While "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" features a villain other than Bluto, it is a substandard cartoon of the day. Much of this is because the title character is poorly animated and creepy looking. Additionally, I am not a huge fan of singing in cartoons--and there's a bit too much of it for my taste.
The story itself features perhaps the grandest entrance by Popeye ever. However, after all that, he finds that Olive Oyl isn't home--she's joined the circus. Popeye goes to investigate and finds her boss, the trapeze artist, is a bit of a Bluto-like character--so Popeye does his usual routing--taking spinach and delivering a huge butt-whipping. All in all, a decent cartoon but just not as well made as you'd expect.
The story itself features perhaps the grandest entrance by Popeye ever. However, after all that, he finds that Olive Oyl isn't home--she's joined the circus. Popeye goes to investigate and finds her boss, the trapeze artist, is a bit of a Bluto-like character--so Popeye does his usual routing--taking spinach and delivering a huge butt-whipping. All in all, a decent cartoon but just not as well made as you'd expect.