Popeye the Sailor (1960s TV series)

Popeye the Sailor
Genre Animation
Comedy
Based on Popeye, created by E. C. Segar
Directed by
Voices of
Theme music composer
Composer(s)
  • Ken Lowman (for Jack Kinney Productions)
  • Winston Sharples (for Paramount Cartoon Studios)
  • Steven Konichek (for Rembrandt Films/Halas and Batchelor)
  • Gordon Zahler (for Larry Harmon Pictures)
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 220
Production
Executive producer(s) Al Brodax
Producer(s)
Editor(s)
  • Joe Siracusa, Roger Donley, and Cliff Millsap (for Jack Kinney Productions)
  • Dan Milner (for Larry Harmon Pictures)
  • Norm Vizents (for Gerald Ray Studios)
Running time 5–7 minutes
Production company(s) King Features Syndicate TV
Distributor Hearst Entertainment
Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network ABC
Original release 1960 – 1962
Chronology
Preceded by Popeye the Sailor (1933–1957)
Followed by The All New Popeye Hour (1978–1983)

Popeye the Sailor is an American animated series produced for King Features Syndicate TV that was released in 1960 with 220 episodes produced.[1] The episodes are grouped by the production studios of Larry Harmon Pictures, Rembrandt Films, Halas and Batchelor, Gerald Ray Studios, Jack Kinney Productions, Paramount Cartoon Studios, and Italy-based animation company Corona Cinematografica.[2][3]

Production

In the late 1950s, the original Popeye theatrical shorts released by Paramount Studios from 1933 to 1957 began airing in many television markets and garnered huge ratings.[4] King Features Syndicate, who owned the print rights to the "Popeye" name, did not earn any money from the syndication of the Paramount theatrical Popeye films. In order to capitalize on Popeye's television popularity, King Features hastily commissioned a new series of made-for-tv animated Popeye shorts.[5] Al Brodax served as executive producer of the cartoons for King Features' then-newly created television production and distribution division (known today as Hearst Entertainment, named after King Features' parent company, the Hearst Corporation). Jack Mercer, Mae Questel and Jackson Beck returned for this series, which was produced by several different animation companies: Gerald Ray Studios, Jack Kinney Productions, Rembrandt Films/Halas and Batchelor, and Larry Harmon Productions).

Famous Studios, which produced the theatrical entries from 1942 to 1957, also returned, although by this point they had been renamed Paramount Cartoon Studios. The series was produced using the limited animation technique, whose production values contrasted sharply to their Popeye theatrical counterparts. The artwork was streamlined, simplified for television budgets, and the entries were completed at a breakneck pace. 220 made-for-television cartoons were produced in two years; in contrast, 231 theatrical cartoons were produced in 24 years.[4] Several minor changes were made for the characters. Though World War II had ended 15 years prior, Popeye still retained his white Navy uniform (except in "Barbecue for Two", in which he wears his original black navy garb). Olive Oyl's appearance was a hybrid of different incarnations; while her outfit reverted to the Fleischer years of a red turtleneck, long black dress and huge shoes, her hair retained the mid/late 1940s and 1950s makeover initiated by Famous Studios (except in "Barbecue for Two", in which she is portrayed in her Fleischer/early Famous Studios design, and "Hits and Missiles", in which she wears her later Famous Studios clothes of red shirt with collar, black dress, and black high-heel shoes).

The biggest change was to Bluto, whose name was changed to "Brutus". At the time, King Features believed that Paramount owned the rights to the name "Bluto". King Features actually owned the name, as Bluto had been originally created for the comic strip; however, due to a lack of thorough research, they failed to realize this and reinvented him as Brutus to avoid supposed copyright infringement problems.[5] Realizing their mistake, King Features began to promote Brutus as an entirely new character. His demeanor was altered slightly, and his physical appearance was changed from being muscular to slightly obese. In addition, the sailor/Navy uniform was replaced with an enormous blue shirt and brown pants.[5] Many entries lifted storylines directly from the comic strip, resulting in the inclusion of many characters not seen in the theatrical releases, including the Sea Hag, Toar, Rough House, and King Blozo.[4] Like their theatrical counterparts, the made-for-television series was also a big ratings success. Popeye the Sailor aired in syndication in the United States into the 1990s. Notably, the 1960s shorts would mark the final time Mae Questel would voice Olive Oyl.

A version which includes all 220 shorts, presented in 55 half-hour cartoons can currently be seen for free on Amazon Video (as "Classic Popeye").

List of episodes

Larry Harmon Pictures

Note: The story of all episodes are made by Charlie Shows.

  • 1. "Muskels Shmuskels" - Popeye runs afoul of circus heavyweight Brutus - 1960.
  • 2. "Hoppy Jalopy" - Popeye races to save Olive, against Brutus who places death traps around the track - 1960.
  • 3. "Dead-Eye Popeye" - 1960
  • 4. "Mueller's Mad Monster" - Popeye and Olive tangle with a mad scientist's monster - 1960.
  • 5. "Caveman Capers" - Popeye remembers his prehistoric ancestor's discovery of spinach - 1960.
  • 6. "Bullfighter Bully" - 1960
  • 7. "Ace of Space" - 1960
  • 8. "College of Hard Knocks" - 1960
  • 9. "Abdominal Snowman" - 1960
  • 10. "Ski-Jump Chump" - 1960
  • 11. "Irate Pirate" - 1960
  • 12. "Foola-Foola Bird" - 1960
  • 13. "Uranium on the Cranium" - Popeye and Brutus race to an island containing uranium - 1960.
  • 14. "Two-Faced Paleface" - 1960
  • 15. "Childhood Daze" - Popeye has to protect Olive from Brutus, while he's changed into a baby - 1960.
  • 16. "Sheepish Sheep-Herder" - Popeye and his Pappy clash with rustlers - 1960.
  • 17. "Track Meet Cheat" - 1960
  • 18. "Crystal Ball Brawl" - Brutus tries to steal a crystal ball in Popeye's possession - 1960.

Rembrandt Films/Halas and Batchelor

  • 1. "Interrupted Lullaby" - 1960 - Brutus learns from a newspaper headline- MILLION DOLLAR BABY- that Swee'Pea has come into a fortune. Swee'Pea inherits a million dollars, which Brutus wants for himself. Brutus hatches up a plot to kidnap the babe. His attempts to kidnap Swee'Pea are thwarted by Popeye, who has been left to babysit while Olive shops.
  • 2. "Sea No Evil" - To keep making quick bucks, Brutus steals many parts of Popeye's boat.
  • 3. "From Way Out" - 1960 - Popeye, Olive, and the Professor deal with a Martian delinquent.
  • 4. "Seeing Double" - 1960 - Olive wants to buy the mink coat but it was $2000.00, with the henchman and the mad scientist makes a mechanical man that looks like Popeye., So Popeye fights double, with battle against real and fake.
  • 5. "Swee'pea Soup" - King Blozo's subjects demand that he step down and install Swee'pea as King - 1960.
  • 6. "Hag-Way Robbery" - 1960 - Popeye goes on a rescue mission to find Eugene the Jeep as the Sea Hag stole all of his cans of spinach and used the labels on the other cans of food for Olive, Swee'pea and Wimpy to deceive the sailor.
  • 7. "The Lost City of Bubble-lon" - Brutus raids an undersea kingdom - 1960.
  • 8. "There's No Space Like Home" - 1960 - For Olive's costume party, Popeye is going as a spaceman. Then Brutus, dressed as a sheik, tricked the authorities into believing that Popeye is from another planet while the real ones cause troubles for him, Popeye and Olive at the party.
  • 9. "Potent Lotion" - 1960 - Popeye receives an "aftershave lotion" that makes anyone who smells him punch him while Brutus and his cronies robbed the bank.
  • 10. "Astro-Nut" - 1960 - Popeye volunteers to be the test subject for the space capsule and must remain inside for the next 60 days.
  • 11. "Goon with the Wind" - 1960 - While Popeye and Olive enjoys a quiet stroll on the boat arriving in Goon Island with the whole group of Goons.
  • 12. "Insultin' the Sultan" - Popeye and Olive get into a heated argument and break up. However, when a sultan wants Olive to be his bride, Popeye decides to go back to his old lover - 1960.
  • 13. "Dog-Gone Dog-Catcher" - 1960 - Something's gone wrong in a happy-go-lucky world of dogs., When Olive's French poodle named Zsa-Zsa gets snitched by Brutus, the Unruly Doug-Catcher., Popeye is determined to rescue Zsa-Zsa by disguise himself in a dog outfit.
  • 14. "Voice from the Deep! or See Here Sea Hag!!" - 1960 - Popeye is called to Phony Island to help Chief Knucklebone and investigate the "talking volcano." He soon learned that the Sea Hag intended to steal the island until she was foiled by him and then forced to call the islanders back home.
  • 15. "Matinée Idol Popeye" - Director Brutus constantly finds roles for Popeye so deadly that they could kill him - 1960.
  • 16. "Beaver or Not" - Two beavers build a dam that floods property owned by Popeye - 1961.
  • 17. "The Billionaire" - Take-off on the television series The Millionaire - 1961.
  • 18. "Model Muddle" - 1961 - Olive decides that Popeye needs some type of art stuff, so she takes him to the American Museum of Art.
  • 19. "Which Is Witch" - 1961 - The Sea Hag has a late plan she makes a robot of Olive to attack Popeye.
  • 20. "Disguise the Limit" - 1961 - The master of disguises of Popeye and Brutus, the today's case is "The Gorilla Escapes from Zoo"., It's disguising case to solve for them to get through.
  • 21. "Spoil Sport" - 1961 - Olive wants to live the "sports car set" life, and Popeye shows up with a foot-powered scooter bike. He asks Olive if she would like to go riding with him. When Brutus appears he gives Olive to have ride the scooter-looter.
  • 22. "Have Time, Will Travel" - 1961 - Popeye builds himself a time machine, and he and Olive travel back in time to the prehistoric era, where all kinds of madcap adventures take place.
  • 23. "Intellectual Interlude" - 1961 - Olive Oyl tells Popeye that he needs to be more intellectual, so she enrolls herself and Popeye into adult education classes. While there, he samples a scientist's "Intellectual Spinach" potion which gives him genius-level intelligence. Popeye becomes a celebrity intellectual. But when people try to take advantage of Popeye's knowledge, he decides to quit school.
  • 24. "Partial Post" - 1961 - An spaceship lands on Earth carrying an alien disguised as a mailbox! Popeye is about to go out to mail Olive a birthday card when he noticed a mysterious victim comes up.
  • 25. "Weight for Me" - Depressed over a lengthy tour by Popeye and Brutus, Olive eats herself into a grotesque shape - 1961.
  • 26. "Canine Caprice" - A talking dog (Jackson Beck) gets Popeye in repeated bits of trouble - 1962.
  • 27. "Roger" - Roger the talking dog wins himself back into Popeye and Olive's good graces in time to thwart a jewelry store heist - 1962.
  • 28. "Tooth Be or Not Tooth Be" - Swee'Pea undergoes an important rite of passage - his first tooth. Poopdeck Pappy tells Swee'Pea the story about how the Sea Hag tried to steal his perfect set of teeth. - 1962.

Gerald Ray Studios

Note: In this production, the animation team was composed by: Izzy Ellis, Sam Kai, Casey Onaitis, Ray Young, Bill Higgins, Barney Posner, John Garling, and Bud Partch. Finally, backgrounds and layouts are made respectively by Dave Weidman and Henry Lee.

No. Title Directed by Original air date
1"Where There's a Will"Bob Bemiller1960 (1960)
Brutus and Popeye are co-beneficiaries in a will.
2"Take It Easel"Bob Bemiller1960 (1960)
Popeye the artist literally paints his Spinach to save the day.
3"I Bin Sculped"Bob Bemiller1960 (1960)
Olive the artist is sculpting a statue personifying weakness and exhaustion.
4"Fleas a Crowd"Bob Bemiller1960 (1960)
5"Popeye's Junior Headache"Bob Bemiller1960 (1960)
Popeye has more than he can take with Olive's mischievous niece.
6"Egypt Us"Tom McDonald1960 (1960)
Olive mistakes an Egyptian tomb as a beach house, and becomes a sacrificial princess.
7"The Big Sneeze"Tom McDonald1960 (1960)
8"The Last Resort"Tom McDonald1960 (1960)
Popeye, Olive and Wimpy check into a Resort run by the Sea Hag and Toar. Wimpy makes "spinach burgers".
9"Jeopardy Sheriff"Tom McDonald1960 (1960)
10"Baby Phase"Tom McDonald1960 (1960)

Jack Kinney Productions

No. Title Animation
direction by
Story by Background by Layout by Original air date
1"Battery Up"Volus Jones and
Ed Friedman
Jack KinneyJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorRobert Givens1960 (1960)
Olive Oyl is Popeye's biggest baseball fan.
2"Deserted Desert"Eric Cleworth
and Bill Keil
Jack KinneyJules Engel and Noel TuckerBruce Bushman1960 (1960)
3"Skinned Divers"Rudy LarrivaJack KinneyJules Engel and Boris GorelickRobert Givens1960 (1960)
Popeye looks for sunken treasure and encounters a mermaid who resembles Olive Oyl.
4"Popeye's Service Station"Volus Jones and
Ed Friedman
Jack KinneyJules Engel and Boris GorelickNoel Tucker1960 (1960)
Brutus flirts with Olive Oyl in the title setting, much to pump jockey Popeye's chagrin.
5"Coffee House"Harvey ToombsJack KinneyJules Engel and Boris GorelickRobert Givens1960 (1960)
Brutus introduces Olive to beatnik culture in the title setting; Popeye follows.
6"Popeye's Pep-Up Emporium"Volus Jones and
Ed Friedman
Jack KinneyJules Engel and Boris GorelickNoel Tucker1960 (1960)
Popeye subjects Olive and Wimpy to rugged exercise drills.
7"Bird Watcher Popeye"Harvey ToombsEd NofzigerJules Engel and Boris GorelickRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
Olive coerces Popeye to take up bird watching.
8"Time Marches Backwards"Hugh FraserEd NofzigerJules Engel and Boris GorelickRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
9"Popeye's Pet Store"Rudy LarrivaEd NofzigerJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorNoel Tucker1960 (1960)
10"Ballet de Spinach"Ken HultgrenKen HultgrenJules Engel and Boris GorelickVern Jorgensen
and Ken Hultgren
1960 (1960)
11"Sea Hagracy"Ken HultgrenKen HultgrenJules Engel and Boris GorelickVern Jorgensen
and Ken Hultgren
1960 (1960)
12"Spinach Shortage"Alan ZasloveJack KinneyJules Engel and Boris GorelickBruce Bushman1960 (1960)
Brutus corners the spinach market.
13"Popeye and the Dragon"Ken HultgrenRaymond JacobsJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorRobert Givens1960 (1960)
14"Popeye the Fireman"Osmond EvansOsmond EvansJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorBruce Bushman1960 (1960)
15"Popeye's Pizza Palace"Eddie RehbergEddie RehbergJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorNoel Tucker1960 (1960)
Brutus insists on ordering a tamale pizza.
16"Down the Hatch"Alan ZasloveJack KinneyRosemary O'Connor and Boris GorelickRobert Givens1960 (1960)
17"Lighthouse Keeping"Eddie RehbergEddie RehbergJules Engel and Boris GorelickEddie Rehberg1960 (1960)
18"Popeye and the Phantom"Ken HultgrenEd NofzigerJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorVern Jorgensen
and Ken Hultgren
1960 (1960)
Popeye and Olive gets into a struggle with a mischievous shape-shifting ghost.
19"Popeye's Picnic"Osmond EvansOsmond EvansJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorBruce Bushman1960 (1960)
20"Out of This World"Volus Jones and
Ed Friedman
Ed NofzigerJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorRobert Givens1960 (1960)
21"Madam Salami"Harvey ToombsTony BenedictJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
Brutus disguises himself as the title character, a fortune teller.
22"Timber Toppers"Osmond EvansNoel TuckerJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorNoel Tucker1960 (1960)
23"Skyscraper Capers"Rudy LarrivaNick GeorgeJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorRobert Givens1960 (1960)
24"Private Eye Popeye"Rudy LarrivaRaymond JacobsJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorJerry Nevius1960 (1960)

Note: This episode is also the name of a 1954 Popeye theatrical cartoon.
25"Little Olive Riding Hood"Harvey ToombsEd NofzigerJules Engel and Connie MatthewsRobert Givens1960 (1960)

Note: Take-off on Little Red Riding Hood.
26"Popeye's Hypnotic Glance"Volus Jones and
Ed Friedman
Ed NofzigerJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorNoel Tucker1960 (1960)
27"Popeye's Trojan Horse"Ken HultgrenEd NofzigerJules Engel and Boris GorelickKen Hultgren1960 (1960)
28"Frozen Feuds"Eddie RehbergEddie RehbergJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorEddie Rehberg1960 (1960)
After Alaska becomes the 49th state, a senator promises to rid his constituency of a wandering Goon.
29"Popeye's Corn-Certo"Eddie RehbergJoe Siracusa and Cliff MillsapJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
30"Westward Ho-Ho"Volus Jones and
Ed Friedman
Ed NofzigerJules Engel and Boris GorelickRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
31"Popeye's Cool Pool"Rudy LarrivaEd NofzigerJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
Popeye digs a swimming pool for Olive and Swee'pea.
32"Jeep Jeep"Ken HultgrenEd NofzigerJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorKen Hultgren1960 (1960)
33"Popeye's Museum Piece"Eddie RehbergCarol Beers and Ruben ApodacaJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
34"Golf Brawl"Volus Jones and
Ed Friedman
Jack KinneyJules EngelRobert Givens1960 (1960)
35"Wimpy's Lunch Wagon"Volus JonesW. SchmidtBoris GorelickRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
36"Weather Watchers"Volus Jones and
Ed Friedman
Raymond JacobsJules Engel and Connie MatthewsNoel Tucker1960 (1960)
37"Popeye and the Magic Hat"Ken HultgrenOsmond EvansJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorKen Hultgren1960 (1960)
38"Popeye and the Giant"Hugh FraserNoel TuckerJules Engel and Boris GorelickNoel Tucker1960 (1960)
Brutus feeds Wimpy growth pills causing him to grow to freakish proportions.
39"Hill-Billy-Dilly"Harvey ToombsWesley BennettJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
40"Pest of the Pecos"Harvey ToombsRaymond JacobsRaymond Jacobs and Vern JorgensenRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
41"The Blubbering Whaler"Ken HultgrenRaymond JacobsJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorNoel Tucker1960 (1960)
42"Popeye and the Spinach Stalk"Ken HultgrenJack MillerJules Engel and Connie MatthewsKen Hultgren1960 (1960)

Note: Take-off on Jack and the Beanstalk.
43"Shoot the Chutes"Volus Jones and
Ed Friedman
Ed NofzigerJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
44"Tiger Burger"Harvey ToombsCal HowardRosemary O'ConnorJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
45"Bottom Gun"Rudy LarrivaRaymond JacobsJules Engel and Boris GorelickRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
46"Olive Drab and the Seven
Sweapeas"
Volus Jones and
Ed Friedman
Jack MillerJules Engel and Boris GorelickNoel Tucker1960 (1960)

Note: Take-off on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
47"Blinkin Beacon"Eddie RehbergEddie RehbergJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
48"Aztec Wreck"Hugh FraserWarren BennettJules Engel and Boris GorelickRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
49"The Green Dancin' Shoes"Ken HultgrenEd NofzigerJules Engel and Boris GorelickJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
Olive puts on the title's objects and can't stop dancing.
50"Spare Dat Tree"Ken HultgrenEd NofzigerJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorKen Hultgren1960 (1960)
51"The Glad Gladiator"Eddie RehbergCal HowardJules Engel and Boris GorelickRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
52"The Golden Touch"Eddie RehbergEd NofzigerJules Engel and Boris GorelickJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
53"Hamburger Fishing"Harvey ToombsEd NofzigerBoris GorelickRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
54"Popeye the Popular Mechanic"Hugh FraserJoe Grant and Walter SchmidtJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
55"Popeye's Folly"Volus Jones and
Ed Friedman
Raymond JacobsJules Engel and Boris GorelickRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
56"Popeye's Used Car"Hugh FraserMilt SchafferJules Engel and Boris GorelickJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
57"Spinachonara"Harvey ToombsJack KinneyErvin L. KaplanJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
58"Popeye and the Polite Dragon"Rudy LarrivaJoe Grant and Walter SchmidtJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
A dragon magically pops out of a storybook that Popeye is reading to Swee'pea.
59"Popeye the Ugly Ducklin"Volus Jones and
Ed Friedman
Ed NofzigerJules Engel and Boris GorelickNoel Tucker1960 (1960)

Note: Take-off on The Ugly Duckling.
60"Popeye's Tea Party"Hugh FraserJim RivindBoris GorelickRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
61"The Troll Wot Got Gruff"Volus Jones and
Ed Friedman
Ed NofzigerJules Engel and Boris GorelickNoel Tucker1960 (1960)

Note: Take-off on The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
62"Popeye the Lifeguard"Harvey ToombsMilt SchafferBoris GorelickRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
Olive is jealous of the attention Popeye gets as a lifeguard.
63"Popeye in the Woods"Eddie RehbergEd NofzigerJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
64"After the Ball Went Over"Eddie RehbergEddie RehbergRosemary O'ConnorRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
Popeye tries to outsmart Brutus at table tennis.
65"Popeye and Buddy Brutus"Rudy LarrivaJack KinneyJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
Popeye and Brutus as deep-sea divers; one of them gets the bends.
66"Popeye's Car Wash"Harvey ToombsHarvey ToombsJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
After Brutus toys with Popeye's car-washing equipment and ruins Olive's car, she goes over to Brutus' car wash but gets trapped in his clutches.
67"Camel Aires"Hugh FraserCarol BeersJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
68"Plumbers Pipe Dream"Hal AmbroRaymond JacobsJules Engel and Boris GorelickRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
Popeye tries to fix a leak in Olive's apartment.
69"Popeye and the Herring
Snatcher"
Eddie RehbergJoe Grant and Walter SchmidtJules Engel and Boris GorelickRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
Popeye runs afoul of a fish thief.
70"Invisible Popeye"Hugh FraserDennis FraserErvin L. KaplanRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
71"The Square Egg"Rudy LarrivaRosemary O'ConnorRosemary O'ConnorNoel Tucker1960 (1960)
72"Old Salt Tale"Hugh FraserEd NofzigerErvin L. KaplanNoel Tucker1960 (1960)
Popeye fancifully explains to Swee'pea why the ocean is salty.
73"Jeep Tale"Rudy LarrivaEd NofzigerJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)

Note: Take-off on Peter Rabbit.
74"The Super Duper Market"Ed FriedmanTom HixErvin L. KaplanJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
Brutus's store is so big one man gets lost in it for 15 years.
75"Golden-Type Fleece"Ken HultgrenEd NofzigerBoris GorelickNoel Tucker1960 (1960)
Popeye tells Swee'pea about the Golden Fleece, with Jupiter, Neptune and a centaur presented as Brutus-type characters.
76"Popeye the White Collar Man"Rudy LarrivaJoe Grant and Walter SchmidtErvin L. KaplanRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
77"Sweapea Thru the Looking
Glass"
Volus JonesEd NofzigerErvin L. KaplanRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)

Note: Take-off on Alice Through the Looking Glass.
78"The Black Knight"Ken HultgrenEd NofzigerJules Engel and Vern JorgensenKen Hultgren1960 (1960)
79"Jingle Jangle Jungle"Ken HultgrenEd NofzigerJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorKen Hultgren1960 (1960)
80"The Day Silky Went Blozo"Hugh FraserJoseph Stewart and Jack KinneyPeggy MorrowRay Jacobs1960 (1960)
81"Rip Van Popeye"Ken HultgrenJoe Grant and Walter SchmidtErvin L. KaplanJerry Nevius and
Raymond Jacobs
1960 (1960)
82"Mississippi Sissy"Hugh FraserJack Kinney and Ed NofzigerErvin L. KaplanRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
Popeye, Olive, Brutus and Wimpy participate in a riverboat mystery.
83"Double Cross Country Feet
Race"
Hugh FraserRalph WrightErvin L. KaplanRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
Popeye and Brutus compete in a foot race for a date with Olive.
84"Fashion Fotography"Phil DuncanEd NofzigerErvin L. KaplanRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
Olive wants to be a fashion model.
85"I Yam Wot I Yamnesia"Ken HultgrenRalph WrightBoris GorelickJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
Popeye and Swee'pea, and Olive and Wimpy switch personalities the result of amnesia.
86"Paper Pasting Pandemonium"Rudy LarrivaEd NofzigerErvin L. KaplanRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
Popeye and Brutus are given one hour to paper Olive's house before company arrives.
87"Coach Popeye"Volus JonesJack KinneyBob McIntoshRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
88"Popeyed Columbus"Hugh FraserRaymond JacobsJules Engel and Rosemary O'ConnorRaymond Jacobs1961 (1961)
89"Popeye Revere"Ken HultgrenNoel TuckerErvin L. KaplanRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
90"Popeye in Haweye"Hugh FraserRaymond JacobsPeggy MorrowRay Jacobs1960 (1960)
Rival tour guides Popeye and Brutus vie for Olive's business in Hawaii.
91"Forever Ambergris"Eddie RehbergRalph WrightErvin L. KaplanJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
92"Popeye de Leon"Eddie RehbergRalph WrightBoris GorelickJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
As Juan Ponce de Leon, Popeye fends off a "crocagator" and guards the Fountain of Youth.
93"Popeyed Fisherman"Murray McClellanJack KinneyBob McIntoshJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
94"Popeye in the Grand
Steeplechase"
Harvey ToombsCarol BeersErvin L. KaplanRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
Popeye and Brutus compete in a horse race.
95"Uncivil War"Volus JonesJerry NeviusErvin L. KaplanRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
96"Popeye the Piano Mover"Harvey ToombsHarvey ToombsErvin L. KaplanJerry Nevius1960 (1960)
97"Popeye's Testimonial Dinner"Volus JonesJerry NeviusErvin L. KaplanRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
98"Around the World in Eighty
Ways"
Harvey ToombsRalph WrightPeggy MorrowRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
99"Popeye's Fixit Shop"Hugh FraserRalph WrightPeggy MorrowRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
100"Bell Hop Popeye"Harvey ToombsCal HowardPeggy MorrowRaymond Jacobs1960 (1960)
101"Barbecue for Two"TBADick Kinney and Al BertinoTBABruce Bushman1960 (1960)
Popeye clashes with uninvited Brutus, Wimpy and Swee'pea over a barbecue.
Note: This episode uses the Famous Studios opening music.

Paramount Cartoon Studios

No. Title Story by Animated by Scenics by Original air date
1"Hits and Missiles"Carl Meyer, Jack Mercer and Sid MarcusGerry Dvorak, Irv Spector and Larry SilvermanRobert Little1960 (1960)
Popeye must rescue cheese denizens of the moon.
Note: This episode uses the Famous Studios opening music.
2"Seer-ring Is Believer-ring"I. KleinI. Klein, Jack Ehret, and Dick HallAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
Olive purchases a ring that belongs of a mystic.
3"The Ghost Host"Seymour KneitelMorey Reden, Jack Ehret, and I. KleinAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
4"Strikes, Spares an' Spinach"Seymour KneitelWm. B. Pattengill and I. KleinAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
Popeye tries to teach Olive bowling, but Brutus keeps messing them up.
5"Jeep Is Jeep"I. KleinMorey Reden, I. Klein, and Wm. B. PattengillAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
6"The Spinach Scholar"Seymour KneitelMorey Reden, Irving Dressler, and Jack EhretAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
Olive insists that the illiterate, uneducated Popeye enroll in Grammar School.
7"Psychiatricks"Seymour KneitelMorey Reden, Irving Dressler, and Wm. B. PattengillAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
Brutus tricks Popeye into a psychology session.
8"Rags to Riches to Rags"Seymour KneitelMorey Reden, Jack Ehret, I. Klein, and Wm. B. PattengillAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
Wimpy inherits a fortune and tries to double it by betting that Popeye will lose an upcoming fight.
9"Hair Cut-Ups"Seymour KneitelMorey Reden, Irving Dressler, and Wm. B. PattengillAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
10"Poppa Popeye"Seymour KneitelNick Tafuri, Jack Ehret, and I. KleinAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
After losing Swee'pea to a circus performer, who passed himself off as Swee'pea's long-lost dad, Popeye goes through so much depression he starts to act like a baby.
11"Quick Change Olie"I. KleinMartin Taras, Gerry Dvorak, Jack Ehret, and Dick HallAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
Popeye and Wimpy go back in time to the "ollie days" thanks to the Whiffle Bird.
12"Valley of the Goons"Seymour KneitelMartin Taras, Gerry Dvorak, Al Pross, and Sam StimsonAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
Popeye must help the Goons when their island is attacked by pirates.
13"Me Quest for Poopdeck Pappy"Seymour KneitelNick Tafuri, Wm. B. Pattengill, Jack Ehret, and Sam StimsonAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
Popeye seeks his long-lost father.
14"Moby Hick"I. KleinMorey Reden, Irving Dressler, I. Klein, and Wm. B. PattengillAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
The Sea Hag tricks Popeye into attacking a benevolent whale.
15"Mirror Magic"Seymour KneitelMartin Taras, Dante Barbetta, Dick Hall, William Henning, and Al ProssAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
A fairy-tale kingdom is ruled by the land's strongest man, ruthless King Brutus, but his magic mirror informs him of a potential challenger in Popeye.
16"It Only Hurts When They Laughs"Seymour KneitelMorey Reden, Irving Dressler, and I. KleinAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
Olive forces Popeye and Brutus to laugh their way to friendship.
17"Wimpy the Moocher"Seymour KneitelMorey Reden, I. Klein, and Wm. B. PattengillAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
Wimpy pulls off an audacious con on short order cook Rough House.
18"Voo-Doo to You Too"Seymour KneitelMartin Taras, Gerry Dvorak, Dick Hall, and I. KleinAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
The Sea Hag turns Olive into a zombie and freezes Popeye with a voodoo doll.
19"Popeye Goes Sale-ing"Seymour KneitelNick Tafuri, Irving Dressler, Dick Hall, and Wm. B. PattengillAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
Olive drags Popeye into a nasty department store sale.
20"Popeye's Travels"Seymour KneitelNick Tafuri, Irving Dressler, Jack Ehret, and I. KleinAnton Loeb1960 (1960)

Note: Take-off on Gulliver's Travels.
21"Incident at Missile City"Howard A. SchneiderMorey Reden, Irving Dressler, and I. KleinAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
King Blozo's kingdom comes under attack from a city of missiles.
22"Dog Catcher Popeye"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Martin Taras, Irving Dressler, Gerry Dvorak, and Jack EhretAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
23"What's News"Seymour KneitelNick Tafuri, Irving Dressler, I. Klein, and Sam StimsonRobert Owen1960 (1960)
Popeye and Olive open a newspaper in a small desert town.
24"Spinach Greetings"Seymour KneitelMorey Reden, Irving Dressler, Jack Ehret, and Al ProssAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
The Sea Hag, and her vulture Bernard, kidnap Santa Claus.
25"Oil's Well That Ends Well"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Martin Taras, Irving Dressler, Jack Ehret, and Jim LoganAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
Brutus cons Olive into purchasing a seemingly dry oil well.
26"Motor Knocks"Al ProssNick Tafuri, Irving Dressler, William Henning, and I. KleinAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
Brutus keeps flirting with Olive, while "fixing" Popeye's car.
27"Amusement Park"Howard A. SchneiderMorey Reden, Jack Ehret, and William HenningAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
Freak show operator Brutus abducts Swee'pea.
28"Duel to the Finish"Seymour KneitelWm. B. Pattengill, Dante Barbetta, William Henning, and Al ProssAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
Popeye gets extremely jealous when Wimpy starts sweet-talking Olive.
29"Gem Jam"I. KleinWm. B. Pattengill, Irving Dressler, and I. KleinAnton Loeb1960 (1960)
The Sea Hag entraps Olive with a cursed perfume which turns her to a gem thief.
30"The Bathing Beasts"Irving DresslerMartin Taras, Dick Hall, and Jim LoganRobert Owen1960 (1960)
Olive tricks Brutus and Popeye into a bathing contest.
31"Messin' Up the Mississippi"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Morey Reden, Gerry Dvorak, and I. KleinAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
32"Love Birds"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Wm. B. Pattengill, Dick Hall, and Al ProssAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
Popeye buys a male bluebird named Romeo, for Olive's pet bluebird Juliet. After the birds have a heated argument, Romeo flies away, and Popeye must find him before Olive makes him fly away.
33"Sea Serpent"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Morey Reden, Dick Hall, I. Klein, and Sam StimsonAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
34"Boardering on Trouble"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Wm. B. Pattengill, Gerry Dvorak, Dick Hall, and Jim LoganAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
35"Aladdin's Lamp"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Martin Taras, Gerry Dvorak, Jim Logan, and Larry SilvermanAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
The Sea Hag acquires a magic lamp.
36"Butler Up"I. KleinMorey Reden, Gerry Dvorak, William Henning, and I. KleinAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
Olive's old friend Brutus comes over for a reunion dinner, and she wants Popeye to be their butler.
37"The Leprechaun"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Morey Reden, William Henning, Al Pross, and Larry SilvermanAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
The Sea Hag steals Irish gold.
38"County Fair"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Martin Taras, Dante Barbetta, Dick Hall, and Jim LoganRobert Little1961 (1961)
39"Hamburgers Aweigh"Joseph GottliebMartin Taras, Jim Logan, and Larry SilvermanAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
The Sea Hag hypnotises Wimpy into hijacking Popeye's ship.
40"Popeye's Double Trouble"Joseph GottliebWm. B. Pattengill, George Germanetti, Larry Silverman, and Sam StimsonAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
Popeye takes the Sea Hag's good luck coin and uses its wishing powers to take Olive out to a dancing competition. The Sea Hag holds Olive hostage, and disguises as her, so she can go with Popeye, and dance the coin out of him.
41"Kiddie Kapers"Joseph GottliebMorey Reden, Dick Hall, I. Klein, and Larry SilvermanAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
A potion created by the Sea Hag turns Brutus into an attractive young man, and he uses it to impress and woo Olive. After Popeye sees through Brutus's attractiveness, he uses the same potion, but it turns him into a baby.
42"The Mark of Zero"Irving DresslerWm. B. Pattengill, Dick Hall, and Sam StinsonAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
Popeye tells his niece Diesel a story about a swashbuckling swordsman.
43"Myskery Melody"Seymour KneitelMartin Taras, Gerry Dvorak, George Germanetti, and Jim LoganRobert Owen1961 (1961)
Poopdeck Pappy is hypnotized by a haunting flute melody.
44"Scairdy Cat"Joseph GottliebIrving Dressler, Dante Barbetta, and Dick HallRobert Owen1961 (1961)
Brutus creates a perfume that turns Popeye into a frightened, defenseless weakling.
45"Operation Ice-Tickle"Joseph GottliebMartin Taras, Gerry Dvorak, and Jim LoganRobert Owen1961 (1961)
After yet another argument between Popeye and Brutus, Olive decides to hold a contest; the first one who brings her the North Pole will go out with her.
46"The Cure"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Martin Taras, George Germanetti, and Larry SilvermanRobert Owen1961 (1961)
47"William Won't Tell"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
I. Klein, George Germanetti, William Henning, and Sam StimsonAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
A takeoff of William Tell.
48"Pop Goes the Whistle"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Irving Dressler, Gerry Dvorak, Jack Ehret, and George GermanettiAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
49"Autographically Yours"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Morey Reden, Jack Ehret, George Germanetti, and Sam StimsonAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
Popeye and Brutus compete for the affection of a young movie fan in a remake of Shootin' Stars.
50"A Poil for Olive Oyl"Joseph GottliebWm. B. Pattengill, Dante Barbetta, Irving Dressler, and William HenningAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
Popeye wants to give Olive a stylish necklace, but the one she wants from a jewelry store costs too much. Popeye decides to make her one by diving into the sea to use the pearls from clams. However, the pearls belong to the Sea Hag, and she tries to stop him.
51"My Fair Olive"Joseph GottliebMartin Taras, Gerry Dvorak, John Gentilella, and George GermanettiAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
Popeye and Brutus compete in a medieval joust to win Olive's affection.
52"Giddy Gold"I. KleinI. Klein, John Gentilella, and George GermanettiRobert Owen1961 (1961)
The Wiffle Bird turns the Tunnel of Love into a gold mine, and Olive decides to loot them all, but she and Popeye must pass through three dangerous situations, if they are to leave with their treasure.
53"Strange Things Are Happening"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Irving Dressler, William Henning, and Sam StimsonAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
54"The Medicine Man"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Morey Reden, Dante Barbetta, John Gentilella, and Dick HallAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
55"The Rain Breaker"I. KleinNick Tafuri, Irving Dressler, William Henning, and Sam StimsonAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
56"A Mite of Trouble"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Martin Taras, Gerry Dvorak, George Germanetti, and Jim LoganAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
57"Who's Kiddin' Zoo"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Morey Reden, Irving, Dressler, George Germanetti, and I. KleinAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
Olive makes Popeye her assistant at a zoo, and Brutus tries to mess up Popeye's work.
58"Robot Popeye"Seymour KneitelWm. B. Pattengill, Gerry Dvorak, Jim Logan, and Al ProssAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
Brutus builds a robot double of Popeye to ruin his relationship with Olive.
59"Sneaking Peeking"I. KleinWm. B. Pattengill, Dick Hall, William Henning, and Jim LoganAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
To stop Swee'Pea from peaking at birthday presents, Olive tells him of a princess whose own habit unleashes a malicious genie.
60"The Wiffle Bird's Revenge"I. KleinWm. B. Pattengill, Dick Hall, Al Pross, and Larry SilvermanAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
The Whiffle Bird turns Wimpy into a vicious werewolf.
61"Going... Boing.. Gone"Joseph GottliebMorey Reden, George Germanetti, I. Klein, and Wm. B. PattengillAnton Loeb1961 (1961)
Wimpy uses vanishing cream to escape Brutus.
62"Popeye Thumb"Seymour KneitelMartin Taras, Irving Dressler, I. Klein, and Jim LoganAnton Loeb1961 (1961)

Note: Take-off on the fairy tale Tom Thumb.
63"The Baby Contest"Carl Meyer and
Jack Mercer
Morey Reden, Irving Dressler, Jack Ehret, I. Klein, and Al ProssAnton Loeb1960 (1960)

VHS

In the late 1990s, the Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits restaurant franchise released most of the 1960s cartoons on VHS in the Popeye Cartoon Video Collection Series promotional line. Each video in the series featured one promotional segment for Popeyes showing video footage of its fried chicken, biscuits and other products followed by the 1960s Popeye cartoons. After the cartoons, the second segment for Popeyes and two bonus cartoons were also featured.

DVD

In 2004, Family Home Entertainment released four 1960s cartoons on the DVD release of Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy. The shorts included "Spinach Greetings" (Classic Christmas Episode), "Popeye in the Grand Steeple Chase", "Valley of the Goons", and "William Won't Tell". 85 of the 1960s Popeye cartoons were released on DVD by Koch Vision in a three-disc DVD set entitled Popeye's 75th Anniversary.

Warner Archive Collection planned to re-release the cartoons. The first volume was released on May 7, 2013 and included 72 cartoons. Most of the cartoons to be released were produced by Paramount Cartoon Studios,[6] which are included in the first volume. As of 2017, no further volumes have been released.

Combining all the DVD releases and ignoring any overlap there is a total of 126 cartoons.

Broadcasting history

  • United States United States

International broadcasts

See also

References

  1. Popeye: An Illustrated Cultural History, 2d ed. - Fred M. Grandinetti - Google Books
  2. http://www.rapportoconfidenziale.org/?p=10186
  3. "Il SecoloXIX". M.ilsecoloxix.it. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  4. 1 2 3 Tom Kenny, Jerry Beck, Frank Caruso, Glenn Mitchell (2007). Popeye the Sailor: 1933–1938, Volume 1. Special Features: I Yam What I Yam: The Story of Popeye the Sailor (DVD). Warner Home Video.
  5. 1 2 3 Ian. "Retrieved on April 27, 2009". Straightdope.com. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
  6. "Warner Archive Revives Spirit of Saturday Morning Cartoons". Home Media Magazine. 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
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