Popeye . . . one buff 75-year-old

[LiviaOlivia]

Sydney Morning Herald

January 18, 2004 - 11:10AM

Popeye the Sailor Man turned 75 today, still smoking his pipe and flexing his spinach-fuelled biceps with waifish girlfriend Olive Oyl, hamburger-mooching Wimpy and hairy arch-rival Brutus at his side.

Popeye's debut came on January 17, 1929, in a guest spot in the Thimble Theatre, a comic strip created by Elzie Segar for the New York Evening Journal, which revolved around Olive Oyl's family.

"Hey there! Are you a sailor?" asked Olive's brother Castor Oyl. "'Ja think I'm a cowboy?" Popeye replied in his opening line, standing on a dock in his sailor suit.

With his immediately identifiable accent, Popeye became the star of an unusual cast of characters that included his love, Olive Oyl, his adopted baby Swee'Pea and his father, Pappy.
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Hamburger-obsessed J Wellington Wimpy, who would "gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today," became such a popular side character that his name was eventually attached to a fast-food chain.

Popeye's adventures often had him defending Olive Oyl against his glass-jawed nemesis Brutus, whose name sometimes changed to Bluto without explanation. When Popeye was really in a pinch, he would eat a can of spinach, which would give him super-human strength to take on his enemies.
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"By 1938, Popeye replaced Mickey Mouse as the most popular cartoon character in America," Mark Langer claimed in Animation World magazine.
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This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/18/1074360619826.html

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. My 5 year old LOVES Popeye!

Thanks for this! :-)

[MrSlayer]

2. Olive Oyl is a slut...

or a cock tease at best. Every cartoon is the same, She and Popeye are doing something (Safari, in Egypt, etc.) and when Bluto appears she flirts with him and sometimes willingly goes with him. When he tries to take what she offers, she promptly balks and Popeye beats the shit out of him. I think Popeye would be a much more peaceful person if Olive wasn't such a teasing slut.

[KG]

3. you picked that up, too?

popeye shoulda just dumped the hussy!

[NoPasaran]

4. Yeah!

I never could understand what Popeye saw in Olive Oyl anyway.

[zbdent]

5. Think about it - somebody that skinny (and never putting out) has

got to be tight!

[ironflange]

7. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!!!

*<snort>*

Good one!

[LiviaOlivia]

6. Schoolyard ditty

O Popeye the sailor man
He live in a garbage can
He ate with chickens
And smelled like the dickens
O Popeye the sailor man!

[ironflange]

8. I know a different one

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man
I live in a garbage can
I went to my Auntie's
To pull down her panties
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. And another

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man
I live in a garbage can
I eat all the worms
And spit out the germs
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man

[MrSlayer]

10. another old one

I'm Popeye the sailor man
I live in a frying Pan
Turn on the gas
and roast up his ass
I'm Popeye the sailor man.


You can substitute Heat and Meat for Gas and Ass if you like. This was a popular one when I was 6.

[TheMightyFavog]

11. Ohhh...

I'm Popeye the sailor man (toot, toot)
I Lives in a garbage can (toooot!)
I Loves to goes swimmin' With naked wimmen
I'm popey the Sailor man! (toot!)

[Archae]

12. Don't forget the movie

Am I the only one here who enjoyed the live-action movie, with Robin Williams as Popeye?