The Betty Boop Limited (1932)

"♫Ain'tcha kind of glad, and ain'tcha kind of gay, when you hear me say I loooves ya? Aww, tell me, baby, aw ain'tcha? Boop-Oop-A-Doop♫." -Betty Boop

Ever wonder what goes on during the train rides with the traveling troupe of performers for Betty Boop's show? Me neither, but The Betty Boop Limited affords us the opportunity to see behind the scenes and just how Betty motivates her cabinet of curiosities to rehearse one last time before the big show. Apparently, they are not afraid to risk life and limb to rehearse the finale by dancing on top of the moving train. (Since I'm just coming off of it, I am reminded a little of American Horror Story: Freak Show for likely no good reason.)

This was the last Talkartoons episode before Betty would fully take over as the lead and have her own show, and it's a harmless bout of surreal madness that is more about the music, song, and dance performances than any sort of plot. Betty gets the ball rolling, exemplifying her one of a kind charisma, by singing an appropriately Betty Boop-ish song "Ain'tcha" that will stay with you.

It's apparent Betty runs the show now at this point, despite that it was previously Bimbo's show in the earlier episodes, as Bimbo doesn't do much but a short juggling act. A rotoscoped Koko the Clown does a cute soft-shoe dance that is technically impressive but a long way from his St. Infirmary Blues performance in Betty Boop's Snow White (1933). There's a Running gag with a warbling cat crooning the lyrics from the song Silver Threads Among the Gold "darling I am growing oldeeer" who I'm pretty sure is Mae Questel pretending to sing bad. These lyrics are revisited in Betty Boop, M.D. (1932).

All in all, a worthy finale to the Talkartoons series.