Re: Popeye Question

[David Lindsey <dlindsey@EAGLE.ESD189.WEDNET.EDU>]

Popeye the sailor--according to the World encyclopedia of cartoons--was a
character in E.C. Segar's cartoon strip Thimble Theater (b. Jan.,
1929)...the first Fleischer Bros. movie cartoon was released July 14,
1933, as part of its Betty Boop ser...his bearded rival was "Bluto"...the
encyc goes on to state that once the Fleischer's left the Famous Studios
the series went downhill and became "repetitive and witless"....(I
agree)...Brutus must have been a television revision...addition.

David A. Lindsey
Librarian
Lakewood Middle and High School Libraries
Lakewood, WA 98259
dlindsey@eagle.esd189.wednet.edu
ka7obu@gte.net
dlindsey@lwsd.wednet.edu

On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Barbara McElfish wrote:

> Dear Friends,
> I am hoping that among our members there is at least one Popeye fan who can
> solve this question: A friend recently announced that he heard Warner Bros. was
> finally going to allow Popeye to marry Olive Oyl. I asked what was going to
> happen to Brutus? My friend said "you mean  Bluto". We went online to the Warner
> Bros. Site and I did a search to find other references. There were Brutus hats
> for sale, but the name Bluto was also found. Upon watching the cartoon, we
> discovered that Popeye calls the character Bluto, but Olive Oyl calls him
> Brutus. Which name is correct? If you can help, please email me direct.
>
> I would love to be right on this little bit of trivia!
>
> Barbara McElfish
> Librarian, Mirror Lake Elementary
> Federal Way, Washington  98003
> 3mcelfish@integrityol.com
> "If only one person out of a hundred and fifty million should continue on as a
> reader, he would be the one worth saving."  -- E.B. White
>
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