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I Yam What I Yam is the second Popeye cartoon and the first cartoon in Popeye's own series; the first entry, Popeye the Sailor, was released as a Betty Boop cartoon. [3] This is the first cartoon in which Bonnie Poe voices Olive Oyl. [citation needed] This cartoon is available on DVD in the four-disc set Popeye the Sailor: 1933–1938, Volume 1.
Popeye's theme song, titled "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man", composed by Sammy Lerner in 1933 for Fleischer's first Popeye the Sailor cartoon, [70] has become forever associated with the sailor. " The Sailor's Hornpipe " has often been used as an introduction to Popeye's theme song.
Popeye tells Olive to "Make a fist" so the attendant Attendant can measure it. ("A hand like a foot and a half," he mutters, deftly wrapping a skate about the Lady's great clenched hand.) Popeye hammers the long, slender skates with his fists to the bottom of Olive's shoes; she falls over a couple of times as Popeye delicately slips on his own.
J. Wellington Wimpy, generally referred to as Wimpy, is a character in the comic strip Popeye, created by E. C. Segar, and in the Popeye cartoons based upon the strip. Wimpy debuted in the strip in 1931 and was one of the dominant characters in the newspaper strip, but when Popeye was adapted as an animated cartoon series by Fleischer Studios, Wimpy became a minor character; Dave Fleischer ...
The Popeye Song Folio is a collection of 24 songs issued by Popular Melodies, Inc. 1619 Broadway, New York City in 1936. They contain the tunes played in the various Popeye cartoon short series directed by Dave Fleischer .
This is a list of the 109 cartoons of the Popeye the Sailor film series produced by Fleischer Studios for Paramount Pictures from 1933 to 1942. [1]During the course of production in 1941, Paramount assumed control of the Fleischer studio, removing founders Max and Dave Fleischer from control of the studio and renaming the organization Famous Studios by 1942.
Punch-Drunk Love is the 2002 soundtrack album featuring music composed by Jon Brion for the film of the same name. The album includes the song "He Needs Me" by Shelley Duvall from Robert Altman's 1980 film Popeye. The soundtrack received an enthusiastic review from classical music critic Greg Sandow. [1]
In January 1935, Popeye the Sailor was listened to on 12.2 percent of U.S. radios. In January 1936, it was listened to on 10.2 percent of U.S. radios. [21] The second season ranked number two in Best Children's Program in the First Annual Hearts Newspaper Radio Editors Poll, and number four in Children's Program in the Annual Radio Guide Popularity Poll.