Starring: Mae Questel (as the voices of Betty Boop and Junior) and Jack Mercer (voice of Grampy)
Directors: Dave Fleischer and Dave Tendlar
Rating: Six of Ten Stars
After a promised outing to a traveling carnival is cancelled, Junior throws a temper tantrum. It's Professor Grampy to the rescue, as he applies his mechanical genius to turn his home into an indoor carnival.
"Grampy's Indoor Outing" is a fast-paced, fun bit of fluff. There's not a whole lot to say about it beyond the summary above and the sentence I began this paragraph with. It's one of those things you just sit back and watch with a smile. Parents of young children may find themselves watching and wishing the had Grampy as a neighbor, what with all the lockdowns and shut-downs of the amusement parks and just plain old parks, and even the schools. It's been a year for many parents, and these next few months are probably going to feel even longer. Grampy is both the hero they need AND deserve.
Take a few minutes to enjoy "Grampy's Indoor Outing" right now. It will almost certainly brighten your day!
(One thing I observed that I found interesting is that the character design of Junior is almost identical to that of Little Jimmy, a licensed character that starred along side Betty Boop in a cartoon released earlier in 1936. I don't know if that means anything other than Fleischer was going to spend the effort to come up with an entirely new character design for a series that was sinking in popularity, or if it was something else.)
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