[119], The 1988 Walt Disney/Touchstone Pictures film Who Framed Roger Rabbit featured many classic cartoon characters, and the absence of Popeye was noted by some critics. ", "Sing Me A Cartoon #16: More Sailor Man Rhythm", "Popeye Records – with the mysterious Harry F. 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In 2001, Popeye (along with Bluto, Olive, and twin Wimpys) appeared in a television commercial for, World Candies Inc. produced Popeye-branded ". [109] E. C. Segar regularly sent money to Fiegel (as a thank you for the inspiration) according to Elzie's assistant, Bud Sagendorf, and the local Chester businessmen that saw the checks, and Popeye historian Michael Brooks.[31]. Eugene the Jeep was introduced in the comic strip on March 13, 1936. Made a part of many generations since the 1930's, everyone is familiar with this Spinach tooting, anchor marked, sailor. In the 1950s, a spinoff strip, Popeye the Sailorman, was established. In 1993, a foreign advert of Popeye's own. In honor of Popeye the Sailor Man's comic debut on January 17, 1929, we compiled our favorite artist re-imaginations of the iconic cartoon character. [33] The success of the strip meant Segar was earning $100,000 a year at the time of his death. [112], Culturally,[113] many consider Popeye a precursor to the superheroes who eventually dominated US comic books.[114]. Popeye's love interest in the cartoon was a woman named Olive Oyl. The cartoon characters Popeye and Olive were real people. Since 1989, "Popeye's Supplements" has been a chain of Canadian Sports Nutrition Stores. Charles M. Schulz said, "I think Popeye was a perfect comic strip, consistent in drawing and humor". Originally in black and white, the cartoons were soon changed to color. Popeye the Sailor is a fictional American cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. There were only three main characters from the cartoon show, Popeye. 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. It could be classified as a gag-a-day comic in those days. While Fiegel likely inspired Segar’s Popeye character, the viral photograph frequently attached to this claim doesn’t actually show him. ", "In a special bonus series of #PopeyesCartoonClub, Popeye realizes somethin' about his nephews...", "In a special bonus series of #PopeyesCartoonClub, Olive Oyl meets Snake Oyl? Segar, Popeye's creator, celebrated with a Google doodle", "The 7 Most Disastrous Typos Of All Time", "Paradox of Hoaxes: How Errors Persist, Even When Corrected", "Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s Vol. Olive Oyl 48. Eventually, he settled down as a detective and later on bought a ranch out west. Bluto is a cartoon and comics character created in 1932 by Elzie Crisler Segar as a one-time character, named "Bluto the Terrible", in his Thimble Theatre comic strip (later renamed Popeye).Bluto made his first appearance September 12 of that year. Sagendorf's new characters, such as the Thung, also had a very Segar-like quality. Since Popeye made his first appearance in January 1929, and all US copyrights expire on December 31 of the year that the term ends, Popeye will enter the public domain in the US on January 1, 2025, assuming no amendments to US copyright law before that date.[46]. From early on, Popeye was heavily merchandised. December 28, 2008 Popeye Cartoon; retrieved July 14, 2009. in 1956, and the three Popeye Color Specials were sold to a.a.p. In May 1942, Paramount Pictures assumed ownership of Fleischer Studios, fired the Fleischers and began reorganizing the studio, which they renamed Famous Studios. [39] It did not attract a large audience at first, and at the end of its first decade appeared in only half a dozen newspapers. 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; Vickers Wellington bombers were nicknamed "Wimpys" after the character); 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 doglike animal from Africa with magical powers. There were only three main characters from the cartoon show, Popeye. After the end of the Famous Studios era, the nephews would remain absent from Popeye media throughout the 1960s and most of the 1970s. "[88] In March 2015, Tartakovsky announced that despite the well-received test footage, he was no longer working on the project, and would instead direct Can You Imagine?, which is based on his own original idea,[89] but it too was cancelled. "Borned to the sea" near the bay of Santa Monica, Popeyes' childhood was hard. I'm Popeye the Sailor Man. [30][31][32][33] The character first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929, and Popeye became the strip's title in later years. Instead, Popeye sang, "Wheatena's me diet / I ax ya to try it / I'm Popeye the Sailor Man".[80]. Popeye has made brief parody appearances in modern animated productions, including: On December 2, 2018, a Popeye web series named Popeye's Island Adventures produced by WildBrain subsidiary WildBrain Spark Studios was premiered on its official YouTube channel. It did not stop there, as spinach could also give Popeye the skills and powers he needed, as in The Man on the Flying Trapeze, where it gave him acrobatic skills. After Segar died in 1938, Thimble Theatre was continued by several writers and artists, most notably Segar's assistant Bud Sagendorf. 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 (William L. Snyder and Gene Deitch), Larry Harmon Productions, Halas and Batchelor, Paramount Cartoon Studios (formerly Famous Studios), and Southern Star Entertainment (formerly Southern Star Productions). 41 images (& sounds) of the Popeye the Sailor cast of characters. The first and most obvious character was Popeye, "the sailor man." I’m strong to the finich Cause I eats me spinach. Originally, Popeye got "luck" from rubbing the head of the Whiffle Hen; by 1932, he was instead getting "strength" from eating spinach. When Olive says, "Yes!" Franchise: Popeye Popeye the Sailor Man traces his history all the way back to 1929 when he first started appearing in comic strips. Popeye the Sailor has been well-known to comic strip fans since his first appearance in 1929 in the newspaper strip Thimble Theater, created by cartoonist Elzie Segar.The hot-tempered old salt with bulging forearms and a fractured vocabulary was at first a minor character, but he grew to dominate the strip as readers fell for Popeye "the sailor man." Popeye and most of the major supporting characters were first featured in a thrice-weekly 15-minute radio program, Popeye the Sailor, which starred Detmar Poppen as Popeye, along with most of the major supporting characters—Olive Oyl (Olive Lamoy), Wimpy (Charles Lawrence), Bluto and Swee'Pea. King Features instead opted to release a DVD boxed set of the 1960s made-for-television Popeye the Sailor cartoons, to which it retained the rights, in 2004. Fiegel died on March 24, 1947 never having married. Starting in 1940, Popeye became the mascot of, During the 1960s, Popeye appeared in advertising for, In 1983, Popeye, Olive, and Bluto appeared on a Dutch (English dubbed) PSA advert for milk, simply titled "Milk the white engine" featuring Popeye and Bluto heading to Olive's house with Bluto being harmed to Popeye, forces Olive to go for a picnic, Bluto wanting to kiss Olive while Popeye tries to arrive at the scene, and called Popeye a "pickle herring". 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. [127][128][129] (In fact, the error was not a slipped decimal point, but a measurement error. Another is his near-saintly perseverance in overcoming any obstacle to please Olive, who often (if temporarily) renounces Popeye for Bluto. However, since the Popeye cartoons were based on a comic strip, Disney found they had to pay licensing fees to both King Features Syndicate and MGM/UA. In the UK, the BBC aired a half-hour version of The All New Popeye Show, from the early-1980s to 2004. All 3 adverts has Bluto causing trouble to Popeye's vehicle(s), followed by Popeye giving the car the motor oil, and revenging Bluto entirely. Upon swallowing the spinach, Popeye's physical strength immediately becomes superhuman, and he is easily able to save the day, and very often rescue Olive Oyl from a dire situation. "Borned to the Sea". In 1988, Ocean Comics released the Popeye Special written by Ron Fortier with art by Ben Dunn. [34] William Costello was the original voice of Popeye, a voice that was replicated by later performers, such as Jack Mercer and even Mae Questel. [33] Following an eventual name change to Popeye in the 1970s, the comic remains one of the longest-running strips in syndication today. Thimble Theatre had a number of topper strips on the Sunday page during its run; the main topper, Sappo, ran for 21 years, from February 28, 1926, to May 18, 1947. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? The black-and-white Popeye cartoons were sold to television distributor Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.) [120], The Popeye was a popular dance in the dance craze era of the late 1950s and early 1960s. The US box office earnings were double the film's budget, making it a financial success. [125] The spinach-growing community of Crystal City, Texas, erected a statue of the character in recognition of Popeye's positive effects on the spinach industry. Sindbad makes his first appearance when emerging from his castle on The Isle of Sindbad and boastfully singing his own praise but not before punching his two lions in the faces. [107][111][31], Conjecture presented in a 2009 book raised the idea that while living in Santa Monica, Segar might have based some of Popeye's language on a local fisherman; even though the article never made a definitive claim. They have not been featured in any major Popeye media since. These cartoons have also been released on VHS and DVD. Since his creation, the pipe-puffing Popeye has become a global phenomenon, with millions of kids heartily munching on spinach in the hopes that it will make them as strong as the legendary sailor-man. Popeye The Sailor Man. List of Popeye references in popular culture, Popeye | The Home of Popeye the Sailor Man website, https://popeye.fandom.com/wiki/Pipeye,_Peepeye,_Poopeye_and_Pupeye?oldid=39218. The daily strip began featuring reruns of Sagendorf's strips after London was fired and continues to do so today. On January 1, 2009, 70 years since the death of his creator, Segar's character of Popeye (though not the various films, TV shows, theme music and other media based on him) became public domain[45] in most countries, but remains under copyright in the US. Most of these items are rare and sought by collectors, but some merchandise is still produced. In the Dell comics, Popeye became something of a crimefighter, thwarting evil organizations and Bluto's criminal activities. In its early years, the strip featured characters acting out various stories and scenarios in theatrical style (hence the strip's name). Although Segar may have used spinach as a prop a few times, it was Max Fleischer who realized its potential as a trademark. [41], There were also a series of topper panel strips that ran next to Sappo; Segar drew one of them, Popeye's Cartoon Club (April 8, 1934 - May 5, 1935). These popular shows were later available on VHS and DVD. Pipeye, Peepeye, Poopeye and Pupeye are all nephews of Popeye and apparently quadruplets. The story also featured a more realistic art style and was edited by Bill Pearson, who also lettered and inked the story as well as the front cover. It was removed from the CBS lineup in September 1983, the year before Jack Mercer's death. They lived near the Segar’s house and the real inspiration came while watching them. Some cartoons (such as Big Bad Sindbad and Patriotic Popeye) only feature two or three nephews, with no explanation as to the other(s)'s absence. Using Popeye as a role model for healthier eating may work; a 2010 study revealed that children increased their vegetable consumption after watching Popeye cartoons. In every Popeye cartoon, the sailor is invariably put into what seems like a hopeless situation, upon which (usually after a beating), a can of spinach becomes available, and Popeye quickly opens the can and consumes its contents. Popeye and Bluto both plan to marry Olive Oyl, but Popeye proposes first. A cover of the theme song, performed by Face to Face, is included on the 1995 tribute album Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, produced by Ralph Sall for MCA Records. 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 Comedy Show. Since King Features had exclusive rights to these Popeye cartoons, 85 of them were released on DVD as a 75th anniversary Popeye boxed set in 2004. Free Comics Comic Book Covers Comic Books Popeye Olive Oyl Funny Toons. [131], The Popeye Picnic is held every year in Chester, Illinois on the weekend after Labor Day. I'm Popeye the Sailor Man. 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. Over the years, however, she has often displayed a fickle attitude towards the sailor. In November 1932, King Features signed an agreement with Fleischer Studios to have Popeye and the other Thimble Theatre characters begin appearing in a series of animated cartoons. William "Windy Bill" Schuchert, a rather rotund man who owned the local opera house (and was Segar's early employer), was the seed for the character J. Wellington Wimpy. ", "In a special bonus series of #PopeyesCartoonClub, Popeye shows Sweet Pea the photo album of orphans", "In a special bonus series of #PopeyesCartoonClub, Bluto and Brutus have a chat about Popeye", "In a special comic by Randy Milholland (@choochoobear), Popeye pays a visit to Sea Hag to make sure she's hanging in there during quarantine", "GAC Forums – Popeye's Popularity – Article from 1935", "The S Dope Mailbag: Is Popeye's nemesis named Bluto or Brutus? After Segar's death in 1938, many different artists were hired to draw the strip. [31], Popeye first appeared in the strip on January 17, 1929, as a minor character. The continuing animated adventures of Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Swee'pea and Popeye. 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 20 years. Popeye the Sailor Moon (not to be confused with Pope's eye) (born July 4, 1257, in Boston, Massachusetts) was a cartoon character made during the Great Shit Epidemic to get people through some rough times.Each episode followed more or less the following equation: Popeye is going to ask his girlfriend, Olive Oil, to go out on a date with him by, when his arch nemesis, Brutus, kidnaps her. Fleischer Studios adapted him the next year (1933) to be the main antagonist of their theatrical Popeye animated cartoon series. Director Robert Altman used the character in Popeye, a 1980 live-action musical feature film, starring Robin Williams as Popeye. Popeye begins his movie career by singing his theme song, demonstrating his strength at a carnival, dancing the hula with Betty Boop, pummeling Bluto, eating his spinach and saving Olive Oyl from certain doom on the railroad tracks. Back to Popeye the Sailor Man group. 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. [90] Originating in New Orleans around 1962, the Popeye was performed by shuffling and moving one's arms, placing one arm behind and one arm in front and alternating them, going through the motion of raising a pipe up to the mouth, and alternate sliding or pushing one foot back in the manner of ice skating, similar to motions exhibited by the cartoon character. Bluto is laughing as he carelessly dumps garbage over the side of his boat, to which Olive reacts in horror as, In 1990, Popeye, Olive, and Bluto appeared on the Brazilian retail store chain, In 2006, King Features Syndicate produced a radio spot and an industrial for the, In October 2007, to coincide with the launch of the, Pipeye, Pupeye, Peepeye, and Poopeye, Popeye's four nephews (2016), Popeye's Pups (Unveiling in September 2019), Sherlock & Segar (Unveiling in December 2019), Bernice the Whiffle Hen (called the "Whiffle Bird" in the 1960s King Features TV shorts), "Salty" Bill Barnacle (a fellow sailor and old friend of Popeye), Bill Squid (an older sailor rival of Popeye), Bullo Oxheart and his mother (a boxer rival of Popeye), B. Loony Bullony (a depressive cartoonist), Battling McGnat (Popeye's boxing manager), Mary Ann (Popeye's adopted daughter for a few strips), Pooky Jones (a dwarf and Poopdeck Pappy's best friend/partner in crime), Toar (a 900-pound caveman living in the modern age), Sir Pomeroy (an explorer and later archaeologist friend of Popeye), Granny (Popeye's grandmother and Poopdeck's mother), Horace (a Native American guide and friend of Popeye), Snagg and Baby Doll (Spinachovian criminals), Saddarn Shahame (the dictator of Bananastan; a loose parody of Saddam Hussein), Sutra Oyl, Olive's sexy cousin, and her punk husband Motor Oyl, Otis O. Otis, "the world's smartest detective", Peepeye, Poopeye, Pupeye and Pipeye (Popeye's identical nephews in the Fleischer Studio shorts), Shorty (Popeye's shipmate in three World War II-era in the 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, Tank (son of Brutus, exclusive of the series, This page was last edited on 15 January 2021, at 07:49. He is sometimes in the care of Olive Oyl. Two years later the term "jeep wagons" was in use, later shortened to simply "jeep" with widespread World War II usage and then trademarked by Willys-Overland as "Jeep". [50][51] In 1999, to celebrate Popeye's 70th anniversary, Ocean Comics revisited the franchise with a one-shot comic book, titled The Wedding of Popeye and Olive Oyl, written by Peter David. Where plotlines moved very quickly with Segar, it sometimes took an entire week of Sagendorf's daily strips for the plot to be advanced even a small amount. A meek looking man, suspicious, peevish and uncertain in the first comic strips, little by little Popeye becomes a star, the main Segar’s character. Al Brodax served as executive producer of the cartoons for King Features. Popeye, the Sailor Man, was one of the first cartoons that I remember watching in both black and white and color before I would go to school in the morning. The strip continues to appear in first-run installments in its Sunday edition, written and drawn by Hy Eisman. Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, and all their cartoon friends, with the exception of Speedy Gonzales, are featured in this long-running series consisting of classic theatrical cartoons, often ... See full summary ». Through various mergers, the rights are currently controlled by WarnerMedia's Turner Entertainment. Announcer Kelvin Keech sang (to composer Lerner's "Popeye" theme) "Wheatena is his diet / He asks you to try it / With Popeye the sailor man." A meek looking man, suspicious, peevish and uncertain in the first comic strips, little by little Popeye becomes a star, the main Segar’s character. In the 1970s a new batch of Popeye cartoons were created, appearing in the Saturday morning line-up. The show lasted for one season. In 1973, Cary Bates created Captain Strong, a takeoff of Popeye, for DC Comics,[117] as a way of having two cultural icons – Superman and (a proxy of) Popeye – meet. I couldn't be more excited by how it turned out. I'm Popeye the Sailor Man. [118], The 1981 Nintendo videogame Donkey Kong, which introduced its eponymous character and Nintendo's unofficial company mascot Mario to the world, was originally planned to be a Popeye game. 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