

Notes and comments

Betty sings the song "I've Got a Cold in My Nose", written by Scott Bradley with lyrics by Joseph Hanna.^[4]

This short was featured in a Cartoon Network video, synced to Soul Coughing's song "Rolling".^[5]