. . . of Existential Philosophy. As Brigitte Bar-Dot famously remarked, "Popeye gets more across to his auditors in under a minute than Al Camus and Gene Sartre manage to do in their 37 books." As the patron saint of yams, America's favorite tar is concise here, and to the point. He pledges NOT to suffer fools, and will take umbrage at any malarkey or balderdash. Therefore, Professor Popeye shines as the brightest guiding light of American Exceptionalism. When his creators fought the National Social Party a decade later in Real Life, losing director Will Blue Sky during the Battle of the Bulge, it was Popeye's Straight Arrow confidence and optimism that comforted and inspired our U. S. Homeland to Victory.