Blow Me Down!

This is the third Popeye cartoon from the Fleischer Brothers and as such, this was a very fresh and original cartoon. Later cartoons sometimes just seemed like re-treads with all too familiar plots-- fortunately this one manages to be quite creative.

The cartoon begins with Popeye arriving in Mexico. There he soon sees Olive Oyl dancing in a cantina--where she performs one of the strangest cartoons in movie history. Soon, Bluto the Bandit arrives and it's up to our hero to take care of this dangerous jerk. And, when the rest of Bluto's gang arrives, it's spinach time!

This is a pretty good Popeye cartoon--and I like how Popeye AND Olive work together on this one. Interestingly, you can tell it's a pre-code cartoon, as Popeye and Bluto have a small drinking contest---something you'd be unlikely to see later in the 1930s. Well worth seeing.