Popeye (Thimble Theatre)
The cover of Popeye #50 (Oct. -Dec. 1959), featuring Popeye with his characteristic corncob pipe and single good eye, and his girlfriend Olive Oyl. See also Smoking pipe A pipe for Tobacco smoking typically consists of a small chamber (the bowl for the Combustion of the Tobacco Olive Oyl is a Cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1919 for his Comic strip Thimble Theater. Art by Bud Sagendorf, who wrote and drew the strip from 1959 to 1994. Forrest "Bud" Sagendorf ( March 22, 1915 &ndash September 22, 1994) was an American Cartoonist, best known for
Author(s)	E.C. Segar (creator, 1929 – 1937, 1938) Doc Winner (1937, 1938) Tom Sims & Bela Zaboly (1938 - 1955) Ralph Stein & Bela Zaboly (1955 – 1959) Bud Sagendorf (1959 – 1994) Bobby London (1986 – 1992) Hy Eisman (1994 – present)
Website	http://www.popeye.com/
Current status / schedule	New strips on Sundays, reprints Monday through Saturday
Launch date	1929-12-19
End Date	1992-07-30 (date of last daily strip, Sunday strips continue)
Syndicate(s)	King Features Syndicate
Genre(s)	Humor, adventure

Popeye the Sailor is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous TV shows. An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Elzie Crisler Segar ( December 8, 1894 &ndash October 13, 1938) was an American Cartoonist, best known as the creator of Tom Sims is a world champion of snowboarding in California In 1963 he made what he called a "snowboard" a version of a skateboard in the Haddonfield Middle School's shop room Forrest "Bud" Sagendorf ( March 22, 1915 &ndash September 22, 1994) was an American Cartoonist, best known for Bobby London (born 1950 is an Underground comix and mainstream comics artist Hy Eisman (born March 27 1927) is an American Cartoonist. He is the current (as of 2006 writer and artist of the Sunday strips A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Print syndication is a form of syndication in which News articles columns, or Comic strips are made available to Newspapers, Magazines King Features Syndicate, a Print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation, distributes about 150 Comic strips newspaper columns, He was created by Elzie Crisler Segar,^[1] and first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929. Elzie Crisler Segar ( December 8, 1894 &ndash October 13, 1938) was an American Cartoonist, best known as the creator of King Features Syndicate, a Print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation, distributes about 150 Comic strips newspaper columns, Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Although Segar's Thimble Theatre strip, first published on December 19, 1919, was in its tenth year when Popeye made his debut, the sailor quickly became the main focus of the strip and Thimble Theatre became one of King Features' most popular strips during the 1930s. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Thimble Theatre was carried on after Segar's death in 1938 by several writers and artists, including Segar's assistant Bud Sagendorf. Forrest "Bud" Sagendorf ( March 22, 1915 &ndash September 22, 1994) was an American Cartoonist, best known for The strip, now titled Popeye, continues to appear in first-run installments in Sunday papers, written and drawn by Hy Eisman. Hy Eisman (born March 27 1927) is an American Cartoonist. He is the current (as of 2006 writer and artist of the Sunday strips The daily strips are reprints of old Sagendorf stories.

In 1933, Max and Dave Fleischer's Fleischer Studios adapted the Thimble Theatre characters into a series of Popeye the Sailor theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. Max Fleischer ( July 19, 1883 – September 11, 1972) was an important Austrian American pioneer in the development of the David Fleischer ( July 14 1894 – June 25 1979) was an Austrian-American Animator of Jewish ancestry Film director Fleischer Studios Inc is an American corporation which originated as an Animation studio located at 1600 Broadway, New York City New York. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. These cartoons proved to be among the most popular of the 1930s, and the Fleischers—and later Paramount's own Famous Studios—continued production through 1957. Famous Studios, renamed Paramount Cartoon Studios in 1956 was the Animation division of the Hollywood film studio Paramount Pictures from 1942

Since then, Popeye has appeared in comic books, television cartoons, a 1980 live-action film (Popeye, directed by Robert Altman), arcade and video games, and hundreds of advertisements and peripheral products. Popeye is a 1980 Live-action Film directed by Robert Altman and adapted from E Robert Bernard Altman (February 20 1925 – November 20 2006 was an American Film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with

Fictional character biography

In most appearances (except during the World War II era), Popeye is a middle-aged independent sailor (or "sailor man," as he puts it) with a unique way of speaking, muscular forearms with two (sometimes one) anchor tattoos, thinning red hair, and an ever-present corncob pipe (which he toots like a steamship's whistle at times). World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A pipe is a tool used for Smoking. The designs of pipes vary considerably but for the most part they are reusable and consist of a chamber or bowl in which the substance to A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a Propeller A simple whistle is a Woodwind instrument which produces Sound from a stream of forced air Despite some mistaken characterizations over the years, Popeye is generally depicted as having only one blue eye, his left. In at least one Fleischer cartoon, Bluto refers to Popeye as a "one-eyed runt. " It has never been revealed specifically how Popeye lost his right eye, although he claims it was in "the mos' arful battle" of his life. Later versions of the character had both eyes, with one of them merely being squinty, or "squinky" as he put it.

Popeye's strange, comic, and often supernatural adventures take him all over the world, and place him in conflict with enemies such as the Sea Hag and Bluto. Bluto (sometimes known as Brutus) is a cartoon character created in 1932 by Elzie Crisler Segar as a one-time character named "Bluto the Terrible" in his His main base of operations is the fictional town of Sweet Haven. Popeye's father is the degenerate Poopdeck Pappy, who does not share his son's moral righteousness and is represented as having abandoned Popeye in some sources. Poopdeck Pappy is a Fictional character featured in the Popeye ( Thimble Theatre) comic strip and animated cartoon spinoffs Popeye's sweetheart (and in some sources, wife) for over 77 years has been Olive Oyl, although the two characters often bickered, especially at the beginning of Popeye's appearances. Olive Oyl is a Cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1919 for his Comic strip Thimble Theater. Popeye is the adoptive father of Swee'Pea, an infant foundling left on his doorstep. Swee'Pea (alternatively spelled Sweapea on some episode titles is a character in E Child abandonment is the practice of abandoning offspring outside of legal Adoption. (Sweet Pea is a term of affection used by Popeye; in the cartoon We Aim to Please, he addressed Olive Oyl as "Sweet Pea" at one point. )

In addition to a gravelly voice and a casual attitude towards grammar, Popeye is known for having an apparent speech impediment (a common character-distinguishing device in early cartoons), which either comes naturally or is caused by the ever-present pipe in his mouth. Among other things, he has problems enunciating a trailing "t"; thus, "fist" becomes "fisk" (as sung in his theme song, which makes it conveniently rhyme with "risk") and "infant" becomes "infink. " This speech impediment even found its way into some of the titles of the cartoons.

Popeye is depicted as having superhuman strength, though the nature of his strength changes depending on which medium he is represented in. Originally, the comic-strip Popeye gained his strength and invulnerability in 1929 by rubbing the head of the rare Whiffle Hen. He later said he was strong because he ate spinach. From early 1932 onward in the comic strip and especially the cartoons Popeye was depicted as eating spinach to become stronger. The animated shorts depicted Popeye as ridiculously strong, but liable to be pummeled by the much larger Bluto. When fed up with this treatment—or when exhausted for whatever reason—he would eat spinach, which would instantly restore and amplify his strength to an even greater level. (At normal strength, Popeye appears capable of lifting or pressing approximately 4,000 lb (1,800 kg); when invigorated by spinach, he can lift or press about 36 tons. )

Other differences in Popeye's story and characterization show up depending upon which medium he is presented in. While Swee'Pea is definitively the adopted child of Popeye in the comic strips, he is often depicted as being related to Olive Oyl in cartoons. The cartoons also occasionally feature family members of Popeye that have never appeared in the strip, notably his look-alike nephews Peepeye, Pupeye, Pipeye, and Poopeye.

Thimble Theatre and Popeye comic strips

Popeye's first appearance in Thimble Theatre, January 17, 1929. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Thimble Theatre was created by King Features Syndicate comic writer/artist E.C. Segar, and was his third published strip. King Features Syndicate, a Print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation, distributes about 150 Comic strips newspaper columns, Elzie Crisler Segar ( December 8, 1894 &ndash October 13, 1938) was an American Cartoonist, best known as the creator of The strip first appeared in the New York Journal, a newspaper operated by King Features owner William Randolph Hearst, on December 19, 1919 before later expanding into more papers. The New York Journal American was a Newspaper published from 1937 to 1966 For other people named William Randolph Hearst see William Randolph Hearst (disambiguation William Randolph Hearst I (April 29 1863 &ndash Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In its early years, the strip featured characters acting out various stories and scenarios in theatrical style (hence the strip's name).

Thimble Theatre's first main characters/actors were the thin Olive Oyl and her boyfriend, Harold Hamgravy. Olive Oyl is a Cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1919 for his Comic strip Thimble Theater. Harold Hamgravy, better known as Ham Gravy, was a Thimble Theatre character created in 1919 After the strip moved away from its initial focus, it settled into a comedy-adventure style featuring Olive, Ham Gravy, and Olive's enterprising brother, Castor Oyl. Castor Oyl is a Cartoon character, created in 1919 by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar for his Comic strip Thimble Theater, now known as Olive's parents, Cole and Nana Oyl, also made frequent appearances.

Popeye first appeared in the strip on January 17, 1929 as a minor character. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was initially hired by Castor Oyl and Ham to crew a ship for a voyage to Dice Island, the location of a casino owned by the crooked gambler Fadewell. Castor intended to break the bank at the casino using the unbeatable good luck conferred by stroking the hairs on the head of Bernice the Whiffle Hen. Weeks later, on the trip back, Popeye was shot many times by Jack Snork, a stooge of Fadewell's but survived by rubbing Bernice's head. After the adventure, Popeye left the strip—but due to reader reaction he was quickly brought back.

The Popeye character became so popular that he was given a larger role, and the strip was expanded into many more newspapers as a result. Though initial strips presented Olive Oyl as being less than impressed with Popeye, she eventually left Ham Gravy to become Popeye's girlfriend-and Ham Gravy left the strip as a regular. Over the years, however, she has often displayed a fickle attitude towards the sailor. Castor Oyl continued to come up with get-rich-quick schemes and enlisted Popeye in his misadventures. Eventually he settled down as a detective and later on bought a ranch out west. Castor has seldom appeared in recent years.

In 1933, Popeye received a foundling baby in the mail, whom he adopted and named "Swee'Pea. Child abandonment is the practice of abandoning offspring outside of legal Adoption. Swee'Pea (alternatively spelled Sweapea on some episode titles is a character in E " Other regular characters in the strip were J. Wellington Wimpy, a hamburger-loving moocher who would "gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today" (he was also soft-spoken and cowardly, hence his name); George W. Geezil, a local cobbler who spoke in a heavily affected accent and habitually attempted to murder or wish death upon Wimpy; and Eugene the Jeep, a yellow, vaguely dog-like animal from Africa with magical powers. J Wellington Wimpy, or just Wimpy, is one of the characters in the long-running comic strip Thimble Theater, and in the Popeye cartoons based upon the A hamburger (or burger) is a Sandwich consisting of a cooked ground Meat Patty, usually Beef, placed in a sliced bun or between George W Geezil, also known as simply Geezil, was a comic-strip character created by E Eugene the Jeep is a character in the Thimble Theatre Comic strip, which stars Popeye. In addition, the strip featured the Sea Hag, a terrible pirate, as well as the last witch on earth; and Alice the Goon, a monstrous creature who entered the strip as the Sea Hag's henchman and continued as Swee'pea's baby sitter. Alice the Goon is a Fictional character in EC Segar 's comic strip Thimble Theatre and in the " Popeye " cartoon

Segar's strip was quite different from the cartoons that followed. The stories were more complex, with many characters who never appeared in the cartoons (King Blozo, for example). Spinach usage was rare and Bluto made only one appearance. Bluto (sometimes known as Brutus) is a cartoon character created in 1932 by Elzie Crisler Segar as a one-time character named "Bluto the Terrible" in his Segar would sign some of his early Popeye comic strips with a cigar, due to his last name being a homonym of "cigar" (pronounced SEE-gar). In linguistics a homonym is one of a group of words that share the same pronunciation but have different meanings and are usually spelled differently

Thimble Theatre soon became one of King Features' most popular strips during the 1930s and, following an eventual name change to Popeye in the 1970s, remains one of the longest running strips in syndication today. The strip carried on after Segar's death in 1938, at which point he was replaced by a series of artists. In the 1950s, a spinoff strip was established, called Popeye the Sailorman. Acknowledging Popeye's growing popularity, the Thimble Theatre strip was re-named Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye during the 1960s and 1970s, and was eventually retitled, simply, Popeye, the name under which the strip continues to run.

Artists after Segar

After Segar's death in 1938, many different artists were hired to draw the strip. Tom Sims, the son of a Coosa River channel-boat captain, continued writing Thimble Theatre strips and established the Popeye the Sailorman spin-off. The Coosa River is one of Alabama's most developed rivers It begins at the confluence of the Oostanaula and Etowah Rivers in Rome Georgia Doc Winner and Bela Zaboly^[2], successively, handled the artwork during Sims's run. Eventually, Ralph Stein took over the writing, and wrote the comic strip until the series was taken over by Bud Sagendorf in 1959. Forrest "Bud" Sagendorf ( March 22, 1915 &ndash September 22, 1994) was an American Cartoonist, best known for

Sagendorf wrote and drew the daily strip until 1986, and continued to write and draw the Sunday strip until his death in 1994. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist See also Comic strip A Sunday strip is a Newspaper Comic strip format where comic strips are printed in the Sunday newspaper usually in a Sagendorf, who had been Segar's assistant, made a definite effort to retain much of Segar's classic style, although his art is instantly discernible. Sagendorf continued to use many obscure characters from the Segar years, especially O. G. Wotasnozzle and King Blozo. Sagendorf's new characters, such as the Thung, also had a very Segar-like quality. What set Sagendorf apart from Segar more than anything else was his sense of pacing. Where plotlines moved very quickly with Segar, it would sometimes take an entire week of Sagendorf's daily strips for the plot to be advanced even a small amount.

From 1986 to 1992, the daily strip was written and drawn by Bobby London, who, after some controversy, was fired from the strip for a story that could be taken to satirize abortion [2]. Bobby London (born 1950 is an Underground comix and mainstream comics artist London's strips put Popeye and his friends in updated situations, but kept the spirit of Segar's original. One classic storyline, titled "The Return of Bluto," showed the sailor battling every version of the bearded bully from the comic strip, comic books, and animated films. The Sunday edition of the comic strip is currently drawn by Hy Eisman, who took over in 1994. Hy Eisman (born March 27 1927) is an American Cartoonist. He is the current (as of 2006 writer and artist of the Sunday strips The daily strip began featuring reruns of Sagendorf's strips after London was fired, and continues to do so today.

Theatrical cartoons

In November 1932, King Features signed an agreement with Fleischer Studios, run by producer Max Fleischer and his brother, director Dave Fleischer, to have Popeye and the other Thimble Theatre characters begin appearing in a series of animated cartoons. Fleischer Studios Inc is an American corporation which originated as an Animation studio located at 1600 Broadway, New York City New York. Max Fleischer ( July 19, 1883 – September 11, 1972) was an important Austrian American pioneer in the development of the David Fleischer ( July 14 1894 – June 25 1979) was an Austrian-American Animator of Jewish ancestry Film director The first cartoon in the series would be released in 1933, and Popeye cartoons, released by Paramount Pictures, would remain a staple of Paramount's release schedule for over 20 years. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California.

The plot lines in the animated cartoons tended to be simpler than those presented in the comic strips, and the characters slightly different. A villain, usually Bluto, made a move on Popeye's "sweetie," Olive Oyl. Bluto (sometimes known as Brutus) is a cartoon character created in 1932 by Elzie Crisler Segar as a one-time character named "Bluto the Terrible" in his Olive Oyl is a Cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1919 for his Comic strip Thimble Theater. The bad guy then clobbered Popeye until Popeye ate spinach, giving him superhuman strength. Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea) is a Flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. Thus empowered, the sailor made short work of the villain.

The animated Popeye shorts were the first stories to suggest that Popeye's enormous strength came from a love of spinach; in the Thimble Theatre strips, Popeye did say he owed his strength to spinach, but was rarely seen actually using it until the cartoons. The 1954 Popeye cartoon Greek Mirthology depicts the fictional origin of spinach consumption in Popeye's family. Popeye's Greek ancestor, Hercules, originally sniffed garlic to gain his supernatural powers. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca Hercules is the Roman name for the Mythical Greek hero Heracles, son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmena. Allium sativum L, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the Onion family Alliaceae. When the evil Brutus removes the scent of the garlic using chlorophyll (an obvious incongruity), Hercules ends up getting punched into a spinach field, and, upon eating the leafy green substance, finds it empowers him many times more than garlic. Chlorophyll is a green Pigment found in most Plants Algae and Cyanobacteria. (This story should be dismissed as just one of many fictional stories Popeye told his nephews so they would eat their spinach, a common theme in the Famous Studios cartoons. ) The 1980 Popeye film depicted Popeye as initially disliking the vegetable until Bluto force-fed him some, resulting in great strength.

Many of the Thimble Theatre characters, including Wimpy, Poopdeck Pappy, and Eugene the Jeep, eventually made appearances in the Paramount cartoons, though appearances by Olive Oyl's extended family and Ham Gravy were notably absent. Popeye was also given more family exclusive to the shorts, specifically his look-alike nephews Pipeye, Pupeye, Poopeye, and Peepeye.

Fleischer Studios

Popeye in Fleischer's Little Swee' Pea (1936).

Popeye made his film debut in Popeye the Sailor, a 1933 Betty Boop cartoon (Betty only makes a brief appearance, repeating her hula dance from Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle). Popeye the Sailor is a 1933 Fleischer Studios Animated short, directed by Dave Fleischer. Betty Boop is an animated Cartoon character appearing in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop series of films produced by Hula (ˈhuːlə is a dance form accompanied by chant or song It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle is a 1932 Fleischer Studios Betty Boop Animated short, directed by Dave Fleischer. It was for this short that Sammy Lerner's famous "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" song was written. I Yam What I Yam became the first entry in the regular Popeye the Sailor series. I Yam What I Yam is a Popeye theatrical cartoon short starring William "Billy" Costello as Popeye and Charles Lawrence as Wimpy.

Songwriter Sammy Lerner's theme song, "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man", composed for the first Popeye cartoon, became forever associated with the sailor. Samuel "Sammy" Lerner ( January 28, 1903 - December 13, 1989) was a Romanian born Songwriter for American The phrase theme music usually refers to that of a radio program, Television program, or Movie. As one cartoon historian has observed, the song itself was inspired by the first two lines of the "Pirate King" song in Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta, The Pirates of Penzance: "For I am a Pirate King! (Hoorah for the Pirate King!)" The tune behind those two lines is identical to the "Popeye" song except for the high note on the first "King. Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of Librettist W The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty is a Comic opera in two acts with music by Arthur Sullivan and Libretto by W "

For the first few cartoons, the opening-credits music consisted of an instrumental of "The Sailor's Hornpipe," followed by a vocal variation on "Strike Up the Band (Here Comes a Sailor)," substituting the words "for Popeye the Sailor" in the latter phrase. The Sailor's Hornpipe (also known as The College Hornpipe and Jack's the Lad) is a traditional Hornpipe melody As Betty Boop would gradually decline in quality as a result of the Hays Code being enforced in 1934, Popeye would become the studio's star character by 1936. For the television broadcasting term please see Production code number.

The character of Popeye was originally voiced by William "Billy" Costello, also known as "Red Pepper Sam. William "Billy" Costello (1898-1971 aka "Red Pepper Sam" was an American live and voice actor and the original " When Costello's behavior became a problem, he was replaced by former In-betweener animator Jack Mercer, beginning with King of the Mardi Gras in 1935. An animator is an Artist who creates multiple images called frames and Key frames that form an illusion of movement called Animation when rapidly displayed Jack Mercer ( January 13, 1909 &ndash December 4, 1984) was an American Animator, Storyman and Voice actor Both actors performed Popeye's gravelly voice in a similar style. Olive Oyl was voiced by a number of actresses, the most notable of which was Mae Questel, who also voiced Betty Boop. Mae Questel (Mae Questal is the spelling on the record label for Good Ship Lollipop 1932( September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998) was an Questel eventually took over the part completely until 1938. Gus Wickie voiced Bluto during the series' first five years of production until his death in 1938, his last work as the "Chief" in Big Chief Ugh-A-Mug-Ugh. Gus Wickie (1887 – 1938 was a baritone singer and voice actor

Popeye and Olive Oyl in A Date to Skate (1938).

Thanks to the film series, Popeye became even more of a sensation than he had in comic strips. During the mid-1930s, polls taken by theater owners proved Popeye more popular than Mickey Mouse. ^{[3] [4]} In 1935, as Popeye was able to surpass Mickey Mouse in popularity, Paramount added to Popeye's popularity by sponsoring the "Popeye Club" as part of their Saturday matinée program, in competition of Mickey Mouse Clubs too. Popeye cartoons, including a sing-a-long special entitled Let's Sing With Popeye, were a regular part of the weekly meetings. Let's Sing With Popeye is a 1934 Screen Songs Animated short, produced by Fleischer Studios and directed by Dave Fleischer For a 10-cent membership fee, club members were given a Popeye kazoo, a membership card, the chance to become elected as the Club's "Popeye" or "Olive Oyl," and opportunities to win other valuable gifts. The kazoo is a simple Musical instrument ( Membranophone) that adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to a player's voice when one vocalizes into it

The Popeye series, like other cartoons produced by the Fleischers, was noted for its urban feel (the Fleischers operated out of New York City), its manageable variations on a simple theme (Popeye loses Olive to bully Bluto and must eat his spinach and defeat him), and the characters' "under-the-breath" mutterings. The City of New York The voices for Fleischer cartoons produced during the early and mid-1930s were recorded after the animation was completed. The actors, Mercer in particular, would therefore improvise lines that were not on the storyboards or prepared for the lip-sync. Even after the Fleischers began pre-recording dialog for lip-sync in the late-1930s, Mercer and the other voice actors would record ad-libbed lines while watching a finished copy of the cartoon. ^[5] Fleischer Studios produced 108 Popeye cartoons, 105 of them in black and white. The remaining three were two-reel (double-length) Technicolor adaptations of stories from the Arabian Nights billed as "Popeye Color Features": Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936), Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937), and Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939). Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor is a two-reel Animated cartoon Short subject in the Popeye Color Feature series produced Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves is a two-reel Animated cartoon Short subject in the Popeye Color Feature series Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp is a two-reel Animated cartoon Short subject in the Popeye Color Specials series produced in

The Fleischers moved their studio to Miami, Florida in September 1938 in order to weaken union control and take advantage of tax breaks. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming The Popeye series continued production, although a marked change was seen in the Florida-produced shorts: they were brighter and less detailed in their artwork, with attempts to bring the character animation closer to a Disney style. Walt Disney Animation Studios (as Walt Disney Feature Animation is a key element of The Walt Disney Company, and the oldest existing Animation studio in the world Mae Questel, having just started a family, refused to move to Florida, and Margie Hines, the wife of Jack Mercer, voiced Olive Oyl through the end of 1943. Several voice actors, among them Pinto Colvig (better known as the voice of Disney's Goofy), succeeded Gus Wickie as the voice of Bluto between 1938 and 1943. Vance DeBar "Pinto" Colvig ( September 11 1892 &ndash October 3 1967) was a Vaudeville Actor, Radio Goofy is an Animated cartoon character from Walt Disney 's Mickey Mouse universe.

In 1941, with World War II becoming more of a source of concern in America, Popeye was enlisted into the U.S. Navy, as depicted in the 1941 short The Mighty Navy. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including His costume was changed from the black shirt and white neckerchief to an official white Navy suit, which Popeye continued to wear in animated cartoons until the 1960s. Popeye periodically appeared in his original costume when at home on shore leave, as in the 1942 entry Pip-Eye, Pup-Eye, Poop-Eye, An' Peep-Eye, which introduced his four identical nephews, and in the 1952 Famous cartoon Big Bad Sindbad, which featured clips from Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor and also featured Popeye's nephews albeit reduced to three.

Famous Studios

In May 1941, Paramount Pictures assumed ownership of Fleischer Studios, which had borrowed heavily from Paramount in order to move to Florida and expand into features (Gulliver's Travels and Mister Bug Goes to Town). Gulliver's Travels is a 1939 Academy Award nominated cel-animated Technicolor Feature film, directed by Dave Fleischer Mr Bug Goes to Town, also known as Hoppity Goes to Town and Bugville, is an Animated feature produced by Fleischer ^[6] By the end of the year, Dave Fleischer, who was no longer on speaking terms with his brother, had moved to California to head Columbia's Screen Gems animation studio. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Screen Gems is an American subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment 's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different Paramount fired the Fleischers and began re-organizing the studio, which they renamed Famous Studios. Famous Studios, renamed Paramount Cartoon Studios in 1956 was the Animation division of the Hollywood film studio Paramount Pictures from 1942

Appointing Sam Buchwald, Seymour Kneitel, Isadore Sparber, and Dan Gordon as Famous' heads, production continued on the Popeye shorts. Seymour Kneitel ( March 16 1908 – July 30, 1964) was an American Animator. Isadore Sparber was an American Storyboard artist, writer director and producer of animated films Dan Gordon was an American Storyboard artist and Film director, best known for his work at both Famous Studios and Hanna-Barbera Productions The early Famous-era shorts were often World War II-themed, featuring Popeye fighting Nazis and Japanese soldiers. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The Empire of Japan ( {{unicode|Kyūjitai}}: ja 大日本帝國 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国 pronounced Dai Nippon Teikoku A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces.

In late 1943, the Popeye series was moved to all-Technicolor production, beginning with Her Honor the Mare. Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation Paramount had begun moving the studio back to New York earlier that year, and Mae Questel re-assumed voice duties for Olive Oyl. Jack Mercer was drafted into the Navy during World War II, and scripts were stockpiled for Mercer to record whenever he was on leave. When Mercer was unavailable, Questel stood in as the voice of Popeye in addition to her role as Olive Oyl. New voice cast member Jackson Beck began voicing Bluto when the series went to color: he, Mercer, and Questel would continue to voice their respective characters into the 1960s. Jackson Beck ( July 23, 1912 in Manhattan, New York - July 28, 2004 in Manhattan was an American Actor Over time, the Technicolor Famous shorts began to adhere even closer to the standard Popeye formula, and softened, rounder character designs—including an Olive Oyl design which gave the character high heels and an updated hairstyle—were evident by 1948.

Theatrical Popeye cartoons on television

Famous/Paramount continued producing the Popeye series until 1957, with Spooky Swabs being the last of the 125 Famous shorts in the series. Paramount then sold the Popeye film catalog to Associated Artists Productions (AAP). Associated Artists Productions ( aap AAP was bought out by United Artists in 1958 and later merged with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which was itself purchased by Turner Entertainment in 1986. This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Turner Entertainment Company Inc is an American media company founded by Ted Turner. Turner sold off the production end of MGM/UA in 1988, but retained the film catalog, giving it the rights to the theatrical Popeye library.

The black-and-white Popeye shorts were shipped to South Korea in 1985, where artists retraced them into color. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The process made the shorts more marketable in the modern television era, but prevented the viewers from seeing the original Fleischer pen-and-ink work, as well as the three-dimensional backgrounds created by Fleischer's "Stereoptical" process. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Every other frame was traced, changing the animation from being "on ones" (24 fps) to being "on twos" (12 fps), and softening the pace of the films. These colorized shorts began airing on Superstation WTBS in 1986 during their Tom & Jerry and Friends 90-minute weekday morning and hour long weekday afternoon shows. WPCH-TV, channel 17 is an independent Television station in Atlanta Georgia, owned by the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time The retraced shorts were syndicated in 1987 on a barter basis, and remained available until the early 1990s. Turner merged with Time Warner in 1996, and Warner Bros. (through its Turner subsidiary) therefore currently controls the rights to the Popeye shorts. Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and

Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Bluto in a scene from Famous Studios' Floor Flusher (1953).

For many decades, viewers could only see a majority of the classic Popeye cartoons with altered opening and closing credits. AAP had, for the most part, replaced the original Paramount logos with their own. In 2001, the Cartoon Network, under the supervision of animation historian Jerry Beck, created a new incarnation of The Popeye Show. Jerry Beck (born February 9, 1955) is a well known animation historian with ten books and numerous articles to his The show aired the Fleischer and Famous Studios Popeye shorts in versions approximating their original theatrical releases by editing copies of the original opening and closing credits (taken or recreated from various sources) onto the beginnings and ends of each cartoon, or in some cases, in their complete, uncut original theatrical versions direct from such prints that originally contained the front-and-end Paramount credits.

The series, which aired 135 Popeye shorts over forty-five episodes, also featured segments offering trivia about the characters, voice actors, and animators. The program aired without interruption until March 2004. The Popeye Show continued to air on Cartoon Network's spin-off network Boomerang . Boomerang is a 24-hour American Cable television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System (a division of Time Warner) The restored Popeye Show versions of the shorts are sometimes seen at revival film houses for occasional festival screenings. The Popeye Show is currently airing on cartoon network in india. Popeye is currently airing on boomerang. As a time slot for itself, used for fillers, and on late night black and white.

Home video

MGM/UA Home Video had planned a VHS and Beta release of the Fleischer and Famous Studios cartoons in 1983. MGM Home Entertainment is the Home video and DVD distribution arm of MGM. ---- Betamax is a home Videocassette tape recording format developed by Sony, and released on May 10, 1975. However, UA was informed by King Features Syndicate that only King Features had the legal right to release Popeye cartoons on video. United Artists did not challenge King Features' claim, and the release was canceled. While King Features owns the rights to the Popeye characters, and licensed the characters to appear in the Fleischer/Famous cartoons, King Features does not have any ownership in the films themselves.

A clause in the original contract between Paramount Pictures and King Features stated that after ten years, the prints and negatives of the Popeye cartoons were to be destroyed, ^[7] a clause the syndicate had for all of its licensed properties. The clause was never enforced for Popeye.

While most of the Paramount Popeye catalog remained unavailable on video, a handful of Popeye cartoons from the 1930s through the 1950s had fallen into public domain and were made available on numerous low budget VHS tapes and later DVDs. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone Among these cartoons are a handful of the Fleischer black and whites, several 1950s Famous shorts, and all three Popeye Color Specials. When Turner Entertainment acquired the cartoons in 1986, a long and laborious legal struggle with King Features kept the majority of the original Popeye shorts from official video releases for more than twenty years. King Features instead opted to release a DVD boxed set of the 1960s made-for-television Popeye cartoons, which it retained the rights to, in 2004.

In 2006, Warner Bros. reached an agreement with King Features Syndicate and its parent company Hearst Corporation. Hearst Communications Inc is a privately-held American -based Media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in New York City, USA Warner Home Video announced it would release all of the Popeye cartoons produced for theatrical release between 1933 and 1957 on DVD, restored and uncut. Warner Home Video is the Home video unit of Warner Bros Entertainment Inc The studio also plans to release DVD sets of the Popeye cartoons made for television in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, the rights to which are controlled by Hearst Entertainment ^[8]. This is similar in most respects to the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets also released by Warner, except the Popeye shorts will be released in chronological order. The Looney Tunes Golden Collection is a yearly series of six four-disc DVD box sets from Warner Bros

The first of Warner's Popeye DVD sets, covering the cartoons released from 1933 until early 1938, was released on July 31, 2007. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938, Volume 1, a four-disc collector’s edition DVD, contains the first 60 Fleischer Popeye cartoons, including the color specials Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor and Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves. Popeye the Sailor 1933-1938 Volume 1 is the first authorized collection of theatrical Popeye cartoons on home video Restoration timelines caused Warners to re-imagine the Popeye DVD sets as a series of two-disc sets.

A second volume of Popeye cartoons from Warner Home Video, Popeye the Sailor: 1938-1940, Volume 2 is scheduled for release on June 17, 2008. Popeye the Sailor 1938-1940 Volume 2 is the second of a series of theatrical Popeye cartoons produced by Fleischer Studios to be released on a DVD set by Warner ^[9] It will include the final color Popeye special Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp. ^[10] Warner will also release Popeye & Friends, Volume One, a single DVD featuring eight color Popeye cartoons from Hanna-Barbera's 1978 TV series The All-New Popeye Hour, on the same day. The All-New Popeye Hour is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and King Features Syndicate. ^[11]

Popeye the Sailor: 1941-1943, Volume 3 is scheduled for release September 30, 2008. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[12] It will include four previously banned wartime Popeye cartoons: You're A Sap, Mister Jap (1942), Scrap The Japs (1942), Spinach fer Britain (1943) and Seein' Red, White, and Blue (1943). A second single-disc volume of H-B produced Popeye TV cartoons is also scheduled for release that day titled Popeye & Friends, Volume Two. ^[13]

Original television cartoons

In 1960, King Features Syndicate commissioned a new series of Popeye cartoons, but this time for television syndication. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Al Brodax served as executive producer of the cartoons for King Features. Al Brodax (born ca 1926 is an American film and Television producer. Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, and Jackson Beck returned for this series, which was produced by a number of companies, including Jack Kinney Productions, Rembrandt Films, Larry Harmon Productions and Paramount Cartoon Studios (formerly Famous Studios). Jack Kinney ( March 29, 1909 - February 9, 1992) was an American Animator, director and producer of Animated shorts William Lawrence Snyder (February 14 1918–June 3 1998 was an American Film producer. Lawrence Weiss ( January 2 1925 &ndash July 3 2008) better known by the Stage names Larry Harmon and Bozo Famous Studios, renamed Paramount Cartoon Studios in 1956 was the Animation division of the Hollywood film studio Paramount Pictures from 1942 The artwork was streamlined and simplified for the television budgets, and 220 cartoons were produced in only two years, with the first set of them premiering in the autumn of 1960, and the last of them debuting during the 1961-1962 television season. Since King Features had exclusive rights to these Popeye cartoons, about half of them were released on DVD as a 75th anniversary Popeye boxed set in 2004.

For these cartoons, Bluto's name was changed to "Brutus," as King Features believed at the time that Paramount owned the rights to the name "Bluto. " Many of the cartoons made by Paramount used plots and storylines taken directly from the comic strip sequences-as well as characters like King Blozo and the Sea Hag. ^[14] The 1960s cartoons have been issued on both VHS and DVD.

On September 9, 1978, The All-New Popeye Hour debuted on the CBS Saturday morning lineup. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The All-New Popeye Hour is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and King Features Syndicate. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. It was an hour-long animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, which tried its best to retain the style of the original comic strip (Popeye returned to his original costume and Brutus to his original name of Bluto), while complying with the prevailing content restrictions on violence. In addition to providing many of the cartoon scripts, Jack Mercer continued to voice Popeye, while Marilyn Schreffler and Allan Melvin became the new voices of Olive Oyl and Bluto, respectively. Jack Mercer ( January 13, 1909 &ndash December 4, 1984) was an American Animator, Storyman and Voice actor Marilyn Schreffler ( June 14, 1945 - January 7, 1988) was an American actress who provided voice-overs for several Animated Allan Melvin ( February 18, 1923 - January 17, 2008) was an American Character actor who appeared in several television (Mae Questel actually auditioned for Hanna-Barbera to recreate Olive Oyl, but was rejected in favor of Schreffler. ) The All-New Popeye Hour ran on CBS until September 1981, when it was cut to a half-hour and retitled The Popeye and Olive Show. It was removed from the CBS lineup in September 1983, the year before Jack Mercer's death. These cartoons have also been released on VHS and DVD. During the time these cartoons were in production, CBS aired The Popeye Valentine's Day Special - Sweethearts at Sea on February 14 (St. Valentine's Day, of course), 1979. Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a Holiday celebrated on February 14 In the UK, the BBC aired a half-hour version of The All-New Popeye Show, from the early-1980s to 2004. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

Popeye briefly returned to CBS in 1987 for Popeye and Son, another Hanna-Barbera series, which featured Popeye and Olive as a married couple with a son named Popeye Jr. Popeye and Son is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and King Features Syndicate, and aired for one season ( 1987 - 1988 , who hates but respects spinach. Maurice LaMarche performed Popeye's voice; Jack Mercer had died in 1984. Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958) is a Canadian Voice actor and former stand up Comedian. The show lasted for one season.

Popeye as he appeared in Drawn Together

In 2004, Lions Gate Entertainment produced a computer-animated television special, Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy, which was made to coincide with the 75th anniversary of Popeye. Drawn Together is an American Animated television series, which ran on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004 to November Lionsgate redirects here For other meanings see Lions' Gate (disambiguation‎. Computer-generated imagery Computer animation is the art of creating moving images with the use of Computers It is a subfield of Computer graphics Popeye's Voyage The Quest for Pappy is a 2004 Computer-animated special produced by Mainframe Entertainment for Lions Gate Films. Billy West performed the voice of Popeye; after the first day of recording, his throat was so sore he had to return to his hotel room and drink honey. William Richard "Billy" West (born on April 16, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American voice actor, known Honey is a sweet and Viscous fluid produced by Honey bees (and some other species and derived from the nectar of Flowers According to the The uncut version was released on DVD on November 9, 2004; and was aired in a re-edited version on FOX on December 17, 2004 and again on December 30, 2005. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Its style was influenced by the 1930s Fleischer cartoons, and featured Swee' Pea, Wimpy, Bluto (who is Popeye's friend in this version), Olive Oyl, Poopdeck Pappy, and The Sea Hag as its characters. On November 6, 2007, Lionsgate Entertainment will re-release Popeye’s Voyage on DVD with redesigned cover art.

Popeye has made brief parody appearances in modern animated productions, including:

• Popeye appeared in The Simpsons episode Jaws Wired Shut. " Jaws Wired Shut " is the ninth episode of the thirteenth season of The Simpsons.
• Popeye appeared in the Drawn Together episode "The Lemon-AIDS Walk" voiced by Billy West. Drawn Together is an American Animated television series, which ran on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004 to November William Richard "Billy" West (born on April 16, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American voice actor, known
• In the Family Guy episode You May Now Kiss the...Uh...Guy Who Receives, it is revealed that Popeye suffered a stroke. Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain
• Popeye appeared in the Robot Chicken episodes "The Sack," "Squaw Bury Shortcake," and "Yancy the Yo-Yo Boy" voiced by Dave Coulier (which he was known to perform often during his co-starring role on the ABC sitcom Full House). Robot Chicken is an Emmy -Award Winning American Stop motion animated television series created by Seth Green and Matthew David Lee Coulier (born September 21, 1959) is an American Stand-up comedian, impressionist, and television / Voice The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Full House is an American Television sitcom that originally ran from September 22 1987 to May 23 1995 on ABC.
• Popeye appeared in the South Park Imaginationland three-parter. South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central " Imaginationland " or " Kyle Sucks Cartman's Balls The Trilogy " (as it appears in the episode is episode 1110 (#163 of Comedy Central 's animated

Other media

The success of Popeye as a comic-strip and animated character has led to appearances in many other forms.

Comic books

There have been a number of Popeye comic books, from Dell, King Comics, Gold Key Comics, Charlton Comics and others. Dell Publishing was an American publisher of Books, Magazines, and Comic books. King Comics was a short-lived Comic book imprint of King Features Syndicate, and an attempt by King to publish comics of its own characters rather than through Gold Key Comics was an Imprint of Western Publishing created for Comic books distributed to Newsstands History Gold Key Charlton Comics was an American Comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1986 having begun under a different name in 1944 In the Dell comics, Popeye became something like a freelance police assistant, fighting the Mafia and Bluto's criminal activities. The new villains included the Ming dwarves, who were identical. A variety of artists have created Popeye comic book stories since then; for example, George Wildman drew Popeye stories for Charlton Comics from 1969 until the late 1970s. George Wildman is an artist who has worked in the comics industry Charlton Comics was an American Comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1986 having begun under a different name in 1944

In 1999, to celebrate Popeye's 70th anniversary, a one-shot comic book written by Peter David was released by Ocean Comics. For the Grenadian politician see Peter David (politician. Peter Allen David (often abbreviated PAD) (born September 23 Entitled The Wedding of Popeye and Olive Oyl, the comic book brought together a large portion of the casts of both the comic strip and the animated shorts, and Popeye and Olive Oyl were finally wed after decades of courtship. This marriage has not been reflected in all media since the comic was published, however.

Radio

Popeye and most of the major supporting cast members were also featured in a thrice-weekly 15-minute radio program named Popeye the Sailor. The Popeye radio program was broadcast over three different networks by two sponsors from 1935 to 1938. The show was broadcast Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights at 7:15pm. September 10, 1935 through March 28, 1936 on the NBC Red Network (87 episodes), initially sponsored by Wheatena, a whole-wheat breakfast cereal, which would routinely replace the spinach references. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Wheatena is an American high- Fiber, toasted- Wheat Cereal that originated on Mulberry Street in New York City, New A breakfast cereal (often simply called cereal is a packaged food product made from Cereal intended to be consumed as part of a Breakfast. Announcer Kelvin Beech would sing, to composer Sammy Lerner's "Popeye" theme, "Wheatena is his diet / He asks you to try it / With Popeye the sailor man. Samuel "Sammy" Lerner ( January 28, 1903 - December 13, 1989) was a Romanian born Songwriter for American " Wheatena reportedly paid King Features Syndicate $1,200 per week. King Features Syndicate, a Print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation, distributes about 150 Comic strips newspaper columns,

The show was then broadcast Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:15 – 7:30 p. m. on WABC, and ran from August 31, 1936 to February 26, 1937 (78 episodes). WCBS (880 kHz often referred to as "WCBS Newsradio 880", is a Radio station in New York City. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Once again, reference to spinach was conspicuously absent. Now Popeye would sing, "Wheatena's me diet / I ax ya to try it / I'm Popeye the Sailor Man". ^[15][16]

The third series was sponsored by the maker of "Popsicle" three nights a week for 15 minutes at 6:15pm on CBS from May 2, 1938 through July 29, 1938. Popsicle is the most popular brand of Ice pop in the US and Canada. Out of the three series, only 20 of the 204 episodes are still known to exist.

Film

Main article: Popeye (film)

Director Robert Altman used the character in Popeye, a 1980 live-action musical feature film starring Robin Williams as Popeye (his first movie role), Paul Smith as Bluto, and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl, with songs penned by Harry Nilsson. Popeye is a 1980 Live-action Film directed by Robert Altman and adapted from E Robert Bernard Altman (February 20 1925 – November 20 2006 was an American Film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with Popeye is a 1980 Live-action Film directed by Robert Altman and adapted from E Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance Paul L Smith (born February 5, 1939) is an American character actor Shelley Alexis Duvall (born July 7, 1949) is an award-winning American Film and Television actress. Harry Edward Nilsson III ( June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994) was an American Songwriter, singer Pianist, and The script was by Jules Feiffer, a big fan of the original strips. Jules Ralph Feiffer (born) is an American syndicated comic-strip Cartoonist and Author. Many of the characters created by Segar appeared in the film, a co-production of Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. The movie was filmed almost entirely on Malta, in the village of Mellieħa on the northwest coast of the island. Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands The set is now a tourist attraction called Popeye Village. Popeye Village, also known as Sweethaven Village, is a group of rustic and ramshackle wooden buildings located at Anchor Bay in the north-west corner of the Mediterranean

Video and pinball games

The Nintendo arcade game Donkey Kong was originally to feature Popeye as the hero, Bluto as the villain, and Olive Oyl as the damsel in distress. is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on is an Arcade game developed by Nintendo, and released in. It is an early example of the platform genre as the Gameplay focuses on maneuvering the main But due to licensing disagreements with King Features, this idea was scrapped. When Donkey Kong went on to have great success, King Features agreed to license the characters to Nintendo.

Nintendo created a widescreen Game & Watch called Popeye in 1981. The (G&W series were Handheld electronic games made by Nintendo and created by its game designer Gunpei Yokoi from to. The game featured Popeye on a boat, and the aim was to catch bottles, pineapples, and spinach cans thrown by Olive Oyl while trying to avoid Bluto's boat. If Bluto hit Popeye on the head with his mallet or Popeye failed to catch an object three times, the game would end.

This game was followed by a Popeye video game based on the characters in 1982. is a 1982 Arcade game developed by Ikegami Tsushinki and released by Nintendo based on the Popeye comic/cartoon characters licensed The game was originally released as an arcade game and was fairly popular. It was later ported to the Commodore 64 home computer as well as various home game consoles (Intellivision, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, NES, and Odyssey²). The Intellivision is a Video game console released by Mattel in 1979. The Atari 2600 is a Video game console released in October 1977 The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries ' second generation home Video game console and was released in August. The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit Video game console that was released by The Magnavox Odyssey², known in Europe as the Philips Videopac G7000, in Brazil as the Philips Odyssey, in the United States The goal was to avoid Bluto and the Sea Hag while collecting hearts, musical notes, or the letters in the word "help" (depending on the level). Punching a can of spinach gave Popeye a brief chance to strike back at Bluto. Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea) is a Flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. Other characters such as Wimpy and Swee' Pea appeared in the game but did not affect gameplay. The game is playable on the MAME game emulator computer program for PC. MAME is an Emulator application designed to recreate the Hardware of Arcade game systems in Software, with the intent of preserving gaming A board game based on the video game was released by Parker Brothers. A board game is a Game in which counters or pieces that are placed on removed from or moved across a "board" (a premarked surface usually specific to that game Parker Brothers is a Toy and Game Manufacturer and Brand. Over nearly 115 years the company published more than 1800 games among their A table top game Game & Watch style game was also released by Nintendo in 1983, which featured Popeye trying to rescue Olive while engaging in fisticuffs with Bluto.

In 1994, Technos Japan released Popeye: Volume of the Malicious Witch Seahag (Popeye: Ijiwaru Majo Shihaggu no Maki) for the Japanese Super Famicom. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit Video game console that was A side scrolling adventure game that was mixed with a board game, the game never saw US release, but a ROM of the game can be found at various emulation sites. A ROM image, or simply ROM, is a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a Read-only memory chip often from a video game cartridge, a An emulator duplicates (provides an emulation of the functions of one System using a different system so that the second system behaves like (and appears to It featured many characters from the Thimble Theatre series as well. In the game, Popeye had to recover magical hearts scattered across the level to restore his frozen friends as part of a spell cast upon them by the Sea Hag in order to get revenge on Popeye.

Midway (under the Bally label) released Popeye Saves the Earth, a SuperPin pinball game, in 1994. Midway Games ( (formerly Midway Manufacturing) is an American Video game publisher. This article is about the Bally company a manufacturer of slot machines and pinball machines Popeye Saves The Earth is a 1994 widebody pinball game desighed by Python Anghelo and Barry Oursler and released by Midway (under the Bally SuperPin is the name given to any of the widebody Pinball games released by Williams and Midway (under the Bally name between 1993 Pinball is a type of coin-operated Arcade game where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more Metal balls on a playfield inside a Glass

In 2005, a Game Boy Advance video game by Namco called Popeye: Rush for Spinach was released. The Game Boy Advance (often shortened to GBA) is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed manufactured and marketed by Nintendo.

In June 2007, the video game The Darkness featured televisions that played full-length films and television shows (since their copyright has expired). The Darkness is a First-person shooter Video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Several full episodes of Popeye are featured in the game.

In Fall 2007, Namco Networks released the original Nintendo Popeye arcade game for mobile phones with new features including enhanced graphics and new levels. is an amusement company based in Japan, best known overseas for Video games development ^[17]

Marketing, tie-ins, and endorsements

Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits, a fast food restaurant chain, is not named after Popeye the sailor but allegedly after the character "Popeye" Doyle from the 1971 film The French Connection, who was in turn named after real police detective Eddie Egan, who was called "Pop Eye" because of his keen observational skills, neatly sidestepping copyright laws. Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits (often referred to as Popeyes) is a chain of Fried chicken Fast food restaurants owned since 1993 by the Atlanta A fast food restaurant, sometimes known as a quick service restaurant or QSR, is a specific type of Restaurant characterized both by its Fast food For other uses see The French Connection. The French Connection is a 1971 Hollywood Crime film directed The restaurant chain would later obtain a license for use of the cartoon character and advertise the name as Popeye's after Popeye the sailor, causing some confusion as to the source of the name.

Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits locations in Puerto Rico make extensive use of Popeye the Sailor and associated characters. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} ^[18]

Allen's produces its own line of spinach called, 'Popeye Spinach' and comes in various canned varieties. The cartoon Popeye serves as the mascot on the can. ^[19]

In 1990, Popeye appeared in an advertisement warning of the harmful effects of coastal pollution. Bluto is laughing as he carelessly dumps garbage over the side of his boat, to which Olive reacts in horror as seagulls and other sea creatures are caught in six-pack ring holders. Popeye punches out Bluto and cleans up his garbage; however, when some more plastic garbage sails by Popeye's boat, he says unsurprisingly, "I can't do it all meself, you know!"

In 1991, a special series of short Popeye comic books were included in specially marked boxes of Instant Quaker Oatmeal. Quaker Instant Oatmeal ( Instant Quaker Oatmeal until 1995 is a type of Oatmeal made by the Quaker Oats Company. The plots were similar to those of the films: Popeye loses either Olive Oyl or Swee' Pea to a musclebound antagonist, eats something invigorating, and proceeds to save the day. In this case, however, the invigorating elixir was not his usual spinach, but rather one of four flavors of Quaker Oatmeal. (A different flavor was showcased with each mini comic. ) The catch phrase, "Can the spinach! I wants me instant Quaker Oatmeal!" apparently failed to catch on with the general public, and the promotional campaign remains little-known. A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance

In 1995, the Popeye comic strip was one of 20 included in the Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative U. Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative Postage stamps was issued by the US Postal Service in 1995 to honor the centennial of the newspaper Comic S. postage stamps. A postage stamp is an adhesive paper evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services

From early on, Popeye was heavily merchandised. Everything from soap to razor blades to spinach was available with Popeye's likeness on it. Most of these items are rare and sought-after by collectors, but some merchandise is still being produced; for example Mezco Toys makes classic-style Popeye figures in two sizes, and KellyToys produces plush stuffed Popeye characters.

In 2001, Popeye (along with Bluto, Olive, and twin Wimpys) appeared in a television commercial for Minute Maid Orange Juice. Minute Maid is a product line of beverages, usually associated with Lemonade or Orange juice, but now extends to Soft drinks of many kinds including Orange juice is a Fruit juice obtained by squeezing pressing or otherwise crushing the interior of an orange. The commercial, produced by Leo Burrnett Co, showed Popeye and Bluto as friends (and neglecting Olive Oyl) due to their having had Minute Maid Orange Juice that morning. The ad agencies intention was to show that even the famous enemies would be in a good mood after their juice, but some, including Robert Knight of the Culture and Family Institute, felt the commercial's intent was to portray the pair in a homosexual romantic relationship -- an allegation that Minute Maid denies. Knight was interviewed by Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central's The Daily Show over this issue. Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( born May 13 1964 is an American Comedian, satirist, Actor and Writer, known for his ironic style Comedy Central is an American Cable television and Satellite television channel that carries predominantly Comedy programming The Daily Show (known in its current incarnation as The Daily Show

In 2006, King Features produced a radio spot and an industrial for the United States Power Squadron featuring Robyn Gryphe as Olive and Allen Enlow as Popeye.

World Candies Inc. also produced Popeye-branded "candy cigarettes," which were small sugar sticks with red dye at the end to simulate a flame. They were sold in a small box, similar to a cigarette pack. The company still produces the item, but has since changed the name to "Popeye Candy Sticks" and has ceased putting the red dye at the end.

The original newspaper strips were collected and published in multiple volumes by Fantagraphics. Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of Alternative comics, classic Comic strip anthologies Magazines Graphic novels Wimpy's name was borrowed for the Wimpy restaurant chain, one of the first international fast food restaurants featuring hamburgers, which they call "Wimpy Burgers. A fast food restaurant, sometimes known as a quick service restaurant or QSR, is a specific type of Restaurant characterized both by its Fast food " [3]

In October 2007, to coincide with the launch of the Popeye mobile game, Namco Networks and Sprint launched a Popeye the Sailorman sweepstakes offering the authorized edition four-disc Popeye the Sailorman: 1933-1938 Vol. 1 DVD set as grand prize. ^[20]

Literature

In the short story "The Previous Adventures of Popeye the Sailor," writer Jim Ruland imagines Popeye's life before he met Olive Oyl. The story was first published in the The Black Warrior Review in 2004.

Cultural origins and impact

Statue of Popeye at Universal Studios.

One historian believes Popeye was inspired from Frank "Rocky" Fiegel [4], a man who was handy with his fists during Segar's youth in Chester, Illinois. Fiegel was born on January 27, 1868. He lived as a bachelor his entire life and never got married. It was said that later Segar sent checks to Fiegel in the 1930s. Fiegel died on March 24, 1947 at the age of 79.

Culturally,^[21], many consider Popeye a precursor to the superheroes who would eventually come to dominate the world of comic books. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative ^[22] Some observers of popular culture point out that the fundamental character of Popeye, paralleling that of another 1930s icon, Superman, is very close to the traditional view of how the U.S. sees itself as a nation: possessing uncompromising moral standards and resorting to force when threatened, or when he "can't stands no more" bad behavior from an antagonist. Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This theory is directly reinforced in certain cartoons, when Popeye defeats his foe while a US patriotic song, usually either "Stars and Stripes Forever," "Yankee Doodle," or "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean," plays on the soundtrack. " Stars and Stripes Forever " is a patriotic American march widely considered to be the Magnum opus of composer John Philip Sousa. " Yankee Doodle " is a well-known US song, often sung Patriotically today "Columbia the Gem of the Ocean" is a United States patriotic song which was popular in the 19th and early 20th century One of Popeye's catchphrases is "I yam what I yam, and that's all that I yam," which may be seen as an expression of individualism.

Such has been Popeye's cultural impact that the medical profession sometimes refers to the biceps bulge symptomatic of a tendon rupture as the "Popeye muscle. In Human anatomy, the biceps brachii is a Muscle located on the upper Arm. A symptom' (from Greek σύμπτωμα, "accident misfortune that which befalls" from συμπίπτω, "I befall" from A tendon (or sinew) is a tough band of Fibrous connective tissue that usually connects Muscle to Bone and is capable of withstanding tension " [5] [6]. Note, however, that under normal (non-spinach-influenced) conditions, Popeye has pronounced muscles of the forearm, not of the biceps. The forearm is the structure on the Upper limb, between the elbow and the Wrist.

At the end of his song "Kansas City Star", Roger Miller's character of a local TV kids show announcer says, "Stay tuned, we'll have a Popeye cartoon in just a minute. Roger Dean Miller ( January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American Singer, Songwriter and "

The 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit featured many classic cartoon characters, and the absence of Popeye (due to rights issues) was noted by some critics. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 Live-action/animated film produced by Amblin Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company (released

Most prominently, Popeye has been associated with the vegetable spinach, and is credited by many with popularizing the vegetable among children.

Spinach

Early references to spinach in the Fleischer cartoons and subsequently in further stories of Popeye are attributed to the publication of a study which, because of a misprint, attributed to spinach ten times its actual iron content. Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea) is a Flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 The error was discovered in the 1930s but not widely publicized until T.J. Hamblin wrote about it in the British Medical Journal in 1981. Terry J Hamblin (born 1943 has been Professor of Immunohaematology at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom since 1987

The popularity of Popeye helped boost sales of the leafy vegetable and the spinach-growing community of Crystal City, Texas erected a statue of the character in recognition of Popeye's positive effects to the spinach industry. Leaf vegetables, also called potherbs, greens, or leafy greens, are plant leaves eaten as a Vegetable, sometimes accompanied Crystal City is a city in Zavala County, Texas, United States. A statue is a Sculpture in the round representing a person or persons an animal or an event normally full-length as opposed to a bust, and at least close to life-size There is another Popeye statue in Segar's hometown, Chester, Illinois, and a third in Alma, Arkansas, which claims to be "The Spinach Capital of the World," and is home to Allen Canning which markets Popeye-branded canned spinach. Chester is a town located on the bluffs of the Mississippi River Valley in Randolph County, Illinois. Alma is a city in Crawford County in the western part of the U There is yet another statue of Popeye at Universal Orlando Resort in the Islands of Adventure theme park, which has Popeye-themed rides. Universal Orlando Resort is a Theme park Resort in Orlando Florida. Universal's Islands of Adventure is a Theme park located in Orlando, Florida.

In addition to Allen Canning's Popeye spinach, Popeye Fresh Foods markets bagged, fresh spinach with Popeye characters on the package.

In 2006, when spinach contaminated with E. coli was accidentally sold to the public, many editorial cartoonists lampooned the affair by featuring Popeye in their cartoons. The 2006 North American E coli outbreak was an outbreak in two principal phases of foodborne ''E ^[23]

Word coinages

The strip is also responsible for popularizing, although not inventing, the word 'goon' (meaning a thug or lackey); goons in Popeye's world were large humanoids with indistinctly drawn faces that were particularly known for being used as muscle and slave labor by Popeye's nemesis the Sea Hag. One particular goon, the aforementioned female named Alice, was an occasional recurring character in the animated shorts, but was usually a fairly nice character.

It is believed by some that the name "Jeep" was also coined in the strip, though some debate a connection between the comic strip character Eugene the Jeep and the automobiles that share its name. Jeep is an Automobile Marque (and registered trademark of Chrysler.

Deficient English in Popeye

In the 1980s, Popeye was banned in Singapore from local TV stations because the cartoon series promoted wrong or distorted usage of English grammar. Singapore

Although educators in Singapore saw nothing wrong with the series, the improper use of English used by Popeye in his dialogue would encourage young children to imitate its language. Among the kind of fractured English that Singaporean educators pointed out from Popeye was the use of "me" instead of "my" to describe his ownership of an object. Popeye also tends to mutter under his breath more or less continuously, for instance while walking along the street, observing the various places of business, merchants, and passersby.

Events and honors

The Popeye Picnic is held every year in Chester, Illinois on the weekend after Labor Day. Chester is a town located on the bluffs of the Mississippi River Valley in Randolph County, Illinois. Labor Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September Popeye fans attend from across the globe, including a visit by a film crew from South Korea in 2004. The one-eyed sailor's hometown pulls out all of the stops to entertain devotees of all ages. [7]

In honor of Popeye’s 75th anniversary, the Empire State Building illuminated its world-famous tower lights green the weekend of January 16–18, 2004 as a tribute to the icon’s enormous love of spinach. This special lighting marked the only time the Empire State Building ever celebrated the anniversary/birthday of a comic strip character. [8]

Reprints

• Popeye the Sailor, Nostalgia Press, 1971, reprints three daily stories from 1936.
• Thimble Theatre, Hyperion Press, 1977, ISBN 0-88355-663-4, reprints daily from September 10, 1928 missing 11 dailies which are included in the Fantagraphics reprints. Hyperion is a general-interest book publishing division of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1991. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• Popeye, the First Fifty Years by Bud Sagendorf, Workman Publishing, 1979 ISBN 0-89480-066-3, the only Popeye reprint in full color. Forrest "Bud" Sagendorf ( March 22, 1915 &ndash September 22, 1994) was an American Cartoonist, best known for Workman Publishing Company is a publisher of primarily non-fiction print and audio books along with calendars with annual sales of over $25 million
• The Complete E. C. Segar Popeye, Fantagraphics, 1980s, reprints all Segar Sundays featuring Popeye in 4 volumes, all Segar dailies featuring Popeye in 7 volumes, missing 4 dailies which are included in the Hyperion reprint, November 20 – November 22, 1928 August 22, 1929. Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of Alternative comics, classic Comic strip anthologies Magazines Graphic novels Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• Popeye. The 60th Anniversary Collection, Hawk Books Limited, 1989, ISBN 0-948248-86-6 featuring reprints a selection of strips and stories from the first newspaper strip in 1929 onwards, along with articles on Popeye in comics, books, collectables, etc.
• E. C. Segar's Popeye, Fantagraphic Books, 2000s, reprints all Segar Sundays and dailies featuring Popeye in 6 volumes. Vol. 1 "I Yam What I Yam," covered 1928-1930. Vol. 2 "Well Blow Me Down!" covers 1930-32.

Thimble Theatre/Popeye characters

Popeye and his identical quadruplet nephews (Pipeye, Pupeye, Poopeye, Peepeye), in a scene from Famous Studios' Me Musical Nephews (1942). A multiple birth occurs when more than one Fetus is carried to term in a single Pregnancy.

Characters originating in the comic strips

• Olive Oyl
• Castor Oyl (Olive Oyl's brother)
• Cole Oyl (Olive Oyl's father)
• Nana Oyl (Olive Oyl's mother)
• Ham Gravy (full name Harold Hamgravy, Olive Oyl's original boyfriend)
• Popeye the Sailor
• The Sea Hag
• The Sea Hag's vultures, specifically Bernard
• J. Wellington Wimpy
• George W. Geezil (the local cobbler who hates Wimpy)
• Rough House (a cook who runs a local restaurant, The Rough House)
• Swee'Pea (Popeye's adopted baby son in the comics, Olive's cousin in the cartoons)
• King Blozo
• Toar
• Bluto/Brutus
• Goons, specifically Alice the Goon
• Poopdeck Pappy (Popeye's 99-year-old long-lost father; also a sailor)
• Eugene the Jeep
• Bill Barnacle (a fellow sailor)
• Oscar
• Dufus (the son of a family friend)
• Granny (Popeye's grandmother and Poopdeck's mother)
• Bernice (The "Whiffle Bird" in 1960s King Features TV shorts)
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Characters originating in the cartoons

• Pipeye, Pupeye, Poopeye, Peepeye (Popeye's identical nephews)
• Shorty (Popeye's shipmate in three World War II era Famous studios shorts)
• Diesel Oyl (Olive's identical niece, a conceited brat who appears in three of the 1960s King Features shorts)
• Popeye, Jr. (son of Popeye and Olive Oyl, exclusive of the series Popeye and Son)

Filmography

Theatrical cartoons

234 Popeye the Sailor cartoons were produced for theatrical release by Paramount Pictures between 1933 and 1957. Popeye and Son is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and King Features Syndicate, and aired for one season ( 1987 - 1988 Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California.

• List of Popeye the Sailor theatrical cartoons (Fleischer Studios)
• List of Popeye the Sailor theatrical cartoons (Famous Studios)

Television cartoons

• Popeye the Sailor (1960 – 1962; produced by Jack Kinney Productions, Rembrandt Films, Larry Harmon Pictures, TV Ads, and Paramount Cartoon Studios for King Features Syndicate)
• The All-New Popeye Hour (1978 – 1981, CBS; produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions)
• The Popeye and Olive Show (1981 – 1983), CBS; produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions)
• Popeye and Son (1987 – 1988, CBS; produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions)

Television specials and feature-length films

• The Popeye Valentine's Day Special - Sweethearts at Sea (1979, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions)
• Popeye (1980 live-action film, produced by Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Robert Altman)
• Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (2004 telefilm, produced by Mainframe Entertainment for Lions Gate Entertainment and King Features)

Footnotes

References

• Grandinetti, Fred M. Popeye: An Illustrated Cultural History. 2nd ed. McFarland, 2004. ISBN 0-7864-1605-X
• King Features Syndicate, www. kingfeatures. com

External links

Informational

• Official Home Port of Popeye the Sailor and his Friends website
• Official King Features Syndicate Popeye page
• Daily Popeye strip at SFGate
• Official Popeye's Voyage - The Quest for Pappy website
• Interview with Fred M. Grandinetti at AnimationInsider. net
• Fleischer Popeye Tribute
• Freely downloadable Popeye cartoons
• History of Paramount's Popeye Club
• Information on Popeye game for cell phones

Fansites

• Absolute Popeye
• Official Popeye Fanclub