On January 12, 1933 Bing Crosby recorded a song called Young and Healthy. On March 4th, 1933 Warner Bros released the cartoon I'm Young and Healthy based around Mr. Crosby's song. I don 't feel like this cartoon was taking a shot at Bing Crosby as they did in later cartoons but it probably pissed ole Bing off just the same that they used his song.
As for the cartoon itself, I don't like cartoons from this era. No great characters and too much singing. It's difficult for me to talk about a cartoon like this because I don't get it. There's seem to be no point to many of the cartoons from this era. The king featured here is anything but young and sure as hell isn't healthy. In my world it doesn't make much sense to have some fat guy running around singing he's young and healthy.
With that being said, this was 1933 and Young and Healthy reached #45 on the hit music charts. What was considered entertainment in 1933 is considered nonsense by many today. Which more than likely explains why I don't get cartoons from this period. I'll leave it at that and sign off for now. If you really feel the need to punish yourself you can watch this cartoon.
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