tadpole-596-918256 Review of Wild Elephinks

Wild Elephinks (1933)

"Popeye" always is looking for an opening to pound . . .

[7/10 · 16 July 2019]

. . . some sense into the fickle, whiny, frail, whimpering, "Olive Oyl," preferably in her kisser, and the conclusion of WILD ELEPHINKS affords him a near-perfect opportunity to do so. By this animated short's finale, Olive already has taken quite a beating throughout ELEPHINKS before her face becomes a blotter for Popeye's dominant fist. During the first half of this brief cartoon, a huge gorilla holds Olive captive for the sole purpose of being able to crack open his refreshing coconuts on HER thick skull, rather than his own. This allows the not-so-primitive primate to quaff down one "cold one" after another, without risking so much as a headache. Midway through this Popeye episode, America's favorite He-Man sends off Olive's tormentor, who departs the vicinity of the not-so-happy couple pushing a banana-vending cart. Later the lethal sailor punches the gorilla out of his skin. When the silverback's detached fur drapes like a fur coat around Olive's scrawny form, Popeye has a perfect excuse to sucker punch his ditzy dame from the rear, knowing that IF she survives his pounding, he can simply murmur "Sorry, Honey, I thought you were a fat, stinky 800-pound ape."