Be Human

Be Human

November 20, 1936 Theatrical Series Betty Boop

Studio
Fleischer Studios
Distributor
Paramount Studios

Synopsis

An old farmer abuses his animals too much, punching cows, beating up chickens and whipping horses. Catching wind of this, animal hospital nurse Betty makes a phone call to Humane Society officer Grampy to arrest and teach the bullying farmer a lesson in learning to be human to animals. Grampy captures the farmer and invents a whipping machine, where an automated arm holding a whip continually hits the guy as he runs on a treadmill. The treadmill runs the farm through a series of contraptions and pulleys, now making life easier for all the animals that the farmer tortured.

Characters

Betty Boop, Grampy, Old Farmer, Cows, Chickens, Horses

Credits

Directing

Director
Dave Fleischer

Producing

Producer
Max Fleischer
Presented By
Adolph Zukor

Animation

Animator
Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman

Voices

Voice
Mae Questel (Betty Boop), Kate Wright (Betty Boop)

Production notes

This short features a series of attacks on animals by a pretty violent fellow. This guy has some serious aggression issues- during the cartoon, he whips a dog that is tied up, punches a cow, and wrings the neck of a live chicken. The man is taken to a rehab facility of sorts, where he is repeatedly whipped for his violence towards animals.

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