Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions is a 1933 Fleischer Studios

Fleischer Studios

Fleischer Studios, Inc., was an American corporation which originated as an Animation studio located at 1600 Broadway, New York City, New York...

 animated short film, featuring Betty Boop

Betty Boop

Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick. She originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. She has also been featured in...

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Plot

At the inventor's show, Betty, Bimbo

Bimbo (Fleischer)

Bimbo is a fictional character, a cartoon dog created by Fleischer Studios. He first appeared in the Out of the Inkwell series and was originally named Fitz....

, and Koko the Clown

Koko the Clown

Koko the Clown was an animated character created by animation pioneer Max Fleischer. The character originated when Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a device that allowed for animation to be more lifelike by tracing motion picture footage of human movement. To test out his new invention...

 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 chesse snuffer — a mechanical foot snuffs out the cigarette, then a mechanical hand sweeps it up.
• The soup silencer — parts from a music box are installed on a spoon to convert the slurps to music.
• The sweet corn 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 Futurama
  Futurama
  Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
  
   episode A Fishful of Dollars
  A Fishful of Dollars
  "A Fishful of Dollars" is episode six in the first season of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on April 27, 1999. The episode was written by Patric Verrone and directed by Ron Hughart and Gregg Vanzo. Pamela Anderson guest stars as her own preserved head in a jar. This episode marks...
  
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