The All New Popeye Hour
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MEMORIES:
kendra remembers...Popeye was the man:) I still don't know what Olive Oyl had,but to each his own. More »
Posted on 03/25/08
PHOTOS:
CATCH PHRASE:
"Me likes what me likes."
"I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."
Cast:
Popeye...Jack Mercer
Olive Oyl...Marilyn Schreffler
Bluto...Allan Melvin
Wimpy...Daws Butler
The Evil Sea Hag...Marilyn Schreffler
Sgt. Blast...Joanne Worley
Col. Crumb...Hal Smith
Dinky...Frank Welker
Uncle Dudley...Frank Nelson
Monica...Julie Bennett
Sandy...Jackie Joseph
Olive Oyl...Marilyn Schreffler
Bluto...Allan Melvin
Wimpy...Daws Butler
The Evil Sea Hag...Marilyn Schreffler
Sgt. Blast...Joanne Worley
Col. Crumb...Hal Smith
Dinky...Frank Welker
Uncle Dudley...Frank Nelson
Monica...Julie Bennett
Sandy...Jackie Joseph
Studio:
Hanna-Barbera
Release History:
9/9/78 - 9/10/83 CBS
Popeye, the spinach-eating sailor, has been a pop culture icon since 1929. He’s been featured in several hundred comic strips, TV and radio shows, and theatrical shorts.
In 1978 Popeye starred in a new cartoon, The All New Popeye Hour. It was divided into several different shows - The Adventures of Popeye, Popeye's Treasure Hunt, Popeye's Sports Parade, and Dinky Dog (which was about a dog, and actually had nothing to do with Popeye). Cartoons of this era had less to do with Popeye’s original penchant for fighting and focused more on the tricks of Popeye’s nemesis, Bluto (who had been known as “Brutus” for inexplicable reasons). Also included was a public service segment where Popeye would talk to his nephews Peepeye, Pupeye, and Pipeye about things like home safety or healthy eating. No longer a pipe smoker, Popeye only used his trademark pipe to go “toot toot!” at the end of his theme song.
The series was shortened to thirty minutes in 1980 and renamed The Popeye and Olive Comedy Show. They added a segment called Prehistoric Popeye, which featured a Cro-Magnon version of our sailor hero, and another called Private Olive Oyl, starring Popeye’s girlfriend Olive, along with Alice the Goon, as Army privates.
CBS cancelled the show in 1983, but the sailor returned to Saturday morning in 1987 with Popeye and Son. Though that lasted only one season, Popeye the sailor man is ingrained enough in pop culture that he continues to grace us with merchandising, cartoon reruns, and a fast food restaurant bearing his name.
