Popeye: I Yam What I Yam Review

When people think of comic book characters they usually think of the big hitters like for example Spider-Man or Superman. However there is one character that is actually older then Spider-Man AND Superman as the character in question is Popeye who made his first appearance in 1929 and yet he's been forgotten about for no good reason this is despite the fact that he had a hugely popular cartoon series in the thirties and a very popular live action movie in the eighties and some questionable cheaply made horror films that came out in the past few years with it being his second cartoon that i'm going to be talking to you all abut today and so then join me as I review the cartoon that wouldn't get made today with the question in question being called simply just "I Yam What I Yam" enjoy.

The plot of this cartoon is Popeye , Olive Oyl and Wimpy find themselves on a deserted Island and have to fend of a group of Indians that come to attack them. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's a actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon was in all honesty OK at best. To be frank here the cartoons plot isn't all that great as it's simple and while this is still a good thing there's also nothing all that much to this plot outside of the basic set up of the cartoon which to be fair given how long theatrical cartoon shorts they do kind of need to have a basic and simple plot to them to make them work and this is something that is also true for this cartoons plot. With the fact that it is this short and simple plot being something that does work to it's advantage as it allows for there to be more jokes and more action moments in the cartoon with of both of those taking precedence over the plot of the cartoon however tho this plot still could have been better as we don't get to find out why the three of them are sailing in the first place the cartoon literally opens up with all of three of them out sailing and while it's not a big deal to not include something like that it is something that would have made the cartoons plot feel more thought out and heck we don't even find out why the Indians are attacking them which does lead to another issue with the cartoon that will be getting talked about later on in this review with the plot of this cartoon also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this cartoon is Billy Costello as Popeye , Bonnie Poe as Olive Oyl and Charles Lawrence as Wimpy. It's not uncommon for theatrical cartoons to have only a short amount of actors in each cartoon as after all nine times out of ten there's not going to be that many speaking characters in the cartoon and to this cartoons credit it really doesn't need to have that many actors in it as right when the cartoon starts as does the plot and that is something that does mean that there's not going to be that many characters in the cartoon and heck even the fact that there's just three main characters is something that does mean that all three of this cartoons actors had to do alot of heavy lifting and make sure that there voices for there characters was spot on right from the word go. As while both Billy Costello and Bonnie Poe both appeared as there characters in the previous Popeye cartoon which was apart of the Betty Boop series this cartoon which is the first in the Popeye cartoon series meant that they could hit the ground running as they already knew what there voices sounded like as they had just done them one cartoon previously yet Charles Lawrence had to find his voice of Wimpy which is something that might explain why his character didn't have alot of dialog in the cartoon infact he only had one line of dialog in the whole cartoon as the makers of this cartoon wouldn't have known how the character was going to sound while they started production and to be fait his voice for the character is alright but it's nothing special, however tho the voices for both Popeye and Olive Oyl sound really good with there respective voice actors really getting there voices down perfect and while Billy Costello does give Popeye more of a gruff sounding voice something which would get toned down when Jack Mercer takes over the role just a few years after this cartoon the starting voice for the character is a really good one.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's a actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon was in all honesty OK at best. With the cartoons actors turning some really good performances with alot of them having voices that do suit there respective characters where the acting is let down at the very least from the actors point of view is the fact that the characters don't get much in the way of dialog and therefor the cartoons actors really can't get across just how good that they are as an actor with the cartoons having to do alot of the heavy lifting in this regard. With the best actor in the whole cartoon being Billy Costello as Popeye as he does manage to capture the spirit of the character whilst also being this reluctant hero type which is something that does fit his character perfectly with the only thing that doesn't quiet fit being the characters more gruff voice as the bones for the characters voice is there it just needed to be toned down a little bit but performance wise Billy Costello does do a really good job of setting up just how good each of Popeye's other voices actors need to be as he is the one that started it all with his performance in this cartoon being really good with him having this charm that really does come through in this very cartoon. With the acting that's in this very cartoon really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this cartoons actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very cartoon.

Doing the animation for this cartoon is the legends and the really greats that were over at Fleischer Studios. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's a actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon was in all honesty really good. The fact that we have some really good animation in this cartoon is of no surprise as outside of Warner Bros and Disney Fleischer Studios was known for having really high quality animation in all of there cartoon shorts with this particular cartoon of course being of no exception to this. As despite the backgrounds not being that detailed this is something that does make alot of sense as the characters are on a deserted island therefor of course there's not going to be that much detail in the backgrounds but when there is detail in the background it is something that does stand out all the mor with the makers of this cartoon putting alot of thought and effort into this cartoons animation with the things that is annoying about this cartoons animation being the fact that it has the characters bending there knees alot of the time for no reason this is somethin that is seen in alot of cartoons from around this period and it's always annoying to see as it makes no sense all of the time, there are alot of places where the animation does shine like in the characters movements as given the fact that this is a theatrical cartoon it mean that the makers of the cartoon could have a bigger budget and they put that to good use by giving the characters these really fluid movements that help to make the characters feel more real with the animation even helping to sell you on both the comedy and the action in the cartoon as it makes each hit feel more impactful and each joke being animated as well as it possibly could have been at the same time.

There's no other way around it this cartoon would not be made today due to how it portrays Native Americans or Indians. As while yes it was fairly common practice back in the thirties to portray them as savages as we as a world didn't know much better back then but here due to the fact that they do attack Popeye and his friends for reason even tho technically it's Popeye and his friends that are trespassing on there lands the Indians are seen as being the bad guys of the cartoon with them all wearing the clothes that you typically think of when you think of Native American Indians and acting like savages and heck when Popeye knocks out the head Indian he turns in Mahatma Gandhi again looking back at when this was made which is something that we have to do when discussing controversial moments in classic media this cartoon doesn't come of as being that bad but when you look at through the eyes of today it does come off as being really bad. This is why the cartoon wouldn't get made today or if it did it would be blasted all over social media within a week of it coming out and while this cartoon isn't as racist or as controversial as other cartoons are it is something that is certainly up there but in this cartoons defense this is something that could be chalked up to the ignorance of the time that it was made as back then we didn't know much about Native American Indians we just knew what we saw on TV and in films and that was it whereas today of course we do know alot more this is not to say that this isn't controversial content still being made heck an episode of Lanterns portrayed white people in a racist way just to make one of their heroes look good but we are learning and while this cartoon was just a victim of circumstance it is something that should be shown in schools so that future generations can learn from it.

This was the first Popeye cartoon not to have Bluto in it at all and well the cartoon really did miss him as he would have made for a great villain to have in this cartoon. As it could have been him that told the Indians that Popeye and Wimpy are bad people all the while he's there trying to get Olive which is something that would have been very true to his character how he would have gotten onto the island in the first place is another story tho as there is no way that you could have gotten him on to the island without him having to have sailed with the rest of the main cast which would then beg the question of why he's turning on them which does mean that not having him in the cartoon is something that does also work in the cartoons favor as you don't really miss him as a character. It would have been nice seeing Bluto in this cartoon as then you could have the Indians and Popeye team up to take on Bluto and end the cartoon as friends yes it wouldn't remove the racial stereotypes seen in the cartoon but it is something that would make them less damaging as then it would be painted as Bluto being the racist and the one who's in the wrong and not Popeye and heck it is something that would have made the cartoon alot more fun to watch as then we get to have that moment where both Popeye and the Indians realise what's going on and have to go and stop Bluto before he gets away with Olive, however like was said it wouldn't remove the racial stereotypes seen in the episode but it is something that would make them alot more easier to watch as its easier to buy Bluto as being this bully who is doing everything that he can to get rid of Popeye then it is to buy Popeye willingly trespassing on someone else's land as that's not in his character with the whole situation being one that could have been stopped if both Popeye and the Indians stopped and talked to each other.

These Popeye cartoons are meant to be action comedies and there is a good dose of that here altho it does feel more like tat the cartoon does favor more being an action cartoon then it does being a comedy cartoon. This is not to say that there isn't comedy in the cartoon as there is but there's more action in the cartoon but when the cartoon does get to some comedy it is something that really works as the film does gave alot of really funny bits in it like the fact that when it starts to thunder Popeye just straight up grabs the bold of lighting and throws it into the sea scaring of the rest of the clouds and thus clearing up the weather and stopping it from raining it's a simple joke but it's also one that works really well and that's also true for alot of the cartoons other jokes as they are all simple and nine times out of ten they all work. With a great example of this being not long after the thunder joke as the friends boat starts to sink and yet the characters just keep on as they were even when there on dry land with Olive still rowing as if she was rowing the boat with the only thing that would have made that joke be even more funnier was if in the next shot we saw rowing into frame as that is something that would have made the joke be even more over the top and even more funnier then what it already but to be fair ending the joke with them rowing onto the beach works just as well. This is something that does prove that you don't need to have a complicated set up in order for the joke to work as sometimes having a more simple and yes basic set up is all you need with all of the jokes in this cartoon being a good example of this as they all have very basic and simple premises and they all work due to how simple and basic the set up of the joke is.

Now then this cartoon has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly six minuets and four seconds. This is pretty much the bog standard running time for these Popeye cartoons as alot of them wound last between six or seven minuets total and to be fair to this cartoon it really doesn't need to be that long as outside of the basic premise there's not alot there that really requires the cartoon be alot longer then that but even so it still would have been nice if this cartoon was a few minuets longer as it does feel like the cartoon is rushing along at break neck pace to reach the next plot point instead of just taking its time and getting there at a more thought out pace with the cartoon having more then enough plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place. With the cartoon not even using its running time all that wisely as the cartoon doesn't take the time to fully develop its plot granted this is something that would have been hard to do with its current running time but this is where having a longer running time would have helped as it would have allowed for the makers of this cartoon to have scene where they can add things to the plot like showing us why Popeye , Olive and Wimpy are out sailing in the first place and showing us why the Indians are attacking the group these are small things yes but they are small things that make the cartoons plot feel more developed with the makers of this cartoon putting more thought and effort into the cartoons action then they did in giving the cartoon some plot development. This is also true for the cartoons character development as while you don't go into a theatrical cartoon expecting the characters to grow or change it is still something that would have been nice to see even if it was just for this one cartoon and its something that could have happened if the cartoon was longer as then there could have been scenes where the characters do grow as people but the makers of this cartoon where more focused on making Indians look bad that they didn't give the cartoons characters any kind of character development but I really will admit this very cartoon really does have some really good pacing to it tho

So now then as this is an action cartoon that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon was in all honesty not that bad that. This cartoons action was quite frankly alot more better then what it really should have been as given the desert island setting it would have been impossible for the cartoons action to be as good as it is and whilst yes the action in this cartoon isn't that good it is still alot of fun to watch as we do get to see Popeye and Olive Oyl beating up alot of Indians and heck Olive holds her own against several of them and yet she still screams for Popeye to come and save her even tho she's doing just fine. With the best action in the whole cartoon being the third act fight between Popeye and the Indians as we see Popeye having to outwit several groups of Indians not only to get some food to his friends but to then returns to them when they need his help with him even getting beaten up by alot of them with it only being when he eats his trusty can of Spinach that he ends up beating them up with this action scene just being fun to watch as not only do we get some really fun and over the top cartoon violence but but we also get some nice comedic moments in there as well like Popeye bending all of there arrows so that they won't hit the ducks that he wants and instead hits all of them on the rear end and yet when the cartoon does show us violence it is alot of fun to even if it's something as simple as Popeye knocking down an entire line up of Indians with one punch with the rest of the cartoons action being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this is cartoon that whilst it is fun to watch is also one that due to how Indians are portrayed is also incredibly dated and while this is was always going to be the case it is something that people need to be weary of when checking out this cartoon but it is still a solid cartoon to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and well as all of the bad things that are in this very cartoon in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very cartoon really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very cartoon that I used in this very post being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very cartoon with alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Popeye "I Eats My Spinach" Review

Popeye is a character that thanks to now officially entering the public domain has seen a surge in popularity not due to him being in anything good but due to the fact that now horror film producers can now make horror film with him as the main character. With three of them being released just a few months ago and such it was only right that I take a look one of the original cartoons that made the character so popular to being with and so then join me as I review the cartoon that sees Popeye fight a bull with the cartoon in question being called simply just "I Eats My Spinach" enjoy.

The plot of this cartoon is when Popeye takes Olive Oyl on a date to the rodeo they get more then they bargained for when the rodeo's lead star The Great Bluto kidnaps her and so it's up to Popeye to get Olive back before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon was in all honesty not that bad as even tho this cartoon was rather thin on plot that's something that's to be expected from alot of cartoons from this same time period as alot of them where only around seven minuets in length and because of that there plots weren't as fully developed as they could have bee with the same thing also being true for this cartoon as well as things just seem to happen for no reason or are only happening because pf the fact that the plot needs to happen like for example there's no need for Popeye to get jealous of Bluto early on in the cartoon but it only happens so that Popeye can start showing off thus making Bluto mad enough to kidnap Olive in the first place and alot of the plot for this cartoon is like which is by no means a bad thing as that's just how things where done back in those days but at the same time tho it would have helped this cartoon alot if the plot did get alot more focused and wasn't just used as an excuse for the jokes to happen with the plot of this cartoon also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this cartoon is William Costello as Popeye , William Pennell as Bluto and Mae Questel as Olive Oyl. While this cartoon does only have three actors in it that is pretty much the norm for these theatrical cartoons as alot of them for one reason or another only had a very small handful of actors appearing in them and even then unless your name was Mel Blanc they nearly always went uncredited which is something that just doesn't work as if you want to follow a certain actor then surely you want to name is so that you can follow there career and watch them grow as a performer with this cartoon really making use of it's three actors as even tho the character of Wimpy appears he never talks with the three characters that do speak being the only ones that are actually important to the plot of the cartoon but at the same time tho it would have made alot of the crowd scenes feel less empty if they did have actors speaking as that would make the stadium feel more alive but then again due to the fact that alot of cartoon only had very minimal casts heck Tom And Jerry is famous for not having either of it's main characters talk it would there for feel odd for this cartoon to break that mold as they had only just worked out how to make sound cartoons in the first place and so there therefor most likely wasn't alot of voice actors available and the actors that were available more then likely saw cartoons as being a lesser form of entertainment and so alot of cartoons much like this one would have had to make do with what little talent that they could most likely find at the time as cartoon were still a new thing let alone ones with sound in them as well.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon was in all honesty really good. With this cartoons acting being alot more better then what it really had any right to be as alot of these very early cartoon did nine times out of ten have some really bad acting in them and therefor nobody back then would have blamed this cartoons actors if they chose to phone in there performances but they all manage to turn in some really good performances so much so that for a ling while these where the voices that people thought off when they thought of these characters and heck this cartoon even sees the debut of Mae Questel who was also the voice of Betty Boop debut as the new voice of Olive Oyl with her being really good for what this role was meant to do interms of the plots of these cartoons and while the voice of Popeye would get more better of the years William Costello does make for a good Popeye with the voice of Bluto being pretty much perfect right from the word go with all three of this cartoon actors turning in some really good and at times funny performances inn this very cartoon as well with it really being helped by the fact that this cartoons script is just so good that all this cartoons actors have to do is just the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very cartoon.

Doing the animation for this cartoon is the regular Popeye animators Seymour Kneitel and Roland Crandall. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon was in all honesty really good and was more then up to the already high standard of animation that animation studio Fleischer Studios later renamed to Famous Studios were already known for and while yes this cartoon does have the one thing that I personally hate in alot of these early cartoons which is the fact that you see the characters bouncing up and down for no reason whatsoever there's no denying the fact that this cartoons animation was really good with it being so good infact that it could have been the animation for a feature length film and it wouldn't look out of place as that's just good that it looks with all of the characters even having this nice smooth and fluid movements to them with it being made crystal clear that all of the animators and crew that worked on not only this cartoon but alot of the Popeye cartoons as a whole where not only fans of the characters but were also really good at what they did as there putting in alot of there best effort into giving Popeye some truly good animation with this cartoons animation being so good that it could rival some of the early Mickey Mouse cartoons as it's just that good.

While the Popeye character did indeed start out life as a comic book character with him appearing in Thimble Theater. He now has found life as a slasher horror film villains thanks to the rights for him expiring and boy oh boy did horror film producers act quick as we've already had three Popeye themed horror films with Popeye's Revenge , Popeye The Slayer Man and Shiver Me Timbers all being released within the first few months of this year alone and yet Sony who did actually have the rights to make a Popeye movie at one point chose not to do so with both of these choices being baffling to say the least as surely if anything Bluto would be the horror villain and not Popeye this is something that the makers of these Popeye themed horror movies need to understand as while yes granted having Popeye be the villain is great for internet clicks and it does put more eyes on your movie but so does the fact that your making a Popeye themed horror movie regardless of he's the villain or not and as for Sony they straight up cancelled there animated Popeye movie despite it's test footage not only being fully animated and cast but also getting alot of positive responses from the audience with them instead choosing to make The Emoji Movie a movie which no one liked where as with the Popeye movie you could tell that there was some effort to make it like these more early Popeye cartoons as it had that exact same zany energy to it that these early cartoons had and is also something that the Popeye themed horror movies also don't have as there all playing it far to safe with even the best one Popeye The Slayer Man still not being as good as it really could have been either.

While there is action to be found in this cartoon they do put more of an effort in the cartoons comedy aspect. With this short cartoon being painfully funny with it having alot of jokes that have aged really well like the fact that when Olive should for Popeye at the start of the cartoon he then blushes and a heart with an anchor appears which is just so cute and of course there the usual jokes like Bluto using a horses tail as some stairs and even the fact that she's calling out for help Olive is still beating up Bluto and while granted that last one really isn't all that funny as it just goes to show you that these shorts can be badly written at times it is still a joke that works some of the time like in this cartoon for example as she's quite clearly not going to be beat up Bluto and so just kicking him will have to do for her and the cartoon is filled to the brim with jokes like this with nearly all of the cartoons jokes and sight gags working with them working nit because they mentioned a popular product or a meme but because of the fact that they are timeless jokes that when there done right are going to be making generations of people laugh with the best one of these jokes being the Popeye heart joke as it's noy only a really well done joke but it's also one that you don't really see coming and because of that it catches you off guard which is something that does make it all the more funnier then what it really had any right to be and it's something that makes you wonder why the makers of this cartoon didn't put more effort into these creative jokes instead of just relying on what worked as while the joke of someone using an animal as stairs will always work the one with Olive asking for help when she quite clearly doesn't need it doesn't always work alot of the time.

For some strange reason the makers of this cartoon thought that i'd be a good idea for Popeye to get jealous of Bluto. Which is something that just doesn't make alot of sense for either character as Bluto is meant the stereotypical bully character and Popeye is meant to be the one that over comes him at every turn and yet by having Popeye be jealous of Bluto all that does is make Popeye seem like the type of character who would get jealous if you had something that he didn't have and that's not true to his character and heck it's even him being jealous of Bluto that gets Olive kidnapped in the first place as Popeye is to busy showing off that Bluto decides to get even by taking one f the two things that Popeye loves the most in the world his girlfriend Olive Oyl when if the makers of this film wanted to have that kind of thing happen anyway all they had to do was have Bluto get jealous of Popeye and since he's meant to be a bully anyway they could have had him beat up Popeye and then take Olive Oyl just because he can do as that would something that's true to both of their characters and then they could have the big showdown with Popeye and Bluto and eventually have Popeye win the day and the girl but because they went the opposite route it makes everything that happens to Olive Oyl in this cartoon Popeye's fault as Bluto really wasn't doing anything other then his job when he first appeared in this cartoon and that was really it and yet Popeye was the one that got jealous of him and because of it Olive Oyl got kidnaped when if he hadn't done that she wouldn't have done and the whole idea of Popeye getting jealous of Bluto would be OK if it played into the characters arc for this cartoon but it doesn't as it's never brought up ever again.

Now then this cartoon has / had an exact grad total running time of exactly six minuets ad fifty three seconds. Which is not only the bogstanderd running time for alot of these early Popeye cartoons but also alot of these early theatrical cartoons as well with this cartoon really having the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time as this is a cartoon that really doesn't need a long running time in order to tell it's story as all it needs is enough time to get across what the basic setup for the cartoon is and that's really it and while this cartoon doesn't really use it's running tome all that wisely as nothing from the plot to the characters are as fully developed as they really could have been in this cartoons defense however they don't really need to be as these cartoons aren't meant to be something that requires you to think whilst your watching them as you don't really go to cartoon like the Popeye cartoons or really even the Looney Tunes and Tom And Jerry ones to have fully developed plots and characters as all you want to see is either the jokes and the action and that's really it with the Disney ones being the ones that you go to for fully developed plots and characters and as such while it would yes have been nice if both the plot and the characters were fully developed characters there not something that's needed in order to make this cartoon enjoyable as for that all you really need is the characters and the wonderful animation and that's something that this cartoon already has going for it in the first place but I really will admit that this very cartoon really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this an action cartoon that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon and well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very cartoon was in all honesty not that bad. However at the same time it wasn't all that good either as we don't get to see alot of zany action in this cartoon with Popeye only beating Bluto with ONE punch at the very end and that's really it with the rest of the cartoon being spent with Popeye showing of at the rodeo which is screen time what would gave been much more better served by having a longer fight scene as then both of the characters could really go at each other and while this cartoons action was by no means bad as it is serviceable but at the same time tho it's something that could have been so much more better like you could have had the characters use the animals as weapons or just something that takes full advantage of the fact that it's a cartoon with this cartoons action being something that could have been done in live action but with that being said the best and only action scene in this movie being the third act fight between Popeye and Bluto as even tho it gives us a much more shorter version of what a fight between these two characters should be with Bluto first beating up Popeye until Popeye eats some spinach before winning the day it was something that does still work enough in this cartoon for the action as a whole to be a really passable piece of action in this very cartoon in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while cheaply made horror movies might be what keeps Popeye in the public conscious for at the very least a little while it's these early cartoons that really did bring him to the main stream audience with this cartoon being a really very good example of that even if this cartoon isn't the best Popeye cartoon out there in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad thigs that are in this very cartoon in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very cartoon really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Popeye The Sailor Man fandom wiki page , Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very cartoon that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Popeye Cartoon Review "Popeye The Sailor" , "I Yam What I Yam" And "Blow Me Down" Review

Now then boys and girls since my review of the first Superman cartoons went down really well I thought to myself what other older cartoon shorts could I take I look at and then it hit Popeye. So as with the Superman cartoon reviews I watched the first few cartoons only this time instead of just watching the first two I watched the first three cartoons mostly because I was having such a good time watching and so here is my review of the first three Popeye cartoons.

The plot of the first cartoon called "Popeye The Sailor" is that Popeye is on shore leave and so takes Olive to the carnival and while there they run into Popeye's enemy Bluto , meanwhile the plot of the second short is that Popeye , Olive and J. Wellington Wimpy find themselves trapped on an island meanwhile in the third film Popeye must fight Bluto after he threatens Olive. Yeah all three stories are really simple which I guess works for the six or seven minuet time frame these cartoons have but at the same time they don't really leave alot of room to tell a good story.

Starring in the three shorts are William "Billy" Costello as Popeye, Bonnie Poe as Olive Oyl and Charles Lawrence as Wimpy. Also starring in the shorts are Bonnie Poe as Betty Boop and William Pennell as Bluto. You guys haven't mis read anything Betty Boop does appear in the first Popeye cartoon for reasons that i'll explain later on in the review but it is pretty cool seeing these two crossover even if it's just in one short.

In terms of what I thought about the acting in the shorts from what little dialog there is it was pretty good at best. Which for a series that started in the early 1930's is the best thing that I can say about the acting since like I said in these early shorts there's very little dialog and so its hard to fully get a grip on the quality of the acting but from what I could tell the quality of the acting is pretty good which was honestly what I was expecting to be honest.

As with the Superman cartoon shorts doing the animation for these early shorts is Fleischer Studios and like with the Superman shorts they did alot of these early Popeye cartoons before getting there name changed to Famous Studios. The one bad thing I can say about these early cartoons is that the characters are far two bouncy for my liking but the overall quality of the animation I felt to be of a very high quality heck i'd go as far to say that it rivals that of Disney especially when you factor in the Superman cartoons.

Now there 's a reason why I posted a picture of Betty Boop and that's because the very first Popeye short is actually a Betty Boop cartoon. This cartoon would also mark the only time that the two would appear on screen together and I have to say that having them appear in the same cartoon makes sense since at that time Betty Boop was a huge star and so in a way it's sort of a passing of the torch time of moment sadly tho I cannot post a picture of the two together since she technically appears topless in there one and only scene together.

Now for those that don't know Popeye and the rest of the and actually started life as comic strip characters appearing in Thimble Theatre on January 17th 1929. The character very quickly became the main start if the strip and so turning him into a cartoon series makes sense hell from this we can pretty much gather that Popeye actually made cartoon history by being the first comic book character to get turned in a cartoon since the first Popeye cartoon debuted in 1933 and lasted for decades.

Each of these cartoons runs for at least six or seven minuets and in my opinion it really feels like they should have been at least ten minuets each. Mostly because the cartoons fly by so fast that you don't have the time to take anything in and so by the time the cartoons reach there end while you are left with a smile on your face your also left wondering what you even watched in the first place which is not a good thing in my opinion.

As you can all no doubt work out all three of these cartoons are in black and white and so I will fully understand if people chose not to watch them. I will also fully understand if people chose not to watch I Yam What I Yam because it does have some shall we say questionable content with how the Indians are depicted but to that I say that that cartoon was made in a different time and so I ask that you judge that cartoon by the standards of the day it was made in and not by the standards that we have in today's society.

Now then boys and girls since these are all comedy cartoons that does mean that we have to talk about the jokes in the shorts. Which I honestly feel were really good granted alot of the jokes haven't aged well at all but that's bound to happen with a cartoon made in the 1930's but alot of the psychical stuff is still funny and alot of the jokes that they have in the action scenes are really funny and the action itself is really good.

Overall these shorts are really funny and they like all good cartoons from back in the day they hold up really well. There are only a few issues which i've mentioned in this review but most of them are very understandable as such "Popeye The Sailor" which I think is the best of the three gets an 8 out of 10 from me where as "I Yam What I Yam" gets a 7.5 out of 10 from and "Blow Me Down" gets a 7.5 out of 10 from me as well. 

If this series does continue I think it'll just be one review for every one cartoon just because I think that I can get a full review just one of them. The same thing will also go for the Superman cartoons as well for the exact same reason in terms of when they'll release i'm working that out right now but i'm thinking maybe once a week or something like that just because that way I don't get sick of doing them but we'll see.