I Yam What I Yam

This second-ever Popeye cartoon still offers some things which look and sound strange for those of us who have seen a lot of other Popeye efforts, especially from the later '30s to the '60s. Bonnie Poe, instead of the customary Mae Questel, did the early voice of Olive Oyl. Speaking of Olive, she was subservient to Popeye early on and by 1960, Popeye had to work hard to keep winning her over. For instance, the first scene in this cartoon is Popeye, Olive and Wimpy in a boat crossing the ocean (?) and Olive is doing the rowing while Popeye just sings. Wimpy eats fish, not hamburgers.

Anyway, the story in "early settler" one in which the trio lands, Popeye belts some big trees which magically produced a log cabin (complete with chimney!) and then the Indians, disguised as trees, attack the cabin. Olive fights them off while Wimpy keeps eating. (I wonder when he began with his trademark hamburgers?)

Nothing really super-funny in here, but I did laugh near the end when Popeye clobbered the huge chief, changing him from a big, violent monster to the peace-loving Ghandi.

"Ohh, my hero," Olive croons.