Helen Kane--This Is Your Life, I Wanna Be Loved By You, Harry Ruby, 1958 TV 

Yes, Betty Boop appropriated her character.

Without a doubt!!

Uh not the "one and only", she stole the style from baby Esther jones

@@fatyes891 No, she did not. She may have been inspired by Esthers "Bo Bo Di" but their styles were totally different. Helens style was more sexual and way more coherent. It's what gave Betty Boop umph

@@justice7550 helen went to court trying to sue the ppl who made Betty Boop but that didn't work because she couldn't prove that she didn't steal the style from Ester first..

@@fatyes891 Esther Jones was only 10 years old when Betty Boop was created in 1930. Betty's image and style were inspired by Helen. Helen may have been inspired by the sound effects of Esther but that's about it.

Ya sure! I need some documented proof mustard lady or man?

Helen Kane was under contract to Paramount and any photo of her will show that she had Betty Boop's hairdo and look, before the cartoon was ever created. The Betty Boop cartoons became more popular than Kane, and were cheaper to produce, so Helen's contract was dropped. A good lawyer should have been able to win her case.

Thanks Alan I did not know that. When I was a kid in Cleveland Ohio we use to watch this is your life all the time and I do remember that show being aired in 1958 as I was almost 12 that year. I also remember when she passed in 1966 (i was almost 20 then ) and in Navy Wave Basic Training then. I have some of her albums too.

go away mustard your a troll

Eat Mustard Out of My Nostrils, you have presented no proper evidence, only your opinion. As for Baby Esther looking like Betty Boop, you're thinking of those fake photos that were going around the internet saying that this is Baby Esther Jones, the real Betty Boop. Well, guess what, idiot? Those were pics of a Russian model named Olya who was dressed up as Betty Boop for cosplay. You're so stupid, you fell for the BIG lie that's been circulating the internet for years. Look up the REAL Esther Jones, she looks nothing like Betty Boop. Helen Kane did NOT steal her her act, her look, her clothes, her makeup or her hair, dumb ass. God, some people are too stupid to live. 🙄 REPLY

I know right

I agree, i really like the innocence and silliness in that many people seemed to have back then. This makes it so super adorable :)

If TV executives knew back then what they know now, which is how stupid the average person is, TV would have been just as insipid as Jerry Springer and Big Brother.

CrazyHorseInvincible Hello, They always say art reflects life. That being too much TV has drawn people away from reading and studying and socializing. So in the years past TV hadn’t had the time it now has had to influence society. So people weren’t stupid back then in the same way they are now. But try not to have such a bleak outlook. This world is still worth living in.

@Tom Clark The reason why the guest comments were rehearsed was that the episode had to fit into a 22 minute time frame. A show like "This Is Your Life" could easily evoke ad-libs and long stories that would eat up so much time not all the guests could be fit in. The fact that the guests' comments were rehearsed is not a sign of "phoniness" but instead a desire to keep the episode on schedule.

She stole the singing style from Esther Jones. The original Betty Boop. This animal even stole Boop oop a doop from her. POS!

@@chasencrooks7115 wasn’t Esther like 7- 💀

I remember that as a little girl. iteas called "Here Is Your Life".

The back story is that Helen was ill and broke, and this was Ralph Edwards' way of helping her.

@@aeichler really? That’s so sad. I’m happy Helen got that contract at the Moulin Rouge. Does anyone know if she was successful while performing there? I know cancer took her life soon after this was filmed.

So very sad😢

+lalalandhigh I wonder what her orgasms sounded like. Like stepping on a mouse I imagine.

Or a squeaky toy.

+James Walls you guys are dirty.

joanne gerard orgasms are dirty? messy maybe. i don't think they're dirty, unless you're having one in a tijuana whorehouse.

lololol

Eat Mustard Out of My Nostrils, you're wrong! That is a stupid lie that's been going around the internet for years and stupid people believe it. FFS, did you not hear Helen's voice? Have you not seen her photos when she was young? She WAS Betty Boop and only an idiot would believe otherwise. Esther Jones looked nothing like Betty Boop and Helen Kane originated the boop-oop-a-doop, just like all the people on the show said. Do more research and stop spreading lies!

It's a lie...

@@c.estrada8289 YOU do some research. The concept of Baby Esther was STOLEN by this woman who was then the inspiration for Betty Boop. Sure, without this woman the entirety of Betty Boop would not exist but it doesn't change the fact that it was stolen. This woman is a THIEF and karma bit her in the ass.

@@esther5379 the concept of Baby Esther wasn’t stolen but her scat style may have been used by Helen.

What is strange to me is that people of the Download Generation and American Idol don't understand the way things were. Helen Kane had been performing in her own style, as herself, for years before getting a break. Then moving steadily up the billing in show after show. By the time she finally broke into superstardom, she'd been performing for nearly a decade. Singing in her own voice(and even that was something, as someone with that voice had things working against her). She also too constant criticism for being "fat"(which she wasn't). So, after years and years of hard work, she finally made it big. And now, nearly 100 years later, some utterly clueless people accuse her of "plagiarism"? Look up everything that goes into planning a show, the writing, the casting, booking a venue, rehearsal, promotion. Your timeline of events would have been physically impossible.

you are an idiot

Her persona is where Betty Boop came from.

@@athenathegreatandpowerful6365 actually she stole the Betty poop sound from a 10 year old black performer named esther Jones.. we get everything stolen from us

@@kissantesanders1174 Oh my God, this isn’t even true. Esther Jones was a 7-year-old tribute act, not a serious performer. Helen only saw her perform in 1927 and she had been performing since 1922. Esther would’ve been a toddler. Scatting was not unique to Esther or Helen, and Esther never did the “Boop-Opp-A-Doop” scat, that was Helen’s creation. Get over yourself and get a job.

@@ArtistsCry13 not a serious performer? She was performing world wide

I'm not so sure she ain't!

i think so

Baby Esther was a woman from the Bronx?

BE was an underage impersonator!

Betty boop was duplicated after Helen Kane....the boops were originated after baby Esther...

Yes, it was, so glad someone posted.

It wasn’t her entire act JFC. Helen Kane might’ve used her scat style. There’s a damn difference

Scat style had been around before Esther was even born. Baby Esther was NOTHING like Helen Kane or Betty Boop. This is a blatant lie that someone started on the internet around 2013. Sadly, it has spread like a rash.

this isnt an act. this is how she really sounds and acts and she doesnt act like a 6 year old.