Popeye is reading romantic quotes on the telephone to Olive Oyl. Bluto sees this and taps in from the top of the lines. They get into a fight on top of the lines.
It's a standard plot for Popeye and would be for the next twenty years, so there isn't much to praise on that account. But in any comedy, it's the details that make it work, and they're pretty good here, from the details of what Popeye (mis)quotes to the care taken in drawing the details, including the inevitable can of spinach and why Popeye hasn't pulled it out so far.
In sum, it's another solid Popeye cartoon, even though it won't earn the sailor man new fans.
It's a standard plot for Popeye and would be for the next twenty years, so there isn't much to praise on that account. But in any comedy, it's the details that make it work, and they're pretty good here, from the details of what Popeye (mis)quotes to the care taken in drawing the details, including the inevitable can of spinach and why Popeye hasn't pulled it out so far.
In sum, it's another solid Popeye cartoon, even though it won't earn the sailor man new fans.