B. Pattengill, Gerry Dvorak, Dick Hall, and Jim Logan, Martin Taras, Gerry Dvorak, Jim Logan, and Larry Silverman, Morey Reden, Gerry Dvorak, William Henning, and I. Klein. And "Hag-Way Robbery" - September 11, 1960 - Sea Hag steals much spinach. Popeye the artist literally paints his spinach to save the day. [4] Like their theatrical counterparts, the made-for-television series was also a big ratings success. "Weight for Me" - September 22, 1961 - Depressed over a lengthy tour by Popeye and Brutus, Olive eats herself into a grotesque shape. It would be quite some time before Popeye would appear again on television and some of these efforts are often forgotten by both animation and Popeye fans. George Rufle and Larry Riley also worked for Famous. Hundreds of Popeye short subjects were made, and Popeye cartoons were a fixture in movie theaters and television well into the 1960s. Popeye's nephews returned in the 1978 cartoon The All-New Popeye Hour, where they would often appear in short, "moral" segments that were shown between longer ones. Popeye, Brutus, Olive and Wimpy find themselves in a comedy-of-errors. After Begin Popeye has a thriving medicine show business where he sells bottles of spinach juice -- which is guaranteed to bring back a person's vim and vigor and prevent sunburn, Nick Tafuri, Irving Dressler, William Henning, and Sam Stimson, Morey Reden, Irving, Dressler, George Germanetti, and I. Klein. Popeye, Olive and Wimpy check into a resort run by the Sea Hag and Toar. In 1929, Popeye appeared for the first time in a comic strip. Those cash grab efforts, although actually utilizing some elements from … These cartoons were a huge financial success for King Features Syndicate. These cartoons were a huge financial success for King Features Syndicate. On December 11, Warner Bros. releases “Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s Volume 1” on DVD and Blu-ray, marking the first time Popeye’s original theatrical color cartoons are made available for home viewing by the public. Morey Reden, Dick Hall, I. Klein, and Larry Silverman. “My voice work for the new cartoons is more or less a sideline now,” stated Mercer before the new shows aired. The show is narrated by Bill Murray (not to be confused with the film actor of the same name), who gives the audience short facts about the history of the cartoons … I remember watching THE ALL NEW POPEYE HOUR waiting for it to become something like the Fleischer cartoons. Popeye buys a do-it-yourself kit and makes a mechanical servant who shows him undesirable aspects of automation. Morey Reden, Jack Ehret, and William Henning. 26. There was a book collecting the London strips, “Mondo Popeye.” One storyline had Popeye in the “Valley of the Brutuses.”. Popeye returns to the present, and Brutus rises with his hat charred. Frames from “The Man Who Hated Laughter” (1972). This allowed for the rare sight of them together with Swee'Pea. "Muskels Shmuskels" - September 1, 1960 - Popeye runs afoul of circus heavyweight Brutus. "Crystal Ball Brawl" - September 9, 1960 - Brutus tries to steal a crystal ball in Popeye's possession. Toot toot. All cartoons are one-reel (6 to 10 minutes) and in black-and-white, except for the three Popeye Color Specials (Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor from 1936, Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves from 1937, and Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp from 1939), which are two-reels (approx. Popeye the Sailor is an American animated television series produced for King Features Syndicate TV that was released between 1960 and 1963 with 220 episodes produced. 1) Popeye the sailor made his comic strip debut in January of 1929. 5. The assets of a.a.p were promptly purchased by … Note: the copyright line on the title card is incorrect as MCMXL (1940) instead of MCMLX (1960). I’ve see MSN’s Worst Cartoons Ever and there are several that i disagree on the list…. On January 17, 1929, Popeye made his first appearance in E.C. On September 9, 1978, The All-New Popeye Hour debuted on the CBS Saturday … Jack Mercer, Mae Questel and Jackson Beck returned for this series, which was produced by several different animation companies: Gerald Ray Studios, Jack Kinney Productions, Rembrandt Films/Halas and Batchelor, and Larry Harmon Productions). TV commercials or other small projects? Character history Creation and development in Thimble Theatre. I do the whistle myself.”. Morey Reden, William Henning, Al Pross, and Larry Silverman. 5. Each episode includes three Popeye theatrical shorts from Fleischer Studios and/or Famous Studios. The first volume was released on May 7, 2013 and included 72 cartoons. Popeye gets an idea to build a "do-it-yourself'. I. Klein, John Gentilella, and George Germanetti. Brutus devises a plot to kidnap the baby, but must get past Popeye, who has been left to babysit while Olive shops. The cast included Billy West as Popeye and Poopdeck Pappy (and did a fantastic job doing thier voices in the style of Jack Mercer (Popeye) and Carl Meyer (Poopdeck Pappy) from the late 1930s early 1940s Fleischer Bros Popeye cartoons, Tabitha St Germain as Olive Oyl (in the style of Margie Hines) & Swee’Pea, And Oscar and Golden Globe winning actress Kathy Bates as the Sea Hag. "The Billionaire" - September 17, 1961 - Take-off on the television series. Morey Reden, Irving Dressler, Jack Ehret, and Al Pross. 220 made-for-television cartoons were produced in two years; in contrast, 231 theatrical cartoons were produced over 24 years. Freak show operator Brutus abducts Swee'pea. "Bullfighter Bully" - September 3, 1960, 8. Within a few years of his January 1910 birth, artist/writer and “primo Popeye” voice actor Jack Mercer started his entertainment legacy. Those cash grab efforts, although actually utilizing some elements from Segar’s comic strip, failed to capture the interest of audiences. Don’t forget The sequel to Mad Monster Party,Gidget in a parody of The Mod Squad,the sequel to Oliver Twist with Oliver and The Artful Dodger as teenagers ,San Francisco Giants star player Willie Mays in a animated adventure, Yogi Bear and his cronies on a flying ark, The Brady Kids minus their parents and Alice the Maid,Lassie with the original Rescue Rangers before Chip and Dale,and the animated version of The Banana Splits surprisingly that The Brady Kids,Lassie’s Rescue Rangers and Yogi’s Ark were the only Cartoons that were on Saturday Superstar Theater that became full fledged animated tv shows. B. Pattengill, Irving Dressler, and I. Klein. According to an article in the October 25, 1961 edition of Variety: “King Features Syndicate’ sales of the new made-for-TV Popeye cartoons have just passed the $4,500,000 mark. 8. I mean that’s a really quirky tenement in the ’70s animation ghetto. rnigma, IDW Publishing put out the complete run of Bobby London’s Popeye newspaper strips in two volumes a few years ago. 1 Storyline 2 Sound Effects Used 3 Image Gallery 4 Audio Samples Carlin Production Music, Whizz Sweep (Heard, I [SqueakyCartWheel] think, in Larry Harmon-produced shorts.) If you didn’t grow up with them in the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, you saw them as a kid in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Nick Tafuri, Irving Dressler, William Henning, and I. Klein. But other than Filmation’s original Saturday morning Superman/Superboy series and a few voice turns by Bob McFadden on Linus the Lionhearted, there seemed to be a lack of desire at mixing and matching East Coast and West Coast voice actors. Lou Silverstone, a veteran of MAD Magazine, was the writer here and did pretty good. Plus the illustrative styles were hurt even more by how rough and cheap the ’70s kiddie ghetto animation was. In 1933, Max Fleischer adapted the Thimble Theatre characters into a series of Popeye the Sailor theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. Right”. Jack Mercer passed away before starring in this abomination and Maurice LeMarche took over as the voice of Popeye. All remaining cartoons, beginning with Her Honor the Mare, are in color. Popeye must help the Goons when their island is attacked by pirates. "Matinée Idol Popeye" - September 19, 1960 - Director Brutus constantly finds roles for Popeye so deadly that they could kill him. It doesn't help that the songs and lyrics themselves are unmemorable. He taught animation classes at the Disney Institute in Florida as well as instructing classes on acting and animation history for Disney Feature Animation: Florida. But what irks me was the wardrobe changes that they gave Popeye,Olive and Bluto by having Bluto wearing a business suit,slicked back hair and wearing glasses, Olive now wearing a sweatsuit and a new hairstyle instead of the traditional clothing that she wore (with the exception of the 1950s) and Popeye’s wardrobe look like something that he ripped off from legendary comedian Bob Hope! However, by the mid-1970s, more than a thousand different products bore Popeye’s likeness and the comic strip was syndicated to more than 250 newspapers around the world. Popeye the Sailor Man: one of the eight wonders of the Newspaper Comics and Western Animation world, and one of the most popular cartoon stars of The Golden Age of Animation.Initially appearing as a oneshot character in the middle of an arc Thimble Theater, the comic E.C. He was hired as a bodyguard to one of Escobar’s mistresses. 10. Popeye & Son certainly was a product of typical executive pandering to what they thought was what kids were into during that point in time (I recall Junior had a friend who did that “California speak” dribble). Each episode includes three Popeye theatrical shorts from Fleischer Studios and/or Famous Studios. In 1870 German chemist Erich von Wolf correctly ascertained the amount of iron in spinach, but while transcribing his notes, he accidentally misplaced a decimal point: instead of recording that … Nothing new! Warner Archive Collection planned to re-release the cartoons. Hey, I extend that statement as an appeal for why we need our classic cartoons on physical media…we need to have something to laugh at other than the state of the world, which isn’t really very funny at all! The difficulty is cutting down on the violence. During his magic show, Brutus asks Popeye on-stage and proceeds to make him look foolish. You have attempted animated extensions of cancelled live action sitcoms like That Girl, Nanny and the Professor, The Mini Munsters, the in-name only Lost in Space, and Tabitha and Adam aged up to early teens from Bewitched. Popeye made his first appearance as a supporting character in a cartoon strip in Hearst's New York newspapers on … HB Wanted to use Popeye’s original hat- it even appeared in pre-production art- but King features demanded the WW2 cap be used. Celebrating the 111th Birthday of “Mercer, the Popeye Man”. Popeye gets the Sea Hag's good luck coin and uses its power of granting three wishes to whoever holds it to take Olive out to a dancing competition. The Sea Hag takes Olive hostage and magically disguises herself as her so that she can go with Popeye to the dance and get the coin back before he uses up the three wishes. Segar was making at the time, was going through, Popeye quickly gained the status of Ensemble Darkhorse … A sea-faring tale involving Popeye, Brutus and Wimpy. B. Pattengill. Meatball and Spaghetti. Wm. !” How timely! Here we have Altman's trademark overlapping dialogue drowning out most anything Popeye … Popeye goes back in time to ancient Greece and captures the Golden Fleece. First television series. Popeye made the jump to the silver screen in a 1933 Betty Boop cartoon entitled, Popeye the Sailor from the Fleischer Studios. All cartoons are one-reel (6 to 10 minutes) and in black and white, except for the three Popeye Color Specials (Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor from 1936, Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves from 1937, and Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp from 1939), which are two-reels (20 minutes) long and in Technicolor.. Despite the quality the KFS TV cartoons were a big success for television stations, ratings and the Syndicate. One wonder who in Hanna-Barbara or the network thought this was a good idea. B. Pattengill. Popeye's mumblings in the old cartoons were actually pretty funny. His studio also secretly made episodes of other cartoons, including Popeye. Brutus feeds Wimpy growth pills, causing him to grow to freakish proportions. The answer, it turns out, all goes back to one little mistake. The biggest change was to Bluto, whose name was changed to "Brutus". B. Pattengill, Dick Hall, and Sam Stinson. Nearly 600 Popeye cartoons were made and are still in worldwide syndication. Popeye had to save some of the top King Features Syndicate stars like Blondie and Beetle Bailey from the evil designs of Professor Morbid Grimsby, who wished to stop the spread of laughter. It always bothered me seeing Popeye, in his original Segar/Fleischer jersey, wearing the WW2 style of his sailor’s cap. Brutus snatches pets from customers and rejoices that they are now dissatisfied customers.