Why This POPEYE Cartoon Is Still BANNED From Broadcast Television!

On January 17, 1929, a star was born. Popeye The Sailor Man. Meant as a throw-away character, creator E.C. Segar was taken completely by surprise as readers LOVED Popeye.
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[@tomhall3535]

Popeye was my first hero. He taught me to be brave and to stand up to bullies. To always treat your lady good and help anyone who needs it. Wonderful wonderful character ♥️

[@gdutfulkbhh7537]

He taught me only to eat spinach as a last resort, in dire circumstances.

[@MI-hz1cp]

Yea, me too. Watching Popeye was religious like for my friends and I. They are just overreacting like people do to everything.. ..pathetic...

[@gamerGUY3013]

Same here, one of my dad's favorite cartoons (who ended up abandoning us) but along with Dragon Ball Z, it taught me how to be a good person and care for the ones I love. Nowadays it may seem toxic or whatever, but shows like these raised a lot of good people.

[@spvillano]

@@gdutfulkbhh7537 well, at my age, keeping regular is a dire circumstance. ;)

[@rloco80]

Definitely one of The Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time!😃😁🥬🥗

[@lynnw7155]

My father was a sailor in WWII and I swear, he looked like Popeye. He had the squint, the short frizzy hair, the forearm muscles, the sailor suit, and the attitude. My sister and I still joke about Popeye being our dad.

[@gregoryschleitwiler9601]

Sounds like my Uncle Frank Conway. Ya think we're related?

[@gwenjones667]

My Uncle Charlie was the real Popeye ❤❤❤

[@muffs55mercury61]

That's cool ! Where I worked in the 1980s the snack wagon driver was also a carbon copy of Popeye and everyone call him that. He didn't use a pipe but smoked cigars and the voice was different.

[@JustDr.S]

@@gwenjones667 My father WAS Charlie! 😳 And he was a Sailor and had those giant forearms with tattoos on them. Of course, he got the tattoos while in the Navy. Maybe we are cousins! 🤔

[@gwenjones667]

@@JustDr.S could be, my uncle had the nose and mouth, he was my father's brother, I was close to his children. Are you maybe illegitimate? 🤔 🤣🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰

[@mannyestacio8658]

I loved the old Popeye cartoons when he was muttering under his breath. As a child, I found it hilarious for some reason, and I still laugh whenever I see any of the old cartoons. Thanks for the backstory!

[@jimness5902]

I thought I heard Popeye mutter under his breath call Brutus a bastard in a fight scene in the wheelhouse perhaps with Betty Boop or was it Olive Oyl as the sought after girl

[@brucestaples4510]

@@jimness5902 As a kid I learned to listen more carefully to his under-his- breath mutterings because there were gems to be heared...and I think it was Oyl, not Boop...but hey, as some comedian once said (more or less), "If it weren't for her Adam's apple she'd (Olive) have no shape at all". Don't forget to tip you server...preferably in cash.

[@jimness5902]

@@brucestaples4510 to be sure even scallywag was one of his more often heard disparagements

[@brucestaples4510]

@@jimness5902 Yeah! Can you imagine? Especially the way F-bombs and N-words are being thrown. [Full disclosure: as a Brooklyn-born (1949) Guinea, I've had the "Yeah, yeah I know" conversations with rhe kids...well, my daughterr.., when she shared with me how she's had to unfriend(?) folks because of their racial/political comments...all I could share with her was that my 1st gen immigrants (grandparents) were prejudiced against OTHER NON-their-country-of-origin... Just think about that...even then, they thought so strongly about themselves as Americans, they thought ill of those not native.

[@mint234567898765432]

The older ones were some of the best. If listen carefully you hear an irish accent.

[@justinsullivan1285]

I loved those Popeye cartoons back in the day. Whether it's the humor, the brawls with Bluto or the spinach, they were just fun to watch. He made me join the Navy.

[@GoodBoyOskie]

That's great! LOL! My favorite was Wimpy for some odd reason. But the Sea Hag I never understood.

[@mantis10_surf85]

Popeye is the reason why I joined the Coast Guard. Remember, Popeye was a Coastie before he was a squid (Navy). You’re Welcome 😉

[@mantis10_surf85]

@Bunny Slayer, Radioman (RM) until that name changed to Telecommunication Spec (TC). I made Chief and went thru the DCO program as a Direct Commission Engineer (C4IT). I retired as a LTJG. What about you?

[@mantis10_surf85]

@Bunny Slayer, Awesome!

[@ronaldschild157]

@Bunny Slayer There's one brief shot of Popeye pulling guard duty on a Pacific outpost in one cartoon short, and the signage clearly shows "U.S. Coast Guard". That's the only confirmation I've seen first-hand that Popeye is indeed a Coast Guard sailor, not a U.S. Navy sailor.

[@kevincampbell7276]

I was born in 75 and I was raised up on watching Popeye and these shows are better than what we have today the old cartoons are the best more educational

[@dirtydish6642]

It's ok that the world changes. I imagine your parents may have felt the same way about you watching cartoons as a kid as opposed to just listening to the Ritz radio programs like they may have.

[@geraldfriend256]

I thought things started going the wrong way with adventure cartoons like Johnny Quest and Scooby Doo, leaving the classic cartoon form behind But I enjoyed those shows, just not the direction cartoons went

[@Indiansmoke1]

They ban popeye and disney creats woke crap to groom kids. F ed up time.

[@thisisme3238]

The old cartoons were "real cartoons," glad I was part of that era growing up back then...👍

[@geraldfriend256]

@@thisisme3238 Absolutely. As a kid in the 70s I saw the shift from classic cartoons to adventure/ serial cartoons like Scooby Doo and Johnny Quest, which were ok but don’t hold up like Warner Brothers or Loooney Tunes classics. All downhill as far as mainstream cartoons for kids went.

[@brianarbenz1329]

This isn't principally about something being "banned." It's an overall look at Popeye's history. I hate it when something is cheapened with a click bait word.

[@SergeantExtreme]

Back, in the day, you used to be able to actually report videos for "Clickbait Title". But now, you have to click Report>Spam or Misleading>Misleading Text and explain that the title is click bait in the comments box. KZbin will then demonetize the video.

[@FIREBRAND38]

No, he said from Broadcast Television quite clearly.

[@millenniumman75]

A very similar thing happened in the final season of the Twilight Zone. There was one episode that originally aired in May, 1964 - shortly before the show was cancelled - and never saw the light of day until 2004. The episode was about two men - one a World War II veteran, and the other a son of a Japanese man who witnessed Pearl Harbor. The latter was played by George Takei, two years before he would come to fame as Mr. Sulu from Star Trek. The story dealt with Takei's character helping to clean out the attic of the vet and they come across a samurai sword.....as they are locked in the attic. You'll have to look up the rest of the story - very telling about how the Japanese were treated.

[@Laz2022]

@@millenniumman75 The interred Japanese got meals every day and were able to have a community inside the wire. Schools, sports leagues, you name it. About 1800 of the 110,000 died in ways people die every day. Meanwhile, Japan killed over 11,000 Americans with slave labor over the course of the war.

[@skiprockjr.6881]

7 minutes in and he finally got to the point.

[@tommythuntdeer]

I loved Popeye as a child. I definitely bought into the “spinach is good for you” message. At 64, I still enjoy Popeye and spinach.

[@rickylee6129]

Popeye is the reason I started eating my spinach 😋. I'm 63 and still love ❤️ Popeye and spinach 😋 🤗.

[@kyrohowe3156]

Loving it when it was on DVD

[@kevinwilson9589]

Same here. I hated spinach and all other cooked vegatables, but after watching Popeye, I would eat spinach. Today, I don't like the spinach in a can, but I love the frozen chopped kind, although with the amount of butter and salt I add I doubt it's good for me.

[@adamchapman3358]

As a kid sitting around the dinner table. My Mom would say "eat your spinach if you want to be strong like Popeye". I would clear my plate every time. 💪

[@edwardandrade4390]

I agree. I'm 51 and those cartoons were all we knew back then. Well maybe the Pink Panther. For you all of those times.

[@dznutz217]

When I see a black and white Popeye cartoon, with a boat that has doors opening and closing with the title of the episode, I know I am about to watch the best animation ever! It's amazing how much detail is in these cartoons and they are all hand drawn! Love these cartoons!

[@frankhindley2545]

I am with you on this! I always loved the little quips and sayings Popeye would mutter under his breath. And did you notice when Popeye would run after Olive, Bluto, or whomever, the background scenery was always changing? I dislike the current cartoons where the characters run past the same tree or house several times!

[@eugenefernandez3351]

The greatest cartoons ever !!!!!!!

[@dmonsterlove]

Technology made the creative side of humans die

[@dznutz217]

@@dmonsterlove Facts!

[@tiggersboy]

Yep, when that opening credit with the doors went away and Popeye started wearing a sailor suit that’s when the quality dropped.

[@MarkRyanSchulz]

My grandfather watched Popeye in South Africa as a little boy. They would set up a projector in the town hall and the kids would watch the latest 'Our Gang' and 'Popeye' cartoons while the parents got to see the newsreels. My grandfather was even a member of the Popeye Club at that time.

[@malumachado4561]

SABC also showed Popeye and Laurel and Hardy during the late 80s and 90s.

[@quondamreveries7258]

Even as a kid, I could tell that the Fleischer B&W Popeye cartoons were something special. My favorite at that time was “Leave Well Enough Alone”, where Popeye bought and freed all of a pet shop’s animals.

[@ScreamingStar64]

Yes! That was my favorite one too! Also a motto I've learned to live by because of it. I guess I can thank Popeye for my mediocre outlook on life! Lol

[@funkadelphiarecords]

"I've got my butter and bread, and a roof above my head!"

[@lawrencelewis2592]

My best one is "A Dream Walking" with Olive sleepwalking on a building's girders. I think it inspired a Three Stooges episode.

[@lawrencelewis2592]

@@ScreamingStar64 That's a good way of looking at life. I go to classic car shows and vendors of waxes, cleaners and such try to sell you on stuff. "You look like a man who wants the best for his car!" I say, "Enh, good enough is good enough." They never know what to say to that.

[@stephencook7337]

My favorite one was “Can You Take It?” The one where Popeye joins the bruiser Boys Club. Funny as hell lol

[@metallicbigtoe3949]

He had millions upon millions of children eating their greens, a character that REALLY left a legacy 👍

[@bernardbrenner6088]

I hated spinach until I began watching Popeye, and now, at the age of 70, spinach is my favorite vegetable.

[@kojiy01]

@@bernardbrenner6088 I am Japanese kid in 1960's. I hate spinach but I ate it after I watched the Popeye anime every week. It's good old memory.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Crystal Canyon, Texas, the spinach capital of the USA, also has a Popeye statue! The best spinach I ever ate was in China...

[@bretthibbs6083]

I agree lol I used to pretend to be Popeye and eat spinach right from the can back in the late 70's early 80's and try to wrestle with my brother

[@metallicbigtoe3949]

@@bretthibbs6083 my brother and I also 🤣🤣👍

[@annnichols3091]

I was a child in the 1960s and the Fleischer Popeye cartoons were part of my TV viewing pleasure

[@ThePrufessa]

My favorite memories of Popeye was him talking trash while muttering. And now it makes since why it feels so organic. Because it was 100% improvised. Amazing. Black and white Popeye is one of the greatest cartoons of all time.

[@nicoleknight9412]

I didn't like the King Features cartoons as much as those originals . The Famous Studio cartoons come s close second. In the 1980s,. Hanna-Barbera produced a Popeye show Saturday mornings on CBS.

[@ThePrufessa]

@@nicoleknight9412 I didn't like the 80s version as much as the original black and white. But all Popeye was good Popeye.

[@glennso47]

The Rotoscope process made those cartoons look realistic and 3 dimensional.

[@charleyphillips4326]

I watched Popeye every morning and laughed throughout the show. It gave me a sense of right and wrong and encouraged me mightily to take on the day with courage and a sense of humor.

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

And Flip the Frog too.

[@lloydkline1518]

❤ popeyes& bluto fighting battles

[@Shiverandfears]

So is a cartoon banned or the show... Because I learn the history of the show but Im not sure I heard the idea

[@JimiLaPointe]

Okay

[@frankgarcia195]

I watched this cartoon when I was a little kid,too

[@lawrencelewis2592]

"I ain't much to look at pers'nally. Sometimes I does right, sometimes I does wrong but I always does what I think is right. Anyways, I yam what I yam and that's all I yam." Not bad words to live by. I've been a Popeye fan all my life.

[@JustDr.S]

"That's all I can stands, and I can't stands no more!" Then he eats the spinach! lol. Thanks for reminding me of that line! ❤

[@lawrencelewis2592]

@@JustDr.S I don't recall him saying that in the comic strips- ( I have all the anthologies of the strip from 1928 to 1938) but he said that a lot in the cartoons. Great as the Fleischer cartoons were, there was a lot more going on in the comics. Mainly satires of politics and economics. In the strip, he would eat spinach on occasion but the "pulling out a can and eating it and getting super powers" was strictly in the cartoons. In the cartoons you can only have so many bad guys and there were plenty in the strip. Bluto was chosen as he was the bad guy in the strip at the time of the early cartoons. He made his strip appearance and then it was on to another bad guy.

[@JustDr.S]

@@lawrencelewis2592 Oh, I see. I just watched the cartoons, and some of those were probably newer. I had no idea there was a lot more to the character in the comic books. I'd probably enjoy reading them, now! Not for laughs, but for how they might have mirrored what was going on in the real world, back then. Very interesting information. Thanks! ❤

[@lawrencelewis2592]

@@JustDr.S It took me quite a few years to find all the books of the daily and Sunday comic strips. They are funny as hell. Popeye was a drinker, gambler and a brawler. The news syndicate wanted EC Segar to tone down the character as children liked him so much. Segar did that, and introduced Poopdeck Pappy who was even worse.

[@swyman10]

I grew up in the late 50’s to early 60’s, Popeye 💪was huge! I still remember when we got our 1st TV, of course it was a black & white, lol. The Howdy Doody show was big too! Personally, my favorite was & still is, Bugs Bunny.☮️

[@ub1953]

"That's All I can STANDZ and I can't STANDZ no more" has been my personal philosophy throughout my 69 years of life....thank you POPEYE !

[@frugalseverin2282]

The banned cartoon 'You're a Sap Mr. Jap' is included in the DVD set released by Warner Bros. Volume 3 which covers 1941-1943. I wish they'd included other banned cartoons in their Loony Tunes sets. Yes they included minority stereotypes but they also contained a lot of work from talented black performers and singers. Several were parodies using the popular swing music of the time. And to pretend they never existed is to deny history.

[@ryanhoward3383]

And you have to remember that we were at war with Japan. When you're at war with the Enemy it's only natural to demonize them in order to relieve tension. So you have to look at it within a historical context. It's definitely not a cartoon that should be released on any home media format marketed to children but since those Popeye DVDs are marketed toward adult collectors then this is okay.

[@geraldmartin7703]

@@ryanhoward3383 I agree. And my mother was Japanese, her schoolteacher father (my grandfather) killed during the Battle of Okinawa.

[@mrmjb1960]

The 13 banned cartoons are on the Golden Spotlight DVD Disc set.

[@WalterDWormack214]

You say the cartoon in question is included in the Popeye Cartoon DVD collection. Would this be the same DVD collection that's currently available on HBO Max?

[@thesoutherngentleman1600]

I am 75 plus and watched them when the Black/White TV were first introduced back when? My Dad as was Grand dad and all my Greats on both sides of the family all fought in all the World Wars and I even have a few records of those from the North / South American wars where my family from both the North and Southern fought. And when you start bringing in this racist stuff I tell anyone that meets me if he or she don't like what I say then leave cause I didn't invite you into my conversation when I was speaking to a friend. Further more I hate everyone equality. hahahahahaha

[@williamhenderson4168]

Man, everybody watched Popeye during my years of the 60s and 70s.What a character and characters. Laughing our asses off.🤣

[@mightymystery9204]

That's true. Really, it is.

[@jltrem]

As a child in the 50's and early 60's Popeye was a staple of my cartoon viewing. I recall at somewhere around the age of six, I'd eaten the spinach my mother had prepared for dinner. Thinking that I was now imbued with Popeye strength I tried to fell a maple tree in our yard with a single blow. Needless to say, one try at it was all I attempted.

[@rtususian]

At least you weren't one of those kids who tried to fly off their roof, thinking they were Superman (George Reeves), or went to a George Reeves live appearance with a loaded gun to see if Superman really was invulnerable! LOL

[@jltrem]

@@rtususian Quite true, as I used to love "The Adventures of Superman". I remember an episode in which Superman as Clark Kent becomes unconscious and collapses without his glasses on and neither Jimmy Olson nor Lois Lane recognize him as Superman. Even at six or seven years old I didn't buy that one.

[@Manco65]

I never got that far. Fresh spinach yes, but I quickly came to the conclusion that from my "landlubber" point of view. Popeye loved canned spinach because it looked and smelled like seaweed.😁

[@TheYamahog12]

Did it work?

[@notsosilentmajority1]

I loved watching Popeye as a kid. It was definitely one of my favorite cartoons and I still like it as an "old guy" today. There were plenty of cartoons that were used as propaganda during WWll and many of them would be considered extremely racist today. We must always remember that we cannot judge anything from the past by modern standards. It was a different time and we were at war against some very cruel and evil enemies. Popeye made me and my brothers eat our spinach and reminded us to do the right thing. It is a classic that will never be duplicated.

[@tomjackson4374]

It's racist to make fun of people who cut the heads of American soldiers. Fuck them. Americans were fighting to make the comfortable country those finger pointers take for granted.

[@GoodBoyOskie]

That's what I realized as an adult from that one cartoon. I actually think it was a mistake at the tv station. But I realized it was after the attack of Pearl Harbor and people were scared.

[@notsosilentmajority1]

@@GoodBoyOskie There are similar cartoons with Daffy Duck and others as well. Some were regarding the Japanese and some were regarding the Germans.

[@truegret7778]

@notsosilentmajority1 - agreed. We have to (I think our generation knows this) remember the context and times as you wrote. I learned some very good lessons, whether I was aware of it, from so many cartoons back then - Popeye, Tom & Jerry, Road Runner & Coyote, Bugs Bunny, and so many more. If I listed them all, one would get the impression all I did was watch TV all day and all night. Growing up in the 60's to about the 80's were the best years. BTW, I like your YT username ....

[@robertsr.249]

People say things were different back then , and they were .

[@coconuciferanuts339]

Loved Popeye & Olive Oyl.He was a cartoon hero who fought for good againt bad.We need more Popeyes today to stand up for a better World.

[@alexcarter8807]

What I like about Popeye (and Bugs Bunny) is they're underdogs, little guys, who the world pretty much shits on but they always overcome their difficulties and make things right in the end. They're both ridiculous, Popeye being an older, one-eyed sailor with no teeth, and Bugs is, well, a rabbit who's "bugs" or crazy and everyone wants to eat him. Perfect characters for the Depression of the 1930s and its later echos in the 1970s, early 80s, early 2000s, 2008, and well, now.

[@That_AMC_Guy]

Not half! Speedy Gonzales is another character who was also the underdog. He ALMOST got "Cancelled" because some people thought he was nothing more than a racial stereotype. Meanwhile, back in reality - many Mexicans and Latinos LOVE Speedy Gonzales because he's always triumphing over the "Gringo's".

[@edryba4867]

About Bugs: he got his name after he’d appeared (in embryonic form) in two black and white Looney Tunes. He was (in that form) the creation of Schlesinger Productions animator Ben “Bugs” Hardaway, so on the rabbit’s model sheet, he was called Bugs’ Bunny, or the Bunny that belonged to Hardaway. When they made the rabbit a regular character, his name then became the one we all know and love, Bugs Bunny. Bugs went on looking the way he did on that 3rd model sheet (drawn by Robert McKimson, with slight variations), until he was redesigned yet again by McKimson in the 1940s.

[@nuckygulliver9607]

Bugs was almost malevolent though. Part of the joke was that Elmer was his victim even though Elmer was supposed to be the predator

[@valutaatoaofunknownelement197]

@@That_AMC_Guy Speedy Gonzales!

[@randybarnett2308]

@@That_AMC_Guy Speedy Gonzalez, and the Frito Bandito, my Aunt Delores, who was Mexican loved both characters, she thought they were funny, RIP Auntie!🙏😀

[@electrogestapo]

I just love it whenever Olive Oyl is falling from a height and whole body is flailing like a sheet of paper as she falls. Cracks me up as a kid every time.

[@nicoleknight9412]

Popeye and Bluto fighting over who's going to save Olive Oyl, nearly getting killed in the process. One of my favorites is the one where Popeye, Olive, and Bluto trying to get Swwe'pea to quit crying. Toward the end, Popeye reaches for a can of spinach, opening instead a can of onions, causing the three grown-ups to start crying. Swwe'pea sees that, and starts laughing hysterically.

[@sr71atomica]

Popeye was an integral part of my childhood, and entertained me greatly.

[@lindaosborne1617]

same with me . we didn't get a TV until I was 7 in 1960. was a great favourite with me

[@johnh.tuomala4379]

When I was a kid, the "playground hit parade" included a "dirty" version of the Popeye song: "I'm popeye the sailor man, I live in a garbage can, I like to go swimmin', With barenaked women, I'm Popeye the sailor man!

[@benvoiles3505]

In about 1976 I started flute lessons with Alexander Howard, who had been a very prominent New York musician for decades. He had retired to Atlanta. I knew he had been in the NBC staff orchestra for many years, including the tonight show, but I was surprised when he told me that he had played the piccolo parts on all the original Popeye cartoons. A few years later my wife bought me a parrot on my 28th birthday. He had an injured eye which made him squint, so we named him Popeye. Within a year he could sing the entire song! He was my faithful companion for 25 years, outliving my wife and most of my relatives. He caught cancer, but on our final ride home from the veterinarian, he sung the song for the final time. He died that night. Popeye RIP

[@constantreader8760]

I love that story and will add it to my treasure chest of adorable bird lore!

[@deloreswilson1798]

I love Wimpy!🤭🤗❤️

[@planetx5269]

I really loved Popeye cartoons! The cartoons, in general, back then were so clever and animated so well. The quality was excellent.

[@RD9_Designs]

I was a small child in the early 70's, and I remember getting so mad at Hannah Barbera cartoons because the animation was so cheap! You saw the same tree go by every 3 seconds and the drawn lines around everything were so thick! Even the use of color was sparse and cheap, and I remember feeling so cheated, lol. I guess Popeye, (earlier) Bugs Bunny and Merrie Melodies spoiled me... I think that also explains why I disliked 3Dish cartoons when they came out, too.

[@planetx5269]

@@RD9_Designs Rachael, you are so right. Hanna Barbara did destroy the cartoons! The quality was gone and it was a shame. Yes the quality of Looney Toons and others were so good! I was in another world when I watched them. Thanks for the reply.

[@WilliamRWarrenJr]

Muttering under his breath {"I can't read your writin' - this writin' is written rotten ...") was always a winning feature, even when I was in single-digits. Also, the quality of the animation was distinctive -- those 3D background sets built on rotating turntables were a delight for the eye! The Fleischers were among my inspirations to become an animator.

[@JL-sm6cg]

Actually, he said the old joke, "I can read reading, but I can't read writing." In that same cartoon, he also said, "I didn't send out my laundry." (An old politically incorrect line about the Chinese.)

[@chrisparkes2179]

I never liked Popeye, so was just going to skip through to find out why it was banned. Then I saw your comment and had a look at the backgrounds. Thank you for highlighting them. They are absolutely beautiful.

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

I also loved the 3D effect in many of the early cartoons and the detail in some of the artwork. The active movement of the characters was better in the early cartoons and they had stories with side stories in them. The muttering under this breath was always my favorite as well. Robin Williams worked hard to put that into his performance in the film.

[@rupe53]

@@HRConsultant_Jeff ... while he tried hard, Robin over played the character and talked too much, trying to get the wise cracks in. Somehow it didn't work as well.

[@Deephouse_Gent66]

All the mumbling and muttering on the original cartoons was funny to me even as a kid. As an adult, I'm afraid to watch some of them for fear that I'll laugh myself into passing out. Words cannot describe how hilarious that muttering is to me as a 50-something year old adult!

[@VoightKampf]

I always preferred the Fleischer"s version of Popeye over Paramount"s. My favorites were Popeye meets the Goons and Popeye and the Jeep. The one Paramount episode I enjoyed involved Bluto pretending to be Superman to impress Olive. A particularly violent scene showed Popeye shooting Bluto with a machine gun to prove he was Superman. (Bluto wore a bullet proof vest) Then Bluto insisted on shooting Popeye with the Tommy Gun. Fortunately, Popeye was saved by his ever faithful can of spinach.

[@dznutz217]

That Bluto pretending to be Superman is truly a classic! Fully agree!!!!

[@troydhansen4990]

The earliest Popeyes where the best, when the voice actors could ablib their lines...and mumble weird shit. It was really genius and genuine. Never again,unless some underground cartoonist released it on the internet. I remember ever one I see. They were 40 years old when I first saw them. The first three in B&W are still gold.

[@rickycowan6969]

Plus the animation on the black and white shows were the best ever. Almost 3D. That was all hand drawn animation. The computer crap they put out now are trash compared to that.👍

[@trackman174]

Agreed, as kids growing up during the 50’s we loved it when Popeye would talk under his breath. We’d laughed so hard when we figured out what he said. Of all the cartoons movies and TV shows we watched, none of them had any adverse effects on any of us.

[@generationless6942]

Used to watch those early Popeyes, including the 3 color ones he spoke of, on T.V. in the 70's. I saw the one that he battled the Japanese, and another where he took on German U-Boats. The independent station out of Kansas City would air them, along with all the old chapter play movies of Lone Ranger, Superman, Hop-along Cassidy, and The Cisco Kid.

[@generationless6942]

@@tedmix8475 I remember that one, seeing it on T.V. in the 70's. "If Japanese boy wins, he keep face. If Japanese boy lose, he lose face. So, I lose face." One of the best old ones is when Olive leaves Popeye for Barnacle Bill the Sailor (Blutto). It was a musical, with them singing most of the script.

[@jamiwilliams5885]

Have you seen when they cuss as they mumble. Ive only seen it once. But I will never forget. We all were tripping out in disbelief

[@jamespinault8889]

I loved Popeye, God how can people be so cruel, it was so entertaining, the drawings looked 3d, anyway, I'm glad and proud to be a fan of the show, rest in peace all of the staff who developed popye.

[@archibaldmaclaine6506]

The detail was excellent. I spot something new just about every time I watch them.

[@jamesbobo]

Some "drawings" looked 3D because they weren't drawings but 3D sets instead. Fleisher built miniature sets on a revolving table and placed the animated cell drawings in front of them. As each frame of film was shot, the table would be moved just a bit, just like stop motion photography.

[@throatwobblermangrove8510]

I think there's a difference between racism and stereotypes. Each of the characters is a stereotype, including Popeye and Olive Oyl. I think people would enjoy life a bit better if they'd just stop naming everything as racist and try to appreciate entertainment for what it is.

[@Jonathanbegg]

In the middle of a world war, you're expected to demonise the enemy as powerfully as you can.

[@phil8702]

These "cartoons" are "historical". It gives all of us to get a idea of what things were like regardless off race in that " timeframe.

[@timfool]

They think you're a woman if you have a dick still. I wouldn't expect much critical thinking from about 30% of population.

[@helenamcginty4920]

The same goes for Asterix in France. Someone complained about the African pirate crew member. But they failed to look at the Romans, (Roman noses) Cleopatra (another long nose..based on her portrait on coins by the way. ) The British drinking hot water and milk at 5 pm (no tea back then) and all the Gauls with their droopy moustaches etc.

[@charlie-obrien]

Your'e offended by that cartoon being labeled racist? It clearly was and of course it wasn't called that just recently, they banned it in the 50's.

[@Ponlets]

I have always loved how fluid Popeye cartoons were and this helped them stand out compared to other shows from about the same era (imo)

[@themonsterunderyourbed9408]

Because they weren't "lazy" like today's animators. Back then, things ran at ~30fps on the TV and every single frame was animated. Then they got lazy and started only animating every second frame. That's why old cartoons look smoother.

[@josephwisniewski3673]

Around 1970 dad and I found an 8mm movie projector and a couple of cartoons, including one Popeye. Since it was silent, we traditionally watched that cartoon while playing the record "Saturday Night Fish Fry" by Eddie and Betty Cole.

[@billp4]

Tell us another one Gramps!

[@19zach75]

I love Popeye. His muttering under his breath is legendary...and hilarious.

[@tomjackson4374]

"She gets da ticket un I gets da bird"

[@matthewjahnke4953]

But, you wonder what he was saying.

[@boxershiner]

I yam what I yam!

[@robvangessel3766]

I've no one favorite, but it's the early collection of Fleischer produced episodes that I love. The shifts to incomprehensible mumbling (not just of Popeye, but his costars), the continual bobbing of their knees whether there was music or not, the unique background art, and Olive Oyl always getting unseemly twisted and stretched like an elastic pretzel. I went thru as many as I could find online going back to 1933 and they're hilarious. Hilarious and eccentric.

[@richardmansfield9933]

True - as kids, we believed that spinach would give us super strength. Popeye was clean. I stand by it, just like Popeye would. Great video!

[@johnmacfarlane6444]

Popeye,just brilliant and a lot better than the rubbish we have nowadays

[@gergemall]

So true . The world is upside down.

[@staticcharm3808]

MAGA Boomer

[@catatetherat5138]

And shiver me tember!! 💀

[@brendond.3158]

The govt is just protecting our children to be told what to think not how. To think...by programming. On tv .Social media/Gossip/fake news networks...etc

[@truthseeker2321]

Anything is a lot better than the rubbish we have nowadays.

[@bonnieharris8112]

I loved Popeye. I watched him on Saturdays along with my three siblings.

[@lloydkline1518]

❤ popeyes battles bluto fighting battles

[@theodorecarter6601]

Popeye is among the greatest cartoon characters in existence.

[@dreamguardian8320]

Agreed.

[@dreamguardian8320]

@Paimon Right, in Death Battle.

[@stanleycronk4136]

And like "Barbie" to girls, he makes unreal expetations to the young impressionable boys.

[@stanleycronk4136]

@🍉MelonCannons🍉 Yeah, but I don't eat spinach. I'm buff enough!

[@p.d.l7023]

Along with Spider-man and Batman, Popeye is my favorite.

[@Mia-mq2ec]

I, like many others watched Popeye as a very young child. It was a magical time to sit on the floor and watch this wonderful cartoon show on a 1950’s black and white television.

[@banjoman101145]

Fleischer’s animations were first rate. He used special equipment that gave the effect of 3-D wherein the foreground and distant perspectives paced at different speed than the subject in the center.

[@muffs55mercury61]

He was a legend. The cartoons may have been 20-25 years old when I started watching them (occasionally still do!) I never felt they were dated by any means.

[@dinahnicest6525]

The old B&Ws with Bluto will always be my favorite cartoons. I never liked the color ones with Brutus. I liked when he lassoed a tree on the other side of the canyon, then pulls the whole cliff over to step across. And when he sat using iron bars like knitting needles to make an anchor chain. And when he threw a piano out the window and ran down several flights of stairs to catch it. ...

[@JustDr.S]

I like the one where somebody did something Popeye doesn't like (can't remember what) and he frogs in the pond say, "Bluuuuto done it. BluuuutoDoneIt," like they usually sat, "Ribbit" in cartoons. So funny. I wish I remembered the whole thing. Yeah, I liked Bluto better than Brutus, too. 🤣

[@johntiggleman4686]

@@JustDr.S I was just thinking of that one!

[@coconuciferanuts339]

All the ol' pop.needed was a can o' the green stuff & anything that get's in the way gets@#$%&€£¥₩.

[@mrmjb1960]

Bluto in the early days was Ham Gravy.

[@moxie96]

Some didn’t know there was a difference between bluto and Brutus

[@joestreiff9401]

personally, I'm not fond of classic visual art being banned. It's history and should be celebrated.

[@marcschneider4845]

It's not really banned; it's just not shown. It's incredibly racist. I understand it's a part of the period and, of course, racism toward the Japanese was prevalent during the war. No need to see it now because there are plenty of other Popeye cartoons available.

[@TheDylandProductions]

@@marcschneider4845 I disagree. There's heaps of paintings, sculptures, and the like that are more racist than music, film, and cartoons. Yet they're allowed to hang in art museums and are studied around the world. I think pop entertainment is unfairly more severely scrutinized because of it's broad appeal - especially to children. But people grew up watching these racist cartoons and didn't turn into racists. (in fact, those that grew up in this area spearheaded the civil rights movement... so quite the opposite) I say show 'em. Why censor the past? It's history and should be studied - not only to understand more about ourselves and our culture, but to see how far society has come. Cherry picking the past makes it seem more rose-tinted. Yet prejudice & violence were just as prevalent then as they are now. It's not right to hide that.

[@francismarion6400]

@@marcschneider4845 Seems the closer we get to the new Babylon, the worse things get for all of us.

[@profesitter-rohl4159]

@@marcschneider4845 Rubbish, if you dont want to watch it fair enough but why should others been stopped from watching it because it sits uncomfortably with some.

[@gregbors8364]

It’s not banned; you can access all the Popeye content you want on the internet. It’s merely dated. When I was a kid, “The Flintstones” and Warner Brothers cartoons were in constant rotation on afternoon TV via syndication; now there’s not much demand for it anymore. Even less so with century-old cartoons like Popeye.

[@stuartwren5526]

My grandfather used to do great impressions of Popeye. He'd take out his glass eye ( the original one was shot out in WW1), his false teeth, and place his pipe in his mouth. The result had my Dad and me crying with laughter. Great memories.

[@richardmattingly7000]

To be fair, during WW2 how Americas enemies were portrayed in film contrasted wildly and the Japanese were the most stereotyped but so to were Germans. Indeed Dr Suess drew the enemy as pompous medal wearing buffoons with the likes Mussolini looking like a chandelier or Hitler as more uniform than man. But he too made the Japanese with buck teeth under oversized glasses and even in live action how the enemy was on film was just as stark. Where the Germans were either goose stepping parodies or master race fiends, the Japanese were a sly nearly reptilian portrait that audiences enjoyed seeing get theirs in the end. Popeye wasn't that shocking considering that other animated cartoons even before the War had some really repellent parodies themselves like a take on Snow White called Coal Black and Sebben Hoods which is far worse. How America saw others wasn't surprising since others saw it at times especially during WW2 just as ugly at times and ever before the conflict began. Many considered the US culture quite degenerate with its Jazz\Big Band era so much its music along with its dances especially in films were banned from cinemas or outlawed altogether amounts its youth...

[@SirManfly]

ya the 40's and 50's had a lot of racist cartoons, it almost seemed like a normal thing back then !!

[@milascave2]

IMG: I remember that "cap; black"cartoon. It was aired in the daytime, in the early 1970s, with other old cartoons, for children.

[@Halpin2006]

In fair contrast, the Russians made many WW2 propaganda cartoons too. And while they portrayed the Germans as slave-driving industrialists, they also portrayed Americans as 600 lb sharp-dressed money-flashing extorters. The "capitalist pigs" they called us. And many Russians still call us that today!

[@jameswells554]

@@SirManfly go back further into the late 20's and early 30's and you'll find cartoons full of Racist Caricatures across the board. Ethnicity didn't seem to matter; if there was a stereotype it was used.

[@swishfish8858]

Another thing to keep in mind was that, in 1942, the Japanese weren't just the enemy to America; they were the reason America entered the war in the first place. They were content to sit out "the European theatre war" before Tojo sent a kamikaze raid to Pearl Harbor, which scared the shit out of America and gave a face to the conflict going on overseas. Shit was scary and real now, and one of the best ways to fight a scary, real enemy is through degredation. Make them less scary as a first step to take away some of their power. "Uglifying the enemy" is a thing we see even today. Look at the way we charicaturized Muslims post-9/11, for instance; turban-wearing screaming freaks with bombs strapped to their chests, goofy-looking enough for us to both laugh at and say "hey, you're just a big dummy!". And looking at the Ukraine situation, tons of memes of destroyed Russian tanks in Ukrainian backyards to give us a sense that "they're not so tough". In many ways it's just a method of warfare.

[@rager1969]

When I was a kid, KTLA had a show on Sunday morning called The Popeye Show, hosted by actor Tom Hatten. He would talk about Popeye and draw him between Popeye cartoons. It was an hour long show that was followed by The Family Film Festival, also hosted by Hatten, that showed family oriented movies, like Pippi Longstocking or Don Knotts movies.

[@chrischeshire6528]

Tom Hatten appeared at our grammar school, California School in La Puente when I was 8. He played cartoons and drew Popeye.

[@terrybarker9694]

That was my favorite show didn't he go by the name Sailor Tom . Used to love to watch him draw . Another one of my favorites was Hickle & Jeckle the two crows always pulling off something. It was great being a kid in the 50's and 60's .

[@brendabb4318]

I loved that show as a kid, it also played in San Diego where I am from. I watched it in the early 80's growing up. The show went off the air in 1988 & Tom Hatten lived to the ripe age of 92. A happy ending for what seemed to me a great gentle man.

[@netsurfers9357]

I definitely grew up on these styles of cartoons, including "speed racer", which I didn't know came from Japan. Back then, tv shows and cartoons gave people a sense of right and wrong with how to live life in an honest fashion!

[@truthseeker2321]

Lol,Speed Racer. I'm almost 60 years old, and I had totally forgotten about that cartoon until you mentioned it. I remember watching it every Saturday morning, back in the early 70's.

[@redstickham6394]

@@truthseeker2321 It was on every afternoon when I was a kid. When I was in my 20s in the early 1990s, MTV was running it late night and I thought that was cool. I think we need more shows like this, what they are making today just isn't worth watching.

[@truthseeker2321]

@@redstickham6394 I know you are right about that. Some of these new cartoons are downright freaky.

[@netsurfers9357]

@@truthseeker2321 Yep!... I'm almost 58 and it was one of the most influential cartoons that gave you a sense of being!... Back in the ole days when Whig-Wham stores were common!... Gas was cheap, gas stations handed out free stickers! When your television went bad, you would take the tubes down to the local drug store to test them on the tube tester to see which were not working. flip roll down bottle Coke machines were common in barber shops also. Those were the days!

[@miggans21012]

You're taking my language now. Loved Speed Racer as a kid.

[@HaroldSink]

My favorite episode was when Popeye greeted Olive Oil saying, "You look awful pretty today." To which she replies, "You look pretty awful yourself."

[@MelB868]

The sentences have too different meanings

[@timothy7497]

@@MelB868 two funny

[@lizroberts6257]

I also felt the movie "Popeye" w. Robin Wiliams (rip ) and Shelly Long did not diminish in the least, the Popeye we remembered; in fact, so well done, it enhanced the brand!

[@juansantos-lq2kz]

Ditto

[@starey1]

Shelly DUVALL not Long

[@barrystevenyoung4818]

Robin Williams is literally the best Popeye of all time. He killed the character for me. What a shame they didn't do a follow up movie. Duvall (edit) was also sensational.

[@randybarnett2308]

@@barrystevenyoung4818 if it was made today ,it probably would be a trilogy !💪😎

[@jessicajujubean5004]

I saw that in the theater when I was 5 and its always been one of my favorite movies. It doesn't get as much love as it deserves.

[@modelermark172]

To me the most memorable line from any "Popeye" cartoon was Olive Oyl's, "You keep your hands to you, that's what you are!"

[@kennethwood3984]

🤣

[@merccadoosis8847]

I've watched Popeye since the late 1950s. One of the reasons why I loved this character is because my dad was somewhat like him ~ he had been a sailor for many years, continued to wear a pea coat & carry a naval bag long after he left the service, traveled the world, was a semi pro boxer, and ate plenty of sea food. Ah, they just don't make cartoons like they used to!

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

Or dads.

[@jamesalexander3530]

So he yams what he yams

[@patrickjenkins6383]

I Sincerely wish I could've met your Dad. He must've been such an awesome character ! 👍😎

[@merccadoosis8847]

@@patrickjenkins6383 That's a wonderful thing to say! When Dad passed away I met a friend of my brother who told me he knew that he wanted to be pals with my Dad the moment they met. That's because the first he told that friend was "let's have a drink". He pulled out a bottle of the best Puerto Rican rum you could find and told him to have his fill. The guy then told me he wished he and my Dad had been pals all their lives.

[@patrickjenkins6383]

@@merccadoosis8847 💙

[@doctordeej]

My grandfather was a massive Popeye fan all his life. My main memories are watching it with him and him and me in foist of laughter. He used to sing the Popeye theme, too: “I gobble’s me spinach and chews up the can, I’m Popeye the sailor man.”

[@gwugluud]

Popeye is so bizarre, lol. There's a scene in which he's startled by something, and when he wide-eyed, his other eye opened, lol. Idk whether that's the only time that happened. I had presumed his eye was supposed to be missing. The morphology of his head and body are hilarious. His voice, mannerisms, and mispronunskiashings of some words are the best. This guy who invented the character and the guy who for years did his voice, are geniuses.

[@pamiam7511]

I grew up with Popeye in the 50’s and 60’s. My grandfather was a sailor who jumped ship to marry my grandmother, and then became a ships engineer on oil tankers in Port Arthur TX for Texaco. He was short and scrappy and I definitely identified him with Popeye. Thanks for the memories!

[@stephenlandry9343]

Popeye brings me back to when I was 4. My grandparents put in on one Sunday morning. It was the mid 60s and somehow can still remember and picture everything going on. Ain't it crazy how our minds can recall 1 moment in time and have a snap shot of such a young age. I've loved Popeye ever since. It is unfortunate that people get there little fee fees hurt. Get a grip its Popeye A CARTOON!

[@rafaeldelgado9245]

A big Amen ! Thank you ! For sharing the history on Popeye ! I grew up watching Popeye in the 1960s ! I, was born in 1959 !

[@alg11297]

The character of Popeye was based on a real person that the cartoonist knew from his home town. If you see a picture of that guy you won't believe how much he looks like the cartoon character.

[@richardbidinger2577]

I've seen it, and it's scary accurate.

[@paulflint4620]

What's his name

[@schizoidboy]

Looking at the footage of Jack Mercer when he's doing the voice he looks like he could be Popeye himself.

[@bobbuethe1477]

@@paulflint4620 He was a bartender named Frank “Rocky” Fiegel. There's a picture circulating the Internet that's supposed to be him, but it's not. It's a picture of a British sailor who does look a lot like Popeye, but he's not Fiegel.

[@shadowbear66]

@@schizoidboy I kept expecting him to squint one eye and pull out his corn cob pipe.

[@bootblacking]

My favorite Popeye moment is whenever he'd punch some rampaging beast into the air and it would fall back down as a butcher's stand full of picture-perfect cuts of meat, including deli meats and sausages. Pretty sure he did that gag a few times. It's great slapstick.

[@guadalupebaptista9757]

Popeye cartoons were a staple of my childhood. Watching them in the 80s, while having lunch at my grandparents' house, is one of my favorite memories. One of the few cartoons to transcend generations.

[@whutzat]

I watched them in the 1980's at my grandmother's as well.

[@anthonyriche552]

I would run home from school just to catch episodes. It wasn't at grandma's house but my grandmother watched us after school till my parents got home lol.

[@msgfrmdaactionman3000]

As a kid I always loved watching Popeye and would later join the Navy partly because of that love! I liked the episode "How Green Is My Spinach" from 1950 when Bluto killed off all the spinach in the world! Sometimes I cheered for Bluto to win too, lol. I never knew why he was Brutus before in the 60s cruddy ones, but I even liked those because at times they would get really crazy! There is one from the 60s where Brutus grows into a giant and things get really squirrelly Thanks for the great video!

[@deewesthill4705]

My favorite episodes were "Barnacle Bill", the one where Popeye locates Pappy on Goon Island, the "Clean Shaven Man" one, the one where a female gym owner paying too much attention to Popeye makes Olive jealous, the one where Olive is sleepwalking, and lots of others. Actually, i love every one of the old ones.

[@shadowbear66]

I really enjoy the one where Popeye and Bluto are rival window washers.

[@lildeli3rddimention]

How about the " jeep"??

[@deewesthill4705]

@@lildeli3rddimention That one's great too.

[@themirrorsofmymind]

_"If he's short or tall, doesn't matter at all. He doesn't have to be too sharp to be my razor man..."_ At least I *_think_* that's how part of it went. 😏😏😏😏

[@deewesthill4705]

@@themirrorsofmymind You're right.

[@lindanicholson950]

One thing I noticed was the background in the old Popeye cartoons. There was incredible detail. Houses had windows with curtains. Curtains had flowers. There were cracks in walls. It was never just a blue sky, a solid green field of grass. Exceptional.

[@johnamaral1786]

Excellent points of observation, Linda, that are very true and easily missed by the casual viewer. /:-)

[@johndean4765]

Linda it was genius art work and creativity

[@grandpasaurusrex9512]

I'm 71 and memory has become a collage. I'm pretty sure the background were actually oil painted. The cost would be prohibitive in this day and age.

[@bruceanderlindamcneilly1867]

@@johnamaral1786 hh

[@KK-hq8jd]

Im so glad you shared this! Thank you

[@thomasmccown2121]

Popeye has a place in my heart because of the nostalgic feeling that I get when I think about his cartoons and how much he entertained me and my twin brother and my sisters!!!! God bless you all today 🙏 Shalom

[@danacunningham4239]

Loved Popeye as a child, I would mutter under my breath just like Popeye when I was frustrated. My favorite Popeye cartoons are the ones around the 2nd World War. Especially those where he fights the Nazi’s and Hitler! Thanks Popeye for standing up to the evil in the world. We could all learn something from Popeye both the good & bad. In order to grow as Americans we must understand where we come from. Banning these cartoons teaches nothing.

[@jamesbrown4092]

The one thing that stands out with me was a line from "Fleas a Crowd". Popeye has a flea circus which Brutus tries to steal with a robot dog. While being pursued by Popeye, the robot dog sprouts a helicopter rotor to break its fall, which causes Popeye to quip, "Must be an Airedale or something." - A line so corny that it ends up being brilliant.

[@aarontaylor2808]

I watched Popeye cartoons almost every day along with Mighty Mouse, the Flintstone, and other classics toons. Popeye always made me feel that virtue can overcome brutality any day of the week. By the way... didn't anyone else notice that Betty Boop was a woman of color? I heard a interesting story about that.

[@shaou-linwright2797]

This is a well known bedtime story in the black community. How a cartoon studio stole a black woman 's likeness without paying her and created "Betty Boop."

[@rtususian]

Believe it or not, Betty Boop started out in 1930 as a DOG! Then she morphed into a human but Betty was never black, unless you can find a blackface minstrel episode.

[@brownehawk7744]

Sounds like BS to me. For one the cartoons face isn't even human shaped. Small nose, small lips, small frame. When drawn shes been either white white, or drawn peach colored. Just another story so black people can claim they are victims.

[@lar7905]

Browne Hawk...The first thing I noticed when watching this clip when BB was next to Popeye was how dark she appeared. I wondered if it was intended for her to look black.

[@matrox]

@@rtususian Max Fleischer said he created the original BB from a black Jazz singer he knew named Esther Jones. The cartoon was popular but he was advised to make her white for a more public appeal. True story.

[@richardranke3158]

The idea of Popeye being so strong because he ate spinach came from Segar in 1931. It was the Fleischer Studios that made spinach a regular part of almost every story they did.

[@johndavies1090]

Years back, as a child in the late 1950s, I saw "Scrap the Japs" on British ITV, and still remember Popeye tying mops to an aircraft's propeller blades to swab the aircraft carrier's decks. And the clip, of him saving Olive from the onrushing train in another film, or the car race in which Bluto poisoned the water he was about to put in the radiator, and a cow's skull intoning 'You'll be sorr-reee...."Happy day, happy memories. What a shame we had to grow up...... or did we?

[@5610winston]

I remember one cartoon where Popeye was standing in a fluoroscope and his spine and pelvis showed as an anchor.

[@hogsfly6227]

Thank you for clearing up the "Bluto, Brutus fan dangle, it has bothered me for YEARS!

[@sonicmario64]

One of my favorite Popeye cartoons of all time would definitely have to be "Popeye Meets Ali Baba And His 40 Thieves", and perhaps my most favorite part is when Popeye is able to fight the thieves single-handedly after eating his can of spinach, in which some of the thieves are lined up like bowling pins, and Popeye turns himself into a ball and knocks them all out. Needless to say, the way that he's able to do it also reminded me so much of a certain blue hedgehog that I also grew up with around the time I had saw the cartoon for the first time as a kid. ;D

[@briansignorelli7090]

Yeah my gangs the roughest I am the toughest

[@NicholasIstre]

Fun fact: when Nintendo was working on what would become the original Donkey Kong, they were originally going to use Popeye, Olive Oil, and Bluto. When they couldn't secure permission to use the characters, they created what would become Mario and Donkey Kong. Can you imagine how different our world would be if Nintendo did secure permission?

[@reitairue2073]

If true, insane to think about lmfao, holy shit.

[@mjorge0alves]

It's true, @@reitairue2073. Maybe Mario would still show up, since that was not the real Mario, at first, as we know today.

[@The_Level_Up_Show]

Bro you sure game was never made I kinda remember a early game on Atari

[@russellthompson8983]

From the story that I've heard, Nintendo was eventually able to obtain rights to make a Popeye game, and ended up making a Popeye game (which was ported to the Atari system), but Donkey Kong was supposedly their original Popeye game, which was altered because they had not obtained permission in time for the game's release.

[@BBWahoo]

Imagine super popeye odyssey lmfao

[@rupe53]

I have to say the early versions had a totally different feel. Something about the depression era and all the "new gadgets" they made fun of was on a different level. Popeye wasn't the only one making fun of the Japanese. If you recall, Mr Magoo cartoons got slammed for making fun of his houseboy's character.... and you probably couldn't have the Italian stereotypes use in Abbott & Costello these days either. (the local fruit vendor)

[@dukemiller7484]

Mr Rooney.... Breakfast at Tiphanies

[@truthseeker2321]

The Three Stooges too.

[@paulgentile1024]

By not having many stereotypes it's not real !!.. my grandfather was a fruit vendor and he talked just like that man. As did many other Italians.. lets stop being so soft and keep it real..

[@rupe53]

@@paulgentile1024 ... just for fun... imagine all the characters from the original Star Trek speaking with their native accent... or in the case of one female, speaking in Ebonics. Hey, if Scotty can pull it of then why not everyone else?

[@syedaali6208]

They played the stereo type propaganda and bias created against other nations, including Muslims and pork

[@johnwright291]

The original popeye animated cartoons where the most elaborate well done animation ever. Fascinating to watch.

[@kentkoontz9305]

Popeye was my all time favorite cartoon as a little kid and still one of my favorite classic cartoons today...

[@BA-gn3qb]

My granddad would mutter like Popeye, whenever grandma wanted him to do something. Which was always. ☺️

[@bozhijak]

This is wonderful. Thank you for keeping the history of this strip alive and informative.

[@7466ypb]

'It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so f***ing what." ~Stephen Fry

[@HooDatDonDar]

True, that. If he can explain why to your satisfaction, maybe you will agree, but you do not have to accept his lightest word as though he is the great moral avatar of our time. Real life example: suppose some one tells you he finds an interracial marriage offensive. Why on earth should you, or anyone, listen?

[@bentnickel7487]

I've been through Chester, Illinois many times and have seen the bronze statue of Popeye. Popeye was a favorite of mine, growing up in the 1950's.

[@marianlincoln9008]

I grew up in Rockford ILL. And never knew about the Museum or the Statue of Popeye in Chester... I'll have to stop there the next time I go back to visit friends and family... Most people don't know that, thats where Popeyes Creator was born and grew up OR that Popeye was based on a REAL PERSON...

[@burlingtonbill1]

Robin Williams did a marvelous & masterful job of bringing Popeye to life. He got the "muttering under his breath" down to perfection! I just wish there had been a sequel.

[@johnamaral1786]

@@laikapupkino1767 So true. Olive is often overlooked, which is surprising since she is a key character in the story, the leading lady! Same with Shelly who did do a superb job in creating a live Olive Oyl. Olive and Popeye were perfect for each other, Ham Gravy looked like he was her twin, and Bluto/Brutus didn't stand a chance, spinach or no spinach. /:-)

[@johnamaral1786]

Agreed. Probably the best live incarnation of a comic/cartoon ever. RW was sensational, as was SD. /:-)

[@Chrstnrchrdsn]

My generation grew up watching Popeye and I never thought it was correct to hit people… it’s so sad that we’re banning these types of programs because we think our children are too fragile to understand the difference between right and wrong, comedy and real life. . . But then again this is the “everybody gets a trophy generation”. What’s going to happen to these kids when they have to face real life.

[@tomsmith5216]

When I was a kid, I knew movies were just people playing make believe, none of it was real. They were movies, people acting. I never had thoughts about shooting, or killing anyone.

[@richardbartolo2890]

It's not the kids, It's the lost generation of parents whose greatest desire is to be ultra sophisticated, Which will never ever happen by the way. Trying to raise their kids in their own inimitable style. It is impossible to be sophisticated with a shaved head and a body that looks like the illustrated man with tattoos and a"Gage" in his ear lobe and a nose ring to round it off for that sophisticated touch. These are the people running the schools & working in the media behind the scenes, Girls will be boys and boys will be girls. The losers here are the Children which is very sad growing up learning to hate.

[@lizroberts6257]

They meltdown-no resilience or perspective. Nuance is sadly lacking these days...

[@ddoherty5956]

But they don't mind them playing GTA or call of duty, or having access to the worst of the internet 😡

[@lizroberts6257]

@@ddoherty5956 yup

[@cordellsenior9935]

I didn't know Fleisher made 108 episodes! I've only seen 3 or 4 of them as a kid. It was always a treat to see the Fleisher Popeye cartoons as they were the best by FAR. They were long, and extremely well drawn (in my mind's eye at the time). Popeye was say'n a lot of hilarious crazy shit under his breath. His brawls with Bluto were epic slugfests.

[@garycrumrine9538]

Growing up in the late 50's and the 60's, we just watched the cartoons to see the hero beat the badguys and rescue the girl. To us, they were current... I don't thinnk we knew that they had been made decades prior.

[@johndean4765]

Cordell why the unnecessary swearing ?

[@cordellsenior9935]

@@johndean4765 Objection. Inaccurate. Hasty generalization. Cursing and swearing are not synonymous. In the subject situation I "opted" to employ use of a curse word for purposes of delivering 'color 'and levity. Necessity is both fluid and subjective. Please replace "shit" with "stuff" if you are at all offended by that kind of shit. I herby swear I won't be taking any oaths.

[@matrox]

I grew up watching Popeye in the early 60s when the cartoons were real popular. How many of you remember eating spinach as a kid after watching Popeye just to see if it actually made you stronger?💪😂

[@afreightdogslife]

Absolutely! I hated anything green but I tolerated spinach because I wanted to have arms like Popeye's

[@rufust.firefly4890]

I used to watch a kiddie show after school that showed The 3 Stooges and B&W Popeyes. How much fun do think that was?

[@matrox]

@@rufust.firefly4890 It was Big Fun!✊😁

[@rodneyfrost1674]

When I was 11 years old in 1949 my boy's school had a a movie afternoon on Thursdays. Mainly documentaries, and serious history or safety, but we always started with a Popeye, great woops of excitement when those credit frames rolled.

[@jamesweaver5851]

Popeye was the first cartoon I remember watching as a child. I especially loved the credits behind the ships doors that would open and close. Black and white was great. This was circa 1966 and 1967. I wasn't in kindergarten yet.

[@tonytanner8203]

As a kid, I just loved Popeye. His one liners were excellent, "I can read writing, but I can't write reading"

[@cletusspucklerstablejeaniu1059]

Poopdeck Pappy: Children. They're just smaller versions of us you know, but I'm not so crazy about me in the first place, so why would I want one of them?

[@kevinoneill41]

I can read rotten writing but can't write rotten reading

[@garyradtke3252]

I remember nearly every scene that was shown on this video and as I was growing up about the only vegetable I would eat was spinach. I also adopted the I yams what I yams attitude and maintained it my whole life. Some people might say that Popeye was a violent cartoon and needs to be removed but I believe it helped many of us to see right from wrong. Popeye never used violence until he was backed into a corner and it was the only thing left.

[@davidbeckenbaugh9598]

"I ain't gonna fight no bull. It's cruelty ta aminals!". Changed a lot of people's minds. Or, more comic, He is chasing Ali Baba across the Sahara. Baba comes to a rock against a cliff and yells "Open sesame!". The rock moves aside and closes after Ali Baba passes through the opening. Popeye comes up to the rock and yells "Open says ME!" and throws the rock to the side. Engraved in my mind forever...

[@frankmerrill2366]

True, except for "Sock-a-Bye Baby" which actually has a rather incredible body count. I was definitely raised on Popeye! For all the violence between the two, Popeye and Bluto truly loved each other.

[@djinnmagik6867]

I LOVE WHEN POPEYE SAYS "WELL BLOW ME DOWN!" 😂 HAHAHAHAHA

[@teeyanaramsey2576]

We need to start a petition to bring back Saturday morning cartoons and also to bring back cartoons such as Popeye for the future young generations.

[@kylw3460]

AGREE..!!! (UGHH), I just CRINGE to see the LAME CRRAP that these clowns 🤡 are passing off as "animation"..SMFH..Truly, a cryin shame..!!! 😪

[@gregorykiernan7849]

MEtv...Memorable Entertainment Television is a broadcast station and they play ALL the old classic TV shows and cartoons. Saturday morning...Popeye, Pink Panther, Tom & Jerry, the old Looney Tunes between 7-10 AM.

[@dirtydish6642]

It's ok that the world changes. I imagine your parents may have felt the same way about you watching cartoons as a kid as opposed to just listening to the Ritz radio programs like they may have.

[@williamwilkins3046]

We have them every morning here in my part of N.C. from 6 to 7. From 7 to 10 on saturdays

[@teeyanaramsey2576]

@@williamwilkins3046 That is good!

[@jeremyedgell9989]

Popeye was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid. He still is even at 40.

[@jons.6216]

Thank you for clearing up an old urban legend to me about why Bluto was changed to "Brutus"! I heard somewhere that it was Disney that caused the change by claiming it was too close to "Pluto", their own character! I was totally shocked in the 90s when I saw a commercial featuring Popeye promoting oatmeal where he utters the line "can the spinach" and goes on to praise the benefits of oats - more than likely during that whole oat bran fad at the time!! I should look up what backlash might have come of the ad! Haha!

[@alexcarter8807]

I'd swear it's Bluto on the can of Mr. Brown coffee, and I think about ol' Popeye and Bluto whenever I have a nice can of Mr. Brown.

[@deloreswilson1798]

I'm grown..I love Popeye...especially "Wimpy".😍😍

[@marcellawong229]

I used to watch a two hour block of Popeye & Friends on Sundays in the 1970's on KTLA with host Tom Hatten , who did double duty as host of the Family Film Festival at 3PM.😆

[@charlescoleman6896]

I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.

[@lydiaboswell9789]

I loved Popeye as a child! I would eat my spinach so I could be strong like Popeye! Thank you for sharing the history of Popeye with us.

[@JohnPepp]

I took a "History of Animation" in college and I have to say your video filled in some holes for me. Two Thumbs Up 👍👍

[@Portondown]

I remember Popeye in the desert - he came across an Arab restaurant and the menu was in Arabic. Popeye took the menu - folded the corners to the centre of the page and turned it round. The Arabic symbols changed to read - (Egg and chips). Genius!

[@wargame2play]

I always loved the animation of his tattoos when the spinach took hold . Muscles bunched , guns firing , flags fluttering!!

[@bigverybadtom]

I remember episodes where Swee-pea would eat spinach for strength, and he had similar muscles bunched animations, most famously depicting "infantry", as Swee-pea was an infant himself.

[@andycat109]

I love the Popeye cartoons and always wondered why there was Bluto and Brutus and now I know why thank you! Truly a classic cartoon w many classic and memorable characters and dialogue❤

[@alg11297]

I watched the old Popeye cartoons as a kid and really liked them. When Popeye was beating up the villain in some of the cartoons they would play a John Philip Sousa march in the background. I was probably in the public domain by then. That's how I got to know all those marches.

[@lawrencelewis2592]

Speaking of the music, the Popeye cartoons used songs that were popular at the time the cartoons were made, like, "A Dream Walking" and "Organ Grinder's Swing." Both are titles of Popeye cartoons from the 1930s.

[@alg11297]

@@lawrencelewis2592 And don't forget The Man on the Flying Trapeze.

[@lawrencelewis2592]

@@alg11297 Oh yeah. thanks.

[@steveeggers3024]

I wish Olive Oyl showed her big bicep during the John Philip Sousa March and a live action girl too

[@miriambucholtz9315]

My father had a collection of 78 records with those marches on them back in the 40s and early 50s. They were stolen during one of the times we moved house.

[@billlewis7815]

Popeye was part of my childhood. My brother and I would wake up Saturday mornings and hurry to the television and put on Popeye we both took Popeye very serious nobody could even approach the television until we had our fill of Popeye