A shipmate of Poppy's named "Shorty," a pathetic little guy, accompanies Popeye to Olive Oyl's house, where she has baked a pie to celebrate Our Sailor Man's birthday. You just know Shorty is going to screw up the day for Popeye. Well, he does, with Popeye winding up twice in the sewer outside after opening a bath door and being greeted by a wave of water.
I wonder what Bob Hope thought of this cartoon? I know Bing Crosby must have liked it as Popeye makes some wise-guy reference to Hope.
Overall, this is another of the fairly-weak Paramount Pictures Popeye efforts made during the early '40s and the WWII era. They didn't have the same look or feel as the '30s efforts or the '50s and "Shorty," who was in three cartoons, was not humorous. There is even an attempted suicide scene or two in here! Are you kidding me?
I wonder what Bob Hope thought of this cartoon? I know Bing Crosby must have liked it as Popeye makes some wise-guy reference to Hope.
Overall, this is another of the fairly-weak Paramount Pictures Popeye efforts made during the early '40s and the WWII era. They didn't have the same look or feel as the '30s efforts or the '50s and "Shorty," who was in three cartoons, was not humorous. There is even an attempted suicide scene or two in here! Are you kidding me?