6/10
Average wartime propaganda cartoon
5 March 2015
Warning: Spoilers
This is an early Famous Studios Popeye cartoon. There will be spoilers ahead:

This is a World War II-themed short, done to promote recycling for the war effort. This is pretty much an average short, with rather predictable gags.

Popeye, patriotic fellow that he is, is planting a "victory garden" while his nephews are planning on sneaking off to go fishing. Popeye catches them and lectures them on not helping him plant their garden. He tells them a fractured version of the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale and they get to work while Popeye takes a nap and dreams the fairy tale, Popeye style.

The giant turns out to be a hoarder and Popeye decides to get all his hoard for the war effort, but the giant catches him. Here, the short turns into a basic Popeye cartoon, with Popeye beating the giant and getting the hoard. That's when the boys wake him up and show him their garden. The end of the short is a pun-fest, a groan-induced one at that.

This can be found and is worth watching once.
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