Popeye!

[ngman7]

Who here likes Popeye? Popeye cartoons?

I like the old arcade game.

DO you have a favorite Popeye cartoon?

I think they should have made a cartoon show about Popeye and the gang as kids, explaining how they met going to school at Sweethaven High.

[AzureSignal]

Popeye is old shit.

[ngman7]

At 5/13/09 07:23 AM, C1ph3r wrote: Popeye is old shit.

Oldie but a goodie. :D
You don't like classic toons?

[ngman7]

Would Popeye be a good fit if they brought him back now?

[tigger448]

You are desperate for ideas for threads aren't you?

[o0-0o]

I love how Popeye's is the name of a muscle enhancement store. Spinach roids!

[Fluffington]

He eats more than spinach to be this strong, but I won't tell you the secret.

[CacheHelper]

The game where you had to catch the hearts? Game was awesome.

Love the cartoons... but then again I'm a sucker for a lot of those old cartoons. Cartoons lost their appeal to me when they became less about hand drawn animation, and more about motion tweens and CGI.

Also, the Robin Williams movie is the shit!

[ngman7]

Why don't they serve spinach in Popeye restaurants?

[yurgenburgen]

I used to like watching it as a child. It inspired me to try spinach, as I was under the impression that after eating it I could go outside and lift up my parents' car. So my mum emptied a can of it onto a plate for me and I managed to stomach about two bites (it was disgusting) before running outside and attempting to lift the car. I failed, and felt cheated into eating spinach.

[DM692]

At 5/13/09 12:46 PM, The-Condor wrote: mmmmm... Popeye....

Mmmmm... I love your tasty candy stick Popeye...

[lemondemon]

i like it when he beats the living shit out of every thing

[ngman7]

They made a Popeye reference on Jay Leno-they were equating Viagra with spinach and playing the Popeye theme music.

[BlakeMo]

The chicken is amazing

[ngman7]

Popeye vs. Superman.

Actually it's an homage to Popeye called Captain Strong.

[Prinzy2]

Fuck your threads suck, when are going to stop making them?

[Generalissimus]

I only saw the show a couple of time when I was younger. It was ok...

[BrainlessDan]

dude i don't like anything that old.

[BaghdadByTheBay]

Popped;
eye.

[ngman7]

At 5/14/09 01:34 AM, BaghdadByTheBay wrote: Popped;
eye.

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Function:
noun
Etymology:
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Date:
1828

an eye staring and bulging (as from excitement)

[Drugged]

Popeye's has good food. Ha.

[Silver-Glint]

It was okay, not a brilliant show. I didn't even watch it that much to be honest.

[jmalouin7]

At 5/13/09 12:46 PM, The-Condor wrote: mmmmm... Popeye....

My first official cigarette <3

[ngman7]

Popeye brand spinach:

[ngman7]

Some trivia from wikipedia:

After the theatrical Popeye cartoon series went out of production in 1957, Bluto's name was changed to Brutus because it was (wrongly) believed that Paramount Pictures, distributors of the Fleischer Studios (later Famous Studios) cartoons, owned the rights to the name "Bluto." (King Features owned the name all along as Bluto had been originally created for the comic strip. However, due to poor research, they failed to realize this, and renamed him Brutus to avoid copyright issues.)[1]. "Brutus" appears in the 1960-1962 Popeye television cartoons (with his physical appearance changed, making him obese rather than muscular), but he is again "Bluto" (and back to his original muscular physique) in the 1978 Hanna-Barbera Popeye series and the 1980 Popeye movie, as well as Hanna-Barbera's 1987 Popeye and Son series. Brutus was also the name Nintendo used for their arcade game based on the property.[citation needed]

Another subtle difference between the characters of Brutus and Bluto is that while Bluto was often portrayed as a fellow sailor who also sought to win the heart of Olive Oyl, Brutus was portrayed as a generic villain, or bank robber, who showed no romantic interest in Olive. Instead, he usually took her hostage, leaving Popeye to rescue her.

Prior to the name change to Brutus, the bearded strongman was known as "The Big Guy Who Hates Popeye," "Junior," "Mean Man," and "Sonny Boy" in the comic strip and comic books. The name "Brutus" was first used on Popeye-related products in 1960 and in print in 1962. It is generally accepted that Bluto and Brutus are one and the same. However, Ocean Comics published a one-shot "Popeye" comic book where Bluto and Brutus were twin brothers. Bobby London, who drew the "Popeye" daily strip for six years, wrote and illustrated the "Return of Bluto" story where the 1932 version of Bluto returns and discovers a number of fat, bearded bullies have taken his place, calling themselves "Brutus" (each one being a different version of Popeye's rival).[citation needed] On December 28, 2008 and April 5, 2009, the Popeye comic strip called Bluto the twin brother of Brutus.

In Latin America, the character was always called "Brutus".

[Trystlions]

This thread makes me hungry

[ngman7]

I was thinking of a cartoon in which Popeye goes into rehab for spinach addiction, or ends up with a spinach patch,

Good idea for a Flash cartoon.

[galatea1]

At 5/14/09 05:11 AM, ngman7 wrote: Some trivia from wikipedia:


On December 28, 2008 and April 5, 2009, the Popeye comic strip called Bluto the twin brother of Brutus.

In Latin America, the character was always called "Brutus".

Interesting. I always sort of wondered why the character was sometimes referred to as Brutus and other times as Bluto. Incidentally, the guy who did the voice-overs for the Little Caesars (sp?) Pizza commercials was the same guy that voiced Bluto in the 1950's Popeye cartoons.

[TNT]

It's a pretty nostalgic show for me, and I've always watched it when it was on a while ago.

[DrClay]

I'll pay you Tuesday