The Origins of Popeye

[@jfilesgraphics]

Popeye was the reason I started liking spinach...seriously :)

[@rnbw2127]

Same

[@pieceofmemes8040]

jfilesgraphics same here!😃

[@Gonzeaux7]

Same here and I'm glad I watched Popeye and love to eat spinach, it tastes good and is extremely healthy

[@janwakker2359]

Me too😁

[@yadlthegamer2852]

Same

[@phantomrequim]

I only ate spinach because of Popeye thank you Popeye

[@pieceofmemes8040]

phantomrequim same here! 😄

[@bonniethebunny2240]

phantomrequim god fucking damn is everyone inspired by cartoons

[@brockisbackinaction1234]

phantomrequim 1:18 bedy boo dabs

[@ultimatesol]

and that was a lie of fuckin century..

[@ZhangtheGreat]

Same. Now I LOVE spinach. I know some people can taste the bitterness, but I'm glad I cannot!

[@azbrowne]

Like if Popeye the sailor gave you reason to choke down your runny, stringy, bitter spinach at dinner when you were 3-5 yrs old, and thus the reason why you came to enjoy spinach.

[@terrellspruell5717]

yea

[@zendaddy621]

I won't eat cooked or canned spinach; I do love raw spinach, though, especially on a Subway sandwich...

[@chestosneakoinc]

Spinach tastes like shit! Wtf is wrong with you?!! You're Sick Man!!!

[@ConnorsPiano]

+Alex-Zander Browne Oh my god that's so fuckin' true!

[@rodelmejia3773]

Chestosneako Inc spinach looks great

[@kerumbo]

I'm a big fan of cartoons (newspaper, magazine and animated), and I think Popeye might be the greatest cartoon character of all time. Fact check: Popeye's introductory story in "Thimble Theatre" did NOT involve him searching for the Wiffle Hen. Castor Oyl (Olive's brother) had already stolen the hen, which had good-luck powers, before anyone met Popeye. Then Castor hired Popeye to sail them to an island gambling resort, where Castor used the hen to get rich. Popeye also saved the crew from evildoers on the trip back home. I would have liked to hear some discussion of how great the Fleischer cartoons were, compared to how rotten the animation got under the later studios -- but I guess the clips speak for themselves.

[@benjaminponder4572]

I, too am a HUGE fan of cartoons.Wasn't there a Popeye The Sailor cartoon whose date credit said 1925; a film that included live action? I diapered kid is bullied by some neighborhood bullies. Popeye comes out of a comic book the kid buys and instructs the kid to eat spinach. The film is silent but is dubbed. Perhaps you really can't count this as a Popeye cartoon.....

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@benjaminponder4572 1. It’s “The Adventures of Popeye” 2. it was made in the 1930s right after “King of the Mardi Gras”, because 3. It’s a clip show telling us that Jack Mercer has became a permanent replacement for Will Castello, who was the original Popeye.

[@ninjaturtlepies]

This! I don’t know how you completely get the story wrong like they did in this video, but it’s infuriating! Hahah

[@GROENAASMusic]

0:19 Kind of ironic that popeye was meant to encourage kids to eat spinach when popeye himself apparently was using dip AND was smoking a pipe at the same time.

[@RayPointerChannel]

Popeye was never MEANT to encourage kids to eat spinach. The spinach transformation was an idea that came from Max Fleischer, who cleverly realize its potential as a climax device that audiences would anticipate. He also came up with the love triangle of Popeye and Bluto, who was an incidental character in the comic strip and not a featured regular. All will agree that the reason why Popeye is remembered is not because of the comic strip, but because of the adaptation in animation that gave the characters greater dimension that have endeared them to the public for 90 years.

[@jonnyboy4289]

If Popeye were a fighter in Super Smash Bros, spinach would be his final smash.

[@nitinhavanoor6095]

such an amazing character..

[@benbyrd9067]

I was raised on Popeye

[@richardranke7878]

1929:Popeye first appears in Thimble Theatre 1932:Bluto's only appearance in Thimble Theatre 1933:First Fleischer Popeye cartoon 1938:Death of Segar 1941:Fleischers fired from Paramount cartoon studios

[@RayPointerChannel]

The Fleischer were not "fired from Paramount Cartoons Studios." They were manipulated to surrender ownership of Fleicsher Studios in May 1941 over an alleged standing deficit from the production of GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. This is explained in detail in the book, THE ART AND INVENTIONS OF MAX FLEISCHER: AMERICAN ANIMATION PIONEER.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Here's to Popeye: Strong Manly MAN who ate his veggies and took gruff from no adversary! Easily the earliest Superhero!

[@bobbygould1960]

Popeye is soooooooooo underrated and a great legend.

[@ZeldAry1999]

The only thing manlier than popeye is a warplane made of biceps!

[@xtrashocking]

And trucks.

[@thelivingmeme1233]

Piloted by Chuck Norris

[@calebmayfield3326]

+The Living Meme I think you mean Mr.T

[@nighidorah3084]

Living meme : popeye says "o yeah holds my pipe"

[@oxuco]

They didnt mention Wimpy the hamburger eating character always borrowing 25cents he would gladly pay back on tuesday.....,

[@ZhangtheGreat]

For a hamburger today =D

[@kaceyponsell348]

Yeah watchmojo should do a the origins of wimpy

[@Inflamarie]

That explains what topper McNab was based on...

[@richardranke3158]

Wimpy first appeared in Thimble Theater in May,1931.:-)

[@sammylane21]

You forgot to mention that everyone's fav Sailor was actually based on a real person by the name of Frank "Rocky" Fiegel from Chester, Illinois, Segar's (Popeye's creator ) hometown.

[@zendaddy621]

That's true; I've been there and I saw the statue of Popeye there...

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Sammy Lane did he have a lot of Fights

[@elshaaarawythomasfans2381]

@@jalenikezeue4114 yes

[@flamingraininggaming8638]

I love the old artstyle

[@orangecrush1208]

Same

[@jazsminpayne4802]

Same here 👍👍👍👍

[@thephantom496]

Popeye is my friggin' childhood. I still love the Popeye cartoons and comics, and the NES game is one of the first games I ever owned.

[@vanthursday]

I swear Popeye is the reason why I am eating vegetables normally when I was a kid.. I always thought every vegetables was spinach...

[@Samuel-b]

Popeye is definitely one of the greatest cartoon characters of all time and it's a shame how not many kids know who he is anymore. Hopefully the new movie coming out next year will do a good job of introducing the character to a new generation. I knew who popeye was at a real young age however because I grew up watching popye cartoons on boomerang and I have loved popeye pretty much ever since. I also started liking spinach a few months ago and whenever I eat it I will think of popeye!

[@NathanDaMaker]

+Samuel Black I wish they would bring back boomerang made my childhood as great as it was.

[@shaidaismail5202]

The popeye movie never came out

[@boop6171]

Samuel Black unfortunately those idiots replaced the popeye movie for the dumb emoji movie

[@riotgrrrrl167]

Samuel Black my 5 year old loves him and that's how you start it all over again. And he loves spinach! 😂😂😂

[@melissacooper4282]

They have been showing old Popeye cartoons on Turner Classic Channel. It would be on Saturday morning before one of their featues.

[@jr1zg7kt3g]

childhood cartoon right here

[@MCELVAINE6996]

They also forgot to mention they created a video game

[@ViddyOJames]

several

[@Rlotpir1972]

His best one was 1982's "Popeye" for Nintendo.

[@melissacooper4482]

They also forgot to mention that that there was a Popeye cartoon series in the 80s. It was called Popeye and Son.

[@clockwerk35]

yeah popeye is the ultimate American Sailor icon

[@FightCain]

Instead of Guns and ammo, he only uses Spinach.

[@nustiuma]

I used to eat so much spinach even tho i detested it..

[@adamleealvizo7351]

My Hometown is Crystal City, Texas. The Spinach Capital Of The World. So Popeye is Really Big In My Town.

[@TheQZDreamer]

I miss this cartoon! I loved this soooooo much that once missed it on TV, I cried sooooo hard...... haha..... Good memories..........

[@tankthehedgehog105]

2:29 I Like It How He Talks Like That

[@Frankenstein61]

if they do another popeye movie it should be about his origin like how he was a one eyed sailor how spinach makes him so strong and such

[@jesustovar6941]

Mickey Mouse: Who Are You?! Popeye: I Yam What I Yam. I'm Popeye The Sailor Man.

[@WubzMegaplier]

Watching Popeye 24/7 as a child is what got me interested in animation. Thanks, Popeye!

[@ShyGuyXXL]

I absolutely hate the Popeye series with the cheap stiff animation. You know which one I mean. The smooth and creative animation of the original Popeye was always one of the best things about it, especially in the black and white era. But that 2:17 .... ...that is just lazy!

[@GippyHappy]

yeah sometimes they go for easy over good looking

[@theministerialnerd2185]

Agree as a huge Popeye fan I am saddened by his treatment these last 40 years. Still enjoy the character tho

[@timarnold7239]

'60's era Popeye and Seahag can gargle my scrote.

[@lucaspadilla4815]

I'm disappointed you guys said that "Paramount Studios" gave him his own cartoon series, without any mention of the Fleischer's. Since they're the ones who produced the series from '33 to '42. And I would say they deserve more credit for being great innovators in the early days of animation.

[@RayPointerChannel]

Bravo to you for saying that.

[@JanjoZone]

can you do history of astro boy?

[@fioravanti675]

History,origins,franchise it's the same

[@aziliman1402]

No

[@fridaywlf6334]

I remember when I was younger I would always refuse to eat any spinach unless it had Popeye on the can and my parents would make videos of me running through stores and filling the cart with the Popeye spinach

[@melissacooper4482]

I love those Popeye cartoons! My favorites are the ones from the thirties and forties. And the ones in the early sixties.

[@cjhs2006]

You Guys Need to do Olive Oyl,&,Bluto Origin Stories

[@Metalhead15712]

in short: Popeye is the original chuck norris

[@TheTheasssss]

I used to love popeye when i was like 5, and I still do, me and my cousins used to mimic him

[@Pandaking64]

Popeye is what made me eat my vegetables

[@jalenikezeue4114]

POPEYE The Sailor as a child I couldn't get enough of him he was my favourite Cartoon character growing up I believe a Date to skate was the episode I watch hey remember this I yam what I yam

[@JahnoKestt]

I yam's what I yam's and that's all that I yam's, I'm Popeye the Sailor Man! *TOO TOOT*

[@ac1dicsalt]

fun fact: most of the scenes of the popeye movie wherent filmed in USA but it had been filmed mostly in Malta.

[@thedoncrazephaze5375]

The Popeye episode where he's Aladdin w/his magic lamp is the best cartoon ever made.

[@Lalaxbo]

Popeye was my childhood :) ! I loved this so much . There has been studies of spinach and it helps to build up muscles on workouts and you can loose weight ! :)

[@danielkohner9282]

You know Popeye was in the Coast Guard!

[@harryscribbles531]

This always reminds me of my Nan she loved Popeye when she was little

[@jeeveshsinghroa3218]

One of the rarest cartoons that motivated me to eat healthy. I eat spinach just because of him.

[@Mcflyzx]

I am glad that the filming of the Popeye Movie was in my country! (Malta) we still Have Popeye Village for tourists to visit.

[@ermusic2806]

Thank you Popeye for curing my depression

[@berkkarsi]

My parents always showed this cartoon to me whenever I didn't want to eat spinach.

[@lsmedel00]

mmm popeye vs chuck nurris....begin!!!

[@steampunker7]

No contest. Popeye, first round TKO. And that's without using Spinach.

[@erikgalvagni7409]

Sorry guys but Chuck Norris would win because he is Chuck Norris and the only character who can beat him is Bruce Lee😎

[@erikgalvagni7409]

That is my opinion obviously

[@steveempiremantra2120]

i had the comics! i loved him so much,in the comics he was strong already,even without spinach!

[@myzellpatty7292]

I loved him too Popeye is my favorite character

[@JPMitchell31721]

The live-action Popeye movie was anything but spectacular.

[@jazsminpayne4802]

I watch Popeye when I was a kid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗😊😊😊😊😊😊❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@kittenlover-yk5hx]

Nah, emojis are better than a beloved cartoon character from the 30s.

[@RedDot4504]

"I am what I am and that's all *spit* what I am." That sentence just made my day.

[@JohnDoe-zh4li]

They used to show Popeye on Boomerang a few years ago, along with tons of other cartoons from the 1930s-1960s. Tis a shame they cut him out; I miss watching him every week.

[@redruby1216]

truly a classic this cartoon is

[@arriolabiblechurch3595]

You have done "Origins" videos of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. You should do some for Porky Pig, Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, Foghorn Leghorn, Elmer Fudd, Yosimite Sam, Wile. E Coyote, Road Runner, Sylvester Cat, Tazz and Marvin the Martian. Unless you already have and I don't know that you have.

[@carloscapinpin803]

He's not a damn sailor he's a best dang cartoon

[@BrandEver117]

"Spectacular" is a strong word for that weird-ass movie

[@soopershpee5842]

and we wouldn't have mario if it weren't for popeye

[@cartoondude5384]

How?

[@realar]

But you gotta admit, Robin is a fantastic caricature of Popeye.

[@liz2saintvideos]

Let`s face it Popeye paved the way for the action hero genre lol

[@JulianneCrider]

I used to eat spinach as a kid because I wanted to be strong like Popeye was. I still watching the cartoons. ♡

[@fredbearfazbear3004]

same here

[@JulianneCrider]

FredBear Fazbear Awesome.

[@blackfang2619]

popeye gives motivation to the people to eat spinach.

[@shteatinggrin]

The early popeye episodes were the best.

[@kevinbutler8824]

"Popeye"was also the star of a children's radio series..first on NBC and later on CBS Radio in the 1930's.

[@KevlarNinja]

I could see Popeye being the first true action hero. He speaks English as well as half the cast of The Expendables.

[@Kaaxe]

supposedly it was because of a researcher who examined the concentration of iron in different vegetables. When noting how much iron there was in spinach he misplaced the comma, making the number ten or was in a hundred times larger. So for a short period people thought spinach had an extreme amount of iron.

[@theemergingsun3931]

Man, fricking loved popeye.

[@oscarschmitt6048]

Disney's Popeye (1980) film version

[@calebdonaldson8770]

Although he is old, Popeye is still hella strong! His feats of strength are on cartoon level, and that's pretty terrifying!

[@saulamaral574]

Because of Popeye, I started eating spinach, I really enjoy it. Popeye you are an inspiration for every average guy.

[@NightViper91]

I used to watch lots of Popeye cartoons as a child

[@charleslux6583]

The original comics were amazing.

[@MrWhitman]

When I was in Elementary I met one of the primary writers and animators of Popeye. He gave all of us an autographed picture of him holding his drawing of Popeye. My mother later found it in a photo album, asked who it was, then tore it and threw it away.

[@RevolErtaeht]

Sorry to hear she did that but it's awesome you met a writer n animator of Popeye

[@Faisaldegrt]

Watched a whole lot of Popeye growing up in the 90s in India.

[@soulkong]

He should be re-introduced as a superhero

[@fioravanti675]

1:16 betty boop in popeye

[@tanookiman13]

forgot to mention, he was a boatswains mate in the US coast guard, people regularly mistake him for being in the navy

[@kevindunne9767]

did anyone else think that the spinach was of a hallucinationical nature

[@honeythecatfox817]

Kevin Dunne me

[@kkcake5771]

What is hallucinationical nature?

[@myzellpatty897]

Popeye is my favorite cartoon character

[@BlutoNeee]

i usually don't like bringing back the old but popeye would be cool to see brought back with a new movie in cgi

[@Premium-Daddy]

i grew up watching this cartoon i love it soo much!

[@biscoito1r]

They failed to mention that Popeye is on public domain everywhere but the United States.

[@missxmarvel]

I accidentally ate meat and i felt like Popey the sailorman eating spinach.

[@AronHallan]

Damn oh i miss popeye and Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes those cartoons were hilarious, i used to watch re runs on cartoon network, good old times

[@nickp2271]

I used to love Popeye when I was a kid!

[@skunkman9815]

0:54 he just punched harpo marx

[@vincentfranklin17]

Popeye is one of the first superheroes, in my humble opinion.

[@SOSbillybob]

Popeye the sailor man: the cartoon we all loved for his violent lifestyle and deformed vocal chords

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

A Paramount King. With a little help from Butters.

[@hilarioph]

Ah I truly remember Popeye the sailor cartoons when they aired in the Philippineson IBC 13. I wish Good smile company will make a Figma version of POPEYE.Everybody loves POPEYE

[@NellieKAdaba]

Popeye the sailor man is the best. Olive is just ok, she's a damsel in distress. Please do one on Speed Racer. Thank you Mojo.

[@Darkmatter105]

I will always remember Popeye as robin Williams.

[@dragonfly5287]

Caroline Ingalls - Little House on the Prairie

[@LiamSwan2011]

No you are not the only one! I believe most people want to see Popeye vs Asterix! I want to see it too!

[@planetburst1]

this just gave me the best death battle popeye vs micky mouse

[@williamsfamily4517]

What they forgot to mention in the video is that popeye was created in a little river town. That town is Chester IL. Chester IL. Is the place where popeye was created. And every year there is a festival for popeye and a bronze statue of popeye is at the entrance of the bridge that goes to Perryville Missiri.

[@nathandrake6939]

I grew up on these cartoons.