The Origins of Popeye

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.:-)

[@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"

[@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

[@nitinhavanoor6095]

such an amazing character..

[@LowellLucasJr.]

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

[@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.

[@bobbygould1960]

Popeye is soooooooooo underrated and a great legend.

[@flamingraininggaming8638]

I love the old artstyle

[@orangecrush1208]

Same

[@jazsminpayne4802]

Same here 👍👍👍👍

[@benbyrd9067]

I was raised on Popeye

[@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.

[@jonnyboy4289]

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

[@adamleealvizo7351]

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

[@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.

[@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...

[@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.

[@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.

[@nustiuma]

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

[@jr1zg7kt3g]

childhood cartoon right here

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@TheQZDreamer]

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

[@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

[@FightCain]

Instead of Guns and ammo, he only uses Spinach.

[@clockwerk35]

yeah popeye is the ultimate American Sailor icon

[@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

[@melissacooper4482]

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

[@TheTheasssss]

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

[@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

[@ac1dicsalt]

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

[@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.

[@Pandaking64]

Popeye is what made me eat my vegetables

[@tankthehedgehog105]

2:29 I Like It How He Talks Like That

[@Metalhead15712]

in short: Popeye is the original chuck norris

[@JahnoKestt]

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

[@jesustovar6941]

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

[@harryscribbles531]

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

[@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.

[@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 ! :)

[@WubzMegaplier]

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

[@cjhs2006]

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

[@danielkohner9282]

You know Popeye was in the Coast Guard!

[@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.

[@Premium-Daddy]

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

[@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.

[@AnkhInfinitus]

The live-action Popeye movie was anything but spectacular.

[@kevinbutler8824]

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

[@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

[@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

[@JanjoZone]

can you do history of astro boy?

[@fioravanti675]

History,origins,franchise it's the same

[@aziliman1402]

No

[@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?

[@berkkarsi]

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

[@biscoito1r]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@oscarschmitt6048]

Disney's Popeye (1980) film version

[@RedDot4504]

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

[@kittenlover-yk5hx]

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

[@thedoncrazephaze5375]

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

[@LBPMarioDog123]

I used to watch this show all the time! :D It was my favorite! Gotta eat the spinach!

[@kurtkauffman4326]

Me too!

[@soopershpee5842]

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

[@cartoondude5384]

How?

[@zrifepsych]

He should be re-introduced as a superhero

[@realar]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@redruby1216]

truly a classic this cartoon is

[@SmithMrCorona]

A bit of correction: Popeye being born off the coast of Santa Monica and him being 34 years old are not a result of the cartoons. Those details were added by Popeye strip artist Bud Sagendorf. Popeye guzzling spinach for strength was given to him by EC Segar in the comics. Though it was a theme used more in the animated cartoons. Also, the town in which Popeye, Olive, Wimpy, etc, was not called Sweethaven/Sweet Haven until 1980 - that was a detail created for the movie, starring Robin Williams.

[@jazsminpayne4802]

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

[@rtek5]

I don't understand why when I was growing up there were always kids that called him "pye-pye". I couldn't relate to how P-O-P spelled "Pipe". I was even recently watching Pawn Stars and 30-ish year old Chumlee called him pye-pye. Actually maybe it's because he smokes a pipe and they really think it's "Pipe-eye" and somehow they just don't see that "O" in his name. It's baffling.

[@charleslux6583]

The original comics were amazing.

[@Jackcabbit]

I had a feeling Robin Williams had played Popeye when I saw one of his standup routines. He was way too good at it not to have done it.

[@theemergingsun3931]

Man, fricking loved popeye.

[@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!

[@ermusic2806]

Thank you Popeye for curing my depression

[@nickp2271]

I used to love Popeye when I was a kid!

[@liz2saintvideos]

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

[@blackfang2619]

popeye gives motivation to the people to eat spinach.

[@NightViper91]

I used to watch lots of Popeye cartoons as a child

[@KevlarNinja]

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

[@Darkmatter105]

I will always remember Popeye as robin Williams.

[@planetburst1]

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

[@vincentfranklin17]

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

[@carloscapinpin803]

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

[@myzellpatty897]

Popeye is my favorite cartoon character

[@BrandEver117]

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

[@Faisaldegrt]

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

[@saulamaral574]

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

[@hotrodtrucker88]

my favorite cartoon by far

[@LooneyCartoonMan]

Speaking of Popeye, he is returning for the public eye with his live-action movie starring Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall getting rebooted into a fully CGI-animated movie directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (a Popeye fan that got introduced to Popeye with his short films while being the creator of Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars Clone Wars, Sym-Bionic Titan and Primal as well director of the first-five Hotel Transylvania movies).

[@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.

[@ansumanahargett6227]

He is what he is, and that all that he is. He’s Popeye the Sailor Man.

[@calebdonaldson8770]

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

[@missxmarvel]

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