''Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions'' is a 1933

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film, featuring

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. This cartoon was first theatrically released with the

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film ''

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''.

Plot

At the inventor's show, Betty,

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, and

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demonstrate a variety of gadgets, including: * The spot remover — a large steam-powered device that removes the spot by cutting a hole in the fabric. * The cigarette snuffer — a mechanical foot sniffs out the cigarette, then a mechanical hand sweeps it up. * The soup silencer — parts from a

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are installed on a spoon to convert the slurps to music. * The

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regulator — a typewriter is adapted to position the corn for easy eating. * The voice recorder * The self-threading sewing machine — a mechanical hand and eyeball thread the needle. When the automated sewing machine gets out of control and proceeds to sew various things together, Bimbo and Betty escape via an umbrella that turns into a helicopter.

In other media

* A short clip from this cartoon can be seen in the opening credits of the ''

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'' episode " A Fishful of Dollars".

References

External links

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''Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions'' at IMDb''Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions'' at YouTube
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