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Popeye's story and characterization vary depending on the medium. In his debut storyline, Popeye's superhumanly proportioned strength and endurance stemmed from the "luck" he acquired by rubbing the feathers of the head of Bernice, a "whiffle hen", thus enabling him to survive fifteen gunshot wounds.
The Popeye Show (Originally titled I'm Popeye) [3] [4] is an American cartoon anthology series that premiered on November 12, 2001, [1] [2] on Cartoon Network. Each episode includes three Popeye theatrical shorts from Fleischer Studios and/or Famous Studios . [ 5 ]
Popeye is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by Robert Altman and produced by Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions. It is based on E. C. Segar's Popeye comics character. The script was written by Jules Feiffer, and stars Robin Williams [3] as Popeye the Sailor Man and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl. Its story follows Popeye's ...
The 1975 sequel French Connection II follows Popeye as he pursues drug smuggler Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey) back to Marseille. Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey — the only two cast members to appear in both movies — reprised their roles as Popeye and Charnier. While the original movie was based on a true story, the sequel was entirely fictional.
Fridays is a sketch comedy and variety show that aired on the American Broadcasting Company for three seasons from April 11, 1980 to April 23, 1982. Taking cues from NBC's Saturday Night Live, Fridays had a small cast with differing backgrounds in comedy and performance, comedic sketches that ranged from satire and spoofs to situational humor featuring quirky characters and recurring bits, a ...
He's strong, and brave, and loyal, tho he isn't much for looks But Vee and I decided there's one place he belongs That's why we go together and wrote these little songs We showed them all to Popeye, who gave us his okay He said, "Ahoy there kids! Come on--let's hear you sing and play" So open up the pages, and you will find a lot
PBS Kids announces premiere date for 'Super Why's Comic Book Adventures,' a series of animated musical shorts based on the hit 'Super Why!' series. Y-E-S, yes, the new 'Super Why!' musical shorts ...
First cartoon where Popeye sings his full theme song when he appears since Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936) Final cartoon with "anchor" designed ending. 115 Seein' Red, White 'N' Blue: February 19 Jim Tyer Ben Solomon TBA Joe Stultz Dan Gordon An edited-for-TV version is known to exist [citation needed] Dave Barry voices Bluto [2]