Well, when I was younger, I saw a history on Betty Boop, but I wasn’t totally interested. The only thing I remember hearing was that she was a dog, and her earings were orginally her ears. But keep in mind also that cartoons were originally made for adults, and not children.
I knew this. But I was a film major, and my college’s focus is on film history, theory and criticism. We saw a lot of Pre-Hays Code films in my classes that made us go, Wow, people were slutting around and doing coke and all that? And put it on screen? In cartoons? Damn! Who knew?
@TheRocketPig that is interesting. I also know that Goofy was originally name Dippy Dawg. But I don’t know the whole story behind that one, cause I haven’t looked it up. I know a little bit about animation history, cause I love cartoons.