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Cyrus Presents Beau's Review of "Popeye the Sailor Volume 3"
Sometimes the powers that be at DVD central ask me if I want odd things. Things I wouldn't gravitate towards saying 'yes' to. Sometimes they send them along anyways (why oh why do I have a copy of "Beer for my Horses" sitting on my desk?) This Popeye set is one I wouldn't have normally requested but Beau, being one of the finest individuals I have had the pleasure to make review DVDs he didn't want to, is a sizable fan of these old classic shorts. It was the right thing to do for a guy who takes great pains in his life to always try to do the right thing. I present, with gratitude to Beau who is THE MAN, his review of "Popeye the Sailor Volume 3"...
When I was just a mere slip of a lad the first thing I would do after I got home from school (after walking through the driving rain and over six-foot snow drifts, uphill, both ways) is turn on the television and tune into Cartoon Corner, the local ABC affiliate’s thirty minute package of classic animation. The young whippersnappers of today, with access to a slew of new and ever changing animated series on the Kids WB and Cartoon Network may scoff at the thin gravy of reruns I was forced to put up with but I wouldn’t trade my classic cartoon memories for all the animation in Korea.
Of course, kids today are still reasonably familiar with the classic Warner Bros. icons: Daffy, Bugs, and Porky. However, they’d probably be hard put to identify such lost comedy gold animation as Heckle and Jeckle and even though they could probably pull the old sailor out of a police line-up (testimony to pop art status) most of them have probably never seen a Popeye cartoon in their lives.
This has actually turned out to be a blessing of sorts for old-school animation buffs like myself, though. The lack of commercial recognition amongst the kiddies of the new century basically demands that Warner Bros. releases its collections of the old classic Popeye cartoons with the collector specifically in mind, as opposed to slowly doling the episodes out under the guise of “Popeye’s Greatest Hits” or “The Best of Popeye” or “Popeye’s Loudest Spinach Farts”. Even better, Warner has been releasing the shorts in chronological order, something they should consider doing with all of their properties in my own humble opinion. The latest in the series, Popeye The Sailor Vol. Three 1941-1945 rounds out the true classic episodes of the series’ original run under Max and Dave Fleischer and transitions without a blink into the Famous Studios run. Lost along the way are Popeye’s original duds; his more traditional merchant sailor garb replaced by regulation U.S. Navy whites. Gained are Popeye’s first WWII adventures, his induction into the Navy and the introduction of his four, somewhat macabre, “clone” nephews, Pip-eye, Pup-eye, Peep-eye and the tragically named Poop-eye.
Volume III does pale a bit in comparison to the first two volumes. A lot of the lovable surreality present in the earlier Fleischer efforts has been toned down and the advent of the war leads to a dearth of Bluto-centric episodes and leads to some often disturbing ethnically stereotypical antagonists instead. The most egregious offender here is “You’re a Sap, Mr. Jap” featuring Popeye going up against a gaggle of buck-teethed, bespectacled gibbering Japanese, illustrated in the popular style of the times. Though understandable in context, the episode is definitely something to give a skip if you’re watching with kids.
These somewhat minor quibbles aside, Popeye Volume II easily stands with its predecessors as a quality collection of golden-age animation. In addition to the lovingly restored shorts, the two-disc set features three “Popumentaries” concerning story art, Popeye in the war and the origins of his mysterious “nephews” respectively. The package also features three of Fleischer Studio’s silent-film era Koko the Clown shorts. The silent shorts are a nice inclusion (they’re unlikely to be re-released in any package of their own) but I do wish Warner would consider giving them a soundtrack of sorts. The shorts without music can be a little creepy.
A few years ago many of these Popeye shorts were completely unavailable outside of hand-me-down poor quality bootlegs. Kudos go to Warner Bros. for putting them together so lovingly. This is definitely a collector’s must-have.
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Comment by TVBRobotnik on December 29, 2008 at 9:11pm -
YouTube Poop-eye!
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Comment by Roofus on November 23, 2008 at 9:58pm -
Loudest Spinach Farts...hilarious, sir. My biggest gripe with these releases is that Warner Home Video (in their infinite wisdom) decided to downsize these sets to 2 disc collections from the previous four disc format. Oh, well. Better than nothing. Good review.
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Comment by AJ on November 23, 2008 at 9:40pm -
YES!!
i have a bunch of old vhs tapes of popeye and casper and tom and jerry, and oh my.
i'm excited.
thanks. i didn't even know, such a thing was even out!!
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Comment by Grant on November 23, 2008 at 8:06pm -
You had me at Poop-eye!
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Comment by ghostwriter on November 23, 2008 at 7:31am -
Beau, you are my hero!
I was saturated with Popeye as a kid! We had a live kiddie show up here in NH called "Uncle Gus" a guy at the TV station would sit behind desk and play Simon Says with a room ful of kiddies (I never got to be on....a whole hour away from where I lived) but we watched every afternoon at 4 when he would play Popeye cartoons between the games and interviews he did with the kids. Sadly, they never recorded any of these shows so they are lost except for still photos of the kids in the studio in their Sunday best!
I think it would be good for kids to watch those WWII sterotype shows to teach our kids not to be that way, that it was a different time and people thought differently. I feel kids are sheilded too much, unlike my day when we were pretty much on our own to make our own fun which we did....give a listen to a song by Bucky Covington called A Different World and you'll hear what it was like when I was a kid....walking up hill both ways to school in 10 foot snow drifts in June......these kids have it easy!
Thanks for the review! And by the way....how the hell old are you? I always thought you were a young pup like the rest of these guys.
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Comment by NotTheWhosTommy on November 23, 2008 at 12:44am -
I remember watching Popeye in the early hours of the morning on weekends. I still wear my "Got Spinach" shirt to this day.
Nice review, Beau!
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Comment by HANDOVERFISTS aka Willow Raven on November 23, 2008 at 12:44am -
We do like the old school cartoons, thank you for letting me know this was even out there.This smells like a Christmas present for my honey (constantly lamenting the censorship of old school cartoons).
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