This is the second time George W. Geezil makes an appearance in a Popeye cartoon. Unlike his first appearance in A Clean Shaven Man (1936) which was a non-speaking cameo, this is a fairly big role.
One of the few Popeye cartoons where there's no spinach, no Bluto, no Olive, nor Popeye closing theme.
The name Geezil might have been a pun on the political cartoonist, Theodore Geisel, who was popular at the time. He would later become more well known as Dr. Seuss, the creator of many children's stories.
One of a number of Popeye shorts which were sent off to Asia in the '80s to undergo the infamous redraw and colorization process.