Betty Boop made her first appearance in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes, released on August 9, 1930, the seventh installment in Max Fleischer's Talkartoon series. She became the star of the Talkartoons by 1932 and was given her own series, beginning with Stopping the Show. From that point on, she was crowned The Queen of the Animated Screen. The series was popular throughout the 1930s, with more than 100 cartoons, lasting until 1939. In 2002, Betty was voted in TV Guide's 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time, ranking #17, and in 2004, she was voted among the 100 Greatest Cartoons in a poll, ranking at #96. This collection contains 44 of Bettys greatest cartoons, running nearly five hours.