That's Why He Wins
Popeye takes Olive Oyl to the Rodeo. There she cheers wildly for Bluto, who's performing. Popeye jumps down and does him one better. Eventually they fight when Bluto kidnaps Olive.
Even though many of the early Popeye cartoons use exactly the same, dull plot that would be used for the next two dozen years, I enjoy them immensely. One reason is the immense number of gags that director Dave Fleischer insisted on cramming into every short, not just the big gags, but the little ones, like the street signs that proclaim Popeye is walking down "Foist Street". Another is the shabby, patched-together world these characters live in, recreated from Segar's THIMBLE THEATER comic strip, whence these characters arose.
Even though many of the early Popeye cartoons use exactly the same, dull plot that would be used for the next two dozen years, I enjoy them immensely. One reason is the immense number of gags that director Dave Fleischer insisted on cramming into every short, not just the big gags, but the little ones, like the street signs that proclaim Popeye is walking down "Foist Street". Another is the shabby, patched-together world these characters live in, recreated from Segar's THIMBLE THEATER comic strip, whence these characters arose.
- boblipton
- 15 juill. 2023