At Betty Boop's Auto Hospital, the cars are treated for various humanlike ailments.At Betty Boop's Auto Hospital, the cars are treated for various humanlike ailments.At Betty Boop's Auto Hospital, the cars are treated for various humanlike ailments.
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Mae Questel
- Betty Boop
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Dave Fleischer
- Roland Crandall(uncredited)
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- TriviaInstrumental versions of the theme song for this cartoon were later used in Betty's next film, Musical Mountaineers, and later in the 1940 Popeye cartoon, Wimmin Hadn't Oughta Drive.
- GoofsWhen writing the report for the Hurricane "8", the lines to write in the 'Ailment' and 'Condition' entries are broken/missing at exactly the points where letters with descenders are written. Three breaks for the 'Ailment' (Hit by a lamppost) - one for the 'y' and two for the two 'p's'. There is only one break in the 'Condition' entry (In the pink) for the 'p'.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Betty Boop for President (1980)
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Betty Boop gives a lube job.
I'm not a fan of Betty Boop, but 'So Does an Automobile' is one of her more enjoyable cartoons. It features Betty in a storyline that doesn't require us to accept her as beautiful or voluptuous. (Honestly: if you saw a real woman who looked and sounded like Betty Boop -- that gigantic head, that tiny mouth, that perpetual whimper -- would you actually be pleased? More likely, you'd scream and run away in disgust.)
In this cartoon, Betty is running a service garage for anthropomorphised cars that look like Benny the Cab from 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit': really more of a car hospital than anything else. As she ministers to the cars, Betty sings a very catchy tune, every verse of which ends with the song's title, and all the verses make comparisons between humans and cars. A person needs some sympathy, and 'so does an automobile'. And so on.
In addition to the very pleasant song -- which keeps Betty from doing her usual breathy whimpering -- there's also an extremely funny payoff gag, which should be easy to figure out if you look at this movie's title while considering the Fleischer studio's penchant for risqué gags. Still, by Fleischer standards that last gag is quite clean. I might even call it "auto" erotic. I'll rate this delightful movie 9 in 10.
In this cartoon, Betty is running a service garage for anthropomorphised cars that look like Benny the Cab from 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit': really more of a car hospital than anything else. As she ministers to the cars, Betty sings a very catchy tune, every verse of which ends with the song's title, and all the verses make comparisons between humans and cars. A person needs some sympathy, and 'so does an automobile'. And so on.
In addition to the very pleasant song -- which keeps Betty from doing her usual breathy whimpering -- there's also an extremely funny payoff gag, which should be easy to figure out if you look at this movie's title while considering the Fleischer studio's penchant for risqué gags. Still, by Fleischer standards that last gag is quite clean. I might even call it "auto" erotic. I'll rate this delightful movie 9 in 10.
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- F Gwynplaine MacIntyre
- May 7, 2005
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- Runtime8 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was So Does an Automobile (1939) officially released in Canada in English?
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