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  • 6/12/2025
๐Ÿ’‹โš“ Set sail with one of the earliest Betty Boop cartoons in Barnacle Bill (1930)โ€”a cheeky, rhythmic, and risquรฉ animated short that showcases the wild spirit of pre-Code animation! Featuring the flirtatious Betty and a bold sailor, this classic is packed with suggestive humor and toe-tapping tunes.

๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ Plot Summary:
When sailor Barnacle Bill arrives ashore, he woos a coy and curvy Betty Boopโ€”voiced in her early flapper days. But things escalate fast as Bill pushes his luck and Betty shows her spunk. It's musical mischief and cartoon chaos, Fleischer-style!

๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ Year Released: 1930
๐ŸŽญ Genre: Animation, Comedy, Musical, Pre-Code
๐ŸŽฌ Created by: Fleischer Studios
๐ŸŽž๏ธ Starring: Betty Boop (in her dog-eared form), Bimbo

๐ŸŽฏ Why Watch It?
โœ”๏ธ One of Bettyโ€™s earliest and boldest appearances
โœ”๏ธ Classic Fleischer surrealism and musical timing
โœ”๏ธ Pre-Code cartoon edgeโ€”before censorship hit
โœ”๏ธ A time capsule of 1930s risquรฉ humor and jazzy vibes

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๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ’‹ Boop goes the sailor! Watch Betty Boop โ€“ Barnacle Bill (1930) for a naughty nautical laugh from cartoon history.
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Transcript
00:01Monaco Bill the Sailor
00:04Monaco Bill the Sailor
00:07Ahoy! Ahoy! Ahoy the ship! Ahoy!
00:13I'm old and rough and dirty and tough,
00:15that Monaco Bill the Sailor.
00:17I never can get drunk enough,
00:19that Monaco Bill the Sailor.
00:22I drink my whiskey when I can,
00:24my whiskey from an old soup jet,
00:26though whiskey is the life of man,
00:28and Monaco Bill the Sailor.
00:35Ahoy ya! Ahoy! Ahoy ya! Ahoy!
00:37Yeah! Ahoy ya! Ahoy ya! Ahoy ya!
00:40Yeah! Ahoy ya! Ahoy ya!
00:42Ahoy ya! Ahoy ya!
00:43Ahoy ya! Ahoy ya! Ahoy ya!
00:44Ahoy ya! Ahoy ya!
00:49preserve theๅทฅ!
00:50Oh boy ya!
00:51Ahoy ya!
00:52Try to give up,
00:54and else you live to bed
00:56itions of lies
00:57When they run from high to jump, you'll come in the wall, if that's all for me.
01:03A sailor's life is always wild and free.
01:06We speak to me, say, we wait and say, we're always rough when we come back to see.
01:13A sailor's life's a life for me.
01:21Attention!
01:27No one leaves this ship.
01:31Oh, yeah?
01:45Hey!
01:46Hey!
01:49Hey!
01:50Hey!
01:51Hey!
01:52Hey!
01:53Hey!
01:54Hey!
01:55Hey!
01:56Hey!
01:56Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
02:26Who's that knocking at my door?
02:52Who's that knocking at my door?
02:56Who's that knocking at my door?
03:00Why, the fair young laden.
03:03It's only me from over the sea.
03:06I'm going to go build a sailor.
03:07I'm all lit up like a Christmas tree.
03:10I'm going to go build a sailor.
03:12I'll sail the sea until I croak.
03:14I fight and swear and drink and smoke.
03:16But I can't swim a blooming stroke.
03:18I'm going to go build a sailor.
03:21Are you young and handsome, sir?
03:25Are you young and handsome, sir?
03:28Are you young and handsome, sir?
03:31I'm old and rough and jerky and tough
03:37I never can get drunk enough
03:41I drink my whiskey when I can
03:45Whiskey from an old tin can
03:47For whiskey is the life of man
04:01I'll come down and let you win
04:05I'll come down and let you win
04:08I'll come down and let you win
04:12Well, hurry before I bust in the door
04:17I'll rear and tear and rat and roar
04:22I'll spin your yarns and tell you lies
04:26I'll drink your wine and eat your pies
04:28I'll kiss your cheeks and whack your eyes
04:30Sing me a lot, a lot of sweet
04:45Sing me a lot, a lot of sweet
04:51There's a fair young maiden
04:53Sixty men on a dead man's tent
04:57Said Barney, he'll build a sailor
04:59Go hee ho and a bottle of rum
05:01Oh, I pick a drink and a roll
05:06Yeah, hee ho, ho, you're the gal for me
05:08Hurrah, my boys, for the day
05:10Thank Barney, I'll build a sailor
05:13Girls!
05:25Girls!
05:29Girls!
05:33Girls!
05:34I've got me a wife in every port
05:50I've got me a wife in every port
05:52I'm Barnacle Bill the Sailor
06:06The handsome gals is what I court
06:08I'm Barnacle Bill the Sailor
06:10With my false heart and flattering tongue
06:12I court them all, both old and young
06:15I court them all, but married none
06:17I'm Barnacle Bill the Sailor
06:19When shall I see you again?
06:26When shall I see you again?
06:29When shall I see you again?
06:34Never again I'll come no more
06:39I'm Barnacle Bill the Sailor
06:41Tonight I'm sailing from this shore
06:43I'm Barnacle Bill the Sailor
06:45If you wait for me to come
06:47Settin' and waitin' and suckin'
06:49Waitin' till the count
06:51I'm Barnacle Bill the Sailor
06:53Goodbye!
06:55I'm Barnacle Bill the Sailor
06:56Toys!
06:58Ah ha!
07:04Oh!
07:07Oh!
07:08Now that's it!
07:09I know what it's coming
07:10Oh no no!
07:12What?
07:13What?
07:14What?
07:15Oh!
07:16Let's go!
07:17Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh-uh!
07:47I'm going to be right back on my nose, I'm going to be right back on my nose, I'm going to be right back on my nose.
07:55And again, I'm on the one that's going to be right back on my nose.

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