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Olive Oyl is a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar in 1919 for his comic strip Thimble Theatre. [6] The strip was later renamed Popeye after the sailor character that became the most popular member of the cast; however, Olive Oyl was a main character for a decade before Popeye's 1929 appearance.
Beginning in 1933, [1] Questel provided the voice for Olive Oyl in the Max Fleischer Popeye cartoons. She made her debut with "I Eats Me Spinach" and essentially became the permanent voice until her hiatus to start a family in 1938. She reportedly based Olive's nasal vocal quality and expression, "Oh, dear!", on the character actress ZaSu Pitts ...
Popeye cartoons, including a sing-along special entitled Let's Sing with Popeye, were a regular part of the weekly meetings. 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 the opportunity to win other gifts. Polls taken by theater ...
Image credits: Warner Bros. Pictures ... Fudd appeared as Bugs’ villain in 37 out of the 168 classic Bugs Bunny cartoons, ... #29 Popeye and Olive Oyl.
A Date to Skate is the last cartoon made by Dave and Max Fleischer at their studio in New York City, New York and the last Fleischer cartoon to feature Mae Questel as the voice of Olive Oyl. Hereafter and until the demise of the Fleischers' studio, Popeye's shorts would be animated in Miami, Florida , and Margie Hines would be the voice of ...
This cartoon, incidentally was the only appearance of Olive Oyl's mother, Nana. In May 1942, Paramount Pictures assumed ownership of Fleischer Studios, fired the Fleischers and began reorganizing the studio, which they renamed Famous Studios .
In Baby Wants Spinach (1950) Olive Oyl asks Popeye to watch her “cousin Swee’Pea.” (In the King Features cartoons of the early 1960s, it is implied that Swee'Pea is Popeye's nephew). From 1936–1938 Mae Questel provided the voice for Swee'Pea which was then taken over by voice actress Margie Hines from 1938 to 1943.
Let's You and Him Fight is a Popeye theatrical cartoon short released in February 16, 1934, starring Billy Costello as Popeye, Bonnie Poe as Olive Oyl, William Pennell as Bluto and Charles Lawrence as the announcer. [1]