It was 1933, the stockmarket crashed four years earlier in 1929 which meant there was basically an economic crisis. Then there was the war and people needed a reason to laugh. You were one of the many cartoon characters made just for this purpose, and your love interest was another cartoon character known as Betty Boop. Everyone loved the show and Betty Boop

You had just finished recording and was smoking a cigar "Hey, handsome/beautiful!" Betty said and walked over to you