Betty Boop recruits for the Army by offering inductees a kiss. The recruits march off to war with a force of giant mosquitoes!.

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Is it worth your time? If you like your cartoons with a side of 1930s surrealism, sure. If you’re looking for a coherent story, you’re in the wrong place. This is for the animation nerds who want to see the Fleischer studio at its most unhinged. If you hate weird, rubbery physics or just general bug-based anxiety, skip...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Dave Fleischer

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"Is it worth your time? If you like your cartoons with a side of 1930s surrealism, sure. If you’re looking for a coherent story, you’re in the wrong place. This is for the animation nerds who want to see the Fleischer studio at its most unhinged. If you hate weird, rubbery physics or just general bug-based anxiety, skip it. I didn’t expect a military recruitment drive involving giant mosquitoes, but here we are. It’s barely a few minutes long, yet it feels like it lasts an hour because the logic..."


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