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I enjoyed classic Popeye cartoons, and it never gets old. At my adult age I can still remember the first time I watched popeye. You can't go wrong with cartoons of the late thirties and forties.
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In 1929,comicstrip readers checked out Popeye the Sailor and his popularity led to multiple appearances on the big screen for 25 years. In 1933,Popeye debuted on the big screen alongside another Paramount cartoon star,Betty Boop. The late Mae Questel assumed a dual role voicing Betty and Popeye's skinny-as-a-string-bean girlfriend Olive Oyl. You will see Popeye and Betty together in the first cartoon of this series. My personal experiences with these cartoons were first seeing them on New York-based WPIX Channel 11 in my native New Jersey. They were black-and-white,as originally presented but mutilated with A.A.P.(Associated Artists Productions) prefixes and suffixes. Some of the cartoons even had an anchor end title with the words "THE END". The only one that was never mutilated at all was PROTEK THE WEAKERIST from 1937. The cartoon had retained its original Paramount mountain logo opening and closing titles(the closing title read "A Paramount Picture"). In January 1982,after more than two decades of broadcasts,WPIX evicted Popeye from its Monday-Saturday morning line-up. I saw the cartoons again in 1987 on TBS Superstation and they looked somewhat pretty because they had been colorized(in Korea). The colorized versions retained the A.A.P. titles. When TNT(Turner Network Television) debuted in October 1988,the station aired the cartoons also and later they were broadcast by Cartoon Network. In the case of the CN broadcasts,many of the cartoons were further mutilated with,in the opening title,Popeye's pipe then his full face and in the closing title,the anchor and "THE END". TBS,TNT and CN aired PTW with the colorized Paramount mountain logo opening and closing titles. Now for the first time,you will see all these cartoons fully restored to the original black-and-white with original opening and closing titles. This package contains a couple of two-reel color cartoons(how they were filmed),ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES and POPEYE MEETS SINBAD THE SAILOR(Sinbad was Popeye's nemesis Bluto who's in love with Olive also). Supporting the Paramount star also are J. Wellington Wimpy,with a frequent passion and appetite for hamburgers,a baby named Swee Pea and a variety of guest characters. You'll be "strong to the finich,with this and some spinach"! It was exactly a half-century ago when Popeye had retired from the big screen but resumed his career in 1960 on the small screen. Popeye's small screen appearances continued on and off through 1982 of '83. Logically,Robin Williams played the title role in the 1980 theatrical film,distributed by Paramount(this marks Williams' starring film debut).
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I remember seeing these as a child on TV on the "Popeye and Pals" kids' show in New Orleans--that show lasted into the late '80's, by the way! I taped them on my first Betamax in the early '80's and practically drooled when Cartoon Network began running them with the original Paramount titles. After 25 years, it was worth the wait. When I put on "Sindbad" my jaw dropped at the vivid colors. I brought my set to my sister's house, where her three- and five-year old grandchildren were watching one of those cheap public domain discs of old TV prints with badly washed-out color. I put on disc three and at the beginning of Sindbad the five-year-old boy says, "Look! The snakes are green!"
Volume Two covering 1938-1943 had been announced for November, but I can't find any reference to it in any online dealer. Apparently Warner has decided to push back that release. I just hope they don't wait a year as they're now doing with the Looney Tunes series.
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Please Warner or Paramount, or whoever has rights to Betty Boop, provide us with a comprehensive treatment of our favourite gal, as evidendence in this brilliant release of Popeye.
As Betty Boop and Fleischer fans, our wallets are open and we are "showing you the money" for the following:
1) Comprehensive release as in the Definitive Collection, 8 VHS release, which included all of her shows.
2) Pre-hayes era and uncensored. For those unfamiliar, film censorship reared its ugly head in the mid 30's, forcing Betty to adopt a new image, with toned down shows leading to her eventual demise. We want the witty, cabaret, garter belt wearing Betty, not the full length dress, housewife Betty! Duh!
3) No digital noise reduction, which has butchered some DVD releases.
Finally, is there anyone working in show business who can throw us a nugget as to whether anything is in the works, and whether Betty Boop fans have something to hope for in the future?
Thanks in advance!
Boop-Boop-A-Doop!
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One or twice a year, a DVD comes out that just makes you say, "It's about time!" Popeye the Sailor Volume One 1933 - 1938, is one of those DVDs. Like the Disney Treasures sets, this first volume presents 60 animated shorts in chronological order on four discs that are loaded with bonus features. These 60 shorts were all produced by the Fleischer Studios. The Fleischer Studios may not be a household name to a lot of people today, but during the 30's and early 40's, they were on a par with the likes of Disney and Warner Bros. animation studios, perhaps even surpassing them in terms of technical innovations. The Fleischer's Superman cartoons of the 40's are still some of the very best superhero cartoons ever produced. The Fleischer's utilized techniques such as three-dimensional backgrounds and rotoscoping to produce dazzling animation and the Popeye cartoons are arguably their greatest achievement. In all, the studio produced 108 Popeye shorts, including three two-reelers that were produced in gorgeous Technicolor.
The studio was purchased by Paramount in 1942. So how did these shorts go from Paramount to being released in this collection by Warner Bros.? Well that's quite a tale. Paramount renamed the studio Famous Studios and produced Popeye cartoons from 1942 to 1957. Paramount then sold Popeye to Associated Artists productions, who was in turn bought out by United Artists. United Artists merged with MGM and MGM was later purchased by Turner Entertainment. Turner Entertainment is part of the Time Warner, thus the set is being released by Warner Bros. Whew!
The set begins with Popeye's debut in "Popeye the Sailor" which was actually a Betty Boop cartoon, Fleischer's major star prior to Popeye. The first few early toons are notable in that while Popeye does eat his spinach, he doesn't yet have his signature theme music playing when he does it. What makes these cartoons so different that others of the era is the dialog and use of music. Many of these shorts featured well-known songs of the era. Then there are the famous Popeye mutterings. Listen close and turn up the volume, some of the best dialog is often barely audible as Popeye mutters to himself, all without his mouth moving.
Popeye is joined by his co-stars Olive Oyl, Bluto, Whimpy, and later, Sweat Pea. Of course, the running theme through many of the shorts is Popeye and Bluto both vying for Olive's affections as she usually played the boys against each other. But these shorts were quite diverse. There are even times when Popeye and Bluto are friendly with each other, even business partners as deep sea salvagers in "Dizzy Divers."
It's virtually impossible to pick a favorite from among the 60 shorts but two of the most well-known are certainly the ones done in Technicolor, "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor" and Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's forty Thieves." The former even earned and Academy Award nomination. These shorts were often billed above the main feature in theatres when they were released. These have been fully restored with the original Paramount opening credits, missing from many of the VHS releases of these shorts.
As mentioned the set is loaded with features including two 30-minute documentaries on the history of Popeye and the roots of animation. Then there are eight shorter "popumentaries" on various subjects such as the voice talent, music, and a look at all of the various characters. These all run about five minutes in length. Also included are sixteen vintage animated shorts from the silent era, featuring pre-Popeye characters like Krazy Kat and Mutt & Jeff. Finally, there is audio commentary on 21 of the 60 shorts by film and animation historians. All in all, there is SEVEN hours of material in this set that will delight Popeye fans. This is what DVD was made for!
REVIEWED BY TIM JANSON
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