Popeye for President

1679. POPEYE FOR PRESIDENT! (1952 -1956 – USA). COLOR. POPEYE THE SAILOR, THE POPULAR CARTOON CHARACTER CREATED BY ELZIE SEGAR, ALSO PROVED TO BE AS EQUALLY DURABLE AS THE STAR Of A TWO-PLUS DECADES LONG SERIES Of ANIMATED CARTOONS. ON SCREEN, HE’S CONSTANTLY ATTEMPTING TO IMPRESS THE FAIR OLIVE OYL WHILE BEING BOUNCED AROUND BY THAT NOTORIOUS BLOWHARD, BLUTO – THAT IS, UNTIL HE CONSUMES A CAN Of HIS FAVORITE FOOD, SPINACH. HERE ARE NINE ENJOYABLE POPEYE CARTOONS, ALL FROM THE 1950S.
1. SHUTEYE POPEYE (1952). WITH POPEYE. POPEYE’S SNORING IS AS LOUD AS A BLASTING SIREN, IN FACT, IT AROUSES FROM DREAMLAND A SPUNKY – AND SADISTIC – LITTLE MOUSE, WHO TRIES TO DO ALL HE CAN TO SHUT THE SNOOZING SAILOR UP
2. BRIDE AND GLOOM (1954). WITH POPEYE, OLIVE OYL. TOMORROW, POPEYE AND OLIVE OYL ARE SET TO BE WED, AND POPEYE IS ONE GOB WHO’S SO DELIRIOUSLY IN LOVE THAT HE’S DANCNING AROUND ABSENT-MINDEDLY KISSING POLICEMEN. TONIGHT, HOWEVER, OLIVE DREAMS THAT THEIR MARRIAGE WILL PRODUCE A PAIR Of TWIN BOYS, CUTE LITTLE MINIATURE POPEYES WHO ARE THOROUGHLY BRATTY AND OBNOXIOUS. IN THE MORNING, SHE’S NOT SO SURE THAT SHE WILL BE WILLING TO RISK THIS DREAM BECOMING A REALITY.
3. POPEYE FOR PRESIDENT (1956). WITH POEYE, OLIVE OYL, BLUTO. RELEASED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR Of 1956, THIS FEATURES POPEYE RUNNING FOR THE LAND’S HIGHEST OfFICE ON THE SPINACH PARTY -AND PROMISING THAT, IF ELECTED, THERE’LL BE TWO SPINACHES FOR EVERY POT. HIS OPPONENT, BLUTO, REPRESENTS THE BLUTOCRATIC PARTY. SURELY, THE BOYS WILL KILL EACH OTHER BEFORE ELECTION DAY AS THEY VIE FOR THE OLIVES’ VOTE.
4. GREEK M1RTHOLOGY (1954). WITH POPEYE, BLUTO. IN ORDER FOR UNCLE POPEYE TO FEED SPINACH TO HIS FOUR OBSTINATE NEPHEWS, HE TELLS THEM THE STORY Of “HOIKULES,” AN ANCIENT WARRIOR WHO CONSUMES GUESS WHICH VEGETABLE SO THAT HE MAY RESTORE HIS VITALITY AND COMBAT THE BIG BULLY – WHO, Of COURSE, RESEMBLES BLUTO.
5. A HAUL IN ONE (1956). WITH POPEYE, OLIVE OYL, BLUTO. IT’S MOVING DAY, AND OLIVE HASN’T FINISHED PACKING. POPEYE AND BLUTO ARE THE MOVERS, AND BOTH ARE BOWLED OVER BY HER BEAUTY (NOW WE KNOW WHY HE’S ALWAYS SQUINTING!) THESE PARTNERS BECOME BITTER RIVALS AS THEY TRY TO OUTDO EACH OTHER AND IMPRESS THE DEMURE MISS OYL.
6. COOKIN’ WITH GAGS (1954). WITH POPEYE, OLIVE OYL, BLUTO. POPEYE AND BLUTO ARE AGAIN RIVALS AS THEY APPEAR AT OLIVE’S DOOR TO ESCORT HER ON A PICNIC. IT’S APRIL FOOL’S DAY, AND BLUTO IS HAVING A BLAST AT THE PICNIC SITE AS HE MAKES THE SAILOR THE BUTT Of HIS JOKES. GUESS WHO WINS OUT IN THE END?
7. TAXI-TURVY (1954). WITH POPEYE, OLIVE OYL, BLUTO. POPEYE AND BLUTO ARE BIG CITY CAB DRIVERS, WHO DO BATTLE WHEN OLIVE INNOCENTLY ARRIVES ON THE SCENE SEEKING A TAXI.
8. ANCIENT FISTORY (1952). WITH POPEYE, OLIVE OYL, BLUTO. IN THIS TAKE-OfF ON “CINDERELLA,” OLIVE IS THE FAIR PRINCESS WHO IS SET TO CHOOSE HER PRINCE AT THE GRAND BALL (DARE WE CALL HER “VIRGIN OLIVE OYL?”) BLUTO IS A SELF-CENTERED, SELF-ASSURED MEMBER Of THE UPPERCRUST, WHILE POPEYE TOILS IN RAGS – THAT IS, UNTIL HIS FAIRY GODFATHER ARRIVES ON THE SCENE.
9. 9.POPEYE’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY (1954). WITH POPEYE, OLIVE OYL, BLUTO. POPEYE MADE HIS SCREEN DEBUT IN 1933, OPPOSITE BETTY BOOP. AT A TESTIMONIAL IN HIS HONOR, HE BRINGS OUT A PROJECTOR AND SCREENS HIGHLIGHTS FROM HIS STAR-STUDDED CAREER. MOVIE BUFFS WILL ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE ANIMATED APPEARANCES Of BOB HOPE, BING CROSBY, DEAN MARTIN, JERRY LEWIS, AND JIMMY DURANTE. 55 MINUTES TOTAL. CARTOONS.