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Popeye the Sailor -- Popeye Meets Hercules # 155 June 18, 1948
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Popeye the Sailor -- Famous Studios
This is a list of the 122 cartoons starting from No 110 starring Popeye the Sailor and produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios (later known as Paramount Cartoon Studios) from 1942 to 1957. These cartoons were produced after Paramount took ownership of Fleischer Studios, which originated the Popeye cartoon series in 1933.
All cartoons are one-reel in length (6 to 10 minutes). The first 14 shorts (You're a Sap, Mr. Jap through Cartoons Ain't Human) are in black-and-white. All remaining cartoons, beginning with Her Honor the Mare, are in colour. Unlike the Fleischer Studios entries, the director credits for these shorts represent the actual director in charge of that short's production. The first animator credited handled the animation direction. The numbers listed next to each cartoon continue the numbering of the Fleischer entries.
The black-and white Popeye cartoons were sold to television distributor Associated Artists Productions (A.A.P.) in 1956, and the colour cartoons were sold to A.A.P. the following year. The original opening and closing Paramount titles were cut for TV syndication. By the early 2000s, the Popeye shorts were owned by Turner Entertainment, whose Cartoon Network broadcast restored versions of many of the shorts as part of an anthology series called The Popeye Show. These shorts are noted below.
Popeye the Sailor -- Popeye Meets Hercules # 155 June 18, 1948
Popeye and Olive are in ancient Greece watching the first Olympics. Thousands of people are attending the athletic event at a coliseum. Even the ancient Greek gods are watching from the clouds above (watch as one of them pulls a Stan Laurel gag and lights his cigar with his thumb... only it's a miniature lightning bolt instead of a flame!). Hercules (looking- but not quite sounding- like a really pumped-up Bluto) challenges anyone to duplicate his feats. Of course, Popeye answers that challenge with a series of stunts fighting lions and elephants. First, they battle animals, with Hercules pulling the skins off two wild elephants and Popeye turning three lions into a nesting set. The discus throw doesn't go well, with Hercules' disc swooping Popeye into Herc's hand. The javelin is even worse for Popeye, with Herc throwing him so far that he lands on the moon. (Any signs of Alice Kramden?) This gives him a chance to go after Olive (in typical Bluto fashion). Her cries of help reach Popeye, who prays to the Greek goddess Spinachia, who delivers a can of spinach to him. Popeye then turns into a rocket and blasts back to earth, pounding Hercules down in size to a midget!
The print reviewed had the original Paramount titles.
This is a list of the 122 cartoons starting from No 110 starring Popeye the Sailor and produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios (later known as Paramount Cartoon Studios) from 1942 to 1957. These cartoons were produced after Paramount took ownership of Fleischer Studios, which originated the Popeye cartoon series in 1933.
All cartoons are one-reel in length (6 to 10 minutes). The first 14 shorts (You're a Sap, Mr. Jap through Cartoons Ain't Human) are in black-and-white. All remaining cartoons, beginning with Her Honor the Mare, are in colour. Unlike the Fleischer Studios entries, the director credits for these shorts represent the actual director in charge of that short's production. The first animator credited handled the animation direction. The numbers listed next to each cartoon continue the numbering of the Fleischer entries.
The black-and white Popeye cartoons were sold to television distributor Associated Artists Productions (A.A.P.) in 1956, and the colour cartoons were sold to A.A.P. the following year. The original opening and closing Paramount titles were cut for TV syndication. By the early 2000s, the Popeye shorts were owned by Turner Entertainment, whose Cartoon Network broadcast restored versions of many of the shorts as part of an anthology series called The Popeye Show. These shorts are noted below.
Popeye the Sailor -- Popeye Meets Hercules # 155 June 18, 1948
Popeye and Olive are in ancient Greece watching the first Olympics. Thousands of people are attending the athletic event at a coliseum. Even the ancient Greek gods are watching from the clouds above (watch as one of them pulls a Stan Laurel gag and lights his cigar with his thumb... only it's a miniature lightning bolt instead of a flame!). Hercules (looking- but not quite sounding- like a really pumped-up Bluto) challenges anyone to duplicate his feats. Of course, Popeye answers that challenge with a series of stunts fighting lions and elephants. First, they battle animals, with Hercules pulling the skins off two wild elephants and Popeye turning three lions into a nesting set. The discus throw doesn't go well, with Hercules' disc swooping Popeye into Herc's hand. The javelin is even worse for Popeye, with Herc throwing him so far that he lands on the moon. (Any signs of Alice Kramden?) This gives him a chance to go after Olive (in typical Bluto fashion). Her cries of help reach Popeye, who prays to the Greek goddess Spinachia, who delivers a can of spinach to him. Popeye then turns into a rocket and blasts back to earth, pounding Hercules down in size to a midget!
The print reviewed had the original Paramount titles.