The Hot Air Salesman

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.

A door-to-door salesman of dental appliances encounters beautiful, well-endowed nude women everywhere he goes.

Ham, a con-artist, makes a less-than-friendly bet with Joseph, a missionary, that he can persuade more people to believe in Jesus than Joseph. As the two salesmen go door to door, they never know who they will find on the other side.

Betty brings home a cat as a playmate for her pet puppy, Pudgy. The cat manages to get Pudgy blamed for all his misbehaviour.

A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.

Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.

Irene Bordoni sings the title song in French and English with a Bouncing Ball. Cartoon sequences: Betty Boop as a cabaret emcee and cigarette girl; a romantic tom-cat gigolo.

In the only Betty Boop color cartoon, Cinderella (Betty) goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother. Later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.

The Fleischer's Talkartoon short that debuted the now infamous Betty Boop.

At Betty Boop's Auto Hospital, the cars are treated for various humanlike ailments.

Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any.

A stray kitten wanders into Betty Boop's house, gets sick on candy, and is cured with catnip by Betty and Pudgy the pup.

Pudgy the pup takes Betty Boop's advice ('Go Out and Make Friends With the World') to heart and befriends various wild animals.

Pudgy the pup meets the female pup next door, whose snobbish owner calls him a "little nobody". A pep talk from Betty Boop turns Pudgy into a hero.

While Betty Boop is away, the kittens get into mischief. Will Pudgy the pup take the blame as usual?

Betty falls asleep doing a jigsaw puzzle and finds herself through the looking glass into a modern, urban wonderland. The shrinking potion comes from a "Shrinkola" dispenser. When most of the characters assemble, Betty sings "How Do You Do" to them. But the jabberwock steals Betty away.

Betty Boop appears on stage with Freddie in an old-fashioned mortgage melodrama.

Henry, comic strip character, gets a job at Betty Boop's pet store.

Betty Boop tries to give Pudgy the Pup a bath, with slapstick results.

Betty Boop takes her stage act on the road, and plays in Japan to great acclaim.