Nov 24, 2008 folks, now heres the story bout minnie the moocher, she was a redhot hootchiecootcher, she was the roughest, toughest frail, but minnie had a heart as big as a whale. Cab calloway minnie the moocher sheet music in e minor. Be sure to visit our totally free website to watch 100s of classic tv shows and tons of classic movies. Cab calloway minnie the moocher lyrics genius lyrics.
Anyway, this was another of these short films that played on panorams film jukeboxes at restaurants, bars, and bus or train stations during the 40s. The cast of dave fleischers 1932 cartoon, minnie the moocher, above, are a far cry from the candycolored ponies and simpering dragons populating todays cartoon universe theres not much of a narrative, and the closest thing to a moral is an unspoken dont be cokey. Minnie the moocher by cab calloway, clarence gaskill, irving mills. Minnie the moocher 1932 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Minnie the moocher is a jazz song first recorded in 1931 by cab calloway and his orchestra, selling over a million copies.
Minnie the moocher contributor names calloway, cab adaptor schoen, vic arranger. It was also featured in episode 34 of famed animator max fleischers talkartoons from 1932. The arrangement details tab gives you detailed information about this particular arrangement of minnie the moocher not necessarily the song. Positive k minnie the moocher lyrics genius lyrics. Minnie the moocher also features a genuinely hilarious joke. He led the missourians orchestra, then organized and led his own orchestra, playing at hotels, theaters and nightclubs. Danny elfman, who wrote all the the songs for nightmare, is a rabid calloway fan. The lyrics to bandleader cab calloways crossover hit were ample excuse to send a rebellious betty. Apart from calloway there are testimonies by pianist bennie payne, bass player milt hinton, and by calloways wife and daughters. Betty runs away from home with bimbo and winds up in a haunted cave where a spectral walrus sings minnie the moocher with the accompaniment of various ghostly choruses awesome. The written permission of the owners andor other rights holders such as holders of. Minnie the moocher is a 1932 betty boop cartoon produced by fleischer studios and released by paramount pictures. Boops dad is telling her off and his head morphs into a record player becoming a literal broken record. Minnie the moocher tsakalof 6, 10673 athens, greece rated 4.
And he never seemed tired of performing his signature tune, minnie the moocher, as he continued to sing it in various films up to the blues brothers in 1980. Now, she messed around with a bloke named smoky, she loved him. The title of todays film does not seem like it fits in a halloween series. Calloway appeared in the 1980 film the blues brothers and sang a newlyrecorded version minnie the moocher, in the original style of big. This particular disk of minnie the moocher evidently suffered from, either a pressing defect, or a warp, that shows up about 1 and 12 minutes into the disk. Minnie the moocher betty decides to run away from her harsh parents, mr. A great early bety boop, with a real life intro by cab calloway and his orchestra, with cab cutting some mean steps as the band plays. We hope you enjoy it now, as the animators did then, and audiences did way back in 1932. In depth information about minnie the moocher, produced by fleischer studios.
From the back streets of baltimore where he hustled as a kid, through the jazz clubs of chicago in the raw and roaring twenties, to the cotton club, hollywood, paris, and beyond, here in his own words is the story of cab calloway the man who made minnie the moocher a household heroine and became one of the most respected jazz musicians and best loved entertainers in. Dailymotion minnie the moocher blues brother 1980 full movie clip. Discover the growing collection of high quality most relevant xxx movies and clips. Folks, heres a story bout minnie the moocher she was a red hot hoochiecoocher she was the roughest toughest frail but minnie had a heart as big as a whale hi. Minnie the moocher is most famous for its nonsensical ad libbed scat lyrics. Fed up with her parents nagging, betty has a fight with her stern german father.
Bandleader, songwriter minnie the moocher, are you hep to that jive. Calloways performance of minnie the moocher in the classic 1980 film blues brothers, directed by john landis, was his final movie appearance, although he. Jul 06, 2011 minnie the moocher cotton club squirtleguapo. Folks, now heres the story bout minnie the moocher, she was a redhot hootchiecootcher, she was the roughest, toughest frail, but minnie had a heart as big as a whale. Cab calloway led one of the top bands of the swing era and became one of americas first black superstars. Please help support bcdb with a donation or a subscription to the website. Cab calloway shares rare footage of duke ellington, louis armstrong, fats. It seems this is quite a rare video so i decided to upload it in case youtube takes it down again. Iirc cab calloway was a guest on sesame street in the 1980s and his appearance included a performance of minnie the moocher startling in that context, because even though trimmed down a bit for the occasion the song can hardly be sung at all without at least some of the vintage doper lingo intact. The oogie boogie song is a direct reference to the cab calloway song minnie the moocher, and the situation in which sandy claws is during the song is similar to the betty boop movie. A ghost walrus, whose gyrations were rotoscoped from footage of cab calloway dancing appears to them, and begins to sing minnie the moocher, with many fellow. When youre in love 1937 movie clip minnie the moocher. Boop to the tune of mean to me, accompanied by bimbo.
Calloway has quite a personality, and the book paints a lively portrait of this proud, moneyloving, strongwilled and tough character. Most likely youve at least seen his performance of the song in the blues. The liner notes are essentially nonexistent, just a list of titles and playing times. Minnie the moocher was the first of handful fleischer cartoons featuring popular jazz stars, the others being snowwhite and the old man of the mountain from 1933, also featuring calloway, ill be glad when youre dead you rascal you 1932 featuring louis armstrong, and i heard 1933 featuring don redman and. Dec 10, 2014 ive read numerous books and articles on the topic of opium, and one day when id been delving deep, i happened to listen to the soundtrack from the blues brothers movie and caught cab calloways minnie the moocher, which he first recorded in 1931. Boops mother then fixes the record and proceeds to dance without losing her grim facial expression. The library of congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes.
Minnie the moocher and opium use in the old west the smell. Minnie the moocher 1932 is a betty boop cartoon produced by fleischer studios and released by paramount pictures. Calloways performance of minnie the moocher in the classic 1980 film blues brothers, directed by john landis, was his final movie appearance, although he lived for another 14 years and kept on performing right to the end. Cab calloway shares rare footage of duke ellington, louis armstrong, fats waller and bill bojangles robinson. Its a betty boop cartoon from 1932 called minnie the moocher. Calloway was a master showman with fine musical instincts who nurtured such jazz greats as dizzy gillespie, doc. At the beginning of the short, he is filmed dancing to the introduction of the song, and this is the earliest existing recorded footage of calloway. Here is the full uncut version of minnie the moocher from the blues brothers movie.
The first six selections are standard cab calloway tunes like minnie the moocher and jumpin jive. You may recognize that as the title of the signature song for singer cab calloway. Yeah, drop it like its hot kid huh, so lets set this off uhh cmon yeah baby cmon uhh, yeah baby cmon yeah baby cmon uhh, yeah baby cmon yeah baby c. Calloway ruled the cotton club, was featured in cartoons, had movie roles, and even played sportin life, the very character that gershwin based on him in porgy and bess. You know, cab calloway was quite an entertainer who ended up pleasing generations of audiences until he passed away in 1994.
Jan 22, 2012 minnie the moocher from the film blues brothers. A nostalgic tour of the harlem clubs of the 30s and 40s. Blues brothers minnie the moocher cab calloway youtube. Minnie the moocher starts innocently enough but quickly spins off on a bizarre tangent featuring alcoholic skeletons, a cab calloway voiced walrus, and ghosts being executed reexecuted. Calloway appeared in the 1980 film the blues brothers and sang a newlyrecorded version minnie the moocher, in the original style of big band. Ive read numerous books and articles on the topic of opium, and one day when id been delving deep, i happened to listen to the soundtrack from the blues brothers movie and caught cab calloways minnie the moocher, which he first recorded in 1931. Minnie the moocher is a 1932 betty boop cartoon produced by fleischer studios and released by paramount pictures directed by dave fleischer. Based on cab calloways perfomance in the ever popular 1980 blues brothers movie. The signal can be heard to distort as the playback stylus bounces in the groove. Cab calloway minnie the moocher blues brothers 1980.
With cab calloway and his cotton club orchestra, cab calloway, billy murray, mae questel. Betty boop and bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song. The film opens with liveaction footage of cab calloways orchestra. A full band intro is followed by the prowling trumpet plunger solo from. I highly recommend you watch both the blues brothers films. No other sex tube is more popular and features more minnie scenes than pornhub. Minnie the moocher by big cartoon database is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 4. Minnie the moocher and opium use in the old west the. Hey folks heres the story bout minnie the moocher she was a lowdown hoocie coocher she was the roughest toughest frail but minnie had a heart as big as a whale hidehidehidehi hidehidehidehi hodehodehodeho hodehodehodeho hedehedehedehe hedehedehedehe hidehidehideho hidehidehideho she messed around with a bloke named smokie. Hey folks heres a story bout minnie the moocher, she was a low down hoochie coocher, she was the roughest, toughest frail, but minnie had a heart as big as a whale. Minnie the moocher 1932 talkartoons theatrical cartoon.
While studying law, he sang with the band the alabamians, and took over the group in 1928. Susan boyle i dreamed a dream les miserables official britains. Calloway performed the song in the movie rhythm and blues. Minnie the moocher is a jazz song first recorded in 1931 by cab calloway and his orchestra, selling over 1 million copies. Mar 18, 2008 mix cab calloway minnie the moocher youtube. Minnie the moocher 1932 talkartoons theatrical cartoon series. Nov 30, 2016 minnie the moocher was the first of handful fleischer cartoons featuring popular jazz stars, the others being snowwhite and the old man of the mountain from 1933, also featuring calloway, ill be glad when youre dead you rascal you 1932 featuring louis armstrong, and i heard 1933 featuring don redman and. Minnie the moocher was voted the 20th greatest cartoon of all time, in a 1994 survey of 1,ooo animation professionals. Minnie the moocher 1932 directed by dave fleischer. While walking away from home, betty and bimbo wind up in a spooky area, and hide in a hollow tree.
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