Popeye the Sailor 

The continuing animated adventures of Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Swee'pea and Popeye.

Stars:

Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Jackson Beck

2 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jack Mercer	...	Popeye / ... (203 episodes, 1960-1962)
Mae Questel	...	Olive Oyl / ... (180 episodes, 1960-1962)
Jackson Beck	...	Brutus / ... (148 episodes, 1960-1961)

Storyline

The continuing animated adventures of Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Swee'pea and Popeye.

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Plot Keywords:

popeye | spinach | character name in title | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

Boomerang [Germany]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1960 (USA)

Also Known As:

Popeye el marino

Company Credits

Production Co:

King Features Syndicate, Famous Studios, Gene Deitch Associates (GDA)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of Mr. Wimpy inspired the Wimpy fast food restaurants serving hamburger-based meals in the UK. Mr. Wimpy eats hamburgers.

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Connections

Spoofed in Robot Chicken: Yancy the Yo-Yo Boy (2007)

User Reviews

Enjoyed the new Popeyes? Yes and no

I do remember well the original Popeye series of between 230 and 240 cartoons, produced between 1933 and 1957 by Paramount Pictures, later Famous Studios, with permission of Elzie Segar and King Features Syndicate. In 1957, a few months before the last of the series was made, the Popeyes came to television, syndicated by Associated Artists Productions. Then in 1960, I began to see the brand-new Popeye cartoon series. Though I had seen the oldies for three years, I had not tired of them, and had mixed feelings about the new ones. I do not remember MANY of them, but a few stuck. "It Only Hurts When They Laughs" was amusing. Two others I still recall. One was Popeye's Pizza Palace, with Popeye as pizza chef, Wimpy mooching hamburger pizzas, and Brutus (main nemesis instead of Bluto) demanding a tamale pizza. Popeye declared that they do not make tamale pizzas; is there such a pizza in real life? The other one that I still recall was Popeye's Junior Headache, in which he baby sat the bratty Diesel Oyl while Aunt Olive was having her hair done at the beauty parlor. Popeye was reluctant to baby sit Diesel Oyl (daughter of Olive's brother Castor Oyl?) as he was fatigued from lack of sleep, but still took the job. Popeye first tried telling Diesel a story about a witch; she interrupted "Which witch?" Popeye retorted "How does I know which witch?" and pleaded to be allowed to sleep and dream up an ending, but Diesel insisted that he play horse (for which he lacked energy). All in all, it was amusing.

I read, back in 1960, that this new Popeye cartoon package was result of dispute between King Features, that owned the rights, and Associated Artists, which syndicated the first Popeye series; as I recall, King Features was miffed at A.A.P. syndicating the series (to put in on television) which was not part of the original arrangement between Paramount and King Features. That was understandable as in the 1930's, when the first original Popeyes were produced, there were no televisions, not even Muntz TV's! This, together with King Features' wanting the limelight, led to this new made-for-TV cartoon package. Be that as it may, SOME of the new Popeyes were amusing, while others stank. It made watching the adventures of the spinach-eating seaman interesting, b