![]() In some cartoons like Betty Boop and Grampy and House Cleaning Blues, he and Betty live in separate houses. There is also some inconsistency as to living arrangements. It is not clear whether Grampy is related to Betty Boop, because everyone calls him "Grampy" and he seems to be equally affectionate to almost everyone he meets. ![]() The character was possibly based upon Max's brother, Charles, an inventor, one of whose creations was the clawing device that (in 2021) is still omnipresent in arcades and standalone toys. ![]() In short order, the lightbulb lights up as Grampy exclaims, "Hooray, I've got it!" and builds a new gadget to solve the problem. When presented with an unexpected problem, he puts on his thinking cap (a mortarboard with a lightbulb on top). His primary activities include singing, dancing and building Rube Goldberg-esque devices out of ordinary household items. One author speculates that the character's design may suggest he is Ko-Ko the Clown in retirement. Grampy is an ever-cheerful and energetic senior citizen with a bald, dome-shaped head, white beard, and black nose. He had a starring role in the "Color Classic" Christmas Comes But Once A Year (1936). He appeared in nine of the later Betty Boop cartoons beginning with Betty Boop and Grampy (1935). Professor Grampy is an animated cartoon character appearing in the Betty Boop series of shorts produced by Max Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures. Grampy and his "thinking cap", in a scene from the Betty Boop cartoon House Cleaning Blues (1937).
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