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Rating:  - 17 Fleischer and Famous Studios Popeye shorts
FLEISCHER STUDIOS produced Popeye cartoons from 1933 to '42, when Paramount's FAMOUS STUDIOS animation department took over the series and Fleischer's operation. Popeye was originally voiced by Billy Costello, who was replaced (due to his erratic behavior) by former animator, Jack Mercer. Olive was portrayed by many women-- the best-known being Mae Questal (who was also Betty Boop).
Featured on this single disc are the contents of two separate GOOD TIMES VIDEO DVDs. Also available from them is a triple-play DVD of FLEISCHER and FAMOUS STUDIOS cartoons. It's called: BETTY BOOP AND THE GIRLS OF MISCHIEF/THE BEST OF BETTY BOOP/GABBY AND HIS GULLIBLE FRIENDS.
PROGRAM LIST for "Popeye's Greatest Tall Tales & Heroic Adventures" (includes synopses)--
Studios: Fleischer [fl], Famous [fa]
PATRIOTIC POPEYE (1957) [fa] - Popeye takes away his nephews' 4th of July fireworks and they scheme to get them back.
BIG BAD SINDBAD (1952) [fa] - Popeye and nephews see a Sindbad statue in a museum. Popeye tells the boys of his battle with Sindbad, the evil pirate.
ASSAULT AND FLATTERY (1956) [fa] - Judge Wimpy watches scenes from earlier shorts to determine if Popeye is guilty of beating Bluto up.
ME MUSICAL NEPHEWS (1942) [fa] - Popeye can't sleep while his four nephews practice playing square dance music.
ME FEELINS IS HURT (1940) [fl] - Olive dumps Popeye for a cowboy, so he visits her at the Bar None Ranch.
I'M IN THE ARMY NOW (1936) [fl] - Olive's infatuation with soldiers brings Bluto and Popeye to an enlistment station, where clips of earlier shorts are shown.
A DATE TO SKATE (1938) [fl] - Popeye tries to teach Olive to rollerskate. (Mae Questal's last Popeye cartoon as Olive.)
I NEVER CHANGES MY ALTITUDE (1936) [fl] - Olive soars with flyboy Bluto but soon regrets doing so.
THE PANELESS WINDOW WASHER (1937) [fl] - Popeye goes into the window washing business to compete with dishonest Bluto.
PROGRAM LIST for "Popeye: Fists of Fury"--
THE CRYSTAL BRAWL (1957) - A disguised-as-a-fortuneteller Popeye scares Olive away from Bluto when he predicts her future.
SPOOKY SWABS (1957) - Popeye and Olive float on a raft until they board an abandoned and haunted ship.
I DON'T SCARE (1956) - Bluto changes the calendar to Friday the 13th so superstitious Olive won't go out with Popeye.
SPREE LUNCH (1957) - Wimpy cadges free meals at both Popeye's and Bluto's eateries.
Stooges in the Woods
POPEYE'S 20th ANNIVERSARY (1954) - At a testimonial dinner, Paramount actors watch scenes of Popeye's past exploits.
FLOOR FLUSHER (1954) - Popeye repairs Olive's leaky faucet until Bluto sabotages the pipes.
NEARLYWEDS (1957) - Popeye and Olive's wedding plans are ruined when he shows up at the ceremony wearing a barrel.
PARLEZ VOUS WOO (1956) - Bluto adopts a fake French accent to lure Olive from Popeye.
BONUS: Soaky Toys Commercial
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