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unusual facts about Popeye the Sailor


Popeye the Sailor: 1933–1938, Volume 1

From the vault: Three Bray Productions/International Film Service studio shorts: "Colonel Heeza Liar at the Bat" (1915), "Krazy Kat Goes-a-Wooing (1916), "Domestic Difficulties" (1916)


Billy and Betty

Programs approved by the Child Study Association of America included The Singing Lady, Popeye the Sailor and Billy and Betty.

David Tendlar

He joined Fleischer Studio in 1931, where he worked on Betty Boop, Popeye the Sailor, and many other shorts, as well as Fleischer's two feature-length animated films.

Fee-fi-fo-fum

In the 1961 Popeye the Sailor short "Hamburgers Aweigh", When the Sea Hag hijacked Popeye's ship by getting rid of Popeye and Olive Oyl, Wimpy uses the Whiffle Bird to put a magic spell on him and the canned hamburgers.

Let's Sing with Popeye

The animation for this film is taken from the first Popeye cartoon, Popeye the Sailor, which was originally presented as part of the Betty Boop series.


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Alpha Beta

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Popeye the sailor man and Mickey Mouse was the television spokescharacters for the Alpha Beta grocery stores in California every commercial also featuring Donald Duck ended with Popeye and Mickey Mouse saying to the audience "Checkout the difference at Alpha Beta".

Let's Sing with Popeye

The song featured in this cartoon was the Popeye theme song "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man", written by Sammy Lerner.

New York Tugboat Race

The spinach eating computation is in honor of the Popeye the sailor cartoon character.

Popeye Song Folio

# "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" - Words and Music by Sammy Lerner.

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

Producer and special effects artist Ray Harryhausen stated in his Fantasy Film Scrapbook that Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor was a major influence on his production of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.

Waldo's Last Stand

When the floor show ends, Spanky asks Froggy why he wouldn't buy a drink and the latter responds, with a Popeye-the-Sailor voice, that he doesn't have any money and that it's to hot in the barn; he then leaves.