And then, just when things couldn't get any weirder, it's time for a song and a cute wrap-up gag. Mice pop out of the woodwork, deliver mysterious quips, and vanish. Phallic gags, double entendres, and cleavage shots are submitted for your approval.
From the opening frames of In My Merry Oldsmobile you know you're in Fleischer Land: the characters seem to be made of rubber, they mumble strangely, and, unlike Disney's cutesy animals, they appear to be highly sexed. Betty Boop was still in embryonic form when this was made, but if she'd been the leading lady then this title would surely be included in the various Boop collections on the market instead, it's in limbo along with dozens of the Fleischer Studios' other "Song Car-Tunes," the series that gave us that immortal Bouncing Ball to sing along with, and lots of infectious music.
The only problem with this delightful little cartoon is that it's not more widely available.
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